Nick Mobile Launches on Sprint Phones
Mobile Burn, PA - Apr 17, 2006Sprint PCS Subscription Channel Customers will have Access to Nickelodeon Content Including Kid Favorites SpongeBob SquarePants, TEENick's Zoey 101, Unfabulous ...

Woman charged with identity theft
Mid-Hudson News, NY - May 2, 2006... She used the account to pay bills to Orange and Rockland Utilities, Geico Insurance, People PC, Direct TV, Sprint PCS and New Rochelle Telephone. ...

MinuteWatcher Releases the First Free Service to Limit Cell Phone ...
PR Web (press release), WA - May 1, 2006... cost.". MinuteWatcher supports all the major carriers, including Cingular (AT&T Wireless), Sprint PCS (Nextel), T-Mobile and Verizon. ...

Sprint Nextel announces first quarter results
MobileGuerilla.com - Apr 26, 2006... 563,000 under the Sprint and Nextel post-paid brands, 502,000 under the Boost Mobile brand and 273,000 through wholesale channels and from Sprint PCS affiliates ...

CBS Radio sports head to Sprint cell phones
ZDNet - May 01 10:26 AM
Companies partner with MSpot to broadcast three sports stations, other related content on Sprint PCS mobiles.Save to My Web

County officials may drop sign rule
Forsyth County News Front Page - Apr 20 6:05 AM
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners is expected to consider allowing residents to post signs in their yard without having to obtain a permit from the county government.Save to My Web

Freecellphonesunlimited.com Offers Free Cell or Camera Phone For Signing Up
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Apr 26 6:47 AM
Nicholls, GA (PRWEB) April 26, 2006 -- Freecellphonesunlimited.Save to My Web

Sprint Nextel To Buy Affiliate for $1.3 Billion
Local Tech Wire - Apr 20 5:36 AM
RESTON, VA Sprint Nextel is buying UbiquiTel, one of its Sprint PCS wireless affiliates, in a deal worth some $1.3 billion. The purchase price includes assumption of some $300 in debt.Save to My Web

Verizon Begins Offering FiOS / Broadband Service
Wireless IQ - Apr 18 8:39 AM
Deep in the heart of North Texas, a video service shootout begins today...Save to My Web

Cells get personal
The Biloxi Sun Herald - May 02 1:21 PM
Rich Muller loves to spend his hour-long train commute watching TV shows on his phone.Save to My Web

Verizon expands NH broadband
New Hampshire Union Leader - Apr 29 9:13 PM
Verizon is expanding broadband Internet service in New Hampshire and has just wrapped up a deal in Vermont where it will expand the areas it offers broadband Internet service through telephone lines or wireless technology.Save to My Web

It will soon be easier to call city
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Apr 26 7:47 AM
The city of Fort Waynes phone listings take up the better part of a page in the front of the phone book. Once youve found the page (hint its in the blue tabbed section in the front of the Verizon phone book), youve still got some work to do, weeding through about 100 phone numbers to find the right one.Save to My Web

Charles Arthur: Newly asked questions
Guardian Unlimited - Apr 26 6:13 PM
What is more likely is that eBay's newly acquired web-based phone service will find out whether there's any market for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) ringtones.Save to My Web

Newly asked questions: Has file sharing cost the music industry 1.1bn over 3 years?
Guardian Unlimited - Apr 12 4:44 PM
Not according to a back-of-the-envelope calculation by Jupiter Research's Mark Mulligan, who reckons the true figure is closer to 290m.Save to My Web

Desperate Housewives Appear Online
TechWeb via Yahoo! News - Apr 11 10:49 AM
Viewers desperate for the latest gossip from Wisteria Lane can now catch up for free on the Internet.Save to My Web

Mixed opening seen as blue chip earnings disappoint
FT.com via Yahoo! News - May 03 6:00 AM
Stock futures were mixed on Wednesday as results from Procter & Gamble and Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) came in below analyst forecasts. Also in focus were software-maker Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Motorola (NYSE:MOT).Save to My Web

Cingular's Fun-Free Motorola L2 for Biz
DesignTechnica - May 03 11:35 AM
Cingular is offering business and government users the Motorola L2 phone: like a SLVR with all the fun taken out of it.Save to My Web

Motorola SLVR City to illuminate the face of New Dubai
AME Info - May 04 3:20 AM
Motorola is poised to make history today with SLVR City, with a dazzling first-of-its-kind outdoor illumination against some of the most prominent buildings in 'New Dubai'.Save to My Web

AMD, Intel and MIT chastised for cheap PC fight
The Register - May 05 5:46 PM
'We want phones' WCIT The unusual struggle to provide adequate, cheap PCs to the world's poor has gone awry before it really even began in earnest. A group of technology leaders today chastised the likes of AMD, Intel and MIT for failing to cooperate around their efforts to create low-cost computers. Compounding the tension, the leaders added that they'd prefer to see the likes of Nokia and Save to My Web

Dozens rescued from New York City cable cars
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Apr 19 11:59 AM
Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars thatSave to My Web

Passengers sang, joked while stranded on tram
The Columbus Dispatch - Apr 20 4:09 AM
NEW YORK Stranded in tram cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell-phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting formula, diapers and snacks into a car containing two babies.Save to My Web

Ringtones, jokes helped the stranded pass time
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Apr 20 7:03 PM
NEW YORK - Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and snacks into a car containing two babies.Save to My Web

A new twist in the cell phone price wars
CNN Money - Apr 20 3:15 PM
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Alltel, the nation's fifth largest wireless phone company, has fired the latest volley in the cell phone price wars.Save to My Web

The different possibilities using mobile phone ringtones
LiveArticles.org, CA - Apr 11, 2006... We wanted the best of mobile tones and gradually a host of mobile ringtones such as polyphonic ringtones, Nokia ringtones, funny ringtones, mp3 ringtones, true ...

The working of mobile phone ringtones
LiveArticles.org, CA - Apr 9, 2006... ringtones. More often than not, this is done to cover the costs of royalties of the songs, on which the mobile ringtones are based. ...

Has file sharing cost the music industry 1.1bn over 3 years?
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Apr 12, 2006... because it fears what will happen when young file sharers grow up - and are used to not paying for music; though studies show they do buy mobile ringtones. ...

Skype Brings You Mobile Ringtones
Playfuls.com, Romania - Apr 26, 2006by Playfuls Team. Skype announced license agreements for worldwide distribution rights to potentially hundreds of thousands of musical ...

