Mobile phones and young brains
Australian scientists are investigating if children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of radiation from mobile phones.
China urges 'red' texts
Communist Party officials urge mobile phone-wielding citizens to send rousing "red" text messages.
Japan guides to help puzzled mobile phone users
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Telstra sets up hotline ahead of CDMA closure
A telephone hotline has been established to assist Telstra's mobile phone customers make the move from CDMA to Next G.
Yahoo unveils mobile web platform
After losing some of its grip on the personal computer, embattled internet icon Yahoo is hoping to outshine Google and other rivals on the mobile phone.
Out of the woods
Thank the heavens and satellites for global positioning systems.
First case of 'text thumb' reported
A New Zealand student has been diagnosed with the country's first known case of text-messager's thumb.
Download baby scans on mum's mobile
Mums-to-be can now download ultrasound pictures of their unborn babies on their iPods and mobile phones.
Time to stop talking
Michael Dwyer yearns to join the growing tide of mobile phone jammers.
Outlook not good for email
Mobile texting trumps the use of email among the young, reports Michael Fitzpatrick.
Read all about it! World's first 'newspaper' mobile launched
Sweden's Dagens Nyheter launches the world's first "newspaper" telephone: a mobile phone offering the daily's subscribers direct and free access to its website.
New mobile services to target niche audience
The big mobile phone carriers face an assault on up to 2 million of their subscribers next year as corporate brands and community groups launch their own "virtual" mobile phone networks linked to tailored internet services.
In Japan, cellular storytelling is all the rage
Half of Japan's top-10 selling works of fiction in the first six months of the year were composed on the tiny handset of a mobile phone.
Households connecting to internet at twice the rate
Internet access to Australian homes has grown twofold in the past six years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says.
Verizon Wireless opens network in win for Google
Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will open its network to any phone or software application by the end of 2008, becoming the first major U.S. mobile service to cave in to demands by Google.
Internet telephone encryption stumps police
German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer said on Thursday.
Barcodes: coming to a mobile near you
Users of Telstra's high-speed Next G phone network will soon be able to download concert tickets and other content directly to their phones by scanning special barcodes on billboards and other advertisements.
iiNet details 'Naked DSL' roll out
Broadband is about to get "naked" in a move that may further reduce dependence on the traditional telephone.
Signal from the mount: now even Everest has coverage
China's largest mobile phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest today, making it possible for climbers and those on next year's Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported.
Plans for free wireless internet in CBD on hold
A NSW State Government plan to offer free wireless broadband throughout the CBD has stalled, a senior City of Sydney staff member says.
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Households connecting to internet at twice the rate
Internet access to Australian homes has grown twofold in the past six years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says.
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Mobile phones and young brains
Australian scientists are investigating if children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of radiation from mobile phones.
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Internet telephone encryption stumps police
German police are unable to decipher the encryption used in the internet telephone software Skype to monitor calls by suspected criminals and terrorists, Germany's top police officer said on Thursday.