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Cell Phones News Archive30-Jul-2008LG to Use Dolby Mobile Audio System in Cell Phones (PC World via Yahoo! News) LG Electronics plans to start adding Dolby Mobile to high-end phones later this year, it said Wednesday. Cell phones can be a taxing issue for firms (The Buffalo News) WASHINGTON -- Small, inexpensive Cell Phones have become ubiquitous in the workplace. But federal tax rules governing them date to the days of big handsets, big bills and big hair. Parents ask: Do kids really need cell phones? (Everett Herald) NEW YORK -- When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. Cell phones now allowed at county schools (Gaffney Ledger) It's hard to find a student or teacher these days who doesn't carry a cell phone. The newest high-tech cell phones can be used to take photographs, access the Internet as well as to send and receive text messages and e-mail. The school district adopted a cell phone policy in 2005. False Amber Alerts showing up on cell phones (KATU Portland) Oregon State Police is again receiving reports of a false Amber Alert being received by some people in the Bend and Willamette Valley areas as a text message on their cell phones. Firms face tax bills on cell phones (New London Day) Congress examines outdated IRS rule Small, inexpensive cell phones have become ubiquitous in the workplace. But federal tax rules governing them date to Prison officials crack down on inmates smuggling cell phones (KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls) Cell phones are increasing in number, and in addition to teens being ardent users, prisoners are trying to get their hands on them. Most prisons and jails prohibit cell phones, which officials consider contraband since cell phones enable inmates to potentially commit crimes on the street - even when incarcerated. Prisons across the country - including the Lawton Correctional Facility of GEO ... The Truth About Cell Phones and Cancer (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News) Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, shocked just about all law-abiding scientists (abiding by laws of physics, that is) with his warning last week to his faculty and staff that cell phones might pose a cancer risk. Cancer Issue Worries Parents of Kids With Cell Phones (Fox News) In light of a leading medical researcher's warning about cell phones and cancer, parents question whether their children should have the devices. State looking at ways to enforce 9-1-1 tax on pre-paid cell phones (The Daily Texan) State lawmakers and wireless cell phone service providers are trying to determine the best way to enforce a state-mandated tax on pre-paid Cell Phones, whose users are anonymous. A 1997 state law requires all wireless cell phone users in Texas to pay a monthly 50-cent tax that funds Texas' 9-1-1 emergency operating costs.
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