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Extreme Big Brother fears to become a reality
News In 10 years' time, U.K. citizens will be tracked by RFID tags and have their movements monitored by unmanned "flying eyes in the sky", the nation's data protection watchdog claims.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, RFID
North Asia open-source deal signed
News Japan, China and Korea will jointly research and develop non-Windows, open-source operating systems.
Open-source programmer alleges Linux misuse
News GPL advocate believes Motorola, 12 other companies are using Linux in violation of license that governs the software.
Tags: Linux
EU launches second test satellite for Galileo
News Giove-B, the second and last test satellite, will test the atomic clock and signal transmission of Europe's troubled satellite navigation program.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, GPS, Satellite, Mobile, European Union, Europe, phone, financial, partnership, U.S.
GPS finding its way to the mainstream
News As prices drop, demand is on the rise for GPS devices that also handle music, movies and wireless calls.
Tags: Music devices, MP3 players, GPS, Music
Wi-Fi: Coming soon on board U.S. airplanes
News AirCell says it'll use its wireless spectrum to offer in-flight broadband. Will planes be filled with travelers yakking with VoIP?
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, 802.11/Wi-Fi, VoIP/IP telephony
Voice apps sounding better to big firms, says IBM
News Tech improvements and potential cost savings are encouraging corporations to embed speech activation in their customer help desks and other services, according to Big Blue.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business applications
In-car Net access ready to hit the road
News MobileAria, which was formed in October with backing from handheld maker Palm and car parts giant Delphi, plans to have its voice-activated Internet service for the car available by midyear.
Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changes
News Microsoft gives a heads-up on the alterations it's making to desktop search to satisfy rivals' antitrust concerns.
Tags: Windows Vista
South Koreans want their M-TV!
News Mobile TV programming on cell phones and other digital devices is hot in South Korea, though turning the mania into profits is devilishly tough.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure
IBM heeds message to integrate IM, e-mail
News IBM wants to take the mess out of messaging, with an experimental application called NotesBuddy.
Tags: Personal applications
China blamed for AP handheld market decline
News A change in consumer buying behavior in the mainland has resulted in a nosedive in Asia-Pacific handheld sales last year, says market researcher IDC.
Toshiba, others to share OS for digital devices
News Toshiba Corp, Sony Corp, NEC Corp and others will jointly develop a new software operating system for digital appliances based on the Linux system currently in use for Internet severs.
Japan multi-OS car navigation tested
News Japan’s Toshiba and Denso Corp, an advanced automative systems supplier, said Wednesday that they had jointly developed the world’s first multi-OS environment for car navigation systems.
Hitachi database software finds U.S. customer
News Blue Peach will use Hitachi's embedded database to power search functions in digital media server.
Tags: Storage, Database management, Media players, Search
