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HuffingtonPost.com for iPhone

The Huffington Post, the left-leaning news and opinion site, is an honest-to-goodness new media powerhouse. What began in 2005 as a group blog for conservative-turned-liberal pundit Arianna Huffington's celebrity pals now attracts more than double the traffic Matt Drudge gets in any given month. More importantly, Huffington is attracting something no media company these days has: venture capital.

| Product review | Personal tech | Software | 07/03/09 at 12:51 pm |


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Cellular carriers want to take control of consumer electronics

I have good news and bad news. The good news is that mobile broadband wireless Internet connectivity is being baked into a wide range of consumer electronic products, from netbooks and media players to GPS devices and digital cameras. Just about everything will be connected to the Internet from just about everywhere.

| Opinion | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 07/03/09 at 8:33 am |


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Web site for China Mobile's application store appears

A Web site for China Mobile's upcoming mobile application store appeared online on Friday, giving a preview of what free and paid downloads the carrier will offer to its more than 480 million subscribers.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 07/03/09 at 8:25 am |


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BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 - Deathmatch rematch

The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but does its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone? In May, I pitted the BlackBerry Bold in a head-to-head competition against the iPhone 3G, which handily beat RIM's business standard in most areas. After all, the iPhone 3.0 OS enhances the e-mail, calendar, and search functions that many BlackBerry users focus on and that IT loves about the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).

| Feature | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 07/03/09 at 8:23 am |


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