"Idol" Fans Let Their Fingers Do the Voting
Wireless Week - May 25, 2006... Unlike most music ringtones that take weeks or more to produce, the Idol ringtones became available within 24 hours of a live performance. ...

V-ENABLE Leads Market with Newly-Awarded Patent for Mobile Voice ...
ZDNetIndia, India - 13 hours ago... to end-users from their wireless carriers is accessible by both voice and text search, including -- but not limited to -- music, ringtones, movie listings ...

Lip Sync Your Little Heart Out with Cingular Promotion
ADOTAS, NY - May 16, 2006... deal to enhance youth engagement of Cingular s music platform, Cingular Sounds, which was constructed to provide downloadable music ringtones and content ...

Mobile music looks beyond ringtones
Washington Post, United States - May 15, 2006... record labels. Ringtones, once dismissed as nothing more than a passing fad, have become a $3 billion worldwide market. But it's ...

Motorola debuts with L6 for fashion lovers
Vanguard, Nigeria - Jun 11, 2006... video capture and playback, hands-free communications and integrated hands-free speaker, PoC for quick connections, MP3 and polyphonic ringtones with 22 KHz ...

Another online music service steps into the on-deck circle
Ars Technica, MA - 38 minutes ago... and promotion for certain EMI titles such as Nora Jones' four-year-old album "Come Away With Me," with links to purchase associated ringtones or downloads from ...

Drivers Upset After Another Gas Price Jump
WLNS - DETROIT Eminem's publishing companies have settled a lawsuit over what they said was an illegal attempt to sell his songs as cell phone ringtones. Representatives for the Grammy-winning rapper reached an undisclosed settlement with one of the five

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Antara Interactive - New York (ANTARA News) - 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. The loans, which

People in the news
St. Cloud Times - DETROIT City Councilwoman and former Motown star Martha Reeves has been a strong advocate of stricter housing code enforcement, but a newspaper says it discovered multiple violations at her own properties. Inspectors found 25 code violations at

Tokay grads have jubilant, yet bittersweet goodbye
Lodi News-Sentinel - As the sun set gently over Lodi, the Tokay High Class of 2006 bid a jubilant yet bittersweet farewell to their years of school. Thousands of well-wishers filled the Grape Bowl on Thursday night, armed with gold and purple balloons, bouquets of

How to Get Ahead in the Newsroom, Circa 2006
Editor & Publisher - May 25 8:01 PM
What does it take to advance your newspaper reporting or editing career? Well, the old stand-bys of talent and hard work still apply, and a bit of who-you-know thrown in can be helpful. But in these New Media days, there's more to it.Save to My Web

Rapper Eminem settles dispute with Colorado ring-tone firm
Rocky Mountain News - Jun 06 5:15 PM
Rapper Eminem has settled a dispute with a Parker company, Cellus USA, after his representatives sued to block the sale of his hit songs as cell-phone ringtones.Save to My Web

Eminem settles lawsuit over use of songs as ringtones
WOOD TV 8 - Jun 06 7:28 AM
DETROIT Eminem's publishing companies have settled a lawsuit over what they said was an illegal attempt to sell his songs as cell phone ringtones. Representatives...Save to My Web

Business news briefs
Lansing State Journal - Jun 07 1:08 AM
CHARLOTTE - Spartan Chassis Inc. will manufacture V-shaped hulls for 378 Iraqi light-armored vehicles.Save to My Web

Stewart survives 500-mile marathon at Pocono
ESPN.com - LONG POND, Pa. -- Tony Stewart is done talking about his injured shoulder. With Stewart's gutsy third-place finish in Sunday's Pocono 500, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion showed he can drive as well with one bum shoulder as he can with two

Edwards Wins Federated Auto Parts 300
KSDK - GLADEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A year ago, Carl Edwards skipped the Busch race in Nashville because of a rain out, ruining his chances to win a series title. Edwards made up for it Saturday night with a dominating win in the Federated Auto Parts 300. He

Hamlin wins Pocono, moves into Chase
WBIR - Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin overcame a flat tire and a fall to 40th place to pick up his first NASCAR Nextel Cup victory in the Pocono 500. Hamlin is the second straight rookie winner of this race. Carl Edwards won last June in his first season on the

Rookie Hamlin wins at Pocono
Times Reporter - LONG POND, Pa. Denny Hamlin overcame a blown tire early and solidified his spot as NASCAR s top rookie, surging late to win his first career Nextel Cup race Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin held off the challengers including teammate Tony

Verizon responds to phone records complaint
Boston Globe, United States - May 19, 2006PORTLAND, Maine --Verizon phone company on Friday told the Maine Public Utilities Commission that it should dismiss a complaint seeking to find out if it is ...

Verizon Responds To Phone Records Complaint
WMTW, ME - May 20, 2006PORTLAND, Maine -- Verizon phone company has told the Maine Public Utilities Commission that it should dismiss a complaint seeking to find out if it is giving ...

Verizon Hit With $50 Million Lawsuit
ProgressiveU.org, CA - May 15, 2006... As a part of the snooping program, the government reportedly collects information every time a call is made on a Verizon phone line. ...

A New World Record: the World's Largest Photo Mosaic Built Up By Buongiorno!
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jun 08 3:30 AM
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T-Mobile: Mobile Etiquette Opinion Piece
Online Recruitment - Jun 08 2:17 AM
Mobile phones have become ubiquitous: we all have one and we all cant imagine life without them. They dont just keep us in touch with friends and family, they also make us feel safe when out late at night and help us to work where we want, where we want.Save to My Web

Consumers call for simple cell phones
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Jun 09 1:10 AM
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers.Save to My Web

First NFC Protocols Approved, Payments To Come Later
Phone Scoop - Jun 07 10:34 AM
The NFC Forum Monday approved the first few protocols and definitions of the specification this week. The first few protocols include a way for all NFC transactions to describe what data they have and what application it should be ... (follow link to read) Save to My Web

Cingular expands coverage
The Republican, MA - Jun 6, 2006Cingular Wireless will announce today that customers can use the former AT&T Wireless network, expanding coverage in parts of Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire ...

