iPhone 3GS Set Sales Record: AT&T Internal Memo
The latest iPhone helped AT&T rack up single-day records: Sales, most transactions processed by the company's internal IT systems, and largest order day at att.com.

Apple Files Touchscreen-Related Patent Applications
The iPhone-maker may be on track to fix one of the biggest complaints about the smartphone, and to add RFID and biometric identification capabilities.

WiMax Ready To Surge Again
Growth of the wide-area technology slowed in the economic meltdown, but analysts predict the deployment of WiMax equipment will take off again by year end.

Google Optimizes Search For Mobile Phones
The search giant is tailoring its results to fit better on a mobile screen, and it will also include relevant data from Google News, Google Images, and other Web properties.

Mobile Payments Startup Raises $8 Million
Bling Nation is entering the highly competitive space filled with deep-pocketed rivals such as Visa and MasterCard.

Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3GS Overheating
Users have complained of handsets overheating while using applications that tap the iPhone's GPS and 3G wireless components.

Nokia Updates Ovi Maps
The 3.0 version of Ovi Maps includes 3-D views, weather information, walking directions, and a host of other features.

Apple Bans Another iPhone App For Nudity
BeautyMeter showed a nude picture of a 15-year-old girl. It's the second explicit app Apple has removed from the App Store in the last week.

Dell To Offer Location Features On Mini 10 Netbooks
Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi position app is already a standard feature on tens of millions of Apple iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

Zer01 Launches Unlimited Voice, Data Service
The mobile virtual network operator is using mobile VoIP to offer unlimited voice, text, and mobile data for $70 a month.

Apple Preps iPhone 3.1 Software
Only two weeks after releasing 3.0 firmware, Apple is giving developers the next version that includes improved voice controls, more APIs, and improved video editing.

Global IT Spending To Drop 10.6%: Forrester
The good news: IT spending growth will resume in the US in the fourth quarter, and in the first half of 2010 in other markets, according to Forrester Research.

AT&T Aims Netbooks At Businesses
The carrier is offering small businesses subsidized netbooks from Acer and Hewlett-Packard that have embedded 3G modems.

TerreStar To Offer Pocket-Size Satellite Handsets
Terrestrial mobile phone service from AT&T will be combined with satellite service on a pocket-size smartphone.

Bsquare Brings Flash Lite To Android Devices
The company said it will bring the full version of Flash to Android, Microsoft's Windows Mobile, Nokia's S60 Symbian, and Palm's webOS in 2010.

Roaming Charges Drop Under New EU Rules
Sending a megabyte of data in Europe will cost one-half the previous data price. Cell phone and texting rates are also being cut.

Dell Launches 12-inch Vostro Business Laptop
The notebook PC comes with Wi-Fi support or optional mobile broadband for connecting to a wireless carrier.

Ericsson Rolling Out App Store
The company is trying to one-up Apple's App Store by offering carriers a hosted virtual store that can reach a broad variety of devices.

Skype For Windows Phones Outclasses iPhone App
The 3.0 version of Skype for Windows Mobile smartphones can make calls over a 3G network, send text messages, and transfer files with the handset.

Verizon Gives BlackBerry Tour Pricing, Details
Mobile workers using the BlackBerry Tour smartphone will be able to use Verizon's CDMA network while in the U.S and EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad.

Palm Pre Beating Sales Expectations
Palm's touchscreen smartphone may be overshadowed by Apple's iPhone 3GS, but one analyst says sales are about twice previous estimates.

:: Breaking News ::

Mitchell Releases V7 of its UltraMate Collision Estimation Software UltraMate 7 includes several features designed to enable estimators to more easily identify and select parts, and to write estimates more efficiently, including highlighted active tabs, updated icons, alternating color repair grid lines, and title case fonts. Thomson Reuters Launches Lipper for Investment Managers Lipper analytics and performance reports on 200,000 share classes in 60 countries. Netscape’s Andreessen and Horowitz Form VC Fund Well-known Internet entrepreneurs Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have raised $300 million for a new venture capital fund, declaring they plan to avoid the danger of forcing start-up companies to make money too soon. Marc Andreessen Launches VC Firm $300 Million Andreessen Horowitz fund will focus on "best new entrepreneurs," says Netscape pioneer. IT Jobs Stabilize; Tech Unemployment Rate 5.5% The job picture shows IT jobs suffering along with the rest of the economy, but the hemorrhaging appears to have stopped in 2Q.

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