AP – The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn’t seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income people are.
AP – The European Union said Wednesday it is dropping antitrust charges against Microsoft Corp.
AP – Christian stores have just the Christmas gift for Facebook fans: A “Jesus Christ wants to be your friend” T-shirt that mimics the design of the popular social networking site.
PC World – Telecommunication regulators in Singapore issued new guidelines governing contract terms and early termination fees for mobile and broadband services in a bid to make the city-state’s telecommunications industry more competitive.
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AP – The National Governors Association is getting behind Ohio’s effort to maintain a tax on the satellite television industry.
Investor’s Business Daily – As more and more subscribers end traditional wireline phone service and go wireless-only, many businesses are considering doing the same in the office.
PC World – Verizon Business has deployed 100Gb-per-second equipment on a fiber link between Paris and Frankfurt, activating the next generation of optical networking for commercial services to enterprises.
AP – Novell Inc. said Monday that it will condense its four business units into two in an effort to streamline operations. The company, which sells computer-networking software and technology services, also said that two executives will leave.
NewsFactor – Synaptics and several partners on Monday introduced a new mobile-phone concept to demonstrate future possibilities for user interaction. Dubbed Fuse, the phone offers multi-touch capacitive sensing, haptic feedback, 3-D graphics, and force, grip and proximity sensing.