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AT&T's Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Access for iPhones Finally Announced?
Mac Rumors - iPhoneAlley notes that AT&T has once again posted information on their website indicating that all iPhone customers have free access to their more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., including Starbucks locations:
Shelby Sets out to Build Ultimate Aero EV, the World's Fastest Electric Car
Engadget - Who needs to be "green" when you can go really, really fast? Well, Shelby Supercars figures it can have it both ways, with an all-electric version of the Ultimate Aero, the Ultimate Aero EV.
NVIDIA's GeForce 9700M / 9800M Laptop GPUs get Quasi-Official
Engadget - So it seems that NVIDIA has been sneaking its 9700M / 9800M GPUs into potent gaming laptops for a little while now, but we're finally getting some official-ish verbiage on the new-ish families.
NPD: Nintendo Wii the Top-Selling, Current-Gen Console
ars technica - NPD has released its analysis of June's retail activity, and the industry's sales numbers continue to skyrocket with $1.69 billion in game sales, $615 million spent on consoles, and $202 million from accessories.
Fighting for its Life, Yahoo Uses its Homepage to Battle Carl Icahn
TechCrunch - Yahoo is pulling out its biggest gun in the showdown with Carl Icahn: the Yahoo homepage itself. Right now on Yahoo.com, the single most-visited page on the Web (with 304 million unique visitors worldwide in May, according to comScore), there is a big purple button the third box down aimed squarely at Yahoo shareholders.
GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court
Slashdot - According to a release issued by Rocky Mountain Tracking, an 18-year old man, Shaun Malone, was able to successfully contest a speeding ticket in court using the data from a GPS device installed in his car.