Sprint to Buy UbiquiTel
TheStreet.com - Apr 20 9:19 AM
The deal is valued at $1 billion. Sprint will also assume $300 million of debt.Save to My Web

New Web Sitcom 'Deliverance By The Slice' on BlipTV
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 05 9:30 AM
Empty Street Films announces that their web comedy series "Deliverance By The Slice" is now running on BlipTV, a premium video channel on Sprint PCS.Save to My Web

Sprint Nextel to Acquire Wireless Affiliate UbiquiTel
Wireless IQ - Apr 20 8:52 AM
Sprint Nextel Corp. and UbiquiTel Inc. today announced an agreement for...Save to My Web

Southern California Joint Pole Committee Celebrates 100 Years of Cooperation Among Utilities
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Apr 27 5:00 AM
San Dimas, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2006 -- On October 10, 1906 representatives of the fledgling power, telephone and railroad industries met and developed a unique way to deal with the construction of utility poles.Save to My Web

Mariah to produce ringtones
Tonight South Africa - Mariah Carey is to write and record cellphone ringtones exclusively for Pepsi. The Grammy Award-winning singer has signed a lucrative deal to come up with tones for the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion. The promotion is the first to offer

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London
Financial Times - At this rate Cliff Richard will not be the only one agitating for a change to the copyright laws. With the London Symphony Orchestra getting Beethoven to number two on the iTunes classical chart and selling his music as mobile ringtones, Cliff could

Desperate Housewives Go Online
Personal Tech Pipeline - Viewers desperate for the latest gossip from Wisteria Lane can now catch up for free on the Internet. In a push to expand its online presence while capitalizing on the popularity of several hit shows, ABC is offering Desperate Housewives reruns the

Britons Too Worried About Choosing Ringtones
PhoneContent.com - According to a report published by the Sun "paranoid Brits" are getting "hung up over choosing their mobile ringtones as they fear it will make them a laughing stock." The report says that 80 per cent of the Britons were worried what others would

VZ Navigator: Do not pass Go, *do* pass destination, go directly ...
Autoblog, CA - Apr 17, 2006... carry the load alone. This example shows why an alert driver is also needed. The Verizon phone system is crazy. A very small screen ...

Back Up Your Cell Phone's Address Book
PC World - Apr 27, 2006... For example, you can transfer information from one Verizon Wireless phone to another Verizon phone, but you can't move data from a Verizon phone to a Sprint ...

Cell Phones for Laptop Users?
Slashdot - Apr 26, 2006... A friend of mine purchased a Verizon phone and couldn't use the dialup feature without upping the per month pricing significantly (at least $59.99 versus ...

It will soon be easier to call city
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Apr 26, 2006Once you ve found the page (hint it s in the blue tabbed section in the front of the Verizon phone book), you ve still got some work to do, weeding ...

Cellular phone ads shift focus
Dayton Daily News - For decades, marketers in crowded categories like banking and fast food have tried to avoid price wars by promoting qualities like their service and convenience. Now cell phone companies have joined the fray, and their ads are causing backbiting as

NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders
FOXSports.com - 1, Jimmie Johnson, 1394. 2, Matt Kenseth, 1373. 3, Tony Stewart, 1316. 4, Kasey Kahne, 1213. 5, Mark Martin, 1210. 6, Jeff Gordon , 1173. 7, Kevin Harvick, 1138. 8, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 1120. 9, Kyle Busch, 1077. 10, Dale Jarrett, 1066. 11, Casey

Canandaigua to crown newest USAC Sprint Car winner in New York State
Who Won - CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. -- The United States Auto Club has sanctioned 73 races in New York State. USAC s Golden Anniversary celebration, 1956-2006, will continue on May 6 as Canandaigua Speedway becomes just the fifth track to host a national

Britons Too Worried About Choosing Ringtones
PhoneContent.com - According to a report published by the Sun "paranoid Brits" are getting "hung up over choosing their mobile ringtones as they fear it will make them a laughing stock." The report says that 80 per cent of the Britons were worried what others would

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London
Financial Times - At this rate Cliff Richard will not be the only one agitating for a change to the copyright laws. With the London Symphony Orchestra getting Beethoven to number two on the iTunes classical chart and selling his music as mobile ringtones, Cliff could

Desperate Housewives Appear Online
TechWeb - Viewers desperate for the latest gossip from Wisteria Lane can now catch up for free on the Internet. In a push to expand its online presence while capitalizing on the popularity of several hit shows, ABC is offering Desperate Housewives reruns the

Skype Brings You Mobile Ringtones
Playfuls - Skype announced license agreements for worldwide distribution rights to potentially hundreds of thousands of musical works as ringtones for Skype. The agreements are with three major music publishing companies EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music

Verizon Begins Offering FiOS TV Service in Its Largest Texas ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 18, 2006... Customers interested in learning more about FiOS and other broadband services can also visit the Verizon broadband lounge at the Verizon Phone Plus store near ...

Brandtique: Oreos, Maybelline, Verizon
MediPost Publications, New York - May 1, 2006... Seth is confused. "What the hell is aV Cast?" he asks. Then, Anna whips out her Verizon phone and shows him the video version. In ...

VZ Navigator: Do not pass Go, *do* pass destination, go directly ...
Autoblog, CA - Apr 17, 2006... carry the load alone. This example shows why an alert driver is also needed. The Verizon phone system is crazy. A very small screen ...

Local emergency numbers remain in phone book despite shift to 911
Hornell Evening Tribune, NY - Apr 17, 2006When Verizon phone books were released at the beginning of the month, one omission stirred up the Steuben County public safety community. ...

Nokia 2865i announced
MobileTracker - CTIA 2006 -- The Nokia 2865i is one of three new CDMA handsets Nokia announced this morning (see 6175i and 2365i for info on the others). The Series 40 handset falls in the mid-range, and includes the following features: Bluetooth 2.0 / IR 128 160

Skype to offer EMI Music ringtones
Silicon Valley - Skype struck a deal Tuesday that will bring the sounds of Madonna and potentially thousands of other artists as ringtones to people who use the company's Internet phone-calling software. Ringtone versions of songs from the entire EMI Music Publishing

Mariah Rings Up Pepsi
E! Online - "I had a lot of fun with this project," the Grammy winner said in a statement. "It was a great creative outlet because musically I could do things here that I would never think to do for one of my albums. "This was a great idea by Pepsi, and I'm

Cingular 8125 Pocket PC Phone Review
Brighthand, CA - 17 hours agoCingular's 8125 Pocket PC phone, the GSM answer to the 6700, combines a large comfortable keyboard and a full suite of communication options. ...

Cingular beefs up Texas network
Milwaukee Business Journal, WI - Apr 29, 2006Cingular's 2006 investment will bring nearly 130 new cell sites high speed data services, portable and permanent generators and other enhancements to the ...

US cellphone company Cingular swings to profit in first quarter
Calgary Sun, Canada - Apr 19, 2006ATLANTA (AP) - Cingular Wireless LLC, the largest US cellphone provider, reported Wednesday that it swung to a profit in the first quarter on a nine per cent ...

Police rescue tram passengers
New York Daily News, NY - Apr 19, 2006... Speaking earlier on ABC's "Good Morning America," Dax said people on the cable car started playing cell phone ringtones to pass the time, and some of the ...

EBay Unit Licenses Warner Music Ringtones
MSN Money - Apr 25, 2006said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from the Warner Music Group library. ...

EBay Opens Express Lane For Fixed-Price Deals
MediPost Publications, New York - Apr 26, 2006... with EMI Music Group Publishing, Sony STV/Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music and the MCPS-PRS Alliance to offer customers cell phone ringtones using songs ...

