When it comes to the mythical 3G iPhone, rumors about the device are certainly nothing new. Analysts in the past predicted 3G iPhones during the 2007 holiday season, but we've all see how that one has (or hasn't) turned out.

Although it doesn't seem to be much different from last year's rumor, this latest 3G tidbit seems to have some facts behind it. The pair believes the iPhone will use HSDPA 3G technology (the same technology AT&T uses for its current 3G offering). Infineon already produces 3G radio hardware, but references by Infineon to an "HSDPA solutions design win" may be related to the company providing a new 3G platform for the iPhone.

Pressure building on CM

Even when the dissidence within the CLP was at its peak in December last year, no one ever talked about breaking away from the party or forming a separate group to grab power. All had left the final decision with the party President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, he added holding that such news reports, if true, could give the Opposition not only a handle but also jeopardise continuation of the elected government in office.

There has been a sharp reaction to the reports about the meeting held in a Sector 9 bungalow yesterday. Interestingly, neither of the participants of the meeting had issued any denial or clarification about the meeting.

Those owing allegiance to the Chief Minister maintain that such desperate attempts to embarrass the government would not benefit any one. Rather, it could invite strong disciplinary action against those breaching the party discipline.

New Hampshire II?

New Clinton ad: "Hillary's mom lives with her." But does her husband? Mickey's Assignment Desk: Has anybody updated Patrick Healy's May, 2006 story and calculated the number of days Bill Clinton has spent in Hillary's Washington, D.C. house in the past year (now that it's been officially designated as the place where you live when you live "with" Hillary)? If you're going to flaunt your home life then people are entitled to examine your home life. ... Assigned to: Healy. Hillaryland already hates him. He might as well take all the flak. ... 5:19 P.M.

Swimming World Partners

There's nothing in competitive swimming quite like the FINA/Arena World Cup circuit, which had plenty of world, regional and national records. 10 SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY by John Lohn The American record book required a significant edit after some very fast short course yards meets at the end of the year. 13 OLYMPIC SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING PREVIEW by Taylor Payne For years, the United States and Canada dominated the sport of synchronized swimming, but Russia emerged as the world powerhouse at the turn of the century. 16 2008 OLYMPIC PREVIEW: AFRICA by Jason Marsteller 53 NAG TOP 16 (LONG COURSE) DEPARTMENTS: 6 A VOICE for the SPORT 35 CAMP DIRECTORY 49 FOR THE RECORD 59 CALENDAR 62 PARTING SHOT In the Swimming Technique portion of the magazine you will find the following: 24 Q&A WITH COACH MATT KREDICH by Michael J.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Extends Partnership With AT&T for Data Hosting ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced an extended and expanded contract with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc., (NASDAQ: FLWS) the world's largest florist and a leading multi-channel retailer. Under the new multi-year contract, AT&T will provide enterprise hosting and voice services to support 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's online retail business and retail locations nationwide.

AT&T's Enterprise Hosting Services will promote virtually uninterrupted access and improved performance of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's critical business data and applications, which will help streamline online ordering, processing and product distribution. AT&T will host 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's applications in Internet Data Centers (IDCs), which are protected from intrusion and failure by multilayered security, fail-safe redundancy, diversity measures and rapid response and recovery measures.

Mozilla may be eyeing online services space à la .Mac, Windows Live

Mozilla Labs vice president Chris Beard has expressed interest in the possibility of creating an open and extensible infrastructure for developing online services similar to Windows Live and .Mac. Beard is intrigued by the possible advantages of closing the gap between the browser and the Internet cloud.

Beard notes that existing web services aren't broadly designed with browser integration in mind.

Pact with ICE allows U.S. phone firm to skin callers

When a tourist uses a credit card to make an international call at one of those funny looking telephones at about 400 hotels here, everybody wins. Except the tourist.

The hotel gets $7.

The Costa Rican phone company gets paid, too.

And the owner of the phone, BBG Communications of San Diego, California, gets a payday that may run into the hundreds of dollars.

Another big winner is the Galicot family, said to be one of the richest in Tijuana, México. Family members appear to own and manage the company as well as a more conventional phone service in México, G-Tel. Most company officials would not respond to questions.

BBG Communications has managed to accrue at least 800 complaints since 1996 at the San Diego Better Business Bureau.

O'Reilly Last Night

As always, I'm on the free-speech side of this issue. Each site's proprietor has a responsibility to not allow his comment sections to become racist, sexist, violent cesspools, and some sites are better at fostering a decent comment culture than others. But just because some sites become nasty is not a reason to demand regulation of the Internet, as Bill sometimes suggests, or to suggest that because some people in a comment section are juvenile jerks, that a site is Nazi-like in any way. The best way to deal with coarse commentary on the Internet is to point it out, shine a little sunlight, and push site proprietors to foster cultures of decency on their own sites. Comments sections can be nasty places, and there are very few sites that can claim theirs are totally and completely clean (including this one), no matter what moderation policies are in place.

New Podcasting Model Disrupts the Conference Calling Industry and ...

While hundreds of conference calls take place every day, hardly any are convenient to the participant's schedule, attention span or can easily be reviewed if missed. Pioneer internet marketers are taking advantage of the growing trend of user convenience via podcasted audios.

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WorkForce Software's EmpCenter Online Solution Selected by Matanuska ...

LIVONIA, Mich., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkForce Software, Inc., a leader in workforce management solutions, announced today that Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) selected its EmpCenter(TM) Online suite. MTA licensed EmpCenter Time and Attendance, Activity Based Costing, Employee Self-Service, and Accruals and Absence Manager to replace its antiquated workforce system.

Automating and supporting complex pay rules, such as compliance with union labor agreements, organization-specific hourly and salary employee guidelines, overtime policies, and state and federal regulations was critical for MTA.

Cornell on the rise after clinching second Ivy title

That was never more evident than in a 72-71 victory at Harvard in mid-February. Crimson guard Jeremy Lin, a 25 percent 3-point shooter, made a 3 with 42 seconds remaining to give Harvard a 71-66 lead. Undaunted, Cornell sophomore Alex Tyler, who had committed a turnover with just over a minute remaining, made a putback, a hook that drew a goaltending call, and a layup in a 25-second span without a timeout.

That has seldom been the case. Since coach Mike Dement's 1987-88 Cornell team went 17-10 and 11-3 in the Ivy League to earn the school's second NCAA tournament bid (the 1953-54 team won the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League and the school's first NCAA berth two years before the Ivy League formed), the Big Red had just two winning seasons until going 16-12 and 9-5 in the Ivies in 2006-07 under Donahue.

Snow snarls North Texas roads more on its way

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for North Texas Thursday, particularly for areas along and north of Interstate 20. The winter storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday.

With Fridays daytime high temperature topping out around 40 degrees, those areas that received the heaviest snowfall should see the snow stick around through the day. It could reach the mid-40s in portions of the Metroplex. Cloud cover should clear out Friday afternoon and evening, leading to a freezing Friday night in the mid-20s.