Court Says Recording Calls Violates Rights

The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that Californians' privacy rights are violated when their telephone conversations are secretly recorded by out-of-state callers.

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Democrats Seek Answers in Phone Jamming

A judge gave state Democrats the go-ahead Thursday to question high-ranking Republicans in a civil suit over the jamming of Democrats' phones on Election Day 2002.

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Survey: Cable TV Phone Users Satisified

Cable TV providers who offer telephone service ranked highest in customer satisfaction in five of six U.S. regions, surpassing traditional phone companies among people who subscribe to national calling plans, according to a study by J.D. Powers & Associates.

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Md. Tax Court Upholds Cell Phone Fees

Two of Maryland's largest jurisdictions did not overstep their authority by imposing cell phone fees, the state tax court has ruled.

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USA Today: Call Database Not So Broad

USA Today acknowledged in a "note to our readers" Friday that it could not establish that BellSouth or Verizon contracted with the National Security Agency to provide it with customer calling records, as the newspaper had previously reported.

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USA Today: Call Database Not So Broad

USA Today acknowledged in a "note to our readers" Friday that it could not establish that BellSouth or Verizon contracted with the National Security Agency to provide it with customer calling records, as the newspaper had previously reported.

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FBI: Data Brokers Probably Act Illegally

Despite the use of private data brokers by federal and local law enforcement agencies, the FBI said Thursday that practices by such companies to gather Americans' private telephone records without warrants or subpoenas are almost certainly illegal.

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Lawmakers to Crack Down on Data Brokers

Even as others cited the Fifth Amendment, a former data broker enthralled Congress on Wednesday with a bizarre, behind-the-scenes lesson on how this shadowy industry covertly gathers Americans' telephone records without subpoenas or warrants.

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Data Brokers Brace for Congress Scrutiny

Private data brokers who covertly gather Americans' telephone records without subpoenas or warrants on behalf of banks, bail bondsmen and even federal and local police are bracing for intensive scrutiny by Congress.

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Judge Dismisses Most of Phone-Jamming Suit

A judge has dismissed most of a Democratic lawsuit against Republicans stemming from the jamming of Democratic phone lines in the November 2002 elections, a crime that led to criminal convictions against three former GOP officials.

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Officials Sued Over Phone Records Access

The federal government sued the New Jersey attorney general and other state officials Wednesday to stop them from seeking information about telephone companies' cooperation with the National Security Agency.

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Italian Directors Shoot Film With Cell

The theme may be familiar but the technique is new: A standard cell phone camera to shoot an entire feature-length documentary on love and sex.

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House Seeks to Open Cable TV Market

Monopolies in many cable TV markets could end under House-passed legislation that supporters said would increase competition and drive down prices.

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Miami Man Arrested for Theft of VoIP Calls

A Miami businessman helped by a professional hacker penetrated the networks of Internet phone providers to connect hundreds of thousands of free calls, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday.

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For $4,995, Hurricane Phone Available

Southerners worried a hurricane will leave them without phones can now buy a "Personal Hurricane Kit" for just $4,995.

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Some Cell Phone Owners Spurn Gadgetry

Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn't stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.

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ACLU Launching Don't Spy on Me Campaign

A civil rights group was launching a nationwide Don't Spy On Me campaign Wednesday to urge the public to demand that the Federal Communications Commission and state utility commissions probe whether phone companies broke laws by sharing customer records with the government's biggest spy agency.

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File-Sharing Firm Sues EBay, 21 Others

The firm behind Morpheus online file-swapping software is suing eBay Inc. and 21 other defendants in a dispute over the right to technology used to make telephone calls over the Internet.

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FCC Says It Can't Investigate Phone Cos.

The federal agency that regulates telecommunications has declined to look into allegations that phone companies broke laws by sharing customer records with the government's biggest spy agency.

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Bible Student Charged in Phone Sex Case

A student at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College was charged in the theft of his roommate's debit card, which was used to pay for more than $2,300 worth of calls to phone sex lines, prosecutors allege in court papers.

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Suit Seeks to Stop Phone Records Release

A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of author Studs Terkel and other professionals seeks to stop AT&T; from giving customer phone records to the National Security Agency without a court order.

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Motorola Unveils 'Q' Cell Phone

Motorola Inc. unveiled its highly anticipated "Q" cell phone Monday, joining other manufacturers in aiming for businesspeople who want their e-mail to go.

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Sony to Develop Walkman Brand Cell Phone

Sony Ericsson will offer in Japan a Walkman cell phone next month that will enable users to download music onto their handsets in a partnership with No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI, both sides said Monday.

