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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Telefonica, Vodafone Consider Bid for T-Mobil UK

Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF) is eying a bid for Deutsche Telekom's (NYSE:DT) T-Mobile UK, which analysts value between EUR3 billion and EUR4 billion after several years of underpeformance, according to a Financial Times report.

Business Tech

PropertyRoom.com Auctions Seattle's Police-Seized Items

Inside the Seattle Police Department's property room, rows of bicycles, Christmas decorations, wheelchairs and other unclaimed or seized items gather dust until they're put up for auction. But bargain hunters no longer have to wait for police, or the King County Sheriff's Office, to schedule a public auction to score a deal. They now merely need to log onto a computer: PropertyRoom.com

Personal Tech

EU Streamlines Cell Phone Chargers

The European Union announced on June 29 that 10 cell phone companies have agreed to produce phones that will all be compatible with a single charger in order to reduce electronic waste.

Dot.com

Firefox 3.5 Available Today, Promising Blazing Speed and More

Mozilla's popular Web browser has just been officially upgraded again. Firefox 3.5 is now available at Mozilla's Web site, for new users that want to try this flexible alternative to Internet Explorer, or tried and true fans that just want the latest version.

Hispanic Tech Companies

gdgt Goes Live: Rojas and Block's New Site for Hardcore Gadget Fans

Gadget lovers, welcome to your new online home. Conceived by its founders as a gadget site where fans could "hang out all day," gdgt combines a sleek interface, gadget database, and social networking-style features to create a forum where the devices are the stars. gdgt is the brainchild of Peter Rojas and Ryan Block, both formerly top editors at groundbreaking technology blogs Gizmodo and Engadget.

Product Reviews

60-Second Review: The Palm Pre

Beware the battery, but this is a fantastic phone. A must for any Sprint customer -- but how does it stack up to the iPhone?