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After much criticism when people managed to read the fine print on their 3G detail page, T-Mobile has backtracked on their throttling policy after a user reaches 1 GB of data usage. Originally, the sentence read:

If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput [...]

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In April, MySpace and three of the four major record labels announced “MySpace Music.” At the time I said it was only a matter of time before the fourth, EMI joined in, and it has — at the last minute, in fact. And Thursday at 12:00 AM EDT the site [...]

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Today was the introduction of the T-Mobile G1, the first Google Android cell phone. The launch event didn’t include details on the service plans, but closer examination of the plans after they were posted to T-Mobile’s site reveals some worrisome details.
First of all, T-Mobile’s 3G network is the smallest among U.S. carriers. [...]

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Let’s not let the fact that the device hasn’t even been officially introduced yet slow us down, shall we? On Tuesday, prior to the introduction of the T-Mobile G1 (AKA the HTC Dream or Google’s first Android phone), Amazon confirmed rumors of a built-in app on the device which allows access [...]

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You’ll remember that earlier this month I wrote about Sony’s recall of 19 models in the VAIO TZ series notebooks manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. Apparently, as the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission said:
Irregularly positioned wires near the computer’s hinge and/or a dislodged screw inside the hinge can cause [...]

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You’ll recall that despite its recently-filed lawsuit against the FCC over P2P-throttling practices, Comcast agreed it would still detail its network management policies to the organization, as originally ordered. On Friday Comcast provided that documentation to the FCC.
In fact, as part (.PDF) of the documentation sent to the FCC, Comcast now [...]

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The new Microsoft ads went live on Thursday. And at the start of each ad is Sean Siler, a Microsoft employee who, luckily for Microsoft bears some resemblance to John Hodgman, the PC in Apple’s ads. In the first and third ads, he says “I’m a PC, and I’ve been [...]

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By Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) met on Thursday to discuss an emergency order which would ban the use of cell phones by train operators. While individual companies may have had such rules in place, there was no law backing up the rules.
In a unanimous vote, the CPUC approved the order. The [...]