Pick the Perfect Cell Phone
Washington Post - Few gadgets are as ubiquitous as cell phones. And with so many to choose from, separating the junk from the jewels is increasingly difficult. We tested a broad range of cordless phones, including PDA hybrids, to help you find the perfect device. We

Virals vs. the ad zappers
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Reports of the death of the 30-second television commercial -- which, frankly, probably wouldn't be lamented by too many viewers -- turn out to be greatly exaggerated. All you need to do is tune in to prime-time programming or catch any weekend

Cingular plans to spend $346 million in Texas, expand 3G service to
San Antonio Business Journal - Cingular Wireless LLC is planning to invest nearly $350 million upgrading and expanding its Texas network in 2006. The nation's largest wireless carrier will spend $190 million in North, East, West Texas and the Panhandle and another $156 million in

Cellphone GPS is on its way
Grand Forks Herald - The Global Positioning System devices that can help people navigate an unfamiliar city or find the nearest pizza joint are moving off the dashboard and into the cellphone. Cellphones with location technology already are a hit in Japan and South Korea

The working of mobile phone ringtones
LiveArticles.org, CA - Apr 9, 2006... ringtones. More often than not, this is done to cover the costs of royalties of the songs, on which the mobile ringtones are based. ...

Ringtone Giant Acquires Chinese Rival
PowerHomeBiz.com (press release) - Apr 25, 2006April 25, 2006 (London UK) -- MONSTERMOB, a leading mobile ringtones and game company in the UK has agreed to enter in a deal that involves buying a Chinese ...

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London
Financial Times, UK - Apr 25, 2006... With the London Symphony Orchestra getting Beethoven to number two on the iTunes classical chart and selling his music as mobile ringtones, Cliff could soon be ...

Mariah Carey To Write And Record Mobile Ringtones For Pesi
UK-Flava.com, UK - Apr 24, 2006The Grammy Award-winning singer has signed a lucrative deal to come up with tones for the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion. ...

[2004-10-04]
T3 - Apr 29 11:07 AM
Is Apple working on a new ultra mini iPod? The gadget grapevine is ablaze with gossip that Apple is planning to launch a much dinkier flash-based iPod before Christmas 2004!Save to My Web

Wireless Carriers are Turning to the Great Indoors to Boost Voice and Data Service Revenues, New Report Finds
CommsDesign - Apr 28 6:19 AM
NEW YORK, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The need to improve the quality and reliability of indoor voice and data connections will drive operators of mobile networks to invest heavily in products that boost wireless coverage within large commercial buildings and multitenant dwellings, a trend that will help suppliers of distributed antenna systems, RF repeaters, and IP-based pico base stations, finds a Save to My Web

King of Color Shoots New Motorola Color PEBL Handsets
SYS-CON Media - Apr 27 5:21 AM
Motorola, Inc. commissioned David LaChapelle, world-renowned photographer and director, to capture the highly anticipated colored PEBL(TM) handsets in a whimsical photo shoot. These images, exclusively available to support the public relations activities, bring together one of the world's most unique and well-known photographers with one of today's most innovative and visionary brands.Save to My Web

Amp'd Hollywood/Motorola E816
ABC News - Apr 25, 2006... The E815 and E816 both share the best reception we've ever seen from a Verizon phone, plus great sound quality through the earpiece, microphone, and speaker. ...

Internet access blocked on Cape
Cape Cod Times, MA - Apr 27, 2006... NAPs owes Verizon $60 million, said a spokesman for the telephone company, which has blocked Global NAPs' access to the Internet through Verizon phone numbers. ...

Cell Phones for Laptop Users?
Slashdot - Apr 26, 2006... A friend of mine purchased a Verizon phone and couldn't use the dialup feature without upping the per month pricing significantly (at least $59.99 versus ...

Netgear's SPH101 Skype WiFi Phone available for pre-order
engadget, CA - Apr 20, 2006... No I will probably wait. You can buy a Sprint or Verizon phone which have wifi, BT, and EVDO, get your email, more features and install Skype! 13. ...

Cell Phones for Laptop Users?
Slashdot - Apr 26, 2006... A friend of mine purchased a Verizon phone and couldn't use the dialup feature without upping the per month pricing significantly (at least $59.99 versus ...

Samsung SCH-A950
ABC News - Mar 28, 2006Samsung's SCH-A950 brings a jaunty jog-dial navigator to Verizon's V Cast downloadable music service and has plenty of power for a Verizon phone. ...

VZ Navigator: Do not pass Go, *do* pass destination, go directly ...
Autoblog, CA - Apr 17, 2006... carry the load alone. This example shows why an alert driver is also needed. The Verizon phone system is crazy. A very small screen ...

Cell phones get personal: Specialized cell plans target niche groups
MENAFN - Apr 26 8:50 AM
Cell phones get personal: Specialized cell plans target niche groupsSave to My Web

Pair of downtown utility projects vexing motorists on Spruce Street
Scranton Times-Tribune - Apr 04 1:10 AM
Traffic in downtown Scranton will remain tangled the next two weeks because of two construction projects on Spruce Street.Save to My Web

Internet access blocked on Cape
Cape Cod Times - Apr 27 4:28 AM
By JASON KOLNOS STAFF WRITER Many Cape residents who use dial-up to connect to the Internet through Cape.com are finding themselves shut off from the information superhighway.Save to My Web

VeriSign Loses Connection
Motley Fool - Acquisitions have been critical to the growth strategy at VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN) . Unfortunately, that strategy doesn't seem to be working anymore. In the first quarter, net income was $15.7 million, or $0.06 per share, which was down from $49.2

Top Technology News
Wave 3 - SAN JOSE, Calif. Imagine never having to see a warning about running out of disk space again. It may happen, now that Seagate is coming out with a series of huge hard drives. It will have drives with a whopping 750 gigabytes of storage space -- a 50

Advertising
Yakima Herald Republic - Don't expect to see the "Real World Goldendale" anytime soon, but a film crew from MTV will be in the rural Washington town Saturday to get a "bite of small-town America," says Lorraine Reynolds, Goldendale's event planner. MTV was intrigued, says

Mariah Carey Rings up Pepsi
CRI, China - Apr 20, 2006The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. ...

CTIA Wireless 2006 Exhibitor Profiles
TMCnet - Mar 30, 2006... media solutions, content owners and media companies deliver interactive and personalized mobile experiences that include video, music, ringtones, graphics and ...

A visit to CTIA wireless, North America s largest wireless ...
SymbianOne, Canada - Apr 12, 2006... billboard.com/bbcom/charts.jsp - hopefully we'll start seeing more bundling of music and music services to include packages of music, ringtones, images, video ...

Cell-phone ringtones can now sound like anything you want
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Apr 11, 2006... providing their followers with ringtone inspiration as well, from polyphonic tones (keyboard simulated music) of "Hava Nagila" to real music ringtones by the ...

