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EarthLink’s stake in Helio helped push the company to a loss in the fourth quarter of 2006 and dented its yearly earnings, but executives say the wireless joint venture shows promise. The Internet service provider on Tuesday reported a net loss of $24.8 million, compared with a profit of $29.2 million during the same period a year earlier. The latest quarter included an equity loss of $35.7 million from Helio, EarthLink’s wireless joint venture with South Korea’s SK Telecom, which launched in May. EarthLink said it lost $85 million on the venture for the year.

CommonTime announced support for the generally available Palm Treo 750 with Lotus Notes wireless push email. The Treo 750, previously available on Vodafone’s 3G/UMTS network since September 2006 in the UK and across much of Western Europe, will be made generally available across Europe via Palm’s online store and from retail outlets in the coming month, beginning Feb. 6. mSuite mobilizes Lotus Notes email, contacts, calendar, tasks, Lotus Sametime instant messaging and Domino applications; providing on-device security, over-the-air end-to-end security, centralized management, remote wipe for lost/stolen devices, data compression, and disaster protection with load-balancing and failover. With over 60,000 businesses running Lotus Notes and Domino worldwide the market for the Treo 750 and mSuite globally is substantial.

BoxWave has released their Styra for the E-TEN G500 and Armor case for the E-TEN Goldfish X500. In addition, they have released their Designio Leather Case and Sleeve, as well as the Active Case for the T-Mobile Dash.

With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. In this piece, Steve Jobs examine the current situation and how we got here, then looks at three possible alternatives for the future.

Tailored for one-handed operation (via your Treo’s d-pad), Sales Warrior for Palm OS makes it easy for you to capture leads and take action. It also provides an “at-a-glance” view of your sales activities as well as helpful statistics.

New Yorkers who blithely cross the street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could soon face a $100 fine. New York State Sen. Carl Kruger says three pedestrians in his Brooklyn district have been killed since September upon stepping into traffic while distracted by an electronic device. In one case bystanders screamed “watch out” to no avail. Kruger says he will introduce legislation on Wednesday to ban the use of gadgets such as Blackberry devices and video games while crossing the street.

Amp’d Mobile, a cell phone carrier with an entertainment focus, has signed deals with actor Jack Black and 24 executive producer Howard Gordon to produce original content. Black, along with producing partners Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab, will develop a series of comedy shorts this year for Amp’d Mobile based on their Channel 101 events, monthly screenings of amateur shorts in Los Angeles where the audience chooses the top productions. In the mobile version, the audience also will decide which shows are canceled and which will return.

Apple Inc. has reached an agreement with Apple Corps Ltd., the record label started by The Beatles in 1968, concerning the use of the name “Apple” and related logos. Under the terms of the agreement announced Monday, Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer) will own all trademarks and logos related to the name “Apple” and will license them accordingly to the Apple Corps Ltd. music company. This marks an end to the long-running trademark feud between the two similarly named companies.

Turner Broadcasting is teaming up with Swedish mobile network equipment maker Ericsson to make its news and programming available on mobile phones, the companies said Monday. The companies said the deal will allow mobile phone users to receive and view content from Turner networks. Turner Broadcasting System International is a unit of media conglomerate Time Warner. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.