What Will These 3 Mistakes Cost You? (The Motley Fool)

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Inside Contactless joins NFC Forum board of directors (EETimes.fr)

Smartcard chip vendor Inside Contactless SA (Aix-en-Provence, France) announced it has become a sponsor member of the Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum, the highest level of membership in the organization, and has joined its board of directors.

InterDigital, ModeLabs seal patent licensing pact (EETimes)

French mobile device developer ModeLabs Group has become the latest in the wireless sector to take a license for some of InterDigital's patents related to 2G and 3G cellular technologies.

Indian GPS Cartographers Charged As Terrorists (Slashdot)

chrb writes "Following on from the discussion about Apple disabling GPS in Egyptian iPhones, we have a new case of the conflict between the traditional secrecy of government, and the widening availability of cheap, accurate GPS devices around the world. On 5th December, two software engineers employed by Biond Software in India were arrested for mapping highways using vehicle based GPS devices. ...

Motorola freezes pension plan, cuts other benefits (EETimes)

Embattled cell-phone maker Motorola is suspending contributions to its 401(k) worker retirement plan, freezing its pension plan, stopping some pay increases and reducing the salaries of its two top executives to cut costs in the weak economy.