Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft use free Wi-Fi hot spots as marketing lure

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AT&T to allow iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network

AT&T to expand Internet calling services on iPhone

WASHINGTON — AT&T Inc. said late Tuesday that it will begin allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services on its wireless network.

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Vonage gets a cheap-calling app on the iPhone, BlackBerry; undercuts on international calls

Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry

NEW YORK — Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.

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Apple ‘continues to study’ Google Voice for iPhone; AT&T claims no role in blocking program

Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhone

SEATTLE — Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device — yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

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Text messaging as security hole: hackers show how to attack mobile phones with simple messages

U r pwned: text messaging paves way for hacking

LAS VEGAS — Getting a text message is akin to someone sliding a piece of mail under your door: You may not have asked for it, you can't stop its delivery and you have to deal with it whether you want to or not.

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BlackBerry device maker RIM says Emirati firm’s ‘update’ was unauthorized surveillance program

BlackBerry maker: UAE partner's update was spyware

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — BlackBerry users in the Mideast business centers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi who were directed by their service provider to upgrade their phones were actually installing spy software that could allow outsiders to peer inside, according to the device's maker.

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Sprint Nextel to sell part of Midwest network following iPCS court ruling

Sprint Nextel to sell parts of Midwest network

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sprint Nextel Corp. said Friday it plans to sell a chunk of its cellular network in the Midwest to comply with an Illinois court decision.

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Cisco to supply Clearwire with WiMax devices and networking equipment

ciscoCisco to supply Clearwire with WiMax devices

NEW YORK — Clearwire Corp., which is building a nearly nationwide wireless data network, said Wednesday that Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to make devices that can use that network. Clearwire has its new WiMax network up and running in Baltimore and Portland, Ore., but it doesn't have a lot of devices that can use the network apart from USB modems for laptops.

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WiGig: Intel, Microsoft and Dell team up for the most superior wireless technology

WiGigIntel, Microsoft, Dell band together for WiGig

NEW YORK — Wi-Fi, WiMax, WirelessHD, WHDI and now … WiGig?

Computer and home entertainment industry leaders, including Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., Dell Inc. and Panasonic Corp., said Wednesday that they're forming a new association to create an even faster wireless technology for zipping large files around the home.

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Illinois court allows iPCS’ challenge of Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal to go forward

Court rules for iPCS in Sprint WiMax fight

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Illinois court is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Sprint Nextel's deal with Clearwire Corp. to provide wireless broadband.

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