Cingular Wireless Completes Major Integration Effort of its ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - May 31, 2006OKLAHOMA CITY, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless customers in Oklahoma now have access to more cell sites, improved call quality and better in-building ...

Supreme Court Turns Away Cingular Appeal On Arbitration
Cellular-News, UK - Jun 5, 2006... Jones)- The US Supreme Court Monday turned away the chance to decide whether class-action termination fee lawsuits filed against AT&T's Cingular Wireless unit ...

Ringtones now Announce Exactly Who is On the Phone; Novel Idea...
[Press Release] PR Web - May 26 9:31 AM
Talking ring tones are here to stay, and one California company is pushing their emergence. Ring Tones can be informative, and not just pointless utterances. (PRWEB May 26, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1TaW5nLVNxdWEtUHJvZi1IYWxmLVplcm8=Save to My Web

AirCell Highest Bidder in FCC Spectrum Auction for Air-to-Ground Broadband
Aircraft Maintenance Technology - Jun 05 9:21 AM
LOUISVILLE, COLORADO June 5, 2006 AirCell was the high bidder in the Federal Communications Commission's just-concluded spectrum auction for air-to-ground broadband frequencies.Save to My Web

Mobile News: Sprint Announces Palm 700p with Broadband Support
PDA Buyer's Guide - May 16 9:39 AM
Sprint today announced plans to be the first carrier to offer the Sprint Power Vision Smart Device Treo 700P by Palm - the latest PDA/Phone combo to deliver broadband-like download speeds of Sprint Mobile Broadband Services operating on the ...Save to My Web

FunMobility Unveils Social Networking Platform to Speed Mobile Content Discovery and Drive Revenue
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 31 9:00 AM
Making content discovery and sharing easier for mobile phone users and more profitable for wireless carriers, FunMobility, Inc., a leading provider of premium wireless entertainment solutions, has introduced CONNECT, a new social-networking platform that will allow carriers to offer users many of the same features found on Internet-based networking sites, while driving increased revenues through Save to My Web

Drivers Upset After Another Gas Price Jump
WLNS - DETROIT Eminem's publishing companies have settled a lawsuit over what they said was an illegal attempt to sell his songs as cell phone ringtones. Representatives for the Grammy-winning rapper reached an undisclosed settlement with one of the five

'Idol' tricks: quick clicks
Variety - "American Idol" could finally be coming to a computer near you. After months of speculation over such plans, Fox is close to announcing it will sell digital downloads from the massively popular show. Under the proposed arrangement, individual

Eminem settles lawsuit over use of songs as ringtones
Ludington Daily News - DETROIT (AP) - Grammy-winning rapper Eminem's publishing companies have settled a lawsuit filed in what they said was an effort to illegally sell his songs as cell phone ringtones. Michigan-based Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated filed suit Oct

Atlanta Sports Fans Test Cell Phone Payment Service
TechWeb - Pro sports fans in Atlanta are testing mobile applications supported by short-range Near Field Communications (NFC) technologies that allow them to make purchases and download mobile content with the Nokia 3220 cellular phone. The NFC chip developed

Cingular to convert 31 stores to cater to Hispanic market
Crain's Chicago Business - (Crain s) Customers walking into Cingular Wireless stores may hear sales associate chatter in more than one language. The wireless company is converting 31 company-owned and dealer-owned stores in the Chicago area to cater to its growing

Cingular bucks anti-union trend
CNN Money - Fox's Lucy Hood mastered programming for cell phones before everyone else. But she can't rest on her laurels. ( more ) "There's a crisis in workers' rights," says Mary Beth Maxwell, executive director of an advocacy group called American Rights At

Motorola Will Build In India
WPVI - NEW DELHI (AP) - June 7, 2006 - Motorola says it will invest $100 million to build a cell phone and telecom equipment plant in India. The effort is aimed at countering rival Nokia's dominance there. The plant, to be built near the southern city of

Schwab gets OK as trade ambassador
Washington Times - Susan Schwab, 51, a former dean at the University of Maryland, takes over as U.S. trade representative following a voice vote in the Senate. "She is the right person for the job," Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, said before the vote. Ms

Recent Press Release News Headlines
24-7PressRelease.com - AmCheck Launches a "Super Lunch" Program for Corporate Employees. AmCheck Payroll HR Benefits, one of the Countries most innovative Payroll Service Organizations and Administrative Services Organization ASO rolls out a "Super Lunch" program for

Motorola debuts dual-band Wi-Fi card
eSchool Online - TechWeb.com reports that Motorola is tapping into both the Wi-Fi market and the market for public safety networks by bringing to market the first 2.4GHz/4.9GHz dual-band Wi-Fi card. The card will allow municipal employees, first responders, emergency

NASCAR: Very few among the elite - Only 27 drivers have won titles
The Jackson Sun - Jun 04 3:26 AM
In NASCAR's 57 years of fender-rubbing, tire-smoking competition, it has crowned just 27 champions in its top racing series, which is currently known as the Nextel Cup Series.Save to My Web

Busch-whackers' win again with Jeff Burton
Reading Eagle - Jun 04 4:28 AM
Jeff Burton survives a three-car shootout to claim the Busch Series race at Dover. So far, Nextel Cup regulars have won all 14 races.Save to My Web

Kurt Busch fastest in Nextel Cup practice
The News Journal - Jun 02 1:07 PM
DOVER Kurt Busch, the 2004 Nextel Cup Series champion, showed that he will be among the favorites to win the pole position when qualifying begins for Sunday's Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America at 3:10 this afternoon.Save to My Web

Kenseth passes teammate for Dover win
Motorsport.com - 53 minutes ago
Matt Kenseth put the heat on Jamie McMurray with three laps to go, to make the pass for the lead and grab his second win of the season.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - May 31 10:55 AM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
Broadcast Newsroom - May 31 10:08 PM
SAN DIEGO , May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- 9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003. With 9 Squared's BREW applications commercially available around the world, including in the Save to My Web

It's The Customer, Stupid
BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - May 11 5:23 AM
For telecommunications providers, survival means more than marketing new services faster. It's also about customer treatmentSave to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
SYS-CON Media - May 31 3:13 PM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003. With 9 Squared's BREW applications commercially available around the world, including in the U.S. and Latin America, a single Save to My Web

