Charlie Crist Phone Message Directed Callers To Phone Sex Hotline (The Huffington Post)
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What’s Your Reaction? Florida Governor Charlie Crist mistakenly directed callers to a phone sex line in a recording that played when callers to KidCare, the state’s child health care program, were put on hold.
Dell Creates Mobile-Phone Unit (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
As Dell prepares to launch its first mobile-phone this month in China, the computer-maker said it is creating a new communications division that will develop portable devices, a spokesman told the WSJ today.
Forget DTV; FCC now planning “all-IP” phone transition (Ars Technica)
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If you thought that the digital TV transition, with its billion-dollar coupon program for converter boxes, was a migration nightmare, wait until it’s time for the phone system to dump its legacy circuit-switched system and move to an all-IP communications network. That day could be coming sooner than you think; the Federal Communications Commission has just requested comment on its planning for …
Thomas phone call with ex-girlfriend heard (Knoxville News Sentinel)
The last thing jurors in the trial of torture-slayings suspect George Thomas heard Wednesday was a conversation.The first thing they will hear today is the context of that conversation.In the third day of this capital murder case involving the January 2007 kidnappings, rapes and killings of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, jurors heard a heavily edited recording of a phone call …
ARM CEO Says Intel Unlikely to Win Major Share of Phone Market (Bloomberg)
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) — ARM Holdings Plc , the U.K. chip designer whose products are used in Apple Inc.s iPhone, said Intel Corp. is unlikely to displace it as the provider of the dominant chip design for the mobile-phone industry.
Cell phone calls failed to reach wayward pilots (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Minneapolis airport police say controllers tried to contact the pilots of a wayward Northwest Airlines jetliner by radio, data message and cell phone after it failed to land as scheduled. Federal officials are investigating how the San Diego-to-Minneapolis… Sponsored Topics: San Diego - Northwest Airlines - Minneapolis - Mobile phone - Radio
ITU Specs Micro USB as Universal Phone Charger (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
The International Telecommunication Union, which also serves as the technology arm of the United Nations, has backed the micro USB standard for a universal phone charger.
Cell Phone Calls Failed to Reach Wayward Pilots (ABC News)
Controllers tried to reach wayward Northwest pilots by cell phone after jet overshot airport
One size fits all phone chargers on the way (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Ever forget your phone charger and no one around has the same kind of handset?
Mobile phone giant Nokia sues Apple over iPhone (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, took on the iconic iPhone on Thursday by suing US rival Apple for infringing 10 Nokia patents on mobile phone technology.
Verizon Tips Oct. 30 for ‘Droid’ Phone (PC Magazine)
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A new promotional Web site from Verizon Wireless appears to mention an October 30 date for their new Android 2.0-powered “Droid” phone.
Thaksin to make phone-in at 8:30 pm (The Nation - Thailand’s English news)
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will make a phone-in to address the red-shirt people at their rally outside the Government House at 8:30 pm Saturday.
Duffy hosts phone seminar (Northwest Herald)
CRYSTAL LAKE State Sen. Dan Duffy, R-Lake Barrington, will host a free clinic Nov. 3 to help people make sure that they are not paying too much for their phone bill.
Cell phone apps meld virtual and real worlds (The Indianapolis Star)
SAN FRANCISCO — You’re walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on a camera, so the screen shows what’s in front of you. But it also shows things you couldn’t see before: brightly colored markers indicating nearby restaurants and bars.