Google launched the latest salvo in the cellphone wars Tuesday with the unveiling of the newest handset to carry its Android platform. Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Vodafone’s HTC Magic smartphone will make its European bow in the UK, Spain, France and Germany in the coming months. In Italy it will be available under a non-exclusive contract.
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Universal cellphone charger will ring the changes, say makers
Cell phone makers Tuesday pledged to end one of modern life’s chief frustrations — and introduce a universal charger for handsets by 2012. The GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association), which represents more than 750 of the world’s cell phone operators, made the announcement at its annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Tuesday
GOP senators say Obama off to bad start
Top Republican lawmakers Sunday called on President Obama to change his political strategy, arguing that the passage of a massive stimulus bill on a party-line vote showed he has failed to deliver the "change" he promised. “If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country’s screwed,” Sen
Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies
Facebook is five. Maybe you didn’t get it in your news feed, but it was in February 2004 that Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, along with some classmates, launched the social network that ate the world.
The Paradox of Thrift
Don’t spend more than you make.
Daytona Drag: NASCAR Tries to Outrace the Recession
How should NASCAR rev up its popularity during a recession? Maybe Bruton Smith has the answer.
Confessions of a Shopaholic: Relic of an Economy Past
Long, long ago, in a very different economy, there were people called shopaholics.
The Math for 3.5 Million Jobs
Congress, well-fed and self-satisfied, can catch its wind now.
In Defense of the Recession Blame Game
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, except that right now everyone wants a little piece of it. The mob has been chanting for months, ever since former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived in late September on Capitol Hill to warn of disaster, pass around his three-page plan and demand $700 billion to fix the problem. Most members of Congress were so spooked they were ready to write a check, until their phone lines started melting with the angry voices of taxpayers demanding details about the likely return on the investment
Being Green May Help Business in Bad Times
It hardly bears pointing out that during these days of 7.6% unemployment, when the business pages of the local newspaper look more like the obituaries, no industry is doing well — and that includes green business. Wind and solar manufacturers, starved for credit, are cutting back on projects and laying off workers