Ed Oswald

Microsoft's Surface touch screen technology will be deployed in select AT&T Wireless stores beginning April 17, and expanded to other stores throughout the year, the Redmond company said Wednesday.

AT&T locations in New York City, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco will be the first to use Surface. The Surface technology will allow customers to learn more about devices, as well as get information on the phone, coverage area, and other aspects of AT&T service.

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The Texas PC manufacturer will include new Qualcomm chips that are mobile technology agnostic, allowing multiple options for connection..

Called Gobi, the technology was introduced last October. It allows for connection to both HSDPA and EV-DO, as well as legacy networks across both technologies from a single chip.

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That's what Motorola is promising with its new Smart Rider device, aimed at offering a new in-vehicle solution that appears to be aimed at enterprise use.

The in-car system allows for location-based services and fleet management applications, making it a good candidate for jobs that require heavy travel -- like truck driving.

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The online service company announced that it will be initiating a full court press of sorts for mobile services, announcing a variety of them at CTIA.A.

Starting Tuesday, AOL will begin offering a new application called MyMobile that allows Windows Mobile users to gain access to the company's suite of online services through their handsets.

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Small French software developer PointDev is suing Sony BMG saying it uses pirated copies of PointDev's Ideal Migration software.

The application manages Windows domain consolidations and provides migration tools to move networks to Windows 2000 and 2003. Sony is being accused of using this software without a license.

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The British ISP is set to throw down the gauntlet on those who download music by disconnecting those who fail to heed warnings.

Trade group British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is working with Virgin to implement a "three strikes" policy, which would initially deal with music downloads. However, film and television studios are also being invited to participate, meaning any illicit downloads could be penalized.

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The Armonk, N.Y. company's software is based on code from OpenOffice, and is being marketing as an alternative to Microsoft Office.

Symphony is based on the Open Document Format standard, and includes tools for users to import Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF files into the suite. IBM says this would make it easier to integrate the suite into current deployments.

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Texas computer manufacturer Dell said Friday that it will start shipping its Inspiron 1525 notebooks with the build-to-order option for a Blu-ray drive.

Pricing with the Blu-ray drive added starts at $879. Users need to select the laptop with at least a 1.83GHz processor, and one of the 1525's non-Celeron processor models in order to add the drive.

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Apple's latest release of Aperture adds functionality that allows third-parties to extend the photo editing suite's functionality.

The move could be seen as a warning to Adobe, whose Photoshop application has long supported third-party plug-ins. It also signals that Apple is serious about Aperture providing an alternative to the popular program.

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Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, long known for pushing the mobile data envelope, reports that it attained 250Mbps speed in outdoor tests in February..

NTT DoCoMo already leads the world with mobile data rates available at 3.6Mbps to subscribers, expected to double next month through new enhancements.

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Continuing its efforts to broaden the reach of its music service, Real on Thursday announced a deal with Cox, the third largest cable provider in the US.

Rhapsody already has a similar deal through Comcast, where it offers its radio service for free to their customers. Like that deal, users will also have the option to purchase plans to allow for unlimited streaming and downloads of music.

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In its rush to bring Safari to the Windows platform, it looks like Apple's legal department didn't quite do its job.

Apple enthusiast site 9to5mac discovered that within both the licensing agreement presented at install and the PDF which accompanies the products, Safari's license agreement still prohibits installs on computers that aren't "Apple-labeled." While this is most definitely an oversight on Cupertino's part, for the time being, any Windows install is technically illegal.

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In a surprise announcement, the BitTorrent and Comcast will partner to address issues of network management and architecture, as well as content distribution.

BitTorrent could be described as the bane of the cable industry's existence when it comes to high-speed Internet services.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that both Comcast and Time Warner Cable may be in talks with Sprint and Clearwire over forming a new company to run a network based on the technology.

The cable providers will provide funding for the venture, which will be operated by Sprint and Clearwire. It isn't known what the companies are looking for, but WiMAX could possibly give the carriers a mobile footprint.

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Several tech companies along with some analyst groups have been asked by the plaintiffs to testify as part of the class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over Vista.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop has dug up the list of 28 companies that have received subpoenas as part of the case. Former Windows chief Jim Allchin is the only individual listed in this list that has been asked to appear.

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