Archive for June, 2008

Test gives airport workers a closer look (USA Today)

Workers at airports are part of a test ordered by Congress that aims to find out whether aviation security can be improved by screening employees every time they enter a restricted zone.

Some employees buy own laptops, phones for work (USA Today)

Many employees frustrated that their companies are unwilling to pay for the laptops, cellphones and other electronic devices that they want on the road are spending their own money to get them.

Companies pro-active in cellphone ban (TVNZ)

Some companies are taking a pro-active approach to the government’s proposal to ban hand held cellphones while driving. Vodafone, Shell and trucking company Linfox already forbid their staff to use hand held mobiles while driving.

Free time on cellphones may help treat TB (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By JAY LINDSAY Researchers at MIT believe they’ve discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cellphone minutes. For years, doctors have struggled to get some TB patients to take all their medication, which generally involves a six-month regimen of multiple drugs. Now a student-led group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a way to use cellphones to …

Thieves take cellphones worth P180T (Cebu Daily News)

TALISAY CITY, Philippines – A cellphone shop lost 35 brand new assorted cellphones worth P180,000 to unknown parties inside a mall in Barangay (village) Tabunok, Talisay City, Cebu last Sunday.

Nokia Prepping New E-Series Phones [Cellphones] (Gizmodo)

Nokia is planning on delivering the long-awaited N96 and a group of new E-series models to the market sometime in the 3rd quarter of this year—with the E66 and E71 models coming as early as next…

Teen drivers often ignore bans on using cellphones and texting (The Auto Channel)

ARLINGTON, VA June 9, 2008; Teenage drivers’ cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds. This is the case even though young drivers and their parents said they strongly support the restrictions.

The World’s Most Expensive Cellphones (Middle East Times)

There is no cellphone more anticipated this year than the next generation of the Apple iPhone. But for some high rollers, the ultimate iPhone is a diamond-encrusted version from London jeweler Amosu. At 20,000 pounds ($39,600), the creation ranks among the world’s most expensive phones.

Mobile TV Broadcasts Could Start in December (US News & World Report)

Consumers will buy receivers in fall 2009, but they’re unlikely to be cellphones at first.

Linux Burrows Into Cellphones (US News & World Report)

Verizon says a version of the open-source system will run many of its phones starting next year.