MobiTVAndy Missan has joined MobiTV as vice president and general counsel. Missan will oversee legal affairs and general corporate matters at the company. Missan brings more than 17 years of legal experience to MobiTV, most recently as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary...
Internet search giant Google Inc. is continuing its stealth move into wireless with the acquisition of software developer Android Inc., the company confirmed this week. The acquisition raised industry eyebrows due to Android's wealth of talent and veil of secrecy. The startup was launched...
WASHINGTON-The Walt Disney Co. defended its decision to reverse a policy to stay out of the wireless business until mobile phones are proven to have no health risks. "There certainly is a lot more information available today than back then. The FDA has...
WASHINGTON-A newly published study concludes the risk of injury from a vehicular accident is four times higher when the driver is using a hand-held cell phone, regardless of whether hands-free devices are used as cities and states are gradually requiring. The study, conducted by...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
WASHINGTON-A newly published study says talking on a cell phone while driving is risky business because the brain simultaneously cannot give complete attention to both the visual requirements of driving and the auditory task of listening, a finding consistent with previous university and government-sponsored...
WASHINGTON-A newly published study says talking on a cell phone while driving is risky business because the brain cannot give complete attention simultaneously to both the visual requirements of driving and the auditory task of listening, a finding consistent with previous university and government-sponsored...
WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today formalized plans to solicit funding for a study to determine whether use of fire stations as cellular phone base stations...
WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today formalized plans to solicit funding for a study to determine whether use of fire stations as cellular phone base stations...
T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of the Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h6315 smart phone due to unexplained software bugs, a move that illustrates the extremely advanced levels of technology packed into high-end devices as well as the risks carriers face in selling them. Wireless stands...
Danger said it plans to put "fixes in place" to restore Sidekick users' data functions, Danger and carrier partner T-Mobile USA Inc. said in a statement."Danger and T-Mobile regret any inconveniences experienced by Sidekick customers as a result of an identified technical issue that...
Some users of Danger's innovative Hiptop device are experiencing a "degradation of service" and are unable to use various functions, including e-mail and other data services, according to information on Danger's Hiptop user Internet site.Representatives from Danger and T-Mobile USA Inc.-Danger's primary carrier partner-were...
Not the name of a new horror film, but an addition to the tech vernacular and a horror of its own kind, the term "evil twin" popped onto the scene earlier this month.Dr. Phil Nobles of Cranfield University in the United Kingdom recently gave...
WASHINGTON-A U.K. health group said there is no solid evidence mobile phones pose health risks, but recommended cell-phone use by children and others be minimized and urged the public to take a precautionary approach to wireless calling as additional research is conducted to clarify...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said Wednesday.Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
WASHINGTON-A U.K. health group today said there is no solid evidence mobile phones pose health risks, but recommended cell-phone use by children and others be minimized and urged the public to take a precautionary approach to wireless calling as additional research is conducted to...
WASHINGTON-European researchers have found DNA breaks and chromosomal aberrations from radio-frequency radiation like that emitted from mobile phones, but they said new data does not prove handsets pose a health risk and called for more research. The $3 million research project-dubbed REFLEX-was carried out...
WASHINGTON-Inter-Tel Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the Department of Justice regarding crimes involving E-rate abuses.The settlement will cost Inter-Tel Technologies about $9.5 million including legal fees. The company pled guilty to mail fraud and an antitrust violation."We are pleased...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision that it has jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol matters will increase pressure on Congress to pass legislation next year to reform the universal-service program, said the top lobbyist for state regulators. "The two things that people were predicting...
WASHINGTON-A ruling Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission to declare it has jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol because VoIP is interstate will increase the pressure on Congress to pass legislation next year to reform the universal-service program, said the top lobbyist for state...
WASHINGTON-A new World Health Organization-backed study says long-term mobile-phone use increases the risk of cancer, but scientists said follow-up research is needed before it can be determined whether wireless handsets pose a health danger to consumers. The Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Two research firms presented two related pictures about the short-range technology ZigBee. West Technology Research Solutions said the ZigBee market will be fragmented and dominated by proprietary solutions, while Allied Business Intelligence expects the deployment of about 80 million devices by the...
Danger Inc. has made its Hiptop II device available as the T-Mobile Sidekick II at T-Mobile stores.The new version of the Sidekick, which was announced this summer, is 25 percent slimmer than the original, has an integrated camera with flash, enhanced sound quality and...
Vision- and hearing-impaired consumers can get some assistance from their wireless devices with two announcements this week. Danger Inc. has added new features to make its hiptop2 device useful for the hearing impaired, the company announced Wednesday. The California-based manufacturer incorporated a more powerful...
