CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. An Office Depot representative said the company began testing the broadband sales system last year. But Office Depot has a leg up on some other retailers with its user interface and sales-tracking system for selling broadband, according to its technology partner, DigiTerra Broadband. When customers enter their address into the Office Depot kiosks, they are presented with a list of Internet service providers that offer services in their area. At some other retailers, customers have to check each ISP for availability, one by one.

Note to Nook owners: Barnes & Noble says that going to My Library and checking for new content when connected to WiFi should trigger the update, If it doesn't, you can try again later or download the update manually (there's a tutorial on B&N's support page), We'll be updating our review after we evaluate the update more fully, Please let us know if you're having any issues with the new firmware, as well as what you do and don't like about it, Barnes & Noble's third firmware upgrade for its Nook e-book reader offers new features including wireless streaming of e-books in stores, two basic Android games, and a Web iphone case xr best browser..

Other players have also gotten into the act. Last November, AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile announced the creation of a new mobile payments network that would use NFC. Google soon followed up that up with the launch of its Nexus S Android phone packing an embedded NFC chip and with support for the technology in Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread. On its end, Apple is currently looking into launching a mobile payment service as early as the middle of this year, Doherty told Bloomberg.

We're in the middle of one of the most fundamental transitions in the era of the computer: the shift from desktop to mobile, One of the companies that showed the world the way likely won't live to see the end, With sales of the Palm Pre sagging amid fierce competition, financial analysts are starting to wonder when--not if--Palm is forced to give up, A sad chapter in the history of one of the computing industry's most storied companies is about to begin, When you report earnings in March, madness is not exactly the iphone case xr best term you would like associated with your announcement, However, that's exactly what is surrounding Palm a day after it reported that its comeback hopes are dwindling as consumers fail to respond to the Palm Pre, Pixi, and its WebOS operating system in general..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Microsoft employees are reportedly able to download test versions of the Skype app from the Windows Phone Marketplace. The app itself will likely fit right in with the Windows Phone aesthetic, with several panes to scroll through by swiping left and right. The app can't arrive too soon as far as we're concerned, because in case you'd forgotten, Microsoft actually owns Skype. So the fact that we're still waiting for the VoIP service to arrive on the software giant's own operating system is weird to say the least.