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Satellite navigation systems (GPS) have become increasingly sophisticated, reliable, simple to use and surprisingly cheap over the past couple of years.

Editor’s Note: We get a lot of e-mails in response to our weekly Worst of the Week columns, and we read and enjoy each one (at least, the ones that agree with us). However, last week astute reader Dave Baird …

Voice-based mobile search services from Microsoft and Yahoo! are imperfect but promising

Motorola Inc. is nearing a choice for a head of its soon-to-be independent cellphone unit, with Hewlett-Packard Co. executive Todd Bradley emerging as Motorola’s favorite, according to people familiar with the matter.

There likely won’t be any 3G service at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government …

Cisco conducted a study that discovers that mobile devices represent a “major growth opportunity” for the retail industry by providing a new purchasing channel for consumers.

Second Life, the 3D virtual world from Linden Lab is now available on mobile phones, thanks to 3G mobile streaming service provider Vollee.

The fifth season of the FX series Rescue Me won’t air until next spring, but fans of the firehouse drama are being rewarded for their patience.

Contrary to some reports, everything that makes Android “Android”, including all the core platform components and libraries needed to port Android to new devices will be open sourced under commonly used, industry standard licenses, says Google.

The handset maker expands its free cell phone recycling program in Africa.

The optical networking market has topped $3 billion for the seventh consecutive quarter.

If there’s anything the iPhone has lacked compared with other phones in its class, it has been high-speed connectivity and the ability to determine its location accurately. Apple (AAPL) will address the first shortcoming in a matter of days, when …

Google I/O Google will offer an iPhone-like app store ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/07/iphone_sdk_debuts/ ) for Android, giving developers a central means of distributing applications on its soon-to-be-open-source mobile platform. At least, it looks that way.

LOS ANGELES — Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

SAN DIEGO–Verizon Wireless affirmed its commitment to Qualcomm’s BREW platform, announcing at the BREW developers event it would enhance its Get It Now content deck with new features such as short-code third-party transactions and customized merchandizing for customers.

If you expect a growth in sales for your mobile operating system over the coming years, it follows that you make sure your sites render well on mobile browsers.

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia said Thursday its plan to use one chip for radio technology in its mobile handsets is still on track, despite news from supplier Infineon Technologies of delays.

Network equipment maker Cisco has unveiled a new mobility appliance, which it claims will ease businesses’ path to unified collaboration. The Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine helps users unify fixed line, mobile, and Wi-Fi networks to improve collaboration using mobile …

It’s an oversimplification to say that 802.11n heralds the era of the wire-free office–though with top speeds of up to 300 Mbps, it’s clearly a catalyst for cutting the cords that tether users to their desks. Yet there’s no question …

Recent reports that it may be headed for a fall position WiMax as a long shot in the race for 4G wide area wireless domination. This uncertainty is a shift from last year, when WiMax seemed destined for greatness: Major …

If you’re looking for a post-Memorial-Day summer project, listen up: Avot Media has started testing a service at Home Depot that allows mobile users to access instructional videos, MediaPost reports.

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 as demand for …

Researchers say touchscreen shipments will double by 2012, and they’re not all on iPhones.

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — When Martin Barbre got his first look three years ago at a system that would drive his tractor for him, he didn’t buy the device — or the premise that it would cut costs on his farm.

FRANKFURT : Germany was engulfed in a debate over privacy standards Monday following an admission by Deutsche Telekom that it had surreptitiously tracked thousands of phone calls to identify the source of leaks to the news media about the company’s …