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The Wall Street Journal

Sprint, Comcast, Google, Time Warner and Intel Join Forces in New Broadband Joint Venture
The race to bring consumers ultrafast wireless Internet service is on.
An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries have agreed to invest $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and [...]

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Business Week
The Razr maker will likely sell or spin off its cell-phone division. Possible acquirers include Asian rivals and private equity players
For connoisseurs of American electronics, Jan. 31 marks what may become the end of a technology icon. Motorola (MOT), the largest and most successful cell-phone manufacturer in the U.S., announced it’s considering separating the [...]

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Sprint Revives Talks With Clearwire Over Forming WiMax Joint Venture - The Wall Street Journal
Sprint Nextel Corp. has revived serious discussions with startup Clearwire Corp. to form a joint venture that would bring in outside funding from the likes of Intel Corp., Google Inc. and retailer Best Buy Co. to build a high-speed wireless network [...]

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Startup is Dark Horse in Spectrum Auction - Red Herring
Monday is D-day for all bidders in one of the most significant radio frequency auctions in recent United States history, and while Google by its mere presence could transform the mobile landscape, startup Frontline Wireless could be the dark horse that has the most lasting impact [...]

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Educating Hearts and Minds: An Interview with George Lucas—EDUTOPIA
George Lucas and Daniel Goleman discuss the many ways that social and emotional learning enhance the education process.
Daniel Goleman and George Lucas may have taken very divergent career paths — one is a renowned psychologist and author of the best seller Emotional Intelligence, and the latter is [...]

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Apple to Unveil Faster IPhone, AT&T’s Stephenson Says - Bloomberg
AT&T CEO: Let Verizon Have Their Open Network, We’ve Got The 3G IPhone - paidContent.org

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Verizon Wireless “Opens” Its Network - Red Herring
In what might be seen as a concession to pressure applied by Google and others, No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Wireless on Tuesday said it will open its network to independent application developers and device makers by the end of 2008.
The move comes after months of wrangling [...]

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Google Has Even Bigger Plans for Mobile Phones — WALL ST. JOURNAL
Google Inc. made a big splash last week with its new software for cellphones. But that’s far from the limit of the Internet giant’s wireless ambitions — which could include running its own mobile network.
The company is gearing up to make a serious run [...]

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