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Western Union Pushes Cell Phone Transfer

The Western Union Co. said Thursday it is teaming up with cell phone service providers to develop a system that would allow consumers to transfer money from country to country via their mobile phones.

Cell Phones Found Inside Four Prisoners

Cell phones, complete with a charger and data chips, were found in the body cavities of four inmates at a maximum-security prison, and they had used the phones to direct criminal activities on the street, officials said Wednesday.

Companies Discuss Plans for Cell Phones

Matsushita and NEC said Friday they are in talks with Texas Instruments Inc., a major maker of computer chips for handsets, about collaborating on next-generation cell phones.

China Claims 400M Mobile Phone Users

China's mobile phone market, already the world's biggest, has passed 400 million users, the government said Thursday.

The Vine

Replaying the Games of your Youth

If you're like me, you spent a lot of quarters in the video arcades of the 1980's.

Samsung i450 Ultra Music Phone: Hands on review with specs & our photos

Source: Phones Review

If you like mobile phones then the Samsung i450 Ultra Music Phone is a dead cert, exclusive hands on review and photos from the Symbian Smartphone Show 2007

Apple to Release Unlocked iPhone in France

Source: PC World

Apple is releasing an unlocked version of the iPhone that will allow users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to get it.

Apple to Open iPhone Programming to Outsiders

Source: The New York Times

After engendering frustration from some customers and software makers, Apple has changed its policy to encourage independent developers to build programs for use on the iPhone.

Mobile phone use backed on planes

Source: BBC News

Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.

Apple's Jobs says third-party iPhone apps coming in February

Source: news.com

Steve Jobs made it official Wednesday morning: third-party applications are coming to the iPhone.

Free phone service from Google?

Source: MSN

....Imagine your cell phone as a mini marketing machine. As you head into your car after dinner, a text alert pops onto the screen of your handset announcing the 9 p.m. lineup at a nearby cineplex.

A cell phone without borders

Source: news.com

It's amazing the way the Internet keeps toppling traditional businesses. Telegrams have gone away. Music CD sales are tanking. Newspapers are hurting. One especially lucrative business, however, has somehow escaped the Internet's notice so far: international cell phone calls.

Unbelievable photos: The world's tiniest baby survives - born at 24 weeks and weighing just 10oz

Source: immenseknowledge.blogspot.com

Tiny Kimberley Mueller weighed just over 10 ounces when she was born - making her the world's smallest surviving baby.

Phone credit low? Africans go for 'beeping'

Source: ZDNet

If you are in Sudan, it is a "missed call." In Ethiopia, it is a "miskin" or a "pitiful" call. In other parts of Africa, it is a case of "flashing," "beeping" or, in French-speaking areas, "bipage."

Using your mobile over an hour a day 'can harm hearing'

Source: the Mail online

Using a mobile phone for more than hour a day could damage hearing, experts have warned.

Upwardly Mobile in Africa - The Cell Phone Explosion

Source: Business Week

Precious little would seem to connect the Kenyan village of Muruguru to the 21st century. The red dirt roads become impassable in the rainy season. Only a few homes have electricity, indoor plumbing, or even a floor other than earth packed by bare feet.

A New Cell Phone Milestone

Source: Scientific Blogging

Mediamark Research just released a study that reported that 14% of U.S. adults now live in households with one or more cell phones but no landline phone.  That is an impressive statistic.

The Gphone is coming; how Google could rewrite the rules

Source: last100.com

If done right, the Gphone and not the iPhone will be the one to change the face of the wireless industry.

Only ten minutes on a mobile could trigger cancer, scientists believe

Source: the Mail online

Mobile phones can take as little as ten minutes to trigger changes in the brain associated with cancer, scientists claimed yesterday.

New doubts raised over mobile phone safety

Source: Telegraph

Just five minutes of exposure to mobile phone emissions can trigger changes that occur during cancer development, according to new research.

Sony Product "Take Back" Recycle Program

Source: Thermos

Sony has partnered with Waste Management and Waste Management Recycling to create the first U.S. recycling program for consumer electronics that involves both a consumer electronics manufacturer and a physical network of recycling centers around the country.

'South Park' builds digital empire

Source: BBC News

The makers of South Park are aiming to spread the show's success from TV to the internet, mobile phones and games consoles in a new digital venture.

Latest: Background checks from your mobile phones internet browser.

Source: findthetruthaboutanyone.blogspot.com

Did you know that you can do online investigations right from your mobile phones internet browser?

Britain enjoying 'digital boom'

Source: BBC News

The net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how Britons spend their time, says Ofcom's annual report. It reveals that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned in favour of more modern technology.

talk don't tap your mobile

Source: vlingomobile.com

finally, text messaging quick and easy

The new adventures of Dennis the Menace, direct to your mobile

Source: The Times

The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to children's mobile phones.

Brawls for Internet tipped to end in death

Source: Australian News Network

A LEADING child psychologist and anti-bullying campaigner says it is "only a matter of time" before a student dies in a schoolyard fight recorded for the Internet. "Fights are being staged exclusively for the purposes of being filmed on mobile phones and uploaded to YouTube," Dr …

Mobile phones in schools should be banned, parents say

Source: Australian News Network

A BAN on students taking mobile phones to school may be needed to counter growing misuse of video cameras to film schoolyard bashings, bullying and even sex acts, a peak parent body says.

Nokia Recalls 46 Million Cell Phone Batteries, Is Yours Included?

Source: Yahoo! Finance

Nokia warned Tuesday that up to 46 million batteries used in some of the company's cell phones could be faulty and pose a risk of overheating.

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