It will soon be easier to call city
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Apr 26 7:47 AM
The city of Fort Waynes phone listings take up the better part of a page in the front of the phone book. Once youve found the page (hint its in the blue tabbed section in the front of the Verizon phone book), youve still got some work to do, weeding through about 100 phone numbers to find the right one.Save to My Web

'CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?' GUY CHECKS AREA CELL PHONE SERVICE
News Journal - Apr 04 12:58 PM
MANSFIELD Go ahead and crack some jokes about his name. Clark Kent has heard them all. Not only does he have a famous moniker, his job is part of one of the most popular catchphrases this side of Wheres the beef?Save to My Web

Smith Micro Revives
RedNova - Apr 14 4:10 AM
By Womack, Brian TECHNOLOGY: Verizon pact spurs sales; seeking new carriers Software on Verizon phone: landed contract in 2004 Smith Micro Software Inc., one of Orange County's oldest software makers, can hear it now.Save to My Web

Ties take licking but keep on ticking
Hunterdon County Democrat - Apr 06 12:58 PM
"It took a licking, but just keeps on ticking." The words of John Cameron Swayze -- speaking on behalf of Timex watches during a 1950s television advertising campaign.Save to My Web

Year-Round Business Continuity Preparations Ensure Sprint Nextel ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 13, 2006... In addition tosecuring wireless coverage on both the Nextel National Network and theNationwide Sprint PCS network, the BCO ensured that Sprint City ...

Sprint Nextel buying UbiquiTel in $1.3 billion deal
Las Vegas Sun, NV - Apr 20, 2006... UbiquiTel, based in Conshohocken, offers Sprint PCS service in mid-size markets in California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah, Washington ...

Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP-3100 by SANYO introduced
PDA Tracker, CA - Apr 24, 2006By Jessica Kinsey. Sprint and SANYO have announced the introduction of the Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP-3100 by SANYO. The SCP-3100 ...

2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule and standings
The Canton Repository - Apr 26 6:52 AM
Feb. 19 - Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 26 - Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth) March 12 - UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson) March 19 - Golden Co...Save to My Web

Merger costs weigh on Sprint Nextel in 1Q
Victoria Advocate - Apr 26 5:15 AM
For the three months ended March 31, the company reported earnings of $419 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with $472 million, or 31 cents per share, during the year-ago period.Save to My Web

Elledge signs multi-year contract with Ganassi
Nascar - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
CONCORD, N.C. --- Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced Wednesday crew chief Jimmy Elledge has signed a multi-year contract extension with the organization. Elledge is currently the crew chief for Nextel Cup rookie Reed Sorenson and the No. 41 team.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann May Sell Its Half Of Sony BMG
FMQB - Mar 27 1:44 PM
In a bid to raise cash, Bertelsmann is looking to sell its music assets. Executives from both Bertelsmann and Sony are expected to meet as soon as this week and discuss proposals to alter their partnership.Save to My Web

Desperate Housewives Appear Online
TechWeb via Yahoo! News - Apr 11 10:49 AM
Viewers desperate for the latest gossip from Wisteria Lane can now catch up for free on the Internet.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 10:55 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Menstream - Apr 23 4:35 AM
Cingular Ringtones and Graphics Official site for ringtones , games and graphics. Visit now. www.cingular.com - sponsored listing Free Unlimited Ringtones Get all 500,000 tones free. No subscription required.Save to My Web

Shelia: How old are you? Cheyenne:
BellaOnline - Apr 12 6:22 AM
Im 15. Ill be 16 in July. Shelia: How long have you been singing? Cheyenne: Ive been singing since I was 8 years old. I picked up a guitar and taught myself to play. The day I picked it up, I wrote a song called All I want to Do and the rest [as they say] is history.Save to My Web

Pair of downtown utility projects vexing motorists on Spruce Street
Scranton Times-Tribune - Apr 04 1:10 AM
Traffic in downtown Scranton will remain tangled the next two weeks because of two construction projects on Spruce Street.Save to My Web

Verizon Begins Offering FiOS / Broadband Service
Wireless IQ - Apr 18 8:38 AM
Deep in the heart of North Texas, a video service shootout begins today...Save to My Web

TiVo, DirecTV extend partnership for three years
Reno Gazette-Journal - Apr 25 2:10 AM
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Shares of Tivo Inc. rose more than 5 percent Wednesday morning after the digital video recording pioneer announced it had extended a partnership with satellite TV provider DirecTV Group Inc. for another three years.Save to My Web

Taiwan market: Motorola pips Nokia in March handset sales
Digi Times - Apr 24 12:37 AM
Motorola recaptured the No. 1 spot in Taiwan handset sales with a 0.1% lead on Nokia in March, after sitting at number two for six consecutive months, according to estimates made by the local channel.Save to My Web

ARM Software Delivers Unparalleled 3D Graphics and Java Acceleration for LG Feature Phones
SYS-CON Media - Apr 25 7:09 AM
ARM, [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 06657.KS), a pioneer in multimedia convergence technology, has licensed the ARM(R) Swerve Client and Jazelle(R) JTEK(TM) software for integration into its next-generation ARM Powered(R) feature phones.Save to My Web

Report: USB to Continue Connecting
TechNewsWorld.com - 39 minutes ago
Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology will continue to be widely used for PCs and other electronics, and, with the help of wireless USB, is poised to double in shipments from1.4 billion in 2005 to 2.8 billion in 2010, research firm In-Stat reported this week.Save to My Web

Park Information
Mickey News - Read some of the greatest articles about Disney. Tips for your next visit, news from the inside and much more. Here you will find all the latest news and press releases all about Disneyland. Make sure and check it often as it is updated all the time

Ringtones prop up Australian recording industry
The Register - Comment Yesterday, the Australian recording industry went through its annual ritual of announcing a fall in music sales. Although, this time ARIA didn't blame digital music piracy for the fall - fans of the ARIA blame game will be pleased to see they

Desperate Housewives Go Online
Personal Tech Pipeline - Viewers desperate for the latest gossip from Wisteria Lane can now catch up for free on the Internet. In a push to expand its online presence while capitalizing on the popularity of several hit shows, ABC is offering Desperate Housewives reruns the

Mariah Carey, Pepsi and Motorola team on mobile offering
Mobile Youth - Apr 20 5:59 AM
Mariah Carey has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national commercial promoting the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones partnership as part of her endorsement deal.Save to My Web

Digital Entertainment Leader IGN Selects Nellymoser to Power Mobile Content Direct to Millions of Consumers Worldwide
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 30 5:24 AM
BOSTON & BRISBANE, Calif.----March 30, 2006--Nellymoser, the leading provider of software and managed services for creating, controlling and connecting rich media on mass market mobile devices, announced today that IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc. and leading Internet media and services provider, has launched an on-demand mobile gaming content and information platform Save to My Web

Ringtones flourish
The Olympian - Apr 11 6:09 AM
Out of Jessica Hickeys purse comes a funky beat that turns peoples heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: Cold coolin at a bar, and Im lookin for some action ...Save to My Web

Tram passengers calm during rescue
Chattanooga Times Free Press - NEW YORK Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and

Tram passengers remain calm during rescue
Pueblo Chieftain - NEW YORK - Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and

Police Rescue All Passengers From Cable Cars Stuck High Above New York
KOTV - America,'' people started playing cell phone ringtones to pass the time, and some of the adults started dancing to make them laugh. Of course, there were problems. ``Well, there was this one kid who peed in a cup,'' he said. The cause of the outage

InnoMedia Launches Advanced H.264 Videophones
Computing News, Russia - Apr 14, 2006... 5550 videophones feature a professional design, with advanced features such as Set-based 3-Party video conferencing, USB Connectivity, MP3 Ringtones, as well ...

