SAN MIGUEL, Philippines - It’s Thursday, so 18-year-old Dennis Tiangco is off to a bank to collect his weekly allowance, zapped by his mother — who’s working in Hong Kong — to his electronic wallet: his cell phone. ADVERTISEMENT
Sauntering into a branch of GM Bank in the town of San Miguel, Tiangco fills out a form, sends a text message via his phone to a bank line dedicated to the service. (Read content ‘Cell phones double as electronic wallets (AP)’…)
The wind farm is visible from miles away, a forest of looming turbines churning in the afternoon breeze, rising incongruously above fields of barley, corn and sunflowers.
“This is the only future for the long-term,” says Tulsi Tanti, 49, a one-time yarn manufacturer who turned a small wind energy sideline into the sprawling corporation Suzlon, and turned himself into a billionaire in the process. (Read content ‘Harnessing The Wind To Fuel India’s Growth’…)
BEIJING (AFP) - An eastern China court has ordered a French electrical company to pay 330 million yuan (44 million dollars) for infringing the copyright of a Chinese enterprise, a company official and state press said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT
In a Saturday ruling, the Wenzhou intermediate court in Zhejiang province ordered Schneider Electric to pay 330 million yuan in compensation to the Chint Group for patent infringement of its low-voltage elecrtical equipment, the Beijing News reported. (Read content ‘France's Schneider ordered to pay 44 million dollars in China patent case (AFP)’…)
TOKYO (AFP) - A research group will be set up in Japan to develop optical technology that will replace the Internet Protocol as the global standard in communications, a report said Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT
The group will be established in November by the government-affiliated National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and private companies, the leading business daily Nikkei said. (Read content ‘Japan to develop next next-generation network (AFP)’…)
While the Blog Tang A+ seems to fall short in the blogging department, there’s plenty to make up for that. Like a 4.3-inch LCD, 30fps “high-def” video and up to 160GB of storage. Codec support is plentiful, including fan-faves like OGG in addition to the usual video and audio suspects, and there’s line-in recording as well as TV out. (Read content ‘Blog Tang A+ PMP won’t write your diary for you’…)
The iPhone 1.1.1 update has a hidden little surprise for y’all: Bluetooth audio streaming is now available off of your iPhone for whatever you darn please, meaning you can finally listen to music from the phone wirelessly. Oddly enough, this “function” has been unleashed by a Visual Voicemail bug that leaves Bluetooth audio on even after you’ve left the Voicemail interface. (Read content ‘iPhone 1.1.1 “bug” unleashes music over Bluetooth’…)
Engadget Mobile’s got the word on four new Verizon phones headed for a simultaneous launch in the next couple of weeks, so head on over and get the dirt on the new Juke, Pearl, Venus and Voyager before somebody beats you to it.
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's main Internet link remained shut down Saturday as the country's military regime tried to curb the flow of information on the junta's bloody crackdown on protesters. ADVERTISEMENT
"The Internet has not been working since yesterday. My friend also tried to use the Internet, but could not do so," said a Yangon resident. (Read content ‘Internet link remains shut amid Myanmar's crackdown (AFP)’…)
We’ve yet to find an average joe (or jane) who just adores that two-year agreement they signed to receive a single subsidized device on day one, and while Sprint to let folks off the hook , it is trying a slightly different approach with . Reportedly, the carrier will be relying on “subscriptions,” which will enable customers to save more when paying for larger chunks of time, while not forcing them into anything long-term. (Read content ‘Sprint to ditch traditional contracts with Xohm, rely on subscriptions’…)