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Meet the real Windows Phone 8: Join us Monday (live blog)
CNET (blog)
Others were software-based: a new home-screen look with resizable widgets and much more space for all those live tiles, plus PC-level device encryption. On Monday, Microsoft is sure to shine its spotlight on the marquee features we already know about ...
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New rules let you jailbreak phones (but not tablets)
Fox News
The Librarian of Congress, James Billington, cited overly broad vagueness as being behind the disparate rules separating phones and what can be considered a "tablet." An "e-book reading device might be considered a tablet, as might a handheld video ...
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Why Your Phone's Battery Life Is Underwhelming
ABC News
When the first smart phones came out, no one looked forward to a future in which we constantly had to duck into coffee shops to charge our phones. Yet, here we are. In the five years since the introduction of the original iPhone, mobile devices have ...
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The Google sneak attack
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — In last week's column I mentioned that Google Inc. would be rolling out some new products on the same day Microsoft Corp. rolls out its newest phone software. But Google's (US:GOOG) real target in its Monday demo is ...
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Pakistan to block phone networks for Eid security: Minister
Ahram Online
Pakistan will block mobile phone networks in several cities early Saturday over security fears during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. The decision "based on intelligence reports" has been taken to prevent ...
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Cell phone ordinance petition ready to sign
KFDA
A petition is now available for Amarillo residents to sign regarding the recently passed cell phoneordinance. A petition was filed a week ago on the cell phone ordinance. But, the goal of it isn't just a reverse, but to put the issue to a public vote ...
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Study: Your Cellphone is Teeming With Germs
TIME
Tests of eight random mobile phones from a Chicago office found “abnormally high numbers of coliforms, a bacteria indicating fecal contamination,” reports the WSJ, with about 2,700 to 4,200 units of the bacteria on each phone. (Drinking water is ...
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Mobile phone as an instrument of women's empowerment
Times of India
Next time round, should an image of Ma Durga hold in one of her hands a mobile phone as a symbol of power? What with the modern makeover given to much of puja imagery these days, such a hi-tech departure from tradition might not be deemed to be ...
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