NTL acquires Virgin Mobile for $1.67B
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Cable giant NTL Tuesday struck a deal to acquire Virgin Mobile, setting the stage for the delivery of its content to wireless phones in the United Kingdom.
Briefs: Sprint expands mobile ticket purchasing
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Sprint launched a service that will allow its mobile users to buy Las Vegas monorail tickets from their handsets via text-message.
Briefs: Chunghwa updates international switching
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom is moving its international circuit-switched infrastructure to a Voice over Internet Protocol next-generation network.
NASA and Zero-G Agree on Regular Shuttle Runway Use
Apr 04, 2006 |
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NASA and Zero Gravity Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced today the company -- known as ZERO-G -- will begin to regularly use the space shuttle's runway and landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. This ...
Briefs: Bird flu spread into Burkina Faso
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Burkina Faso has become the fifth African nation to confirm an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, reported at a farm near Ouagadougou.
Fruit fly 'spineless' gene studied
Apr 04, 2006 |
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New York University researchers have discovered a gene that's involved with a fruit fly's antenna development also gives the organism its color vision.
Briefs: Digi debuts wired-wireless net core module
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Digi International has released what it said Tuesday was the first embedded core module with wired and wireless networking capabilities.
Britain feels heat of NTL's Virgin buyout
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Getting more services for less money. That could well be what many British customers will be getting if NTL's buyout of Virgin Mobile works out as planned as they propose to offer mobile, fixed-line, broadband, and television ...
Briefs: IDC names Top 10 wireless rising stars
Apr 04, 2006 |
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There are 10 wireless companies to keep an eye out for as the sector continues to evolve rapidly in terms of technology and content, a research group said.
New research aims to plug holes in VOIP before they happen
Apr 04, 2006 |
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The National Science Foundation has issed four awards totaling $600,000 to the University of North Texas to lead a multi-university collaboration to develop a geographically distributed, secure test bed to ...
