Cell Fun

Canadian Press - BANGKOK, Thailand - As soldiers in Myanmar intensified their crackdown on pro-democracy protesters Friday, authorities also went after the Internet and mobile phones that have proven so vital and powerful in documenting the dramatic confrontations.

InfoWorld - Google has acquired a mobile social networking startup called Zingku, the search company's latest move to provide more services through mobile phones.

Canadian Press - BERLIN - Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG said Friday it has concluded a deal to buy Dutch mobile phone and broadband Internet operator Orange Netherlands from France Telecom for US$1.8 billion.

FT.com - Telekom Malaysia, the country's biggest telecoms group, on Friday said it would list its mobile phone operations separately next year in what is expected to be one of the country's biggest initial public offerings.

Reuters - IRobot Corp , a maker of vacuums
and bomb defusers, said on Thursday it has developed a device
for cleaning gutters on homes and a Web-controlled robot with a
video phone.

Reuters - Walt Disney Co said on
Thursday it would stop operating its U.S.-based mobile phone
service at the end of the year to reassess how it competes in a
tough market for high-end cell phone services.

PC World - Tired of your Treo? Palm's new Centro delivers the Palm OS in a much smaller, sprightlier 3G phone.

InfoWorld - MontaVista Software planned to announce on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based mobile phone operating system, expected to be available in November.

TechWeb - Mobile phone users can send messages for free to friends around the world with EQO's offering.

Reuters - Intel Corp said on Wednesday it had
won a mobile WiMax chip order from the world's top cellphone
maker Nokia, which will use its semiconductors in
Internet-focused devices from 2008.