January 12, 2005 articles

T-Mobile USA penetrated by hacker

Jan 12 2005 - 12:41 PM ET | Security, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA found itself a victim of data theft--serious data theft. Among the data taken from T-Mobile's servers: * US Secret Service e-mail * Customers' passwords and Social Security numbers * Photos taken by Sidekick users, including photos from many...

Samsung SCH-S310, detects 3D movement

Jan 12 2005 - 12:32 PM ET | Samsung
The Samsung SCH-S310 is a new mobile phone that has the ability to carry out commands based on its position: bq. Samsung Electronics unveiled the world's first "3D movement recognition" mobile phone. 'Accelerometer' is built in to accurately calculate and...

Verizon ships Novatel V620 EV-DO card

Jan 12 2005 - 12:15 PM ET | 3G, Data, Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless today announced the introduction of Novatel Wireless' V620 EV-DO high-speed data card. The V620 uses dual band EV-DO and 1xRTT technologies (1xRTT is used when no EV-DO signal can be found). Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service is $79.99 per...

Apple / Motorola partnership at keynote

Jan 12 2005 - 01:01 AM ET | Motorola
Steve Jobs lightly touched on the Apple / Motorola partnership (to bring a mobile version of iTunes to Motorola phones) during his keynote speech at MacWorld San Francisco 2005 on Tuesday. The same slide that a Motorola executive showed off...

35 qualify for FCC spectrum auction

Jan 12 2005 - 12:44 AM ET | In The News
The FCC has announced that 35 bidders have qualified to participate in a January 26th auction of wireless spectrum. While the action starts on the 26th, it may take a bit of time before the dust settles--bidding will end once...

Nokia to trim research unit

Jan 12 2005 - 12:39 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia yesterday announced layoffs from its research and development division. Jobs will be lost all over the world but Germany and Finland will see the bulk of nearly 500 layoffs. Nokia plans to bring R&D expenditure down to 9%-10% of...