Today in sports
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - College Baseball: Ole Miss vs. South Alabama in NCAA Regional at Oxford, 5 p.m.; Miss. State vs. UNC-Ashville in NCAA Regional at Clemson, S.C., 2 p.m.; Southern Miss vs. Jacksonville State in NCAA Regional at Tuscaloosa, 2:30 p.m. Southern League

Sprint Nextel will spend $100M on hurricane preparation
Kansas City Business Journal - Sprint Nextel Corp. will dedicate $100 million for hurricane preparations in storm-prone coastal communities. The company (NYSE: S) said it will install permanent generators for wireless cell sites and network facilities on its global network, which

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
WTVM - Site: Dover, Del. Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 5:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FX, 1:30 p.m.). Track: Dover Downs International Speedway (oval, 1 mile, 24 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 400 laps. Last race: There's

Rants + Raves
Wired - Kudos on Frank Rose's article about the ROKR (" Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone ," issue 13.11). It ought to be required reading for cellular carriers, handset makers, music executives, and especially Steve Jobs. I carry around a Creative Zen

Today's ad: Verizon
USA Today - Based on a nationwide poll of 271 adults who had seen the ads. Poll conducted Dec. 8-14; margin of error is plus or minus 6 percentage points. Overall average based on 490 ads. To subscribe to Harris Ad Research Service, contact David Krane of Harris

Airbag deploys 2
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Results for Ringtones
Vietnam Democracy Newsletter - May 19 10:31 AM
Download Ringtones Spice Up your Mobile with DADAmobile: 10 free downloads. Get your favorite ringtones now. Find the latest pop, rock, metal, dance, TV-cinema, hip hop tunes.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
Broadcast Newsroom - May 31 10:08 PM
SAN DIEGO , May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- 9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003. With 9 Squared's BREW applications commercially available around the world, including in the Save to My Web

9 Squared Announces Launch of Latin Music-Focused BREW(R) Application
SYS-CON Media - Jun 01 1:27 PM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company (GB:MOB) and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced the launch of its latest real music ringtone application, Musica Real. This mobile application focuses on distributing Latin-based music content from major and independent recording artists to BREW handsets. Musica Real launched today with Alltel, Cellular South, Centennial Puerto Save to My Web

Warning: Do Not Buy Verizon Treo or Motorola Q Without Data Plan!
Gearlog, NY - May 29, 2006... PDAs are terrific devices, with built-in Wi-Fi to access the Internet, and the E815 has the best reception and voice quality I've ever tested on a Verizon phone ...

Police call in bomb-sniffing dog for Cummings School threat
Somerville Journal, MA - 11 hours ago... But according to police records, a teacher received a call on her Verizon phone Monday that a bomb would go off in school on Tuesday and that people "better ...

Cell Phone Fees That Sneak Up on You
PC World - May 30, 2006... Verizon offers a $10-a-month messaging plan that covers unlimited messages to fellow Verizon customers, plus 500 messages to non-Verizon phone numbers; $15 and ...

Motorola's Dolce & Gabbana-styled RAZR V3i now on sale
Mobile Digest, UK - 4 hours ago... These are available to purchase separately - the only extras you get with the phone are a D&G logo pendant, pre-loaded MP3 ringtones and matching screen themes ...

Overseas ops, mobile data to drive Maxis growth
Business Times - Malaysia, Malaysia - 6 hours ago... Maxis' extensive offerings comprised more than 50,000 full songs and caller ringtones on an intelligent music portal, 8 live TV channels, 24 video-on-demand ...

Mariah Carey's New Ringtones, NeYo Runs The Radio
SOHH, Jersey City - May 15, 2006Mariah Carey debuts her new commercial for Pepsi today to mark her big agreement of penning the majority of their new ringtones, and them sponsoring her tour. ...

CES 2006 Blog, Day 3: Friday
WinInfo - 7:16 am. I've actually been up for over an hour, and breakfast has been taken care of. Last night, I attended a Microsoft VIP reception at the Windows Vista Lounge, essentially a tent that was set up next to the Microsoft press room in the LVCC

Detroit to drivers: Hang up
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Verizon aims for franchise in Roosevelt
Examiner - ROOSEVELT - Borough residents may be among the first in the state to have a choice when it comes to cable television service providers. Although Comcast presently serves as the borough's cable provider, representatives from Verizon made their pitch

Brandtique : Oreos, Maybelline, Verizon
MediaPost - IS PRODUCT PLACEMENT BETTER OFF married or single? Put another way: Do marketers benefit more by placing products in shows where the maneuver stands on its own, or by reinforcing the placements with advertising and billboards during commercial breaks

Nellymoser Awarded Patent for Enabling User Generated Content on Mobile Devices
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - May 24 7:35 AM
BOSTON----May 24, 2006--Nellymoser, providing the leading next-generation mobile media platform for creating, controlling and connecting rich media to consumers via mobile devices, today announced that it has been awarded a patent for creating, uploading, managing and distributing user generated content via networked mobile devices.Save to My Web

9 Squared Exceeds 23 Million BREW(R) Mobile Application Downloads
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - May 31 10:55 AM
9 Squared, Inc., a MonsterMob Group Company and leading mobile media solutions company, today announced that its family of BREW applications has driven more than 23 million mobile content downloads since the company's first BREW application deployment in 2003.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Vietnam Democracy Newsletter - May 19 10:31 AM
Download Ringtones Spice Up your Mobile with DADAmobile: 10 free downloads. Get your favorite ringtones now. Find the latest pop, rock, metal, dance, TV-cinema, hip hop tunes.Save to My Web

Skype offers free calls to landlines
Sydney Morning Herald - May 22 12:28 PM
Skype, eBay's internet telephone subsidiary, has stopped charging users for dialing up people on traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada.Save to My Web

Cell companies are ready for Mother Nature: Verizon, Sprint and ...
TMCnet - 13 hours ago... Competitors Sprint Nextel and Cingular have also augmented their operations centers to better contend with nature's fury and to keep millions of Central ...

