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New Study Warns that Cell Phone Use May Slightly Increase Cancer Risk
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
An extensive study overseen by the World Health Organization has found that cell phone use may cause a slight but measurable increase in several types of tumors, some of which are dangerous.

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Palm Demos Graphical webOS Development Tool
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm demonstrated an upcoming development tool for webOS apps yesterday. This graphical tool has been designed to simplify the process of making software for devices like the Palm Pre and Pixi.
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Google Maps Mobile May Become a Full-Fledged Navigation App
PUBLISHED: 10/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google offers free mapping software for a wide variety of smartphones. If a rumor is correct, this is going to be turned into a full-fledged navigation app, with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions. UPDATED
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Palm Pixi Will Debut in Mid-November for $100
PUBLISHED: 10/26/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi, the second webOS-powered smartphone, will hit store shelves in a few weeks. As expected, this smartphone will have an entry-level price, making it more affordable than its predecessor, the Palm Pre.
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Palm Pre Available for AT&T and T-Mobile Customers
PUBLISHED: 10/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T and T-Mobile customers can now get a Palm Pre without having to switch to Sprint. There are a few caveats, though, as this version of the first webOS smartphone lacks 3G and has a slightly modified keyboard.
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Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
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Verizon Is Definitely Getting the Palm Pre
PUBLISHED: 10/17/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
If there are any lingering doubts that Verizon Wireless is going to offer the Palm Pre, one of this this carrier's Twitter feeds has re-iterated earlier promises to launch the first webOS-based smartphone in a few months.
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Palm Pre Debuts in Europe
PUBLISHED: 10/13/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pre is rolling out across W. Europe this week. It debuted in Germany today, will be released in Spain tomorrow, and will hit store shelves in the U.K. and Ireland in a few days. This is the first time this webOS-based smartphone is available outside of N. America.
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Analyst Predicts Android Will Outsell iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile by 2012
PUBLISHED: 10/8/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google's Android OS is still getting off the ground, but an analyst for the market-research firm Gartner says that two years from now it will have a larger share of the world market than almost all of its rivals.
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MotionApps Classic Palm OS Emulator Gets HotSync Support
PUBLISHED: 10/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
MotionApps has just released a new version of its Palm OS emulator for the Palm Pre that brings HotSync support to this webOS-based device. Other enhancements are also included.
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Palm's App Catalog Finally Includes Paid Software
PUBLISHED: 10/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm's on-device software store has passed an important milestone -- the first for-pay app has been listed. This is expected to lead to a significantly larger amount of webOS software available for users of the Palm Pre.
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Adobe Flash Player for Mobile Devices Will Be Out by Year's End
PUBLISHED: 10/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Adobe Systems said today it is on schedule to release a beta version of its Flash player for a number of mobile devices this year, and more will follow in 2010. This will support sites that use Flash for navigation, as well as Flash video.
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Small webOS Update Brings iTunes Syncing Back to the Palm Pre
PUBLISHED: 10/3/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Another skirmish happened today in a back-and-forth fight between Palm and Apple -- Palm released webOS 1.2.1 today, which brings support for iTunes synchronization back to the Palm Pre, which Apple has previously blocked.
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