Archive for July, 2007

Venezuelan-Chinese Co. to Make Phones

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

A Venezuelan-Chinese company will begin producing mobile telephones in this South American country next year, Venezuela’s top telecommunications authority announced Sunday. via MSN Money

Original post by MSN Money

Cellphone call charge highest Tk 2, lowest Tk 0.25

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

“The tariff should be determined by competition in the market”

Cellphone call charge highest Tk 2, lowest Tk 0.25 BTRC sets tariff ceiling Star Business Report The country’s telecoms watchdog has set a comprehensive tariff plan for all cellphone operators, asking them to … via The Daily Star

Original post by The Daily Star

Toilet drowning common cause of cell phone death

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

“We definitely couldn’t do anything with it, though.”

Vincent Soper won’t soon forget the fleeting moment of panic he felt as he jumped to reach a switch in a washroom of the movie theatre where he works and his beloved new cellphone lurched from his right-hand … via CTV.ca

Original post by CTV.ca

IBM labs unveil digital transportation solutions

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

“Our researchers are focused on the application of technologies in ways that matter to people, business and society”

Bangalore, July 29: The research division of the global IT major IBM has come out with a slew of innovations that have the potential to change the way people travel. via Newkerala.com

Original post by Newkerala.com

Review: AT&T Video Share an appealing, but not perfect, prelude to video phones

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

My cell phone flickered to life in the middle of a rowdy party, and seconds later, my fiancee’s face brightened up the screen. via Penticton Herald

Original post by Penticton Herald

New study shows analysts getting favors

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

“Therefore we don’t think this is a systemic issue, but where individual problems are found we expect the regulators to vigorously enforce the rules”

Apple customers look at the new Apple iPhone at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. via Myrtle Beach Online

Original post by Myrtle Beach Online

Bush Asks Congress To Expand Surveillance

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

“The reality is, their proposal would gut FISA.

“The President claims that they need to expand FISA based on new technology - they are wrong”

In the midst of a festering public scandal surrounding the administration’s secret wiretapping program and the attorney general’s efforts to have it extended, President George W. Bush is calling on Congress to expand the law governing the issuance of warrants to intelligence agencies for surveillance.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, provides a legal foundation that allows information about terrorists’ communications to be collected without violating civil liberties.

President George W. Bush wants Congress to rewrite the law to incorporate new advances in technology which, he says, are not covered by the FISA. Read more

Original post by CBS 3

Television to be available on BSNL mobiles

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

“BSNL is among the leading mobile operators in India to launch a streamed mobile video service”

Jaipur, July 26: Mobile subscribers of the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will now be able to watch television on the screens of their cell phones. via Newkerala.com

Original post by Newkerala.com

No evidence of mobile phones causing illness

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

“The experiments revealed that only two of the 44 EHS sufferers could reliably tell whether the signal was switched on or off. A near-identical proportion (4.4 percent) of the volunteers did the same.”

“The experiments revealed that only two of the 44 EHS sufferers could reliably tell whether the signal was switched on or off. via Nerve News

Original post by Nerve News

T-Mobile prepaid phone system breaks, callers can’t refill

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Alex Rosentrater, 12, and Nick Evers, 11, of KIDS “N” KALVES 4-H Dairy Club take a break from their hard work to take care of dairy cows. via The Oregonian

Original post by The Oregonian


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