800 MHz Transition Administrator, Public Safety Leadership and ...
TMCnet - May 23, 2006WASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- May 23, 2006 -- The 800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC ("TA"), jointly with Public Safety leadership and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S ...

Planners don't like Nextel plan
Woburn Daily Times Chronicle, MA - May 25, 2006... Citing conflicts with the city's zoning bylaws, the Planning Board refused to endorse a special permit request last night for a Nextel wireless facility in a ...

IN the line of duty or OUT of line? The Telegraph takes a look at ...
Macon Telegraph, GA - May 7, 2006... cell phone bill in November that includes $40 in calls to 411, a service that charges about $1 for directory assistance, according to the Verizon phone bill. ...

Middleman's debt cuts off Cape Cod, Mass., residents' internet ...
TMCnet - Apr 28, 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. ...

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 ...

Stewart taken to hospital - again
Macon Telegraph - CONCORD, N.C. - Tony Stewart was in desperate need of a clean and easy race. The reigning Nextel Cup champion ended up breaking the tip of his right shoulder blade. Stewart wrecked 33 laps into the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, apparently because of

National News from AP: Hitech
Ledger Independent - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to

Kahne Wins Coca-Cola 600
WSB-TV Atlanta - CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Kasey Kahne (kahn) has broken Jimmie Johnson's domination of the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit. It's Kahne's third victory this year and fourth of his career. Kahne held off Johnson after

Strategy will determine winner in NASCAR's longest race
Belleville News-Democrat - CONCORD, N.C. - It is not exactly right to say no one knows what to expect in Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The longest race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season has any number of predictable elements. Track conditions will change

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

Police Rescue NYC Cable Car Passengers
Salon - April 19,2006 | NEW YORK -- 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

Passengers Rescued From New York Cable Car
KPIX - (AP) NEW YORK 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

Skype's Music Overture
BusinessWeek - Madonna had the right idea when she sang, "Ring, ring, ring goes the telephone" in her song Hung Up. Before long, that tune could end up alerting users of Skype, the Web-based phone service, that their phones are ringing too. Hung Up will be one of

Free Ring-tones From Urban Music Artist 'MyZtery the Grandmazter'
Top40-Charts.com, NY - May 17, 2006... it's PLAEPhone.com, a new phone service portal offering a full suite of telephone related products and services as we as mobile urban music ringtones from PLAE ...

Create MP3 Ringtones, Cell Phone Logos and Wallpapers for Free
Emediawire (press release), WA - May 3, 2006... cell phones. The ringtone converter tool allows mobile users to create real music ringtones from existing music files. They can ...

SkypeIn now available in Australia
ZDNet.com.au, Australia - Apr 27, 2006... this week that Skype has struck deals with EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music to globally distribute music ringtones. ...

Comcast rolls out Motorola SBV5220 cable modem with battery backup
engadget, CA - May 24, 2006... The company plans to offer Motorola's SBV5220 cable modem to at least some of its customers as part of its $39.95 Digital Voice service. ...

Motorola gets $410 million related to Telsim sale
MarketWatch - 14 hours agoLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Motorola Corp. on Friday said it received a $410 million cash payment following Vodafone Group PLC's ...

BUT TESCO, GM AND MOTOROLA BUCK THE TREND BY KEEPING THEIR EARS TO ...
Financial Times, UK - May 25, 2006... at Industrial Research and Consulting. IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola have made strides in Korea. IBM Korea is reporting about ...

Motorola Q Windows Mobile Smartphone uncovered. Before you have ...
msmobiles.com, UK - May 23, 2006There has been an awful lot of buzz about the amazingly reasonably priced Motorola Q that has been officially announced by both Verizon and Motorola to be ...

Surf or cell, it's all covered at Atlanta airport
MobileMag - No matter where you go in the main Atlanta airport (Hartsfield-Jackson), you'll get a signal. Whether it's Wi-Fi or mobile phone signal you're after, they have you covered. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has an It's a model of

AT&T signs new deal with Disney-Pixar to promote 'Cars'
San Antonio Business Journal - AT&T Inc. is teaming up with Disney-Pixar on a new marketing promotion for the new animated release of 'Cars.' The Disney-Pixar film, which features the voice talents of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt and Larry the Cable Guy, will be released

Some Seeing Drop In Gas Prices
KXAN - An Austin man has stirred up a national controversy with what some are calling a racist ringtone. The ringtone for a cell phone is one of the latest hot-button issues in the illegal immigration debate. KXAN NBC Austin talked to the ringtone's creator

Latest News
dBusinessNews.com - San Jose: Oklahoma State University Selects Aruba for Campus-Wide Wireless Network SUNNYVALE -- Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge Company, today announced San Jose: Broadlane Chooses Good Technology Running on the Palm Treo Smartphone to Increase

Chamillionaire Rides To Top Of Hot 100
Billboard - Clover Hope, N.Y. Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" featuring Krayzie Bone ascends two rungs to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week. The cut ends the three-week run of Rihanna's "SOS," which falls to No. 3 on the Hot 100 but remains atop the Pop 100

No Cheers for Hurray!
Motley Fool - For such an optimistic and happy name, Hurray! Holding (Nasdaq: HRAY) sure delivered a painful earnings report to shareholders last week. The company provides ringtones, short message services, and other wireless services that allow cell-phone users

MySpace growth may be undoing
Silicon Valley - More than 400 Arlington Heights High School students in Fort Worth, Texas, are on MySpace.com. Summer Stoker isn't one of them. The 18-year-old gave the networking site a try a few months ago. She was disappointed by what seemed like less of a social

NASCAR: COMPETITIVE EDGE: Nextel Cup Open - Post Race Notes
noticias.info, Spain - May 22, 2006/noticias.info/ Rain and lightning delayed the Nextel Cup Open, where 29 cars prepared to sprint it out for an automatic entry into the Nextel All-Star ...

Johnson's success at LMS wasn't foreseeable
Nascar - 8 hours ago... Johnson. The anxiety increased when Tillman stared them in the eye and asked if Johnson could win in the Nextel Cup Series right away. ...