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KDDI, Sony to Develop Walkman Cell Phone

A Walkman brand cell phone enabling users to download music onto their handsets will go on sale in the Japanese market next month in a joint project between KDDI and Sony, KDDI Corp. announced Monday.

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Ex-Head of Missouri Phone Co. Gets Prison

In a government fraud case prosecutors linked to the mob, a judge on Friday sentenced the former president of a small rural Missouri telephone company to 15 months in prison for defrauding two federal program of $8.9 million.

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Joining the ex-files of ex-directory phone users

Don't call a Briton at home, unless they have given you permission... the British are amongst the most secretive with their home phone number, according to this study.

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Million Nokia 3250 phones sold

With more than one million units sold since it entered the charts in March 2006, the Nokia 3250 music phone is quickly earning a reputation as a must-have summer accessory.

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Samsung's Braille Mobile Phone Wins Gold Award

"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today that its Braille mobile phone for the visually impaired (model name: Touch Messenger) won the Gold Award at the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the world’s most authoritative design competitions, sponsored by th …

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Unlocking your car by phone

Does this really work ? I stumbled upon this while looking for a way to unlock my car (I don't have a remote for my car and couldn't try it). Please, let me know if this really works, because that could oh-so-be useful (and potentially dangerous).

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Zoom Lens for Nokia mobile camera phones

The lens attaches to the existing camera with a special battery casing, which comes in the kit. The user simply replaces their existing battery casing, attaches the 6x Zoom Lens, and is ready to take great shots.

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http://www.gadgetshowcase.info

Excellent resource on tech gadget, cool gadget, electronic gadget site

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HP iPaq rw6828, PDA Phone That

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Blue Bayou: The changing internet

You've probably heard a bit about the ongoing net neutrality debate; it's not over, but the concept of net neutrality took a blow yesterday when a Senate committee rejected a proposal to include language requiring it in a telecommunications bill.

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New Cell Phone Can Tell If You're Drunk

New Cell Phone Can Tell If You're Drunk Korean electronics maker, LG, plans to release a cell phone in the U.S. that has a built-in breathalyzer.

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With a Cellphone as My Guide

Think of it as a divining rod for the information age.

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Verizon Eases Customer Fees

Verizon decides that prorating customer cancellations and new phones purchased in the middle of contracts is the way to go. Now if they'd bring their data pricing and phone selection up to par with the rest of the industry, we'd be in business.

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New LG Cell phone stops drunk calls

Already released in Korea, LG’s new cell phone, the LG LP4100, has a built in breath analyzer test to detect when the user is intoxicated.

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VoIP: Web Phone Woes

Lured by the prospect of saving money, callers are signing up for Internet phones in droves. But watch out for snags that are unheard of with landlines.

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Man catapulted 70 feet into the air while working on cellphone tower

MAHOMET – A Mahomet-Seymour High School graduate was reported to be in stable condition Tuesday evening, a week after being catapulted 60 to 70 feet into the air while working on a cellphone tower in Rochester, near Springfield.

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The phone booth returns sans phone

The phone booth returns — sans phone

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Linux Coming to Your Mobile Phone

Several leading mobile-device manufacturers announced Wednesday that they plan to form an alliance to develop and support a global version of Linux for mobile phones, PDAs, and other portable devices by the end of 2007.

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Analyst shares insight on Apple cell phone

Analysts for American Technology Research on Tuesday said they "firmly believe" that Apple has been working on cell phone technology and that its "much hyped" imminent entry is "overdone."

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PhoneUs.it - Samsung X830 Stick Music Phone Per L'Europa

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Motorola RAZR with iTunes coming to US

Motorola this month will introduce a third member of its iTunes mobile phone family in the US, this time built around the company's popular RAZR handset design.

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Competition heats up for BlackBerry

Competition heats up for BlackBerry By some estimates, BlackBerrys receive more than 70% of wireless e-mails in North America.

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What's all the hype about Blackberry's, Treo's, PDAs etc?

First, although I work in a technology related field, let me acknowledge that I am not a technology guru of any sort.

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Phantom calls from Skype subscribers?

Since signing up for skypein John Vandyke has been receiving mutltiple calls from people saying that there is a missed call from him on their phone.

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Ten highest-radiation cell phones (United States) - CNET reviews

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Mobile phone survey shows ease-of-use up, prices down

Cell phone users have a variety of reasons for choosing a particular model over another, but features tend to rate lower than style or price, at least according to a new study by JD Power and Associates.

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3G phones banned in anti-porn drive

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