Divorce Granted Over Text: New Rules of Evidence Beat the Cheater

It is notoriously difficult to be granted a divorce in France, but thanks to a precedent setting legal decision that introduced new rules of evidence in family court, things may have become a little easier. It can take upwards of two years to be granted a divorce in France...

Text death crash woman jailed

A woman who crashed into and killed another motorist whilst using her mobile phone to text friends has been jailed for 3 years. The judge hopes that this will send out a powerful warning message to all those...

Businessman Trademarks the ;-)

That famous symbol of the ;) or ;-), which is the same in any language, has caught the attention of a Russain businessman, who has trademarked the emoticon and plans to charge companies for its use. It was granted...

Playing With Dolls or Daddy's Wallet?

OPINION PIECE:I don't know about anyone else, but when I played with dolls as a child, it involved feeding them with a bottle, changing their diapers and wheeling them around in their pram while I played...

FCC To Probe Comcast's Alleged Blocking Of File Sharing

"THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WILL probe complaints that Comcast Corp. interferes with traffic to file-sharing sites as well as allegations that wireless companies prevent some groups from sending text messages to consumers, Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday. "Sure,...

Lovers turn to text message to say it's over

I don't think I am that old, to think that this is not the right way to end a relationship. From Reuters, via Yahoo News: LONDON (Reuters) - U R dumped -- one in seven say they have suffered the same fate as...

Text Messages Save a Missing Girl's Life

""" A once annoying cell phone feature is now a life saver... """ (Source)A missing 15-year-old Salt Lake City girl helped police find her and catch her alleged kidnapper this week by sending text messages...

Price for 'premium' text messages? $10,000

Athens, GA (Oct 30, 2007) - I hate texting. Why text when you can just call the person and talk? In the article below from MSNBC's "Red tape Chronicles", you can read how a father found his own reason to hate...

Re: Book written in txt msg

"HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland. "The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels...

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