Mobile phones record koalas' conversations

Koalas do talk to each other, but scientists don't know how, or how often. But a group of scientists in Australia are using mobile phones to understand what the bears could be saying to each other, and how they could...

Gaza Man Works Phones For Obama

A young resident of Gaza, Ibrahim Abu Jayab, is cold calling American voters to vote for Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, in the final race to the White House on November 4. If He called my house...

72% of Americans are gamers

That number seems awfully high, doesn't it?  No wonder gaming addiction is becoming a problem."Research firm NPD Group is saying there's a lot of gamers out there and the numbers are growing. According to its...

Cell phone owner? Better watch your BOT in 2009

These menancing little creepy things  {{BOTS}}  seem to get into anything....... read on...."About 15 percent of all online computers are infected with bots, says a new report (PDF) on emerging threats for...

Schwarzenegger signs bill banning texting by motorists

California will ban drivers from sending text messagesn while driving, after the governor signed legislation banning the practice into law. Since July, California drivers have been banned from using their cell phones...

Capturing the Moment (and More) via Cellphone Video

Cell phones, the internet, blogs and web streaming technology have created an almost seamless interaction between any event you witness and the world wide web. "STILL keeping in touch with friends by texting? How old-fashioned. Some early adopters of technology are now using...

911 2.0: NYC's Multimedia Emergency Line

So maybe New York City's subway stations flood during a spring rain, and the streets smell like a wastebin, but the Big Apple's emergency hotline is next-level, becoming the first system to be able to process photo and video imagery from mobiel phone cameras."Tipsters in New...

Brazil wiretapping scandal: Did spies tap officials' phones? (Updated)

" Head of Brazil's intelligence agency removed. 2008-09-02 02:42:02 - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president on Monday suspended the head of the nation's intelligence service amid a scandal over wiretaps on the...

Help, I'm turning into my mother

"(LifeWire) -- Stacy Pearson keeps buying food she knows she'll never eat -- from tomato soup to green beans to ramen noodles -- merely because it's on sale. Why? Blame her mother. ...

Jamie Oliver launches attack on British booze culture

Jamie Oliver, the man who's nicknamed the Naked Chef along with the successful show and a bunch of others, has made some comments on what he thinks of British alcohol culture and the lack of tradition in households. "Oliver, 33, said Britons used to create "fabulous dishes"...

Audit body: Bonus to dancing inmates illegal

"CEBU CITY -- Illegal bonuses to prisoners and the unregulated use of government phones were among the alleged lapses that state auditors found in the Cebu Provincial Government’s transactions last year. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its annual report released...

OMG! LG MOBILE PHONES HAS NAMED A NEW TEXTING CHAMPION

The Second Annual LG National Texting Competition has come to a close, and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) has crowned another victor in their quest for fast and furious thumbs. On July 9,...

"Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes

Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the...

New phone requires surgical mask

The Newest phones now require an optional surgical mask when operating or talking in public places as seen in this photo taken in the paris metro. New rules governing the use of cell phones in autos and public places...

Inmates have banned phones

" A SHOCK new report has revealed that Britain’s prisons have been flooded with illegally held mobile phones. The report by HM Prisons Service claimed that one in every 23 inmates had access to mobiles, which...

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