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Claiming WiMax is a niche play for 4G networks, Nokia executive James Harper said March 5 the world’s largest cell phone maker is committing to rival technology LTE and plans to have LTE devices on the market by next year. Harper declined to say what types of devices Nokia will be offering, although speculation is […]

Google’s new Latitude program, which allows mobile phone and other portable device users to automatically share their whereabouts, will follow competing service Loopt when it comes to disclosing information to law enforcement officials: get a warrant.Introduced last month, Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on mobile devices where users in 27 countries are […]

Apple finally got it right March 5, winning approval to open a store in the historic Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. A design approval panel-the Old Georgetown Board-had rejected Apple’s architectural plans four previous times, saying the plans did not fit in with Georgetown’s colonial feel.Apple did not indicate when the store, the first to […]

Broadcasters have moved to block a November 2008 decision by the Federal Communications Commission allowing the use of the so-called white spaces between digital television signals to deliver wireless broadband and other advanced media services.In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, (PDF) the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) […]

In the gush of praise for Julius Genachowski’s March 3 nomination as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, two words were often missing: network neutrality. Perhaps reflecting the delicate nature of the issue in Washington, virtually no one was talking about it, even those who are confident that Genachowski will warmly embrace network […]

WASHINGTON-NASA and Cisco Systems said March 3 they are teaming to develop an onlineglobal monitoring platform to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world. The platform-known as “Planetary Skin”-will combine NASA data from a wide range of sources to measure, report and verify environmental data in near real time to […]

Technology companies and trade groups rushed to praise patent reform legislation introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate March 3. One of the top items on the tech industry’s agenda, patent reform has failed in the last two Congresses and opponents to reform from biotech companies to big pharmaceutical companies to small inventors are […]

Google is not happy about media reports that the White House has switched from Google-owned YouTube in favor of a flash-based embedded media player powered by Akamai Technologies. The White House made the unannounced move Feb. 28 after privacy advocates questioned the implications of having users of WhiteHouse.gov-the White House’s official site-getting tagged with a […]

So much for the game plan. With high hopes and greater hype, on Feb. 25 Nokia announced its first North American touch-screen rival to the Apple iPhone. By March 2, Nokia had halted U.S. sales of its much-ballyhooed 5800 XpressMusic amid user complaints of connectivity problems.Nokia introduced the device in October 2008 in Europe and […]

Four Indian IT outsourcers topped the 2008 list of companies obtaining H-1B visas, followed by Microsoft as the top U.S. user of the controversial temporary work visas. Leading the list of 2008 H-1B permits was Infosys Technologies with 4,559 visas granted by the U.S. Bureau Citizenship and Immigration Services.Following Infosys were Wipro Technologies with 2,678 […]