CardioNet reports 3Q loss as it restructures (AP) AP - Wireless heart-monitoring device maker CardioNet Inc. fell to a loss in the third quarter, as it had ramped up marketing spending after Medicare lowered reimbursement rates on the company's products. Internet, Cell Phones Don't Increase Isolation, Study Says (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - If you're worried that your employees or children are disengaging from the world by using the Internet and cell phones, relax. A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that these technologies have not increased social isolation in the U.S. AT&T completes delayed Centennial acquisition (AP) AP - AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. US Lawmakers Propose Changes in Telecom Subsidies (PC World) PC World - Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment. Microsoft Battles on in Mobile, Search and the Cloud (PC World) PC World - As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. Has Microsoft Placed Its Last Mobile Bet? (PC World) PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, som...... Unboxing the Nokia Booklet 3G (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - Nokia's Booklet 3G hit the PCMag labs Friday. Take a look as we unbox this sleek new netbook. Motorola, Carriers Have High Hopes for Droid's Launch (NewsFactor)
Best Buy Will Help You Go Google Mobile (PC World) PC World - It appears Best Buy will take sides again in the software wars, this time partnering with Google to help install the Google Mobile app on new phones. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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NewsFactor - With the launch of its new Droid smartphone at Verizon Wireless stores Friday, Motorola finally appears poised to recover from a three-year slide during which its mobile handset shipments fell from 22.5 percent to a 5.4 percent share of the global market, according to iSuppli. Verizon is looking for Droid to help overcome the advantage......
