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Sprint Nextel slows subscriber loss in 4th quarter
(AP)
AP - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s subscriber losses slowed in the fourth quarter, an encouraging sign for a wireless carrier that has lost millions of customers over the past few years.
Ericsson in network deal with AT&T (AP)
AP - Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB on Wednesday said it has signed a deal to supply telecoms group AT&T Inc. with equipment and services to build a fourth-generation mobile broadband network in the United States.
Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off (AP)
AP - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.
RealNetworks, MTV to spin off Rhapsody (AP)
AP - RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company.
AOL integrates Facebook chat with AIM (AP)
AP - As part of an ongoing effort to improve its user experience, Internet company AOL Inc. is letting users of its AIM instant-messaging service chat with friends on Facebook.
PayPal's India transaction block could last months (AP)
AP - Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.
Global mobile broadband spending seen up to $72 billion (Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile operators worldwide are seen investing up to $72 billion in wireless broadband technologies this year to accommodate surging demand, according to telecoms industry body GSMA.
Opera Software announces iPhone browser (AP)
AP - Opera Software ASA announced Wednesday that it will unveil an iPhone version of its Opera Mini mobile phone browser at an international tech conference next week despite not having approached iPhone maker Apple about the move.
Sprint posts narrower loss but revenue falls (Reuters)
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp posted a narrower fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday, but revenue fell 7 percent even as the company's loss of bill-paying cellphone customers was slower than expected.
Micron Acquires Flash Memory Maker Numonyx (PC World)
PC World - Micron Technology has agreed to acquire flash memory maker Numonyx, adding NOR flash chips -- a memory type commonly found in mobile phones and MP3 players -- to its product lineup and expanding its manufacturing capacity
Ahead of the Bell: Activision Blizzard results (AP)
AP - Activision Blizzard Inc.'s fourth-quarter results, expected after the market closes Wednesday, should show whether stellar sales of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" were enough to make up for weaker demand for other games.
Norway's Opera to introduce browser for iPhone (Reuters)
Reuters - Browser firm Opera Software will introduce next week a version of its Mini browser for Apple's iPhone, the Norwegian firm said on Wednesday.
Broadcom Adds Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi Direct to Android (PC World)
PC World - Broadcom increased its bet on the Android mobile operating system on Tuesday, announcing additional capabilities for its software stack and a new chip for navigation in Android-based devices.
InfoWorld review: Dell, HP, and Lenovo rack servers (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Dual-processor, pizza-box servers have been a staple of computing infrastructure for much of the last 10 years.
China artist-activist says Google email hacked (AFP)
AFP - One of China's most controversial artists on Wednesday spoke out in support of US Internet giant Google in its standoff with Beijing, and said his Gmail accounts had been breached by hackers.
InfoWorld review: Windows on the Mac (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Why choose between Windows 7 and Snow Leopard when you can have both? A Mac with virtualization software is a great platform for running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, or other Intel-based operating systems, all at the same time. There's also Mac OS X's native Boot Camp, but it only supports Windows and doesn't give you access to Mac OS X without rebooting.
New IPhone App Will Put Your Dog on Twitter (PC World)
PC World - Your friends and family are on Twitter, as are celebrities and even astronauts, so why shouldn't your dog be on as well? That will soon happen thanks to an iPhone application that "translates" dog barks into English and tweets them out to the world.
