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Google launches iPhone voice search app
Google on Monday added voice capabilities to its search application for the iPhone, allowing iPhone owners to speak search terms into the device to perform searches. Read more...

Microsoft: Office Web will be available from Mac, Linux, iPhone

Cheap Facebook phone designed for mobile social networking

BlackBerry Storm goes on sale from Verizon on Nov. 21

Microsoft search could be on Verizon cell phones

NEC develops three-format RFID reader

Microsoft won't budge on Hotmail interface redesign

Antenna Software to acquire some assets of Vettro

Opinion: Stop the page-flicking madness -- give us iPhone folders

New Android apps a mixed bag, but should improve

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Twitter for business: 5 ways to tap the power of the tweet
Much more than a way to tell friends what you're doing, Twitter can be a valuable business tool -- if you know what you're doing. Here's how to juice it for all it's worth.

Elgan: Mobile tech under Obama
There's no way to know how America and the world will change during the Obama administration. But we can see how mobile technology will change.

Review: The BlackBerry Bold smart phone is sleek and fast
The BlackBerry Bold boasts a sleek design, a sharp display, and high-speed connectivity, but it fails to impress in other areas, particularly, its call quality and its camera's image quality.

Elgan: Why netbooks will soon cost $99
The era when subnotebooks are subsidized like cell phones is nearly here, says columnist Mike Elgan.

How to configure and deploy the iPhone 3G for business, Part 3: In-house apps
Apple has offered up the promise of customized in-house mobile apps as a selling point for its iPhone. Here's what you'll want to know before creating and rolling out home-grown apps in an enterprise environment.

Review: Cell phone GPS app smackdown
Traveling a lot and feeling lost? You don't have to remain directionless -- and you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars on a dedicated GPS navigation device, either. AT&T Wireless, Sprint and Verizon Wireless all have their own navigation applications for their GPS-enabled phones.

Elgan: Stop ignoring the GPS in your phone
There are many powerful ways to take advantage of your phone's GPS, writes columnist Mike Elgan. He offers one simple way that requires the installation of just one application.

RFID's real ROI is in IT's own backyard
RFID is often viewed as a solution in search of a problem, but recent studies show that tracking IT assets is one application where the technology shines.

FAQ: What the Android G1 phone will do for you
Interested in the new Android phone, the G1? You don't have to dig through all the specs and in-depth announcements -- we've broken down all the biggest questions and answers for you right here.

Elgan: I want my mobile social address book
Let's use the technology we already have to do away with these outdated pieces of paper, Mike Elgan proposes.

If you're like our 7,000 survey respondents, your paycheck this year has been flattened and your bonus obliterated. We offer 12 ways to plump up your paycheck.
Microsoft's next OS might more accurately be called Windows 6.5: It's essentially a better version of Vista.
Twitter can be a valuable business tool -- if you know what you're doing. Here's how to juice it for all it's worth.
By helping Intel with loosened 'Vista Capable' requirements, Microsoft 'severely damaged' its credibility, said an HP exec in a newly unsealed Feb. 2006 e-mail.
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