Robby warns 'I'll be a contender.'
crash.net, UK - May 24, 2006After a spectacular showing in last Saturday's Nextel Open, Robby Gordon has warned his rivals that he expects to be a contender again when the green flag ...

Return Trip to Lowe's Has Marlin Feeling More Confident
WhoWon.com, NE - 23 hours agoCONCORD, NC -- A solid performance last weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway, has given Nextel Cup driver Sterling Marlin a boost of confidence as he heads back to ...

Power 10: Ranking the most influential people in NASCAR racing
Lawrence Journal World, KS - 4 hours ago... year we re expanding our list to a number that makes more sense for NASCAR 43, the number of cars that make up the starting field for a Nextel Cup race. ...

Gilliland will try to qualify at Sonoma
San Bernardino Sun, CA - 5 hours agoDavid Gilliland, a former Chino Hills and Riverside resident, will attempt to make his first NASCAR Nextel Cup start on June 25 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. ...

DIS Offers Unique Ticket Packages for Pepsi 400
WhoWon.com, NE - May 23, 2006... All are part of the innovative and unique ticket packages for the upcoming Pepsi 400 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event on Saturday night, July 1. ...

Sprint PCS offers new phones by Samsung, UTStarcom
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Apr 28, 2006Sprint PCS is offering two new phones, the Sprint PCS Vision Phone A580 by Samsung and the Sprint PCS Phone CDM-120 by UTStarcom. ...

Mobile Phone News: Sprint Releases CDM-120 by UTStarcom
MobileTechReview.com, CA - Apr 28, 2006Sprint PCS has released the CDM-120 phone by UTStarcom. Here is more info about the phone: The CDM-120 by UTStarcom provides convenience ...

Local News and Notes
Daily Herald, UT - Apr 27, 2006... Neumeister was previously the founding CFO of Sprint PCS and was responsible for managing the company's transition from a start-up to the largest wireless ...

Cingular claims fraud by insurers, brokers
BizJournals - May 21 10:03 PM
Taking a page from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Atlanta-based Cingular Wireless LLC has sued the nation's top insurers and insurance brokers, alleging the former paid the latter more than $1 billion in kickbacks to steer them business and stifle competition.Save to My Web

Handango to Offer Windows Mobile and Tablet PC Content Through Windows Marketplace
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Today, Handango, the leading provider of mobile content, announced it will provide Windows Mobile and Tablet PC content on Windows Marketplace, a shopping portal for customers to find and buy software and hardware for the Windows operating system.Save to My Web

Motorola Unveils 'Q' Cell Phone
Sydney Morning Herald - May 22 5:25 PM
Motorola Inc. unveiled its highly anticipated 'Q' mobile phone Monday, joining other manufacturers in aiming for businesspeople who want their e-mail to go. -Save to My Web

Zingy touts bright prospects despite CEO s resignation
RCRNews.com, CO - Apr 27, 2006A former general manager of one of Sprint PCS content businesses, Volanakis joined the content aggregator in 2003 as senior vice president of business ...

Palm Treo 700p announced
Mobile Tracker, FL - May 14, 2006... The 700p brings the features of the 700w to a handset with the Palm OS. Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS will be launching the Treo 700p. ...

Pioneer Telephone customers get update
Enid News & Eagle, OK - May 2, 2006... cellular services to all members. A roaming alliance with Sprint PCS allowed Pioneer to improve services. Richard Ruhl, general manager ...

TechMan: GPS in cellular phones will let parents monitor kids
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Apr 22, 2006... This month, Disney also launched its own program, called Disney Mobile, which offers similar features using Sprint's PCS network and using signature LG and ...

Motorola Q QWERTY Smartphone ships next week
Gizmag, Australia - 12 hours agoMay 23, 2006 The corporate and productivity segment of the mobile phone market is about to go mainstream with the release of the much anticipated Motorola Q on ...

Motorola, mobile firms join Bono's Red brand
CNET News.com, CA - May 15, 2006... world's No. 2 handset maker, Motorola, which has produced a red version of its slimline SLVR model for sale to UK consumers. The ...

GOLD RINGS
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 11 hours ago... and thoughtful memento. As we arrived we were presented with the new red Motorola SLVR phone in a wooden box. The mobiles, which ...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
San Jose Mercury News - Apr 26 3:43 AM
Robert Smith Stratosphere Solutions, a Sunnyvale start-up company that provides chip-design products, appointed Robert Smith chief executive officer and chairman.Save to My Web

Solved!
Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance - May 19 2:05 PM
Presents the answers to 15 of your aggravating money problems, including ideas to simplify your investments, save on insurance, get a handle on your mortgage, stay on top of your taxes and savings, as well as tips to save you on airfares and cellular phone plans.Save to My Web

NBA Cares and RadioShack Partner for Children
NBA.com - May 09 12:33 PM
In preparation for National Missing Children's Day on May 25th, NBA Cares, the league's global community outreach initiative, has partnered with RadioShack to host an NBA.com auction May 9-15 to benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenSave to My Web

CBS Radio sports head to Sprint cell phones
ZDNet - CBS Radio announced Monday that three of its sports stations can now be heard via MSpot Sports on Sprint PCS cell phones. New York's WFAN-AM radio station, Chicago's WSCR-AM and Philadelphia's WIP-AM, along with other sports-related content, are

Sprint, Alltel Renew
Unstrung.com - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced a renewal and expansion of a reciprocal nationwide roaming agreement with Alltel that enhances customer access to each other's wireless networks. The new 10-year agreement is effective July 1

Sprint Nextel to Acquire Wireless Affiliate UbiquiTel
Converge Network Digest - Sprint Nextel agreed to acquire UbiquiTel for approximately $1.3 billion, including the assumption of about $300 million of net debt. UbiquiTel provides Sprint PCS services in mid-size markets in California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada

Verizon Hit With $50 Million Lawsuit
ProgressiveU.org, CA - May 15, 2006... As a part of the snooping program, the government reportedly collects information every time a call is made on a Verizon phone line. ...

