Cellphones

More than 800 people have been caught in a police clampdown on drivers using cellphones, and thousands more busted without their seat belts on.

In May 2011, the World Health Organisation announced that cellphones might cause cancer. A review of the latest scientific studies prompted them to revise their previous stance that cellphone radiation posed no health risks.

Using cellphones while driving is just "dumber than dumb" and more education is needed to drive the point home, a motoring affairs spokesman says.

The wireless industry has sued the city of San Francisco in a bid to stop a law that requires cell phone stores to post how much radio energy each model emits.

Charletta Johnson, 18, was wearing a T-shirt with the words, "Periodic Table of Texting" written above a chart of by-now familiar messaging abbreviations: OMG for "oh, my god," Thx for "thanks."

When Beth Mezias lost her software job at Adobe in a downsizing at the end of 2008, she surrendered her employer-issued iPhone and bought an Android phone instead.

The number of wireless service subscriptions worldwide passed 5 billion this week, according to an estimate by LM Ericsson AB, the Swedish maker of wireless equipment.

Security researchers Nick DePetrillo and Don Bailey have discovered a seven-digit numerical code that can unlock all kinds of secrets about you. It's your phone number.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors has approved a new law requiring cell phone retailers to post the amount of radiation emitted from their phones.