Ringtones herald Pakistan telecom investment boom
Reuters - Apr 18, 2006By Faisal Aziz KARACHI (Reuters) - Thieves on Karachi's crime-ridden streets usually take two things from victims -- their wallet and their mobile phone. ...

EMI gets considerable satisfaction
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Apr 20, 2006... Music Publishing is expected to show 2.5pc revenue growth, with sales of items like mobile phone ringtones and other online services rising strongly. ...

Upstate students may soon take a new route
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - Apr 3, 2006... school to technical school. The problem is, the industry is changing almost as fast as cell phone ringtones. Hydrogen-powered cars ...

Man of a Million Voices
Monterey County Herald, CA - Apr 21, 2006... toad. Snyder's latest venture comes from providing voices for cell-phone ringtones, which has proved to be a profitable undertaking. ...

Actor gets off the bench: 'Napoleon' has put him in big leagues
AZ Central.com, AZ - Apr 7, 2006... Robert Kirby, a columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune, has seen "Napoleon" many times and has some lines of dialogue as his cell phone ringtones. ...

Celebrities and Rumors Buzzing!
LA Canyon News, CA - Apr 8, 2006... Along with cell phone ringtones, a novel, and a merchandise line that will include apparel, it seems that Disney execs have hit gold with this one. ...

Cell-phone ringtones can now sound like anything you want
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Apr 11, 2006BY MARIECAR MENDOZA. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Out of Jessica Hickey's purse comes a funky beat that turns people's heads. Next, the ...

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Apr 19, 2006... While on the tram, he told ABC's ``Good Morning America,'' people started playing cell phone ringtones to pass the time, and some of the adults started dancing ...

Jackson reaches US$200m debt deal
People's Daily Online, China - Apr 15, 2006... most treasured in the world, especially since the recent explosion in music licensing ranging from movies and television ads to cell phone ringtones and video ...

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
AP via Yahoo! News - Apr 19 4:48 AM
Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported.Save to My Web

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Apr 19 4:48 AM
Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Menstream - Apr 12 7:13 AM
Cingular Ringtones and Graphics Official site for ringtones , games and graphics. Visit now. www.cingularsource.com - sponsored listing Instantly Download Free Ringtones No credit card required to download. Customize your phone today.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann May Pull Plug On Music To Avoid IPO
Billboard Radio Monitor - Mar 28 12:12 PM
COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing, sources familiar with the company's plans said Monday.Save to My Web

Gadgets Stretching The Boundaries Of Etiquette?
Tech Dirt - Stories about technology etiquette in the workplace are nothing new , but their regular recurrence makes it look like people's manners aren't getting any better. This latest story , like most of the ones that have preceded it, sort of misses the

Schools to set own cellular phone policy
Cullman Times - Local school systems will have the authority to set their own policies on cell phones in schools after the state Legislature repealed a blanket ban on students carrying phones in public schools. Many Cullman educators and students said phones are, at

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Did you hear the one about the Web-savvy comedian?
The News Journal - Apr 07 5:49 AM
Stand-up comic Dane Cook's frenetic energy and observational style have helped him build a solid fan base over 15 years of touring the club and college circuit.Save to My Web

Bertelsmann May Pull Plug On Music To Avoid IPO
Billboard Radio Monitor - Mar 28 12:12 PM
COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing, sources familiar with the company's plans said Monday.Save to My Web

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Apr 19 5:28 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported. The passengers became stranded around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday.Save to My Web

Cingular Wireless Swings To Profit In Q1 - Quick Facts
Trading Markets, CA - Apr 19, 2006(RTTNews) - Cingular Wireless LLC, which is a joint venture between AT&T Inc. (T | charts | news | PowerRating) and BellSouth Corp. ...

Cingular Invests Nearly $105 Million in Its Arizona Network in ...
TMCnet - Apr 13, 2006PHOENIX, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today announced that it is expanding operations in Arizona this ...

Cingular expands network footprint in Arizona
Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 14, 2006Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, plans to invest $105 million expanding its network in Arizona in 2006. ...

US expansion leads sales growth for SAP
International Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours ago... carrier in nine southeastern states, said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 26 percent to $784 million on costs to expand its Cingular Wireless unit and ...

Ringtones flourish
Olympian - Out of Jessica Hickey s purse comes a funky beat that turns people s heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: Cold coolin at a bar, and I m lookin for some action It s Tone Loc, and he s telling Hickey she s got a

Burger King Teams With Reggaeton Artist Voltio
Rap News Direct - Topics - Reggae, Events. Find more related articles under the related topics section shown in the box to the right. Burger King Corporation has always encouraged youth to create a path for excellence whether through education or in life- A TU MANERA

Mariah Shills Sugar Water
antiMUSIC - (E!) Mariah Carey may be taking her role as pop idol a bit too literally. The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national

Mariah Rings Up Pepsi
E! Online - The multiplatinum-selling singer has teamed up with Pepsi to write and produce 20 original voice and music ringtones for release this summer. Carey will also star in a national commercial promoting the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones partnership

Motorola emits set of mixed signals
Chicago Tribune - Apr 19 4:48 AM
Mobile phone sales surge, but networks a drag on earnings Motorola Inc. said Tuesday that mobile phone sales surged in the first quarter, but the firm's earnings were a bit weaker than expected because of a poor showing in its wireless equipment business, and its shares slid in after-hours trading. Save to My Web

Motorola bernimmt Orthogon Systems
Portel.de - Apr 19 12:37 AM
Schaumburg, 18.04.06 Motorola, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Orthogon Systems, a privately held, leading provider of high-performance fixed wireless solutions. The addition will expand the MOTOwi4 portfolio of IP, wireless broadband solutions.Save to My Web

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-04-18 21:32 GMT: Motorola profit falls slightly, but sales surge again
Interactive Investor - Apr 18 1:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AFX) -- Motorola Inc. on Tuesday postedly slightly lower first-quarter profit, but the world's No. 2 maker of wireless phones shipped a record 46.1 million handsets, propelled by the popularity of its Razr models, the top selling line in the world.Save to My Web

Motorola purchases Ashburton broadband company
Infomatics - Apr 18 5:52 PM
Motorola has agreed to acquire Ashburton based Orthogon Systems for an undisclosed sum.Save to My Web

Downloads up, music sales down
The Age, Australia - Mar 19, 2006... Although the live concert market is strong, it is now the new revenue streams created by mobile ringtones, licensing opportunities and legal music download ...

