Archive for June, 2009

Sony PSP could get phone functions

Sony is considering developing a mobile phone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple’s highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

Winners and losers emerge in legislature - Corvallis Gazette-Times

JOBS — With Oregon’s unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works projects. The biggest single program was Gov. Ted Kulongoski …

New England News - WHDH-TV

BOSTON — The battle over the MBTA’S ban on employee cell phone use has moved to the state level. The ban has been in effect since two trains crashed on the Green Line in May. MBTA officials were at a Department of Public Utilities hearing Tuesday to …

Cell phones and kids who cheat? - Austin American-Statesman

The more I read about ‘tweens and cell phones, the more I suspect Ayanna may not get one until she can pay for it. Between sexting and some of the rude behaviors at restaurants with kids texting and gaming during meals, cell phones seem to me to be …

New cell phone list available - dmnews.com

List Service Direct has introduced the Cell Phone Database. The file contains cell phone owners who have opted in for third-party offers. Suggested usage is high-tech electronic, gadget and most high-end offers. The 120,445,689-universe list is …

Investigators to search confiscated cell phones in Christian … - WBIR-TV

Investigators to search confiscated cell phones in Christian
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One of those phones, a gold-colored LG cellular phone, was found burned in a garbage bag in the utility room of the Chipman Street house.

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New Laws: Young Hoosier drivers have to hang up cell phones - Greene County Daily World

Starting Wednesday, Indiana young drivers — under the age of 18 — will be breaking the law if they use a cell phone while driving. Those teens caught ignoring the cell phone ban could face a fine of up to $500. The ban includes the use of any …

Report: Dell working on Android gadget

Dell is developing a pocket-sized Internet device using Google’s Android operating system that could take on Apple’s iPod Touch , according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Monday .

Verizon explains Monday’s Phila. phone problems - Philadelphia Business Journal

Verizon Communications Inc. ’s problems handling calls in southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Monday were due to defective circuits and call-routing equipment in Center City Philadelphia, a company spokesman said Tuesday. Calls to landlines in …

Car rampage over phone injures 5 - San Francisco Gate

(06-30) 07:11 PDT CASTRO VALLEY — Five people were injured when a man embroiled in a dispute over a cell phone and a ring deliberately rammed his car into them and ended up crashing into a house in Castro Valley, authorities said today. The suspect …