"Microsoft Corp. Wednesday launched a program designed to encourage developers to sell mobile applications via Windows Marketplace, its mobile-phone based bazaar."

"Scientists in the United States have invented a battery that can charge in seconds, promising a revolution in power storage … The advance allows lithium-ion batteries, the standard variety used in consumer electronics and cells for electric or hybrid vehicles, both to charge and discharge stored energy more quickly than at present."

"Google Voice is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, and many enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more."

"Google stepped up its attack on the telecommunications industry on Thursday with a free service called Google Voice that, if successful, could chip away at the revenue of companies big and small, like eBay, which owns Skype, telephone companies and a string of technology start-up firms."

"Google this week said it's preparing to launch new services for mobile users, offering free U.S. calls, unified text messages and voicemail across numbers and integrated speech-to-text and search functionality."

"Palm and Sprint (NYSE: S) unveiled a few new details about the Pre smartphone and webOS during a Webcast on Thursday."

"Apple is scheduled to preview an update to the iPhone operating system Tuesday … will be a preview of version 3.0 of the iPhone's operating system."