Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

Nagging by Text

Nagging by text. Txt nagging? Nggng? Wow. We all know that kids are given mobile phones as a Trojan-Horse gift: cool new toy that parents will then use to spy on you. However, that was bearable to all the tweens...

Obama School Speech Text Available Before Broadcast

The speech which U.S. President Barack Obama's is to deliver to school children on Tuesday is available to read on the White House website today. The speech caused controversy long before the details of it were...

Text A Message to Outer Space

Hello From Earth, a website set up in celebration of National Science Week in Australia is enabling Internet users to send a text-like message into the outer space. "They log into the website www.HelloFromEarth.net and type a Twitter-like message 160 characters long, which...

The famous British Library mislays 9,000 books

The world famous British Library, which holds some of the most famous books in the world, many of them first editions and originals that are irreplaceable, now claim that they have lost over 9,000 books, including an...

SMS a Success in Disease Warnings

Revealed today in Australia, was the success of using SMS (simple message service,) more commonly known as texting, to warn people that they had been exposed to an inexorably deadly disease. Speed is the key to...

SMS causing rise in domestic problems, divorce in Mizoram, India

Mobile text has replaced many old customs among them greeting on the special occasion is most important. Now today's lovers have started using to express their love via sms. But for married couple exchanging amorous sms are bringing problems in their family life. " Rev...

Can your Read the Final Draft of the Stimulus Bill? NO

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc. Many Americans heard that a bipartition compromise on the stimulus bill had been reached today.  Well the word Bipartition is a...

Full text of President Obama's Inauguration Speech 2009

President Barack Obama is giving one of the most important speeches of his life today. Here is the text for Obama's Inauguration Speech 2009. " My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us,...

Florida, Oklahoma move to top of polls

"Florida moved to No. 1 in Sunday's Associated Press poll, Oklahoma is the new No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll and USC's victory over cross-town rival UCLA did little to promote the Trojans' far-fetched hopes...

Surgeon saves boy's life by text

The best possible example of positive use of technology.The world is already facing the shortage of medical professionals, particularlt in underdeveloped world. The use of internet and mobile tech can solve this...

SMS tackle HIV in South Africa

Growth in the Mobile phone subscription is astonishing. The growth is particularly led by emerging economies like China and India. People are opting for the top-end phones with high processing power and storage available in desktop computers just few years back. Mobile...

Suit Filed Against Company That Employed Metrolink 111 Engineer

After admitting they were at fault, now Metrolink is trying to sue the company that employed the homosexual train engineer who was text messaging little boys when he crashed the Metrolink, killing 25 people.  Check it out."October 26, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) It has been...

LittleBigPlanet of sony: delayed over Koran Phrases

Sony entertainment has delayed the worldwide launch of its latest game LittleBigPlanet, because of the concerns that the background music mentioning phrase sfrom Koran can offend muslim across te world. " ...

12-Year-Old Finds iPhone Security Flaw

Thanks to his SMS-happy and lovestruck 12-year-old, blogger Karl Kraft has documented a security flaw in the iPhone. Seems that the lad figured out how to disable the SMS preview to keep his folks from snooping...

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