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21. AT&T Allows 3G Slingplayer: New Leaf Turning? (PC World)
(News/Latest)

PC World - The Slingplayer iPhone app, once the poster child for everything wrong with AT&T's 3G service, will now be allowed to run free of constraints.Read more: Yahoo! News: Technology News  ...

22. Sony considering PSN subscriptions
(Electronics/Computer)

Sony says it is considering making PSN a paid-for service in the future.Read more: bit-tech.net Feed  ...

23. Nokia Ovi Maps Gets Downloaded a Million Times in a Week
(DIY Schematics/DIY Schematics)

Nokia announced its Ovi Maps navigation service a while back and it ships pre-installed on some new Nokia handsets. The service takes the Ovi Maps, turns it into a navigation service along the lines of ...

24. Microphone No Different Than Cell Phone:
(News/Latest)

... Lakes Police Service Acting Staff Sergeant Kirk Robertson told the Lindsay Post on Tuesday (Feb. 2) that in non-emergency situations "they should be pulling over to the side of the road." He said there ...

25. MARS Unifies Operation in Support of Haiti Relief Effort
(News/ARRL)

To assist the MARS communications support effort in Haiti, the heads of the Army, Air Force, and Navy-Marine Corps MARS programs have agreed to divvy up responsibilities among the three Service MARS programs. ...

26. Ham Radio Included in Official Emergency Preparations:
(News/Latest)

... messages in the immediate aftermath to emergency service centers throughout the country. While local emergency officials are certain Southern Oregon would fare better in a major natural disaster, they ...

27. Dell Latitude 13 Business Ultraportable Announced
(DIY Schematics/DIY Schematics)

... desktop virtualization through certification from Citrix and VMware, full disk encryption, and Trusted Platform Module (TPM), as well as Dell ImageDirect service which lets IT create, update and deploy ...

28. Illinois Teams with Amateur Radio Operators to Create RACES Program
(News/ARRL)

... during disasters. The agreement creates the State Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) program. Under the agreement, IEMA Director Andrew Velasquez appointed ARRL Illinois Section Emergency Coordinator ...

29. Verifone PAYware Mobile App Available and Hardware Shipping
(DIY Schematics/DIY Schematics)

There are lots of businesses that have workers in the field delivering goods and services that could use a way to allow customers to pay using credit cards. Read more: New from Electronics Infoline ...

30. Amateur Radio Still Alive and Kicking:
(News/Latest)

... the Central Kentucky Amateur Radio Society. "A lot of the members participate in the weather spotter program," he said. "The National Weather Service provides us training on reporting a storm." Pettit, ...

31. Radio Operators Are the Eyes of the National Weather Service:
(News/Latest)

Even in the age of high-powered Doppler radar, instant communications and the Internet, the National Weather Service and local safety officials still rely heavily on old methods for accurate observations ...

32. Shortwave Gains Low-Power Interest:
(News/Latest)

HAMBURG, Germany -- Over the past two decades, governments in many countries have deregulated transmission services. Today, private enterprises own and operate even large shortwave sites once in the hands ...

33. Zune Phone or ???Project Pink??? May Have Video Upload ???Studio??? Service
(DIY Schematics/DIY Schematics)

Is there really a Zune Phone in the making? Some recent leaks, including this one, suggest that Project Pink is still alive. and also that it may have a Studio service where members can View and manage ...

34. Hospitals, Emergencies and Ham Radio
(News/KE2YK)

Most people on the street are clueless about the meaning of the Amateur Radio service. If they have heard of it, they respond by saying, oh yeah, you mean CB radio right? Although many of us kick-started ...

35. Boost widens reach of $50 unlimited phone service (AP)
(News/Latest)

AP - Boost Mobile, a prepaid cell service sold by Sprint Nextel, says it will start offering its $50 per month unlimited calling plan on the Sprint network. That network has wider coverage and much higher ...

36. When Power Is Out, 'Hams' Pipe Up:
(News/Latest)

... emergency-services director at the Fairfield County chapter of the American Red Cross, which also serves Hocking County. "Amateur-radio people are just the best." The ham-radio operators relay messages ...

37. Johor MRCS Launches First Disaster Radio Service in Country:
(News/Latest)

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysia Red Crescent Society (MRCS), Johor branch has launched the first disaster radio service in the country, which will focus on swift communication to help disaster victims. State ...

38. It Seems to Us: Not an Emergency Radio Service?
(News/ARRL)

The FCC raised a few eyebrows by including the following sentence in its Public Notice DA 09-2259 (see page 72, this issue): "While the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial ...

39. Who's Afraid of AR? Tsunami's Heroic Tech Has Few Backers in Sri Lanka:
(News/Latest)

... as the 'low tech' miracle that literally helped save lives. Where electricity and telephone services -- both fixed and mobile -- had been knocked down, amateur radio enthusiasts (or 'radio hams') restored ...

40. Belmont County's Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator, W8GBH (SK):
(News/Latest)

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- Norman "Bud" Russell, longtime Amateur Radio Emergency Services coordinator, died suddenly at his home Sunday night. The 69-year-old Russell was a retired teacher from the Bellaire ...