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    CreditSMS helps structure informal mobile finance 11 August, 2009 05:09:00

    Airtime itself could be a source of income, and an informal mobile money transfer system was born
    Mobile commerce is quickly becoming one of the most cost-effective, far-reaching means of giving the 'un-banked' poor their first taste of financial services. Yet many of these services are almost entirely informal, connected to neither banks nor traditional forms of regulation. A new initiative - CreditSMS - aims to integrate m-commerce with traditional financial management tools, thereby formalizing the informal and bridging the financial divide.
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    Inevitable: Apple should accept Google Voice 04 August, 2009 23:31:00

    It's time for Apple and AT&T to fully consider what is at stake and do the right thing
    It's time for Apple and AT&T to fully consider what is at stake and do the right thing. Give the FCC a win if that's what it takes, but let your customers have Google Voice if they want it--as they obviously do.
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    How ending exclusivity agreements would change the telecom industry 10 July, 2009 08:05:00

    While big telecom carriers might get hurt by losing exclusive agreements for popular devices, smaller carriers could stand to gain
    US iPhone lovers who want their device freed from AT&T's wireless network could soon get their wish.
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    Why the iPhone can't be 'killed' 02 July, 2009 08:09:00

    Every time a supposed "iPhone killer" hits the market its sales come in well below the iPhone's sales numbers.
    Every few months, some new hopeful to the smartphone market will garner enough hype where various media outlets will dub it an "iPhone killer".
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    Are sealed-in laptop batteries a good idea? 30 June, 2009 13:40:00

    In what may become commonplace, Apple and Dell have begun shipping notebooks with sealed-in batteries, promising longer battery life but preventing battery swapping
    When Apple introduced its new MacBooks recently, it touted a doubled battery life -- but noted that the laptops' batteries were sealed into the case, not user-swappable as is the norm on laptops.
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    Nokia challenges developers to think outside the phone 02 October, 2008 11:55:00

    You'd be wise to learn what a Nokia Series 60 handset can do before you settle on a mobile platform
    You don't have to be a programmer to be a mobile innovator. All you need to do is open your eyes to the fact that a smart phone or QWERTY handset is a personal computer, sans legacy baggage. In the future, user-facing computers will have more in common with the high-end mobile devices of today than with the eight-core desktops and quad-core notebooks of 2009.
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    Windows Mobile: Alive and well -- and suitable for business 15 May, 2009 04:19:00

    Having discussed the progress of the iPhone in the enterprise last month, I thought that this month I would take a look at a longtime player, Windows Mobile, and see how it stacks up against the competition these days. And next month, I hope to have some comments on the new Palm Pre and how it fares for business use.
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    Legalise mobile phone jammers? 24 February, 2009 09:35:00

    Should prisons and police be allowed to jam mobile phones? Should movie theatres? Should you?
    Jamming a mobile phone is illegal in the US. Very illegal. And not just by ordinary citizens. It's illegal for theatre and restaurant owners to jam calls, and even state and local police or prison officials. The US, in fact, has the strictest laws in the world against jamming mobile calls.
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    Microsoft, HP, others shy away from Intel 'netbook' moniker 31 January, 2009 10:13:00

    Netbook. Subnotebook. Mini-notebook. Mini-laptop. Mini. Why so many names for the same low-powered laptop with 10-inch screen and no optical drive?
    Netbook. Subnotebook. Mini-notebook. Mini-laptop. Mini. Why so many names for the same low-powered laptop with 10-inch screen and no optical drive?
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    Microsoft layoffs: Netbooks sales are killing us 23 January, 2009 10:20:00

    The company's revenue decline is due, in large part, to the growth in the sales of netbooks.
    Overlooked in the Microsoft announcement about its layoffs of 5,000 people over the next 18 months is this startling revelation: The company's revenue decline is due, in large part, to the growth in the sales of netbooks.
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    Which is best for netbooks: Windows 7 or Linux? 23 January, 2009 10:16:00

    For the mass consumer audience, there's little doubt: Windows 7 is superior.
    Microsoft is clearly positioning Windows 7 as Linux-killer for netbooks. Can it succeed? I've spent considerable time with both Windows 7 and Linux, and here are my conclusions about which operating system is better for netbooks.
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