Buena Vista Games Announces Desperate Housewives PC Game
Big OC News - Mar 26, 2006... this fall, a best-selling Season 1 DVD, a board game, a high end line of apparel, a Desperate Housewives online store, mobile ringtones, graphics, personalized ...

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Mar 27, 2006... Powerful Personalization Platform Meez is the latest entry in the growing category of personal media products (like mobile ringtones) that give consumers the ...

The working of mobile phone ringtones
LiveArticles.org, CA - Apr 9, 2006... ringtones. More often than not, this is done to cover the costs of royalties of the songs, on which the mobile ringtones are based. ...

Samsung SCH-A950
ABC News - Mar 28, 2006Samsung's SCH-A950 brings a jaunty jog-dial navigator to Verizon's V Cast downloadable music service and has plenty of power for a Verizon phone. ...

Crime Reports
The Auburn Plainsman, USA - Apr 12, 2006... One Motorola Nextel phone, one LG Verizon phone, one 10K gold Gucci bracelet, one 14K gold herringbone anklet, one 14K gold championship ring, one 14K gold ...

Total Wi-Fi Freedom
BusinessWeek - Mar 23, 2006... is probably the best choice in the US It offers unlimited data service for $60 a month on a two-year contract, provided you also have a Verizon phone with a ...

Bertelsmann May Pull Plug On Music To Avoid IPO
Billboard Radio Monitor - Mar 28 12:10 PM
COLOGNE, Germany -- To prevent an unwanted initial public offering, German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering selling off its music business assets, including its 50% stake in Sony BMG Music Entertainment and its 100% unit BMG Music Publishing, sources familiar with the company's plans said Monday.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 13 6:52 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Jon Heder gets off the bench: 'Napoleon' has put him in big leagues
Reno Gazette-Journal - Apr 15 2:36 PM
Jon Heder stands on a sunny sidewalk outside a Los Angeles novelty shop, staring through his own reflection in the store window with an expression that is partly amused and partly mortified.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters - Apr 13 4:02 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal with creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Growing up after a prison past
Pioneer Press - Apr 17 12:01 PM
Steven Glaze wears his criminal history on his arms, and it's a long read. Eight tattoos crisscross his body, all hand-drawn by inmates and gang allies.Save to My Web

Cingular Completes Network Integration in Gainesville
SYS-CON Media - Apr 13 3:09 PM
Cingular Wireless customers in Gainesville now have more bars in more places thanks to the integration of the Cingular Wireless and former AT&T Wireless networks. With both networks now fully combined into one, Cingular customers have access to nearly 45 percent more cell sites in Gainesville, which translates into fewer dropped calls, improved call quality, new coverage where none existed Save to My Web

HBO Signs Dane Cook for Content
Mediaweek - Apr 17 12:12 AM
HBO chief Chris Albrecht is putting his weight behind comedian Dane Cook, signing him to headline a feature-length stand-up comedy special and to develop scripted and documentary series.Save to My Web

Cingular Completes Network Integration In Lakeland And Winter Haven
SYS-CON Media - Apr 14 10:26 AM
Cingular Wireless customers in Lakeland and Winter Haven now have more bars in more places thanks to the integration of the Cingular Wireless and former AT&T Wireless networks. With both networks now fully combined into one in the Lakeland and Winter Haven areas, Cingular customers have access to 65 percent more cell sites, which translates into fewer dropped calls, improved call quality, new Save to My Web

I-Touch brand enters Nigerian market
Vanguard - I- Touch, South Africa based leading provider of content and applications for mobile telephony has opened its headquaters base in Lagos. The move, according to the organisation is to facilitate its business expansion plan across African continent

ESPN Mobile MVP handset now affordable, but on its way out?
MobileMag - When ESPN Mobile launched back in February, we got all excited about the ability to watch video clips and keep up to the minute with our favourite sports teams, only to find out that the MVNO's only handset, the Sanyo MVP, was a whooping $499. Well

New Gadget Performs Cell Phone 'Brain Transplant'
Personal Tech Pipeline - Cellebrite USA unveiled yesterday its Universal Memory Exchanger 36, or UME-36, a handheld gadget that performs a "brain transplant" from one cell phone to another. Compatible with some 90 percent of the cell phones for all carriers and across all

2008 Lexus LS600 hL goes hybrid
MobileMag - Lexus will be building their line in the future around a flagship hybrid vehicle. They used the bright lights of the New York Auto Show as the forum to show off the new 2008 LS600 hL. This is not the Prius-style hybrid that you are used to. It has a

The week ahead in business
Kansas City Star - Apr 17 12:12 AM
There will be more inflation news when producer prices for March are announced Tuesday and consumer prices are reported on Wednesday.Save to My Web

Nextel Cup spies invading privacy
Kansas City Star - Apr 13 3:00 AM
Test sessions used to be downright lonely for Nextel Cup teams and drivers. There would be just a car or two on the track and a couple of teams in the test-site garages. Those teams were usually separated by lots of open space.Save to My Web

Harvick wins Pepsi 300, pads Busch lead
Baltimore Sun - Apr 16 5:40 AM
Nextel Cup driver Kevin Harvick raced to his first NASCAR Busch Series victory of the year yesterday, taking the lead with 52 laps to go and holding off teammate Clint Bowyer after a late caution at the Pepsi 300 in Gladeville, Tenn. Save to My Web

Skype banishes outlandish fees for calls from foreign lands
The Daily Advertiser, LA - Mar 17, 2006... Caicos Islands. Before leaving the United States, we learned that her Verizon phone would not work at our destination. And though ...

Crime Reports
The Auburn Plainsman, USA - Apr 12, 2006... One Motorola Nextel phone, one LG Verizon phone, one 10K gold Gucci bracelet, one 14K gold herringbone anklet, one 14K gold championship ring, one 14K gold ...

Phone book dumping
Capital News 9, NY - Mar 14, 2006Speigletown firefighters found over 2,000 Verizon phone books dumped on this Rensselaer hillside while responding to a brushfire this weekend. ...

More Retirees Want To Punch The Clock
LongIslandPress.com, NY - Mar 16, 2006After 28 years on the job with the NYNEX/Bell Atlantic/Verizon phone company, Al Caputo had some decisions to make. In the wake ...

