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Casio's 5-Megapixel Exilim Cameraphone Is Army-Tough

Casio just released a cameraphone that's likely to dodge the criticisms we've leveled at other camera/phone convergence devices. That's because rather than pointlessly add high megapixels to it, Casio put some really good stuff ...READ»

Six Unbelievable Things Online This Week

It's almost Memorial Day weekend--don't even pretend you're actually working. Here are six truly quizzical stories coursing across the social news sites today to get you through the final working hours. Who knows: you might even garner a little inspiration, and run out the door with an antler helmet on. Don't ask--just read.READ»

Cisco Wants to Dominate Smart-Grid Communications

sma Cisco Systems announced its plan to assist with Miami's massive smart-grid project weeks ago, but the Internet networking company officially stated its intentions to dominate the smart grid yesterday. Broadly speaking, ...READ»

Boost Mobile's Streetfight for Prepaid Dominance

In January, Boost Mobile began offering a flat-fee $50 wireless plan for unlimited minutes, texting, Internet, and push-to-talk. Consumers flocked: the little division of Sprint added almost 700,000 subscribers in Q1, after a net ...READ»

Could Microsoft Build a Great Phone?

Microsoft and Verizon might be conspiring to build an iPhone challenger. The two companies make an inauspicious team: sales of Microsoft's Zune media player, the likely basis for the new device, have been in freefall for months. ...READ»

Cablevision vs. Verizon FiOS: The Battle for Fastest Internet Speeds Continues

Say what you like about the benefits of fiber-optic communications, and the future of home broadband: Cable hasn't given up the ghost just yet. Next month Cablevision will unveil its top-tier broadband service that speeds along at a ...READ»

Apple-Verizon Rumors: New iPhone and Mac Tablet on the Way?

Apple rumors are either steaming with the heady vapors of pure fantasy, or are spun around a core of interesting facts. The latest rumors about Apple and Verizon being in talks seem to be more the latter. And among the tidbits comes ...READ»

T-Mobile Joins the Smart-Grid Wireless Network Brigade

Cellphone carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already staked claims in the digital smart-grid industry with their wireless networks. Now T-Mobile is playing catch-up by partnering with smart meter maker Echelon and developing ...READ»

Thanks, Recession! Cell Plans to Get Cheaper

Perhaps the only shot that Mobile carriers will have at growth in 2009 will be to cheapen their plans. It never used to be this way, according to the AP; it was once the carrier with the slickest phones and the most capacious ...READ»

Woe Am I, Without Mobile Broadband

As I write this, my computer's Wi-Fi antenna mopes among the pay-per-hour networks inside La Guardia Airport, wondering why it costs $8 to access the Internet for the short period before my flight. While it wanders, I fume. It ...READ»

Rupert Murdoch, Wireless Provider Interest Confirms the Rise of the E-Book

It's clear that e-books are the future of printed works, even if right now Amazon's Kindle is the only device that demonstrates the power of the new medium. But with news that Rupert Murdoch wants in on the scene, and with Verizon ...READ»

Verizon Predicts Cellphone's Future: Only Four Operating Systems Rule

Verizon's has revealed how it plans to integrate the software side of next-generation cellphones into its business: It aims to support just four different operating systems. The problem with the current cell phone model, ...READ»

This Might Be Big: Verizon Fios Plans to Green Your Home with its Remote Control

The other day at the Green:Net 09 conference, I spoke to someone who predicted that home-energy management systems would never take off until we could easily have a remote control to automate home appliances. Verizon may have been ...READ»

Who Needs a Femtocell?

During the last presidential election, two major mobile phone carriers parked portable antennas at John McCain's Arizona ranch, as it was out of range of the nearest tower. If you live in a dead spot, you can get a smaller ...READ»

The Six Tech Marvels We Had Better See In 2009

As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?READ»

How 2009 Will Spur The Rebirth Of Cyber Squatting

Call it the end of the dot-com world. Next year ICANN, the non-profit that oversees domain name and IP address registration, will start taking applications for new domain name suffixes, creating the potential for billions of new ...READ»

Sprint's Golden Hour Cometh

AT&T [ATT] and Verizon [VZ] are today's behemoths in the mobile service provider marketplace. But with its fast network, forward-thinking technology, and value-oriented plans, the next decade of cell users could all belong to the ...READ»

Verizon's 2009 Hot Motorola Cellphone Line-up Leaks

"Hot" hasn't been a word much associated with Motorola for a little while, as the company that once wowed us with the RAZR has fallen behind much of its competition. But a series of leaks of the 2009 Verizon Motorola cellphone lineup ...READ»

TechWatch: Buy The BlackBerry Storm

You didn't want an iPhone anyway.READ»

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Tech Watch: Who's Afraid of the Touchscreen BlackBerry?

Gadget nuts everywhere await the arrival of RIM's first touchscreen device. Will the Storm be a bellwether device, or just another flavor of BlackBerry?READ»

Tech Watch: Cheap Nationwide WiFi

Lots of news stories have been trampled by Election Day coverage, but none more nerdily exciting than Tuesday's FCC decision to open up “white space” – or space in the 700MHz range of the wireless spectrum – for unlicensed wireless use. Imagine a new Bluetooth frequency that could rove hundreds of miles, instead of just a few feet.READ»

Vodafone To Sell New Dell Netbook

Dell's [NASDAQ:DELL] new netbook, the Mini Inspiron 9, is reportedly being sold with built-in mobile broadband service by European telecom provider Vodafone [NYSE:VOD]. The computer, which is aimed at entry-level and ...READ»

Are You Outsourcing Your Best Asset?

Are you outsourcing the most valuable aspect of your business? Or worse yet, not paying attention to it at all? Technology has been replacing humans at work for many years. And recently the remaining humans in American and ...READ»