Microsoft is introducing 15 mobile phones that integrate with its Office Communications Server 2007 and Office Communicator 2007. The communications software unifies e-mail, instant messaging and video conferencing functions. Users of these phones can do things like click on an e-mail to make a VoIP call.
Be a Rockstar to Your Marketing Department
MySpace is tying up with media organizations to offer branded video content — and targeted advertising — on the popular social networking Web site. MySpace Video will offer news, documentaries and lifestyle features, including “how-to tutorials on a wide range of subjects, ranging from “How to make the perfect Margarita” to “How to Deliver a Baby in the Back Seat of a Taxi Cab.”
AT&T “Open” to 700MHz — Not
And we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois’s law enforcement community that have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel Ballroom. — Blues Brothers
AT&T, perhaps unsurprisingly, said it was not in favor offering “open access” in the upcoming 700 MHz bands. At the Reuters Global Telecoms Summit, John Stankey (right),
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Rodney Brooks Interview
That’s the bottom line. If you’re not scared of them, you’re in big trouble.
– Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
RoboBusiness 2007, an international conference showcasing consumer, commercial and military robots, opened in Boston today. To gain insight on what’s in the pipeline, CNET News.com talked
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SF Cloud: Mute Point?
Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed a free Wi-Fi system for San Francisco two years ago. His administration negotiated a contract with Google and Earthlink that would pay the city $2 million over four years. Google would provide free Internet access; EarthLink would offer a faster service that could be accessed for a $22 monthly fee.
Not so fast said the
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Umbrella FlickrVision
Dave Troy does it again says Scoble. First he came up with TwitterVision. Now he has FlickrVision. You post a photo to Flickr, and geoencode it (Flickr lets you add images to maps) and then it’ll show up on FlickrVision.
In other news, The Pileus umbrella (above), features GPS, a digital compass and Google Earth to help you navigate. It allows you
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MacBook Upgrade
Apple today updated its 13-inch MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. Prices have remained the same.
The MacBook features built-in 802.11n, a built-in iSight video camera, Apple’s MagSafe Power Adapter and iLife ‘06, Apple’s suite of digital lifestyle applications.
The
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Motorola Media Phones
Motorola, the No.2 mobile phone maker after Nokia, unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday as well as more 3G products with Linux, Java and multimedia. The company announced mobile movie partnerships with Universal Pictures, Sony and Warner Brothers. Universal Pictures is a unit of NBC Universal, controlled by General Electric.
Motorola’s new Z8 phone, which will be launched in Europe and Asia in June, will be able
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Motorola Media Phones
Motorola, the No.2 mobile phone maker after Nokia, unveiled a slimmer Razr phone on Tuesday as well as more 3G products with Linux, Java and multimedia. The company announced mobile movie partnerships with Universal Pictures, Sony and Warner Brothers. Universal Pictures is a unit of NBC Universal, controlled by General Electric.
Motorola’s new Z8 phone, which will be launched in Europe and Asia in June, will be able
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TerreStar Gets a Slot
The FCC last week granted TerreStar Networks a reservation on 20MHz of spectrum in the 2GHz frequency band for use in both the United States and Canada to operate its next generation satellite phone system.
Motient Corporation owns a piece of both TerreStar and Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV). Both plan satellite phone service throughout North America.
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