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Sprint to kick off mobile Web app initiative

The carrier may offer developers access to user data as it nurtures its Web ecosystem

Vendors closing in on 1G bps using DSL

The combination of a number of technologies will boost DSL speeds, but only over short distances

With cell phones excluded from surveys, are polls skewed?

Harry Reid questions polls putting him in a close race for his Senate seat, noting bias found also in a recent Pew study

Smartphone shipments explode, raising capacity questions

Carriers are selling more than networks can support, and users are willing to pay for ever-more comprehensive plans, ABI says

Obama’s chief scientist pushes national broadband plan

The White House’s top science adviser says the plan would raise productivity

Mobile sites improve, with Google at top, Yankee Group says

Tech heavyweights Google and Amazon earned acolades while mobile carriers Verizon, AT&T and Sprint scored poorly.

Sprint pursues mobile M2M craze

Sprint now has a machine-to-machine development center and is readying a management portal

25 new IT companies to watch

Innovative tech startups for the virtualization and cloud computing age

Departing Microsoft exec Ozzie plots new 5-year plan

PCs are too complex so a variety of devices, connected to the cloud, will replace the current PC-centric world, he said

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