Cell Phone Rumors Ring True For Google (The Tampa Tribune)
Confirming its long-rumored foray into the mobile market, Google said Monday that it is developing a free cell phone software package so the Internet search leader can more easily peddle ads and services to people who aren't in front of a PC....more...Extending Cellphones' Reach (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
The $150 Vtech LS5145 Expandable Cordless Phone System synchronizes with your cellphone and redirects incoming cell calls to ring wherever the VTech phones are placed in the house....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
The Town of Ithaca Public Works Department will have water lines replaced on Hanshaw Road. The portion of Hanshaw Road between Warren and Sapsucker Woods Road will be congested during this work through the end of November....more... These hot gadgets make life easier and pictures clearer (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Olympus revs up auto-focusing speeds with the E-3, a single-lens reflex digital camera loaded with an 11-point focusing sensor that can accurately capture fast-moving scenes....more... Atheros Expands ROCm Bluetooth(R) Portfolio With New System-on-Chip for Headsets (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Atheros Communications, Inc. , a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced the second member of its growing ROCm family of Bluetooth wireless solutions -- the Atheros AR3031....more... FAU unable to properly explain $495,661 in severance pay (Sun-Sentinel)
Florida Atlantic University failed to show why it was necessary to give a former fundraiser $495,661 in severance pay, a state audit has found. ...more... The computer gets personal (TVNZ)
Move over desktop computers, the laptop is set to conquer the world....more... Mobile Players Ho-Hum About Android (PC World)
Established mobile players such as Microsoft, Apple, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T aren't concerned by Google's open-source plans. ...more... Camera answers need for speed (The Ithaca Journal)
Olympus revs up auto-focusing speeds with the E-3, a single-lens reflex (SLR) digital camera loaded with an 11-point focusing sensor that can accurately capture fast-moving scenes. Designed for serious digital photographers, the 10-megapixel camera boasts a live image sensor, a 1/8,000-second shutter speed and a continuous shooting pace of five-frames-per second. The dust-resistant, splash-proof ......more... |