Wireless networking and Mobile Phones

China to get tough on cellphone fraud, spam (Reuters)

Reuters - China will require all mobile phonesubscribers to register using their real names next year, in abid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted overmobile services, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Google and Opera Make a Mobile Search Connection (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Already partners for PC-based Internet search, Opera Software has now chosen Google’s search features for a mobile phone version of the Opera browser.

Palm profit jumps on tax benefit; adjusted figures slip but beat Street (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Hand-held computer maker Palm Inc. on Tuesday said profit surged in its fiscal second quarter, as the company added new carriers and increased shipments of its web-enabled cellphones.

Latest technology helps companies, commuters work around NYC transit strike (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - The last time the city had a transit strike, in 1980, a fax machine was considered cutting-edge. Fast forward 25 years, and it is a world of wireless laptops, Internet-enabled cellphones and telecommuting from your living room.

NTT DoCoMo ties up with Fuji to offer TV on cellphones (AFP)

AFP - NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone company, agreed to buy a 2.6 percent stake in Fuji Television Network for 177 million dollars in a bid to tap a new market offering TV programs to cellphone users.

Philips to Boost Stake in China TV Maker (AP)
AP - A unit of Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe’s largest consumer electronics maker, will buy an additional 5 percent stake in Chinese television and mobile phone maker TCL Corp., becoming the company’s third-largest shareholder, TCL said Wednesday.