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A large percentage of the U.S. is still dialing up Internet service, especially in rural areas where broadband is unavailable due to lack of infrastructure. The expense of laying that infrastructure has Internet providers looking to satellite-based services as a work-around.

Who's listening to web and satellite radio? According to BIGresearch, the vast majority of Web radio fans are young professional men with active spending habits.

The global number 2 handset maker will preinstall Yahoo services on its Linux and Java platform mobile phones.

Napster and XM Satellite Radio have joined forces under a strategic partnership to integrate Napster's online music services and XM's satellite radio service.

Since the integration of Keyhole's satellite technology into their mapping service, Google Maps has become incredibly popular and quite useful. The use of high-resolution images puts portions of the globe in the palms of their visitors' hands; and it appears as if this ability will only increase.

Canadian radio listeners will have the opportunity to subscribe to a pair of satellite radio providers.

A little over a month ago, Google introduced satellite technology, which was acquired from Keyhole, onto their Google Maps service.