Verizon responds to phone records complaint
Boston Globe, United States - May 19, 2006PORTLAND, Maine --Verizon phone company on Friday told the Maine Public Utilities Commission that it should dismiss a complaint seeking to find out if it is ...

Verizon expands NH broadband
The Union Leader, NH - Apr 29, 2006... challenge, he said. Currently, about 56 percent of Verizon phone lines in Vermont can support high-speed Internet service. The new ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Sainsbury's to sell Skype eVouchers
New Media Zero - May 10 7:41 AM
Sainsbury's has become the first European supermarket to sell vouchers for peer-to-peer VoIP company Skype. Initially, the partnership will see over 500 UK stores stock Skype eVouchers, with Skype certified products, such as hand- and headsets, to follow as the service expands.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Vietnam Democracy Newsletter - May 19 10:31 AM
Download Ringtones Spice Up your Mobile with DADAmobile: 10 free downloads. Get your favorite ringtones now. Find the latest pop, rock, metal, dance, TV-cinema, hip hop tunes.Save to My Web

Britons Too Worried About Choosing Ringtones
PhoneContent.com - May 01 7:08 AM
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."Save to My Web

Skype's Music Overture
BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Apr 26 5:27 AM
A plan to sell ringtones may be a low-risk ploy to whet users' appetites for a raft of more lucrative VoIP-based entertainment servicesSave to My Web

A new twist in the cell phone price wars
CNN Money - Apr 20 3:23 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

Ringtones, jokes helped the stranded pass time
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Apr 20 7:21 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

Carrboro rap song's video is now online
The News & Observer - May 11 12:44 AM
A rap song about the town now has a video.Save to My Web

Sprint and Sanyo Introduce First Espresso-Colored Mobile Phone in ...
WebWire (press release), GA - Apr 24, 2006... now have more choice in color mobile phones, as Sprint (NYSE: S) and SANYO (NASDAQ: SANYY) announce today the introduction of the Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP ...

Palm Treo 700p announced
Mobile Tracker, FL - May 14, 2006... The 700p brings the features of the 700w to a handset with the Palm OS. Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS will be launching the Treo 700p. ...

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 ...

Back Up Your Cell Phone's Address Book
PC World - Some people lose or break their cell phones more often than they probably want to admit. Other folks just want a shiny, new phone. I haven't lost or broken a phone--yet (knock on wood). But I've definitely upgraded a few times. And every time I get a

Detroit to drivers: Hang up
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Verizon expands NH broadband
The Union Leader, NH - Apr 29, 2006... challenge, he said. Currently, about 56 percent of Verizon phone lines in Vermont can support high-speed Internet service. The new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Verizon's Big Disconnect
Washington Post, United States - May 8, 2006... I decided to ponder the switch, but probably will never make it--for fear of having to deal with Verizon's phone hell one more time. ...

All-Star: Tony Raines preview
Motorsport.com - May 17 6:29 PM
CORNELIUS, N.C., Monday, May 15, 2006 -- After 11 races, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series takes a little bit of a break this week.Save to My Web

Sprint Spins Off Embarq As It Focuses On Wireless
Cellular-News.com - May 18 7:57 AM
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel late Wednesday completed the spinoff of its local telephone business, Embarq, as the company streamlines its business for growth.Save to My Web

Truex Jr.'s rookie crew wins Pit Crew Challenge
The Canton Repository - May 18 2:46 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Martin Truex Jr.'s rookie team won the Nextel Pit Crew Challenge, an event aimed at showcasing the skills of NASCAR's behind-the-scenes players, by beating Kasey Kahne's defend...Save to My Web

Michael Jackson escapes bankruptcy
Stuff - NEW YORK: Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said he has reached a deal to refinance more than $US200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalogue. The loans, which formally came due in December

Tram passengers stayed calm amid improvised rescue
Caspar Star-Tribune - NEW YORK (AP) -- 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

EBay Unit Licenses Warner Music Ringtones
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from the Warner Music Group library. Through its Skype Internet voice and video communication subsidiary, eBay said it made

Mobile Phone Style Evolves With the New LX350 From LG Electronics ...
Mobile Burn, PA - Apr 25, 2006... price point.". The LG LX350 will be available for as low as $79.99 with a two-year Sprint PCS(R) Advantage Agreement. LG Electronics ...

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Reports First Quarter 2006 ...
International News Service, Australia - Apr 21, 2006... The Company continued to experience strong growth in wireless revenues as a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, increasing its PCS subsidiary revenue by ...

Ringtones Used in Promotion for New CD
cablecaster, Canada - May 8, 2006... The company's strategic wireless partners include Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile USA, Nextel Communications, ALLTEL, US Cellular ...

Hanging with the Sprint PPC-6700
SmartPhoneBlast - May 6, 2006... Is it? Maybe, maybe not. The PPC-6700 is a full-featured Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5.0 with a Sprint PCS cell phone built-in. ...

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 ...

Young Theo Walcott: A Tabloid Guide
Football365.com, UK - May 10, 2006... with him at England squad meetings - he is unfamiliar with standard English and communicates only via TEXT message, podcast and MOBILE ringtones (which you can ...

Skype s ring tone deals: A Music Overture or threat to ...
Live Punjab, India - Apr 27, 2006... Wednesday, with more artists slated to follow. Mobile ringtones have been a boon for record companies. In Europe, EMI (the record and ...

Is Skype going to compete with the iTunes Music Store?
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Apr 26, 2006... Mobile ringtones have been a boon for record companies: in Europe, EMI (the record and publishing group) and Universal Music reported that digital sales ...

