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Fort Worth buys cell phone tracker; what about

Posted by on February 23, 2012 at 7:00 am

Amazon.com WidgetsFORT WORTH — Fort Worth police will soon be able to track a cell phone without permission from a service provider. The technology is so advanced, it is not yet clear which laws might restrict its use — but the City Council voted to buy the KingFish system without a debate. Despite ongoing court [...]

Battle over cell phone chips heats up

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 3:45 pm

Amazon.com WidgetsFORTUNE — The battle for the teeny-tiny chips that power cell phones is heating up. Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker Nvidia just announced the ZTE Mimosa X, the first phone that runs on its Tegra 2 processor and an Nvidia-made modem chip (and quite possibly the first phone named after an alcoholic beverage).

Cell phone videos show horrors inside Syria

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 7:00 am

Amazon.com WidgetsThe city of Homs has been under artillery fire for two weeks; rebels claim 100 civilians were killed Tuesday alone

Just Thinking About Your Cell Phone Makes You

Posted by on February 21, 2012 at 8:15 pm

Amazon.com Widgets"To pass through Grand Central Terminal, one of New York's exalted public spaces, is an ennobling experience, a gift," writes Michael Kimmelman in a recent New York Times essay . "To commute …

Study: Brain makes call on which ear is used for

Posted by on February 21, 2012 at 7:50 pm

Amazon.com WidgetsIf you're a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Cell phone ban for commercial drivers

Posted by on February 21, 2012 at 7:00 am

Amazon.com WidgetsDrivers can still use hands free devices

Cell Phone Video of Mobile Home Fire

Posted by on February 20, 2012 at 9:15 am

Amazon.com WidgetsWe have some dramatic cell phone video of a mobile home fire near Harrison that broke out this afternoon. One of our 9&10 News productions specialists was in the area and saw the flames coming out of

Sheriff: Man forced to admit fault in cell phone

Posted by on February 18, 2012 at 10:00 am

Amazon.com WidgetsBy Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Friday, February 17, 2012 LEALMAN — The 39-second cell phone video made that morning shows Landy Martinez-Esquivel bound in his bathtub and crying. It's not Jose's fault , the 21-year-old says in Spanish, according to authorities. It was my fault . An hour later, the same name surfaces [...]

Real World 101: Lose your smell or your cell?

Posted by on February 17, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Amazon.com WidgetsA couple weeks ago, while on a car ride with Boyfriend and his mother to the outlet mall for some shopping, Boyfriend's mom shared a statistic that she found incredible: According to a McCann survey reported on by media outlets such as Time Magazine, in a survey of 7,000 people from ages 16 to [...]

'Nomophobia' up as more folks fear

Posted by on February 17, 2012 at 7:00 am

Amazon.com WidgetsA survey out of the U.K. suggests that as many as two in three adults may be nervous when without cell phone contact. Originally posted at News – Health Tech