2/3 Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology

Senator seeks information on tech firms in China (AP) February 3, 2010 at 9:45 AM AP - A top Senate Democrat is asking 30 leading technology, Internet and communications companies to provide detailed descriptions of their operations and human rights practices in China. Motorola Invests in Mobile Barcode Company (PC World) February 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM PC World - Motorola's venture arm said it invested an undisclosed sum in Scanbuy, a company that offers mobile barcode products and services. Nexus One Update Fixes 3G Problem, Adds Multitouch (PC World) February 3, 2010 at 4:50 AM PC World - Google has started pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem that has plagued some users and adds limited support for multitouch. Senator seeks information on tech firms in China (AP) February 3, 2010 at 3:37 AM AP - A top Senate Democrat is asking 30 leading technology, Internet and communications companies to provide detailed descriptions of their operations and human rights practices in China. New Sony Ericsson Aspen Handset Uses Windows Mobile (NewsFactor) February 3, 2010 at 3:12 AM NewsFactor - Sony Ericsson has taken the wraps off a new smart-book device called Aspen that is based on the latest release of Windows Mobile from Microsoft. Together with Sony Ericsson's recently announced Android-based XPERIA X10 device, the new Aspen handset forms part of the company's new strategy for addressing the lack of a significant smart-book device in its product portfolio. UPS 4Q profit nearly triples from year earlier (AP) February 3, 2010 at 2:54 AM AP - UPS is seeing more people using cell phones to buy and ship goods over the Internet, a greater number of customers paying for premium services like next-day air and businesses beefing up operations overs! eas. InterDigital promotes engineering VP to tech chief (AP) February 3, 2010 at 2:14 AM AP - Mobile phone equipment supplier InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday that it has promoted Naresh Soni to chief technology officer. Citrix Sees Smartphone as Thin Client (PC World) February 3, 2010 at 1:50 AM PC World - Remote application software provider Citrix and mobile virtualization software vendor Open Kernel Labs have joined to author a specification for turning tomorrow's smartphones into mobile thin-client devices, the two companies announced today. They call their creation the Nirvana Phone. Sony Ericsson Aspen Comes with WinMo 6.5.3 (PC World) February 2, 2010 at 9:29 PM PC World - Sony Ericsson unveiled its latest business smartphone, the Aspen, which runs the newest version of Microsoft Windows Mobile, 6.5.3. Coming in advance of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Aspen sports a full QWERTY keyboard and claims some green credentials. Sony Phone Hides Proper WinMo Multitouch (PC Magazine) February 2, 2010 at 4:45 PM PC Magazine - The new Sony Ericsson Aspen phone itself looks fairly unremarkable, but it turns out the Aspen is running Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which would make it the first handset to do so. And that means support for glass capacitive touch screens with multi-touch. Bye-bye, stylus? Touch Input Rumored for Google's Upcoming Chrome OS (PC World) February 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM PC World - Google has been focusing development on the netbook and tablet markets for some time now, using Android OS as a stepping stone into the sub-laptop operating system market. The first tablets featuring the Android OS have already arrived, with more on the way for 2010, which that begs the question: What of Google's other mobile software project, Chrome OS? Will it make its way onto tablets too?