AP – Cell phone companies are about to barrage consumers with advertising for the next advance in wireless network technology: 4G access. The companies are promising faster speeds and the thrill of being the first on the block to use a new acronym.
AP – Bangladesh has blocked the social networking website Facebook over a page urging people to draw images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, joining Pakistan to become the second South Asian nation to ban the popular site over religious concerns.
AP – Technophiles mobbed Apple Stores in Europe and Asia on Friday in a quest to snatch up the hottest gadget of the moment — the iPad.
AP – You’re at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or you’re a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots.
AP – The nonprofit organization that has tried to produce a $100 laptop for children in the world’s poorest places is throwing in the towel on that idea __ and jumping on the tablet bandwagon.
Christopher Null – Reader Paul Stokes writes: I read with interest your article ‘Massive GPS upgrade under way.’ I am in a brand-new subdivision and cannot be found on any of the map sites such as Google Maps. While it would seem that this could be a good thing, it turns out that it isnrsquo;t. [...]
Ben Patterson – Just 13 years ago, the Apple faithful were howling in protest as Steve Jobs, back in from the cold after a dozen years in exile, introduced a most unwelcome visitor via satellite feed: a smug-looking Bill Gates, who observed from above as a humbled Jobs proclaimed that competition between Apple and Microsoft [...]
CenturyTel Inc., the phone company that is buying Qwest, on Wednesday reported sharply higher net income for the first quarter, topping Wall Street estimates, and said it added more broadband customers while losing fewer phone subscribers.
AP – What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy?
AP – A Chinese novelist’s lawsuit against Google over its online library is going ahead in court after settlement talks failed.