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Verizon's big ad push for Android takes on iPhone

NEW YORK — An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google Inc. that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple Inc.'s iPhone.

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FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis'

SAN DIEGO — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find ways to come up with more bandwidth for mobile devices.

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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 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 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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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 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 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

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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