iPads could replace paper charts in airline cockpits

by Kent German

Jeppesen's iPad app offers electronic aeronautical charts.

(Credit: Jeppesen Systems)

Apple's iPad my soon find its way onto your next commercial flight, and not just in the cabin as an entertainment device. Major airlines and a charter jet company are considering using the tablet as a way to replace paper navigation charts and laptops both on the ground and during flight.

Microsoft's contract with Nokia rumored at $1B

by Josh Lowensohn

It's been less than a month since Microsoft and Nokia announced a strategic partnership to work together in a number of areas, though mainly on mobile phones. One detail that was not disclosed at the time was what kind of dollar investment Microsoft had promised Nokia for developing and marketing Nokia-made handsets that will ship with Microsoft's Windows Phone OS.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, left, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explain their companies' new tight alliance for mobile phones at an analyst and strategy meeting in London in early February.

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