Archive for March, 2008

Texts expose yet another politician’s indiscretions

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Everyone’s buzzing today about Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York suspected of ties to a prostitution ring who hase been tripped up by text messages. The Detroit Free Press reports.

“And once again, the issue has everyone wondering: Just how do authorities get text messages?
In the case of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick who [...]

Hotel Phone Alarm Clock

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

One handy thing about staying in hotels is the personalised wake-up call from reception that you can arrange. Now, you can bring this experience home to you with the Hotel Phone Alarm Clock.

Wake up feeling like you?re living a life of luxury in a five-star hotel, as it rings to say wake you up [...]

Sprint ‘Revs’ up cellphone for fast network

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Sprint Nextel is upgrading one of its cellphone models (the Mogul phone, made by HTC) so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times.

[via USA Today]

Beeb offers smart version of mobile site

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

The BEEB has introduced a new version of its mobile web site which is specifically targetted at PDA and smartphone users, reports The Inquirer. It will concentrate almost exclusively on sport and news.

“There are now actually four different versions of the Beeb’s mobile site. The original three were a standard WAP version; an XHTML [...]

Warning to recipients of Zawahri Message

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Saudi Arabia said yesterday anyone who received a voice recording from Al Qaeda?s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri on their mobile phone must inform the authorities within a week to avoid arrest.

The interior ministry said last week that 56 men held since December on suspicion of seeking to revive Al Qaeda cells in Saudi Arabia had [...]