Cellular leash lets parents track kids
Sun-Sentinel - Apr 14 12:29 PM
Hey, kids, if you think your parents are overprotective now, wait until you get a mobile phone.Save to My Web

Cingular plans $25M investment in New Mexico
KRQE Albuquerque - Apr 12 8:11 AM
ALBUQUERQUE -- Cingular Wireless plans an $25 million investment in New Mexico this year. The company says that's designed to increase its cell phone network's reach and reliability.Save to My Web

County can't deny cell tower
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - Apr 16 4:40 AM
By PAT KINNEY, Courier Business Editor WATERLOO --- It may be illegal for Black Hawk County to deny a request to build a communications tower near Eagle Center --- or anywhere else in the county.Save to My Web

Upgrade Your Smart Phone
Washington Post - Tempting new smart phones are showing up with frustrating frequency. In the past few months, Cingular began offering Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8700c and Sprint PCS started selling its Smart Device PPC-6700 . Just after New Year's Day, Verizon

Mobile entertainment
Hollywood Reporter - Is your phone ringing? It could be Hollywood calling with a long list of mobile-entertainment initiatives. During the past few weeks, MTV Networks launched its entertainment content directly to Sprint PCS customers with video-enabled phones, CBS

Friday, April 14, 2006
Northern Virginia Daily - Shenandoah Telecommunications Company to explore sale of Shenandoah Personal Communications Company Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) has announced that it is now considering a potential sale of its wireless subsidiary, Shenandoah

W.D. Bryant s celebrating anniversary
Register-Herald - W.D. Bryant s, which operates a store at 950 N. Eisenhower Drive in Beckley, is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. Since our early beginnings in Beckley, we have opened stores in Roanoke, Va., Savannah, Ga., Hilton Head, S.C., and two stores

Motorola to suspend broadband device and STB production lines in ...
DigiTimes, Taiwan - Apr 10, 2006Motorola plans to stop its production lines for communications broadband devices and STBs (set-top boxes) at its plant in Hsintien, Taipei, by the end of this ...

Continental AG to buy Motorola business for $1 bln
Reuters - Apr 3, 2006FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Continental AG (CONG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) will pay $1 billion to acquire Motorola's (MOT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) global ...

New Motorola All-Digital Set-Tops Enable the Follow Me TV ...
TechWhack (press release), India - Apr 11, 2006Motorola , Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today expanded its all-digital cable set-top portfolio by introducing the Motorola DCT3080, a standard ...

MTV, Motorola to Mob the Youth
Techtree.com, India - Apr 2, 2006In true MTV ish-style, MTV Networks Asia has partnered with Motorola to launch "Mobbed" an entertainment platform defining, exploring and celebrating "mobile ...

Results for Mobile Phone
Menstream - Apr 12 7:13 AM
Cell Phone s at Wirefly.com Wirefly is a leader in online sales of T- Mobile , Cingular, Verizon, Sprint and Nextel cellular phone s. Free phone s, family plans and special deals available.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters\ via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Apr 13 3:45 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal with creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalogue.Save to My Web

DANIEL POWTER CONTINUES TO TOP HOT 100 SINGLES CHART
groovevolt.com - Apr 13 5:26 PM
Daniel Powter s Bad Day tops the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the third straight week, and also maintains its No. 1 position on the Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts for the third consecutive frame.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Apr 13 6:52 PM
Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said on Thursday he has reached a deal to refinance more than $200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalog.Save to My Web

Jon Heder gets off the bench: 'Napoleon' has put him in big leagues
Reno Gazette-Journal - Apr 14 2:22 AM
Jon Heder stands on a sunny sidewalk outside a Los Angeles novelty shop, staring through his own reflection in the store window with an expression that is partly amused and partly mortified.Save to My Web

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
MSNBC - Apr 13 4:27 PM
Creditors to refinance more than $200 million in loans Save to My Web

European mobile music market to reach EUR 7.86 bln
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 15 hours agoThe mobile operators and service providers target the youth between 11 and 15 years with (full song) ringtones, while the record labels and mobile phone makers ...

Shazam launches music discovery engine
Mobile Digest, UK - 13 hours ago... Once you receive the music recognition result by SMS, you can now choose to buy ringtones, music downloads, wallpapers, CDs or gig tickets through leading ...

Designer Ringtones Boutique The New Radical Chic
PR Web (press release), WA - Apr 12, 2006... You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/. ... You can find it online at http://www.noqontrol-ringtones-wallpapers.com/. ...

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
SYS-CON Media - Mar 28 3:42 AM
Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars. Meez(TM) avatars can be built in minutes and used as the virtual identity that teens, college students and other consumers display as they chat, blog, gawk and play online.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 10:55 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Sunset Records Group (SRG) and Play Fair Entertainment Announce the Merge of Disc Logic and Sunset-Digital Creating
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 16 12:45 AM
In a merge and buy out agreement, Sunset has completed a buy out of the DiscLogic company for an unspecified amount of money, and in that deal, it will begin to consolidate the two entities into the one branded digital-only label. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2006]Save to My Web

Downloads up, music sales down
The Age - Mar 19 7:59 PM
AUSTRALIAN Recording Industry Association figures on album wholesale sales for 2005, to be released later today, are expected to confirm the decline of the CD and the rise of the download.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
SYS-CON Media - Mar 28 4:05 AM
Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars. Meez(TM) avatars can be built in minutes and used as the virtual identity that teens, college students and other consumers display as they chat, blog, gawk and play online.Save to My Web

All-Too-Familiar Tune: Ringtones in Mosques
Arab News - Mar 26 3:18 PM
JEDDAH, 27 March 2006 As Dhuhr prayer commences, the imam calls the devoted to stand in line and fill any gaps between them. The mosque is a near-perfect atmosphere for peaceful, quiet self-reflection and piety.Save to My Web

PRESS RELEASE: BUENA VISTA GAMES ANNOUNCES 'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' PC GAME BASED ON ABC/TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION'S
gamesindustry.biz - Mar 27 8:17 AM
BURBANK, Calif. (March 24, 2006) Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), today announced it will publish Desperate Housewives, a lifestyle simulation PC game based on the top-rated, Golden Globe-winning ABC-TV series, produced by Touchstone Television.Save to My Web

Meez(TM) Takes Avatars Mainstream
RedNova - Mar 27 11:42 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnerwood Media today announced the beta launch of Meez.com, a groundbreaking new Internet service that makes it easy for anyone to create highly-customized 3D avatars.Save to My Web

Cingular Built Into New Dell
mobility Today, IL - Mar 29, 2006The new Dell Latitude D620 and D820 notebooks can be configured with Cingular's UMTS/HSPDA-based 3G technology onboard, giving customers global wireless data ...

Cingular Wireless Turns on New Cell Sites in Polk and Jackson ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 4, 2006... network. Cingular today announced it has turned on new cell sites in northeastern Polk County and northwestern Jackson County. The ...

Cingular, MySpace, InfoSpace join as ringtone providers
Seattle Times, United States - Apr 7, 2006The hottest trends on the Internet and in wireless collided on Thursday when Cingular Wireless, InfoSpace and MySpace.com announced a new partnership that ...

Consumers unimpressed with multi media phones
VNUNet.com, Netherlands - Apr 10, 2006All major vendors last year started shipping multi-media phones such as the Motorola Rokr, the the Nokia 3250 and Sony Ericsson's W800i Walkman phone. ...

Nokia: Q1 Average Selling Price For Handsets Above Forecast (NOK ...
Seeking Alpha, NY - 10 hours ago... Interesting to note that Motorola Inc. (MOT) is up only 1% on the news Motorola is much less exposed to Nokia s European/international market. ...

