Mobile Phones

Guide To Breaking Cell Phone Security REVEALED

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 12.30.2009 | Technology


FRANKFURT — A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to gu...

REPORT: Hackers Crack Secret Mobile Phone Code

ft.com | Posted 12.30.2009 | Technology


Computer hackers this week said they had cracked and published the secret code that protects 80 per cent of the world's mobile phones. The move will l...

5 Worst Cell Phone Apps of 2009

Jim Louderback | Posted 12.31.2009 | Technology


Jim Louderback

2009 saw a land grab the likes of which we haven't seen since the days of the railroads. Greedy software companies and websites tried to cash in on the cellphone app store hype, and released tens of thousands of new programs for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

Go Ogle Has Droid Rage

Rich Nadworny | Posted 12.16.2009 | Media


Rich Nadworny

Maybe Google leading with machismo was a good idea for capturing some marketing share from Apple's iPhone, but now you have to wonder if Google hasn't crossed the line to homophobia.

Text Message Scam Targets Unemployed

AP | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a text message scam is targeting Ohioans who receive unemployment benefits. Attorney General Richard Cordray s...

The Future of Mobile is Local -- Look at Yelp

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

The future of mobile? Local, local, local -- and that's exactly what the Yelp-Android marriage unequivocally signals.

Cell Networks Face 'Crisis' As Data Traffic Surges, Experts Warn

Telegraph | Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology


Mobile phone networks that allow users to access the internet or send videos could slow to a snail's pace due to the growing popularity of devices suc...

Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Changes, Scientists Say

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology


The Swedish Research Council announced yesterday that researchers at Sweden's Orebro University can point to a specific biological effect that cell ph...

Droid vs iPhone: Reviews Compare Smartphones Side By Side (POLL)

Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology


Droid vs iPhone reviews say that the battle is on between the two products. The smartphones are similar, though a closer look reveals each has its ...

"Glee" Goes Mobile

Tamara Conniff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment


Tamara Conniff

While you can follow Glee on Twitter, the show has taken it a step farther -- fans can pick up their phones and leave messages and possibly even talk to the actors in character.

Verizon Droid Review: First Look At iPhone Rival

CNET Blogs | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology


Hooray! We finally have the Motorola Droid in our hands. Though it's much too early to offer a full critique, we can report that Verizon's first Googl...

Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Tumors, Study Says

Daily Express | Posted 10.24.2009 | Technology


LONG-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study....

Wireless Catch-22

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology


Jonathan Spalter

Few people in Washington are busier these days than FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who will deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress and unveil a proposal to safeguard an "open Internet."

Crackdown On Cell Phone Cabbies Coming

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue and Leo Standora | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


The Taxi and Limousine Commission will unveil tough new proposals Friday to crack down on chatty cabbies who yak on their mobile phones while driving....

Future Phones: Japan's Hottest High Tech Phones From CEATEC (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 10.10.2009 | Technology


In honor of the last day of CEATEC 2009, the cutting-edge consumer electronics show hosted in Japan, we've put together our favorite "future phones" f...

Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

Mobile Phones Used Across Rural Africa For New Ventures

nytimes.com | SARAH ARNQUIST | Posted 10.05.2009 | World


BUSHENYI, Uganda Laban Rutagumirwa charges his mobile phone with a car battery because his dirt-floor home deep in the remote, banana-covered hills of...

Digital Divine Mind

Sheila Shayon | Posted 11.28.2009 | Technology


Sheila Shayon

The digital world of communications is the nearest thing to heaven on earth. The smarter we get about the true nature of matter -- the smaller, faster, and more powerful it becomes in our hands.

Net Neutrality Won't Fix The App Store

Dan Frommer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


Dan Frommer

Keeping an open Internet is important to consumers and businesses, and monopoly (or duopoly) Internet providers must never be given the role of taste-maker.

Lost at the Intersection of Mobile and Travel? Read On for Directions

Chris Brassington | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business


Chris Brassington

Everyone has had a tough travel experiences at some point. Put yourself in that position and think about how your company could make those experiences more manageable using the mobile phone.

College Football's Camera Troubles: Cell Phones, Social Networking Plague Sports Stars

Nytimes.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology


For all the images of marching bands, cheerleaders and raucous student fans associated with college football, the romantic notion of a quaint campus l...

Murdoch: Mobile Phone Fees For WSJ Coming

AP | Posted 11.15.2009 | Technology


NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile dev...

Flu Near You? iPhone App Finds Swine Flu

Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology


The "Outbreaks Near Me" application for iPhones collects and displays information about infectious diseases so users can find disease outbreaks--then ...

Can You Hear Me Now?

Omri Marcus | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


Omri Marcus

Palestinians were furious to discover that now not only Fox News ignores their side -- but now even during commercial breaks are they invisible.

The 10 Most Expensive iPhone Apps

Dan Frommer | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


Dan Frommer

Apple's (AAPL) iPhone App Store is most popular for its free and cheap apps. But there are plenty of expensive apps in the App Store, too, and people do buy them.