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  1. The world's first smartphone that translates photographs of written text into audio and then "speaks" the words aloud to users is expected to become available in early 2008.

  2. A group of researchers from Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would utilize global positioning system (GPS) enabled mobile phones to detect and track nuclear weapons like…

  3. A new study suggests that businesspeople who travel overseas rack up mobile phone roaming charges of almost $700 per trip. Yikes.

  4. IBM will announce next week a mobile version of its Lotus Notes email software for the iPhone, bringing Apple's smartphone one step closer to becoming a legit business device.

  5. 3M is showing off a tiny projector at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show that's small enough to be used with cell phones, cameras and other mobile devices. Cool stuff.

  6. Two new mobile printers let you print wirelessly from your BlackBerry, digital camera or other mobile device--and neither of them require ink.

  7. Now you can watch whatever TV content you get at home on your BlackBerry no matter where you are--as long as there's cellular or Wi-Fi signal.

  8. A new GPS-based service will allows trucking companies to alert driver when they're speeding or the trucks are swaying too much.

  9. Forrester Research says iPhones should not be used as corporate phones for these 10 reasons.

  10. Story about how the Boston Red Sox's tech support team keeps it BlackBerrys up and running.

  11. Airline travelers leaving from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport can now use their cell phones as boarding passes.

  12. Recnet survey from CompTIA that found while IT departments are aware of the increased security threat represented by mobile workers, they're mostly not providing those workers with the security training they need.

  13. Web browsers are improving as more and more business and consumer users purchase Web-enabled mobile devices or smartphones and the potential for monetary gain becomes apparent to software developers and device makers.…

  14. A new report compiled by wireless services consulting and analysis firm Novarum ranks Wi-Fi, WiMax and third generation (3G) cellular networks in 16 North American cities, based on performance, service availability,…

  15. Most travelers carry little or no business information on their laptops, but the ones who do store an average of $525,000 worth of sensitive data, according to a recent survey.

  16. Broadcom on Monday released its "3G Phone on a Chip," which the company says will enable device manufacturers to produce smaller, more powerful 3G devices for significantly less money than in the past.

  17. OLPC, maker of the XO "$100 laptop," is running a promotion that will allow Americans and Canadians to pay $400 to purchase a laptop for a child in need, as well as one for themselves.