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China Churns Out Mobile Phones. Can It Build A Better Browser?

by Admin on May 11, 2012

Made-in-China mobile devices are clicked on every continent. The same isn't true of Chinese mobile software, which is mostly aimed at domestic users. One company that reckons it has a product that crosses continents is UCWeb, a developer of mobile browsers that has gone head-to-head with Tencent's mobile platform in China. At this year's Global Mobile Internet Conference, which wrapped up Friday …

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Tech Stocks: Techs slip, but Nasdaq ends quarter up 19%

by Admin on March 31, 2012

Tech stocks slip Friday, as shares of Apple, Internet companies fall. But Nasdaq ends quarter with a 19% gain.

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KDDI recalls 2 mln mobile phones after batteries overheat

by on October 1, 2011

TOKYO (Reuters) – KDDI, Japan’s second-largest mobile carrier, said on Friday it would replace lithium ion battery packs on two million mobile phones free of charge after a series of overheating incidents, one of which resulted in a slight injury.

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Davenport’s high tech investigation helps nab suspected internet predator

by Admin on May 15, 2011

Davenport Police released new information Friday about a suspected internet predator. Keith Taylor, 21, remains in the Scott County Jail. He’s accused of soliciting underage children for sex acts.

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Internet chatter up on bin Laden revenge attacks

by on May 7, 2011

Pipe bombs, a targeted car crash, a lone gunman: Western intelligence officials said Friday they are seeing increased Internet and phone chatter about cheap, small-scale terror attacks to avenge the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

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Mexico mayor eyes new mobile quake alert this year

by on May 7, 2011

The mayor of Mexico City, a quake-prone metropolis of 20 million people, said on Friday he is planning a warning system that will send alerts directly to mobile phones seconds before an earthquake strikes.

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Tech world stunned at Egypt’s Internet shutdown

by on January 30, 2011

The Egyptian government’s unprecedented shutdown of Internet and mobile phone access Friday stunned the world’s technology community, which questioned whether the country can quickly recover from cutting such a vital…

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Google’s Cerf Slams UN ‘Monopoly on Internet Governance’

by on December 18, 2010

Google on Friday criticized the UN Committee on Science and Technology for excluding academics, non-profits, and other tech companies from a working group that will examine improvements to IGF, an Internet discussion forum.

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Analyst sees smart phones, tablets in, GPS out

by on November 29, 2010

Black Friday shoppers were drawn to mobile phones, laptops and tablet computers this year and lost interest in GPS devices, according to Wedbush analyst Scott Sutherland, but consumer electronics companies of all stripes saw shares decline as investors worried more about the European debt crisis than U.S. holiday shopping trends.

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WEB/TECH: Barry Diller Worries About the ‘Internet Tollbooth’

by on July 25, 2010

IAC/InterActive Corp., opened Friday morning’s session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech by warning that the principle of the open Internet was being attacked by the big telecom providers. Diller called for basic protection to ensure that anyone can publish and anyone can access whatever they’d like on the Internet. Diller said he is concerned that these companies want to set up a “tollbooth” on the …

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Tech Stocks: Google-China peace pact highlights tech action

by on July 9, 2010

Tech stocks tried to find some direction Friday, as Google Inc. got a lift after the Internet giant said China renewed the license the company needed to keep running its Web site in that country.

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