Users send meal photos to create visual food journal, get feedback to
WebWire - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. 05/02/2006, Staying fit is no longer just a craze; for many Americans, it s a way of life. Consumers are looking for new and innovative ways to lose weight and track the nutritional content of the foods they eat. Sprint

Sprint, Alltel Renew
Unstrung.com - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced a renewal and expansion of a reciprocal nationwide roaming agreement with Alltel that enhances customer access to each other's wireless networks. The new 10-year agreement is effective July 1

Thursday, May 4, 2006
Northern Virginia Daily - Shenandoah Telecommunications Company reports first quarter 2006 financial results Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) recently announced financial results for the first quarter of 2006. Net income for the first quarter increased to $8.5

Long Distance Saps Sprint
Street.Com - The Reston, Va., telco made $419 million, or 14 cents a share, for the quarter ended March 31, down from the year-ago $472 million, or 31 cents a share. On a so-called adjusted basis, excluding certain costs, latest-quarter earnings were 35 cents a

Trams Stall, Stranding Dozens
wnbc.com - 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

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

Olmert vows to fix Israel's borders
Turkish Daily News - 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. (2115 GMT) Tuesday

National and World News
East Valley Tribune - NEW YORK - 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

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

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 listingSave to My Web

Britons Too Worried About Choosing Ringtones
PhoneContent.com - May 01 7:10 AM
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."Save to My Web

Young Theo Walcott: A Tabloid Guide
Football365 - May 10 1:45 PM
Isn't it amazing that people who are born later are actually younger? That's the gist of the tabloids' coverage of Theo Walcott's call-up to the World Cup squad. To save them the trouble, we've written a Theo guide...Save to My Web

Cable Car Passengers Are Rescued In New York
CBS 2 New York - Apr 19 2:51 AM
What should have been a routine ride across the East River became an hours-long ordeal after what authorities described as a power failure left two cable cars carrying almost 70 people dangling hundreds of feet in the air. Save to My Web

Drama's sky-high on tram
New York Daily News - Apr 19 1:40 AM
Dangling high above the East River, 69 people waited for hours aboard two busted Roosevelt Island tram cars last night as elite teams of cops launched an unprecedented rescue effort.Save to My Web

Police rescue passengers from cable cars stuck above New York's East River
9 News Denver - Apr 19 5:32 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.Save to My Web

Man of a Million Voices
The Monterey County Herald - Apr 21 6:02 AM
Bugs Bunny sips his coffee in a Burbank Starbucks, then John F. Kennedy exhorts someone to answer their cellular phone. The patrons begin to stare.Save to My Web

Cingular removes offensive ringtone
WFAA (subscription), TX - May 10, 2006BROWNSVILLE Cingular Wireless LLC pulled a ringtone from its Web site Tuesday, saying it carried a "blatantly offensive" message. ...

Pink Motorola SLVR L7 launched by Cingular
Mobile Tracker, FL - May 9, 2006As expected, Cingular Wireless has launched a pink colored Motorola SLVR L7. ... Cingular is charging $199.99 for the pink L7. It's available now. ...

No naughty content for Verizon and Cingular users
Mobilemag.com - Apr 29, 2006... A similar situation has presented itself over at Cingular as well. ... In fact, Cingular has banned the words lesbian and condom . ...

Motorola UK ships iTunes RAZR phone
Macworld UK - May 12 1:47 AM
Motorola has launched a new iTunes mobile phone in the UK, the RAZR V3i m with iTunes. The new handset is available now from several mobile phone stockists in the UK. It's the first RAZR handset to carry Apple's iTunes software and to integrate an iTunes menu on the phone.Save to My Web

Motorola Introduces L6 in Bubblegum Pink
HardwareZone - May 09 8:51 PM
The same old Motorola L6 in a different color made especially for the ladies.Save to My Web

Motorola Introduces Suite of Wireless Security Services to Enable and Protect Enterprise Mobility
SYS-CON Media - May 11 10:24 AM
Today Motorola, Inc. introduced a suite of Enterprise Wireless Security Services designed to provide enterprise customers with a comprehensive portfolio of planning, prevention and monitoring services to help ensure network security and availability; and also to help protect business critical assets.Save to My Web

'Idol' tricks: quick clicks
Variety - "American Idol" could finally be coming to a computer near you. After months of speculation over such plans, Fox is close to announcing it will sell digital downloads from the massively popular show. Under the proposed arrangement, individual

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

EBay unit licenses Warner Music ringtones
BusinessWeek - APR. 25 3:28 P.M. ET EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from the Warner Music Group library. Through its Skype Internet voice and video communication subsidiary, eBay said it

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

Experts suspect NSA is gathering more info
Albuquerque Tribune - May 12 11:04 AM
Security analysts believe the government agency is probably also tracking instant messages, e-mails and cell phone calls.Save to My Web

Cingular Pulls Offensive Ringtone
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - May 09 9:10 PM
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Cingular Wireless LLC pulled a ringtone from its Web site Tuesday after learning that it carried a message the company called "blatantly offensive.'' The cell phone company became aware of the ringtone, which uses mixed English and Spanish and threatens deportation, after an inquiry from a reporter for The Brownsville Herald. The newspaper reported in its online edition Save to My Web

T-Mobile USA Reports Strong Quarter With Some Dark Clouds
TechWeb via Yahoo! News - May 11 10:19 AM
The fourth-largest cellular operator in the U.S. reported strong profitability, but also saw its average revenue per user drop and the cost of acquiring subscribers increaseSave to My Web

$125K cell phone tower being built in Sherwood
Sherwood Voice - May 12 2:34 PM
Greg Rayburn TOWER OF CELL POWER . Wayne Smith of Sherwood, property manager for a new cellular tower being erected along East Kiehl Ave., said that many cellular phone customers should get better reception once the new tower is working in about 30 days.Save to My Web

Pulled ringtone intended as satire, firm says
MSNBC - BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The company that developed the lyrics for a ringtone about deportation apologized Thursday after Cingular Wireless LLC pulled it for being offensive. Barrio Mobile said the ringtone "La Migra" a slang term for Border Patrol

BellSouth to Pursue Broadband Strategy with Samsung
Telecom Magazine - BellSouth has struck what it calls a strategic agreement with consumer electronics giant Samsung Telecommunications America as part of the carrier s going forward initiative to encourage the use of broadband throughout its networks. The two

Cell tower proposal getting mixed views in Bisbee
Sierra Vista Herald - BISBEE Cingular s plan to add on to the cellular tower located near Spring Canyon in Old Bisbee is being embraced by some and criticized by others. The Bisbee Planning and Zoning Commission late last month voted 6-1 to recommend that the City

China Gets a Taste of BlackBerry
PC Magazine - Research In Motion is launching its BlackBerry products in China via a new deal it signed with China Mobile Communications, its first effort to establish its products in the massive nation. The wireless communications device and services vendor said

Cable Car Passengers Stayed Calm Amid Improvised Rescue
wnbc.com - 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

Passengers Rescued From New York Cable Car
KPIX - (AP) NEW YORK 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

Commuters rescued from Roosevelt Island tram
Newsday - last of 69 people stranded in two cable cars that came to a halt after a power failure returned to solid ground early Wednesday, exhausted after the almost 12-hour ordeal but thankful for their safe rescue. Both cars of the Roosevelt Island Tramway

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Washington Post - NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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. The loans, which formally

Cingular Wireless Offers Web Access To Racegoers
Online Casino News, CT - May 4, 2006Cingular Wireless has announced that two new cell sites have been installed to serve their wireless customers just in time for the Kentucky Derby at the end of ...

