Venezuelan-Chinese Co. to Make Phones

A Venezuelan-Chinese company will begin producing mobile telephones in this South American country next year, Venezuela's top telecommunications authority announced Sunday. via MSN Money - Original Story

AMD unveils strategy to 'Bulldoze' the competition

"There is a set of components available today from the converged AMD and from ATI. The fusion is trying to take those components and integrate them effectively." Executives at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are pursuing a new strategy to combine CPUs and graphics processors into one unit and put them into everything from workstations to HDTVs to wireless phones. via The Washington Post - Original Story

La. Airport to Reopen Traffic Control

Permanent air traffic control service is set to resume for the first time since Hurricane Katrina at an airport near downtown New Orleans.'Hopefully, everything's on track and it will open up Monday,' airport aviation director Randy Taylor said Wednesday.Service is set to be limited, with workers initially relying on radios and cell phones _ without the radar equipment in place before the August 2005 storm, said C.W. Baker, president of the local National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Hours of operation also will be reduced, Baker said. Read more - Original Story

TomTom to buy map supplier Tele Atlas

"We're striving for the holy grail of digital mapping." Reuters Published on ZDNet News: July 23, 2007, 2:38 PM PT TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, plans to buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for 1.8 billion euros to improve the ... via ZDNet - Original Story

New Sennheiser BW900 Bluetooth Office Headset

Sennheiser announces the delivery of its' new and versatile wireless headset based upon the Bluetooth technology standard. via VoIPMonitor.net - Original Story

Verizon Wireless Keeps Adding To Its Retail Customer Base

Verizon Wireless announced Thursday net customer additions of 1.6 million subscribers, but the positive numbers are likely to spur an attempt to change the firm's equity ownership that Verizon opposes. via InformationWeek - Original Story

New roadway laws in Virginia

Printer Friendly No more talking on the cell phone while driving for teenagers in Virginia. via News Channel 11 - Original Story