Motorola demos WiMax system at CTIA
TG Daily - Apr 4, 2006Motorola is showing a 802.16e WiMax system aimed at fixed wireless broadband deployments at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas. ...

Nokia Announces Prepaid Phones
ABC News - Mar. 30 Nokia announced three new, inexpensive phones Thursday that will probably show up later this year on US prepaid carriers. The three new Nokia phones the Nokia 1112, 2310, and 2610 are part of a push by all the major cell-phone

Kyocera Switch_Back announced by Virgin Mobile USA
MobileTracker - Virgin Mobile USA today announced that it will launch the Kyocera Switch_Back. Prior to today's announcement the Switch_Back was known as the Strobe (we caught up with it for the first time at CES this year). The Switch_Back is Virgin Mobile's first

Ringtones flourish
Olympian - Out of Jessica Hickey s purse comes a funky beat that turns people s heads. Next, the deep, raw voice of a man raps: Cold coolin at a bar, and I m lookin for some action It s Tone Loc, and he s telling Hickey she s got a

Nokia 2865i announced
MobileTracker - CTIA 2006 -- The Nokia 2865i is one of three new CDMA handsets Nokia announced this morning (see 6175i and 2365i for info on the others). The Series 40 handset falls in the mid-range, and includes the following features: Bluetooth 2.0 / IR 128 160

(PRN) - Cingular Wireless Investing More Than $90 Million in Its ...
Bolsamania.com, Spain - Mar 27, 2006(PRN) - Mercury Computer Systems to Present at the Sidoti & Company, LLC 10th Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum on April 5, 2006 ... [+. ...

AT&T/BellSouth merger stops Cingular move
Bizjournals.com, NC - Apr 4, 2006buyout of BellSouth Corp. The buyout could lead to a real estate ripple effect larger than Cingular's single move. Industry sources ...

Cingular Launches Ringtone Making Program for Musicians
Teleclick.ca, Canada - Apr 9, 2006Cingular Wireless has started a new program that will let independent musicians record and sell their own ringtones through MySpace.com, a popular online ...

Cingular eyes new ways to put video on cellphones
Reuters - Apr 6, 2006By Sinead Carew. LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the No. ... Cingular, a venture of AT&T Inc (TN: Quote, Profile, Research) and BellSouth Corp. ...

Upgrade Your Smart Phone
Washington Post - Tempting new smart phones are showing up with frustrating frequency. In the past few months, Cingular began offering Research in Motion's BlackBerry 8700c and Sprint PCS started selling its Smart Device PPC-6700 . Just after New Year's Day, Verizon

Sprint To Introduce EV-DO/Wi-Fi Router
PC Magazine - LAS VEGAS -- Sprint is making high-speed wireless more accessible and more flexible with an EV-DO-to-Wi-Fi router and USB EV-DO dongle, carrier representatives said today at the CTIA wireless trade show. The company will also build out the nation's

Motorola s fixed-mobile solutions keep the MOTO Me connected to what
WebWire - ATLANTA 10 April 2006 New, immersive experiences enabled by solutions from technology pioneer Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) are making life less complicated for the MOTO Me, delivering anytime, anywhere access to the important people and unique

Green Scores Best Starting Spot of 2006 in SanDisk / Best Buy ...
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Apr 7, 2006... Green will roll off from the fourth position in Sunday's 500-mile Nextel Cup Series event at the 1.5-mile speedway near Fort Worth. The No. ...

NASCAR: RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING: JEFF BURTON DIARY - Day Three ...
noticias.info, Spain - 42 minutes ago/noticias.info/ NASCAR Nextel Cup veteran Jeff Burton nearly pulled off a victory in the O'Reilly 300 on Saturday. Burton, driving the No. ...

NII Holdings Announces the Convertibility of Its 3 1/2% ...
TMCnet - Apr 7, 2006... offering a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular service, text/numeric paging, wireless Internet access and Nextel Direct Connect ...

Samsung SCH-A950
ABC News - Samsung's SCH-A950 brings a jaunty jog-dial navigator to Verizon's V Cast downloadable music service and has plenty of power for a Verizon phone. If you're looking to play Windows Media format songs on your phone, it'll be tough to choose between

On the Way to Total Wi-Fi Freedom
CIO Today - For now, at least, Verizon is probably the best choice in the U.S. It offers unlimited data service for $60 a month on a two-year contract, provided you also have a Verizon phone with a voice plan. If you don't have a laptop with built-in wireless

Motorola V325
ABC News - Excellent navigation software sets the handsome Motorola V325 apart from the general pack of Verizon voice phones. Though it lacks features that power users will demand, such as Bluetooth, it's an attractive, good-sounding phone that will help you

Zim restates revenues, buys U.S. ringtone company
Ottawa Business Journal - Michael Cowpland's struggling Zim Corp. will re-state earnings for periods back to 2004, after adopting a new set of accounting rules for revenues from premium messaging transactions. At the same time, the company said it plans to acquire a U.S

Celebrities and Rumors Buzzing!
Canyon News - It all began with the film "The Graduate", starring the late Oscar-winner Anne Bancroft and then-young Dustin Hoffman. Then the film Prime" which starred Uma Thurman the older woman/younger man combination. You've seen it in the movies, so it

Disney TV sensation launches a marketing juggernaut
Salt Lake Tribune - Zeke (Chris Warren Jr.) tries to focus on basketball as Troy (Zac Efron) belts out a song. (The Disney Channel) Like the ballad about Troy and Gabriella's blossoming love, the tween TV movie sensation "High School Musical" is just the "Start of

Motorola takes the show on the road
Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Apr 6, 2006MOTOROLA Malaysia recently launched its HelloMoto roadshow as part of its commitment to provide mobile communications access to emerging markets. ...

Continental pays $1bn for Motorola s telematics biz
Economic Times, India - Apr 3, 2006FRANKFURT: German tyre and car parts maker Continental will expand into telematics through the $1bn acquisition of Motorola s global automotive electronics ...

Update 2: Motorola to Sell Auto Electronic Busines
Forbes - Apr 3, 2006By DAVE CARPENTER , 04.03.2006, 12:33 PM. Motorola Inc. said ... acquisition. Motorola has been looking into selling the unit since last fall. ...

Cingular to offer American Idol ringtones
Indiantelevision.com, India - Mar 22, 2006LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 US mobile carrier, said on Wednesday it would begin offering ringtones of ...

HP Laptops to Get Cingular Broadband
BetaNews - Apr 5, 2006Hewlett-Packard and Cingular announced a deal on Wednesday to integrate the wireless carrier's Broadband Connect service into future HP laptops. ...

Cingular Wireless Turns on New Cell Sites in Polk and Jackson ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - Apr 4, 2006... network. Cingular today announced it has turned on new cell sites in northeastern Polk County and northwestern Jackson County. The ...

HP, Cingular team on wireless laptops
PhysOrg.com, VA - Apr 5, 2006HP will be building Cingular Wireless BroadConnect capabilities into its laptops so travelers can hook up to wireless service in the United States and more ...