Archive for January, 2008

GPS maker sees phone as its future (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

AP - Garmin Ltd., the nation’s leading maker of satellite-powered navigational devices, is getting into the wireless phone business with a handset that incorporates GPS.

Airwaves auction collects record $15.6B (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

AP - A key benchmark was reached Thursday in the ongoing government airwaves auction, triggering a provision that the government says will lead to greater freedom and flexibility for cell phone subscribers.

"Madden" game picks Patriots to win Super Bowl (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Samples of legitimate Super Bowl XLII tickets are displayed at a news conference in Phoenix, Arizona January 31, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - The New England Patriots
will beat the New York Giants by a score of 38-30 in the Super
Bowl, at least according to the popular “Madden NFL 08″
football videogame.

Vodafone slashes UK data prices (FT.com)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

FT.com - Vodafoneon Thursday made an aggressive push to generate more revenue from mobile internet services by slashing prices in the UK, one of its core European markets.

Katherine Heigl named "most desirable woman" (Reuters)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller applies make-up backstage in preparation for the Victoria's Secret fashion show in Hollywood, California November 15, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Superlatives keep piling up for
actress Katherine Heigl who on Thursday was named the “most
desirable woman of 2008″ by lifestyle Web site, AskMen.com.

Orascom plans phone service in NKorea (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

AP - Egyptian wireless company Orascom plans to invest up to $400 million in a new mobile phone network in North Korea, one of the world’s poorest and most tightly controlled societies.

Electronic Arts swings to 3Q loss (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Two popular Electronic Arts games on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.  EA is expected to release quarterly earnings after the market closes on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Video-game software publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, hurt in part by the way it accounts for online-enabled games, but adjusted earnings met Wall Street’s expectations.

Finger-thin cables tie Internet together (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

AP - The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor.

Cable break causes wide Internet outage (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

AP - At least for a while, the World Wide Web wasn’t so worldwide.

Google 4Q profit misses analyst target (AP)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, central England July 20, 2007. Google on Thursday reported a weaker-than-expected 17 percent rise in quarterly profit, disappointing investors hungry for more and sending its shares down 9.5 percent. (Darren Staples/Reuters)AP - Google Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search leader’s moneymaking machine.