Four New W-Series Moto Handsets for Brazil
	In its continuous attempt to be a leader in the large emerging mobile markets (like China or India), Motorola has recently announced the release of four new mid to low-end handsets in Brazil: W396, W388, W231 and W180. These W-series phones come after Moto has also announced no less than other five new handsets for the ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2008, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Motorola ZN200 Announced for Brazil
	Motorola has recently unveiled the upcoming handsets planned to be released in Brazil, the largest South American mobile market (more than 128 million mobile users). All of these Moto phones have already been announced for Europe, except for the ZN200, a new slider from Motorola's ZN family. Motorola ZN200 is a mid-end device that doesn't look bad at all and brings the following features: GSM and 3G connectiv ... [read more >>]
	02 July 2008, 03:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

LG KF240 Available in Brazil
	LG KF240, part of LG's KF fashion-oriented line-up of handsets, is now available in South America – in Brazil, more exactly. The handset was first announced in February, and Brazil is the first country where it can be bought. The KF240 is a mid to low-end device with multimedia-centered features. The handset comes in a slider form factor and has a nice and ergonomic design, which should make it pretty easy to use. ... [read more >>]
	23 June 2008, 09:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Interzone Futebol Jogs to Brazil
	With the UEFA Euro 2008 just started, football fans all over the world should be ecstatic, since this is the moment to see the best European National teams in action. Still, some people want more than just to watch - they have to actively take part in the game, especially if it is a football match. Add Brazilians to this - avid football fans and players - and you get the receipt for a successful ... [read more >>]
	09 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pink BlackBerry Pearl 8110 for Brazilian Women
	Vivo, the largest Brazilian mobile operator, together with RIM announced the release of BlackBerry Pearl 8110, the latest smartphone targeted for users who need both business and multimedia functionality. There will be two color versions of the 8110, Pink and Tit ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 08:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samsung V820L TV Phone Unveiled
	Samsung recently launched a new clamshell phone in Brazil, the V820L, a handset created to bring mobile TV to South American users. Samsung V820L is a clamshell that comes with a futuristic design and packs a 2.6 inch rotating TFT display with an unusual resolution ... [read more >>]
	25 April 2008, 08:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Sends Users' Private Details to Police
	Google has always said that users' privacy is extremely important and its efforts to protect it were applauded even by international authorities. However, the Mountain View-based company has just handed over private information about some users to the Brazilian authorities, as part of an investigation supposed to stop pedophilia in the country. A few weeks ago, Google was rumored to be asked by the Brazilian government to di ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soap Operas Decrease the Number of Children
	In the end, soap operas seem to be good at something: slowing down the demographical boom. At least in Brazil, they have mitigated the population growth, as signaled by a new research made at the London-based Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). And this is not simply because Brazilian women spend less time in bed, choosing to watch TV: the model of small healthier families depicted in the soap operas works with the women& ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Positivo: The Brazilian Homegrown Computer
	The Brazilian retail market sells about any computer you would expect to find in the US. However, department stores across the country boast a different breed of computers that cannot be purchased anywhere but in the country: Positivo. This computer brand is hardly known outside South-America, but it manages to sell more units per year in Brazil than the top three worldwide retailers (Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Sony) combined. ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ericsson Brings 3G Speeds to TIM Brasil's Network
	Ericsson and TIM Brasil announced they have reached an agreement according to which the Swedish company will provide a new WCDMA / HSPA network for the South American mobile operator, in order to allow the deploying of high-speed broadband across eight Brazilian states. The ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 08:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No More Porn in Brazil! Send Your Good Wishes to Google...
	Google's social network Orkut is quite popular among the Brazilian Internet users and this is not always a good thing, mainly if the content appearing on the website shouldn't be published on such a page. On Wednesday, Alexandre Hohagen, the man in charge of Google Brazil, said that the Mountain View-based company would start filtering the content appearing on Orkut, according to the Associated Press. The same source in ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 04:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Carnival
	Beautiful women, dancing half or more naked under the moonlight, what more could a normal man wish for in his holiday? If he’s alone, of course, and by that I mean "not with his wife," because you can never be alone in Brazil, especially during the Carnival. Loud music, a continuous feeling of surrealism and let’s not forget the beautiful women, all of that would make the Latin America country a perfect location for unwinding aft ... [read more >>]
	04 February 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Counter Strike and EverQuest Banned in Brazil
	It is really strange to hear such a piece of news, having in mind that we are talking here about some pretty old games (indeed, still very popular) – both of them are about NINE years old! Well, it seems that it's never too late to go on a ... [read more >>]
	21 January 2008, 05:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HIV-Infected Big Brother Winner Used to Infect Other People
	I must admit this is something new and pretty interesting for the security world, as a new spam attack has been spotted in Brazil. Jake Soriano, of Trend Micro, today reported that a new spam campaign, concerning the Brazil fans of the local version of Big Brother, was discovered, numerous messages being sent to the regional inboxes. It seems like the email message claims that Diego Bissolati Gasques, the winner of the seventh B ... [read more >>]
	28 December 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ronaldinho's Friends Hope To Download Large Movies Soon
	The Internet tends to become one of the vital aspects for our lives as we use it for all sort of information. That’s why the authorities from all over the world struggle to expand the Internet coverage in their nation, offering the residents web access for their home computers. Brazil is one of the countries which have some enthusiastic plans as the Associated Press reported today. Helio Costa, Brazil’s communications minister, s ... [read more >>]
	15 November 2007, 06:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How About This: Google to Be Banned Soon!
	The Brazilian version of Google as well as the local flavor of Orkut might be banned in Brazil if the search giant doesn't agree to disclose private information about some users that were identified as pedophiles. The social networking website Orkut is the most visited website in Brazil and, as AccuraCast reports, it hosts approximately 3.000 profiles of pedophiles. The entire case was started after the local government rece ... [read more >>]
	29 August 2007, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nokia N800 Gets the iPhone's Keyboard
	Some hackers in Brazil have managed to put the iPhone's virtual keyboard on a Nokia N800 handset. That is only one of the attempts (both successful and failed) of many people around the world to break the iPhone myth of perfection. The Brazilian hackers' intentio ... [read more >>]
	31 July 2007, 10:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Earth Fights Against Brazilian Logging
	Google Earth is now helping a Brazilian tribe to fight against illegal logging in the Amazon reservations after numerous miners started to take down the trees and look for gold. The tribe turned to Google Earth because it is regarded as the best solution that can provide valuable satellite imagery for the fight against the deforestation of the jungle. According to the Australian IT, Chief Almir Narayamoga Surui said that Google&# ... [read more >>]
	02 July 2007, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Forced to Remove Pele Videos
	YouTube, the video service owned by Google, recorded one more market hit today after a Brazilian court ordered the company to remove all the videos from the “Pele Forever” film, Journal Peru reported. Pele Eterno, the original title of the film, is a movie that contains an impressive number of goals scored by the football player as well as the story of his life in the past and in the present. Although the company will surely comply with th ... [read more >>]
	15 March 2007, 11:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia