Verizon Wireless plans to double termination fees on smart phones (The Record... Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, plans to double the fee customers must pay for terminating a smart-phone contract early.

Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war (AFP via Yahoo! News) A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.

Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war (Malaysian Mirror) SAN FRANCISCO - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google. Read more...

Google-Based Droid Phone Launches Into Market (redOrbit) The much anticipated Motorola Droid smart phone his set to make its debut on US markets on Friday. With the Droid ? one of the first of what is anticipated to be a veritable tsunami of smart phones...

Andy Plesser: Microsoft Readies Silverlight for Offline Use: Adobe's Flash He... NBC Sports will announce plans today  to use Microsoft Silverlight as the software for Web viewing the Winter Olympics Games in the United States....