Who’s Helio?
…is the question that a CNNMoney columnist is trying to answer. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get too close to finding an answer. And, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what Helio was either before doing a bit of research…

…is the question that a CNNMoney columnist is trying to answer. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get too close to finding an answer. And, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what Helio was either before doing a bit of research…

It was a good day for Verizon. While revenues were down from last year ($1.5 billion vs last year’s $1.6 billion), when all was said and done Verizon managed to beat analyst estimates of 53 cents a share – by a penny.

Looking for a vacation from that annoying cell phone? Forbes has a list of the 20 best cell phone-free vacation spots in the USA.
While most are well-known national parks that don’t have cell phone towers in the vicinity (Yosemite, Olympic, and Sequoia), there’s some oddballs out here: Death Valley and Yakutat, Alaska among them.
Do yourself a favor and go explore the nicer parts of America instead of the nicer parts of YouTube.
Source: “Get off the Grid” – Forbes

As if we didn’t have enough pointless lawsuits, here’s yet another one that qualifies for Stupid News.

No, this isn’t about Qualcomm. However, a lawsuit between the University of Texas and Motorola, Inc. ended as the judge ruled in favor of the #2 phone manufacturer. Call it the first bright spot in a long series of bad news for MOT.

Forbes just did a great article on some must-have software on every mobile phone.

The head of Nokia’s mobile phone unit, Kai Oistamo, predicted that 3 billion people globally will have a cell phone by the end of 2007…

If you’re between 18 and 29 years old, and actually doing something to help the world, you might have a shot at a $500 award to help fund your “social change project.”
Marat Fayzullin’s ColEm ColecoVision version 2.2 is now available for free download. It’s compatible with Symbian Third Edition phones as well as Windows/DOS.

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