Alltel Enters 'First Of Kind' 3G Roaming Agreement
InformationWeek, NY - 12 hours ago... Separately, Alltel also said Tuesday that it as renewed a roaming agreement with Cingular, which operates a GSM-based network that is incompatible with ...

Township signals fury over Cingular delay
Dailyrecord.com, NJ - May 10, 2006... and surrounding areas planted lawn signs all along streets in Whippany shortly after learning that a meeting scheduled for May 18 between Cingular Wireless and ...

Cingular 8125 Pocket PC Phone Review
Brighthand, CA - May 1, 2006Cingular's 8125 Pocket PC phone, the GSM answer to the 6700, combines a large comfortable keyboard and a full suite of communication options. ...

It's The Customer, Stupid
BusinessWeek - 8 hours ago... The content that forms entertainment may come from another company -- music, ringtones, video-on-demand, and more -- and a telecom provider must take that ...

Skype not going after iTunes
CNet News.com Blog - Apr 25, 2006... The company has struck deals with several music publishers including EMI Music Publishing to sell music ringtones, not full length music tracks. ...

SmallCap Sentinel: Report Released, 'Profiting From the MySpace ...
PrimeZone (press release), CA - Apr 26, 2006... entering the US market. DY brings services to customers such as music, ringtones, images, games, text messaging. The DY brand is ...

EBay Unit Licenses Warner Music Ringtones
MSN Money - Apr 25, 2006NEW YORK (AP) - EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from ...

Get Your Game on in the Game Lobby from Sprint; Gamers have gone ...
Finanzen.net, Germany - 17 hours ago... record ofincreasing customer affinity for more than 85 mobile operators andmedia companies globally including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, VirginMobile, Orange ...

Cingular Wireless is Ready to Run With New Cell Sites for the ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - May 3, 2006LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless company, announced today that it is up and running with two new cell ...

City can't stop Cingular from erecting tower
Springfield News Sun (subscription), OH - May 9, 2006... Commissioners reviewed the request for a 190-foot Cingular Wireless cell tower during a public hearing Tuesday night. They are scheduled to vote on it May 16. ...

Vodafone Spurns $38 Billion Verizon Wireless Buyout Offer
TechWeb - 14 hours ago... Another reason the $50 billion price isn't too high is the fact that Cingular paid a reported $41 billion in 2004 for a struggling, and much smaller, AT&T ...

Create MP3 Ringtones, Cell Phone Logos and Wallpapers for Free
Emediawire (press release), WA - May 3, 2006... cell phones. The ringtone converter tool allows mobile users to create real music ringtones from existing music files. They can ...

Skype launches licensed music ringtones
Mobile Digest, UK - Apr 26, 2006Got yourself a Skype phone? You'll soon be able to change your incoming ring to the tune of your choice, after the net communications ...

EBay unit licenses Warner Music ringtones
BusinessWeek - Apr 25, 2006APR. 25 3:28 PM ET EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs ...

EBay unit licenses Warner Music ringtones
BusinessWeek - Apr 25, 2006APR. 25 3:28 PM ET EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs ...

Skype announces music ringtones deal
BusinessWeek - Apr 25, 2006APR. 25 8:36 PM ET Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, announced a deal Tuesday with music publishers that will make ...

Mobile retail chain launched in Bangalore
Daily News & Analysis, India - Apr 17, 2006... exchange programme. They will also have kiosks from which music, ringtones and wallpapers can be downloaded, he said. Menon said ...

SmallCap Sentinel: Report Released, 'Profiting From the MySpace ...
PrimeZone (press release), CA - Apr 26, 2006... entering the US market. DY brings services to customers such as music, ringtones, images, games, text messaging. The DY brand is ...

Upstate students may soon take a new route
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - GREENVILLE -- Hey, kids: Maybe it's time to get your learn on. A major part of this region's future is said to lie in automobiles. Children today grow up in an age when information is a commodity, where knowledge is the basis of an economy. It's easy

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

Has Roosevelt Island Tram Outlived Usefulness?
1010Wins - NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Roosevelt Island Tram may have outlived its usefulness. The mayor made these comments Wednesday, hours after dozens of people were rescued from the stalled tram cars. The head of the agency

National and World News
East Valley Tribune - NEW YORK - 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

Airbag deploys 2
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Detroit to drivers: Hang up
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The

Goshen train derailment produces lasting fallout for doctors' offices
WNDU - Doctors' offices, dependent on electronically held patient files, could not access them, causing many problems in and out of the office. If you've been to most doctors' offices lately, you know some carry laptop computers with them. Patient history

Michael Jackson reaches refinancing deal
Reuters.uk, UK - Apr 13, 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 ...

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. ...

NYC Tram Travelers Stayed Calm Amid Rescue
CBS News - Apr 19, 2006(AP) Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. ...

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 ...

Create MP3 Ringtones, Cell Phone Logos and Wallpapers for Free
Emediawire (press release), WA - May 3, 2006... cell phones. The ringtone converter tool allows mobile users to create real music ringtones from existing music files. They can ...

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 ...

Skype announces music ringtones deal
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Apr 25, 2006NEW YORK -- Skype, eBay Inc.'s Internet telephone subsidiary, announced a deal Tuesday with music publishers that will make audio clips from artists like ...

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 ...