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- Nokia, RIM offer tempered growth outlooks
Nokia today issued its second warning in three weeks about the wireless-device market, predicting that industry sales volume will fall even further than predicted -- about 5% -- as consumers slash spending.
The phone maker's prognosis echoed two other developments: Research in Motion issued an unexpected warning Tuesday night that the BlackBerry maker's third-quarter revenue and profit will fall well short of analysts' expectations; and a Gartner report released today saying that unit phone sales grew 11.5% globally in the third quarter, the smallest amount Gartner has recorded since the research firm began tracking sales. Reuters
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- Latest innovations a boon for makers of video servers
The steady rise in popularity of on-demand video distribution has opened up a new world for viewers that contains time-shifting and pausing live TV. It also, according to a new report out from ABI Research, has opened up a massive new opportunity for companies that manufacture video servers and related equipment that help handle the additional storage capacity necessitated by these viewing innovations. CED Magazine
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- Tech sector optimistic about new administration
Insiders in the high-tech industries say they believe President-elect Barack Obama's interest in new technology will put more money into initiatives that will benefit their businesses. Areas that could benefit from Obama's assistance might include e-government, health IT, education and telecommunications efforts. National Journal
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- Comcast readies bandwidth meters for Internet users
Comcast, possibly by the beginning of January, will start providing its high-speed Internet customers with bandwidth meters so that they can keep tabs on their own online usage. Charlie Douglas, a Comcast spokesman, said that after being tested by employees, the meters would be deployed free of charge and enable users "to very easily keep track of their aggregate data usage each month." CNET
(12/3)
- New .tel domain will act as Web's phone book
A new Internet domain that launched Wednesday -- .tel -- could provide a virtual phone book to help people get in touch with the domain's owners even if they have not actually built a Web site. Site owners can register for a .tel domain that will act as a universal contact point that users can access through traditional online platforms or mobile devices such as the iPhone or BlackBerry, according to Telnic, the company that will run the registry. BBC
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