Archive for February, 2009

How to check traffic before you leave for work - Contra Costa Times

Commuter: Almighty Queen, we now see a multitude of video camera installations along highways such as Interstate 680. Can a humble peasant access those cameras via the Internet? If not, is such a capability in our future? Humble Subject In Sunol …

AT&T launches 3G network: Wireless Web surfers, texters will see faster service

Feb. 26–AT&T wireless customers may have noticed a new icon on their cell phones in the past week.

Brits Fret About What Kids See on Cell Phones - PC World

Nearly three quarters of Brits are concerned about the harmful content kids are accessing online using their mobile phones, says Mott MacDonald Schema. Research by the company revealed that 71 percent off UK adults think network operators should be …

Sidekicks might top a dubious category: theft - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier

BOSTON - Nisha Taylor was just about to put her beloved T-Mobile Sidekick in her bag. She thought the cell phone would be safer there than in her pocket. In the few seconds it took for the 18-year-old to unwind the string loop that held the Sidekick …

Parents face cell phone dilemma for teens - Cape Cod Times

Parents face cell phone dilemma for teens
Cape Cod Times, MA
But, even amidst the controversy, which has garnered national attention, most teenagers and young adults still see cell phones as a simple means of communication – not as an adult video camera, Taylor, an eighth-grader at Mashpee Middle School, said.

Peanut product recalls - Buffalo News

The following recalls have been announced because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems …

Cell phones help with E. Idaho police work - Idaho Statesman

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Law enforcement officials in southeastern Idaho say cell phones are making their jobs easier. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Falls Police Department say cell phones have replaced megaphones when it comes …

Cell Qaeda - Andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

To read Coll’s book is to enter a universe of perpetual movement and deal-making, but one in which little, if anything, is recorded or written down, where power and money are distributed by means of kin networks, informal gatherings of influential …

Cell phones help with E. Idaho police work - KPVI Newschannel 6

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Law enforcement officials in southeastern Idaho say cell phones are making their jobs easier. The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Falls Police Department say cell phones have replaced megaphones when it …

Legion collecting cell phones - McAlester News-Capital & Democrat

More than 150,000 troops are serving overseas and are away from their families. Cell Phones for Soldiers and American Legion Post No. 79, are calling on all Americans to support these men and women by donating their unused cell phones (working or not …