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Updated : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:49 GMT

iPhone 3G Entices Mobile-Carrier Defections (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device.
Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:46 GMT

Apple iPhone 3G Sales Approaching 10 Million Mark (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple may not have reached its goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs yet, but the company has spurred a large number of consumers to abandon their carriers and flock to AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:05:34 GMT

Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty Nvidia Chips (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:49 GMT

D.Telekom seeks stolen data on 17 million mobile users (Reuters)

Reuters - Thieves have hijacked sensitive data on millions of Deutsche Telekom mobile phone customers, the German company has acknowledged in its second major security scandal this year.



Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:52:20 GMT

LED Lamps Could Be Used For Data, Too (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - LED lighting isn't just a potential replacement for lighting technologies used today – it is actually being eyed as the next-generation wireless communications technology by researchers at Boston University.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:24:49 GMT

T-Mobile Sells Out Early Inventory of G1 Android Phones (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - T-Mobile may have at least a short-term shortage of its G1 Android-powered phone as customers flood the company with preorders. T-Mobile said it has already sold its presale inventory of the first Google Android phone.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:16:11 GMT