Cell Phones News Archive

13-May-2009

 

Cell phones, TVs undo efficiency gains: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Demand for energy-thirsty gadgets such as Cell Phones, iPods, PCs and plasma TVs is undoing efficiency gains elsewhere, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.

Mass. transit authority banning driver cell phones (The Standard-Times)

BOSTON Massachusetts transit officals are banning operators of their trains, street cars and buses from carrying Cell Phones while they are driving the public.

Plan To Jam Penn Hills Students' Cell Phones Illegal (WPXI Pittsburgh)

School officials in the Penn Hills School District have to go back to the drawing board after a plan to jam students' cell phones was stopped in its tracks.

Mass. transit authority banning driver cell phones (New England Cable News)

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts transit officals are banning operators of their trains, street cars and buses from carrying cell phones while they are driving the public. The policy change announced Wednesday follows a trolley crash last week that injured almost 50 people and was blamed on a text-messaging driver. Officials said it is the strictest in the nation. The state already banned its transit ...

Swine Infection from Cell Phones? Doctors Say Cell Phone Hygiene is as Important as Hand Hygiene in Flu Prevention (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Multiple strands of bacteria found on 95% of cell phones in a random test alarm doctors and infectious disease specialists. Modern flu and viral prevention tip: keep cell phones clean and practice good "mobile hygiene". Hollywood Creations of Los Angeles introduces much needed remedy with cell phone wipes.

Cracking Down On Smuggled Cell Phones Into Lockups (KIII Corpus Christi)

FCC regulations currently prohibit any agency from blocking cell phone tower transmissions.

Confiscation of cell phones irks some anxious parents (SouthtownStar)

In most cases, school authorities and parents can agree on Cell Phones - kids shouldn't use them in class. But Monday, in the wake of an improvised chemical bomb in a hallway at Lockport Township High School's Central campus, they disagreed about whether students should get their Cell Phones during an emergency. Student August Anderson sent a text message to her mother shortly after the 7:42 ...

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