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Texting while driving is bad, doctors agree (Reuters)

Posted on November 10th, 2008 in Technology | No Comments »

Reuters - Tapping out text messages on a cell phone while driving is dangerous, the American Medical Association agreed on Monday, and supported state legislation to ban it.

Virgin Mobile beats Street with 3Q earnings (AP)

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AP - Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc. posted higher-than-expected third-quarter earnings Monday despite adding fewer customers to its rolls than in the same period last year.

VMware buys Trango mobile virtualization company (Reuters)

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Reuters - U.S. business software maker VMware Inc has bought a small French company that specializes in virtualization software for mobile phones, which allows a single phone to run multiple operating systems.

Nortel Networks posts 3Q loss, plans job cuts (AP)

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AP - Canadian telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. posted a third-quarter loss Monday, reversing a year-ago profit as the economic turmoil and a large goodwill impairment charge weighed on results.

Yahoo’s mobile voice search good, not great (CNET)

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CNET - Search is inextricably woven into the use of computers, but it’s still a relative rarity when it comes to the mobile phone market.