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State consumer advocates hate Verizon's plan to take the cell phone termination fee problem out of the courts and put it in the hands of the FCC.

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The free role-playing game is a spot-on take-off, albeit a very small one, of the massively popular 'World of Warcraft.' Welcome to Azimuth.

PC World - Sony appears ready to soon release an inexpensive mini-laptop with a Via processor and WiMax support.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a little dirt, scientists said on Sunday, a first step towards sampling the Martian soil for ice -- and the potential for life.

PC World - Asustek gave WiMax Expo visitors a sneak preview of its Eee PC 901 laptop, which uses Intel's upcoming Atom processor.

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Nikkei's reporting that Hitachi Maxell, in association with Nagasaki University, NIAIST, and Fuji Heavy Industries, has developed a new kind of lithium ion battery that can supposedly store 20 times the power, but is also cheap and easily mass produced. Apparently this new kind of battery drops cobalt, an expensive staple of the traditional Li-ion recipe, instead making use of nano-infused lithium with manganese. You know how it goes though -- unrealistic and exponential battery developments are all well and good, but until we see it productized, we're not exactly liable to buy into the hype. [Warning: subscription req'd]

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In December 2006 Kevin Rose, saying he had inside information, said the upcoming iPhone would have a slide out keyboard, a touch screen and two batteries (one for the MP3 player, one for the phone). It did indeed have a touch screen.

Now Rose is back with a new prediction on the 3G iPhone next week. He says: “low end iPhone $200. Now could be a good time to get some Apple stock.”

Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0

Political pros say that for the first time in a statewide race, YouTube had the crucial multiplier effect, turning an underfinanced campaign into a serious contender.

MTV went ahead with its annual star-studded movie awards at the Universal Studios lot on Sunday, hours after a spectacular blaze destroyed chunks of Hollywood history nearby.