Archive for August 18th, 2008

Broadcom 2nd-quarter profit nearly quadruples (AP)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Broadcom 2nd-quarter profit nearly quadruples (AP)

AP - Broadcom Corp., which designs chips for networking equipment Broadcom 2nd-quarter profit nearly quadruples (AP) and cell phones, said Tuesday its second-quarter profit nearly quadrupled, beating Wall Street’s expectations….

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Free Cell Phones Available For Families (News Channel 5 Nashville)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

More than 800,000 Tennesseans could soon get a brand new phone Free Cell Phones Available For Families (News Channel 5 Nashville) and service for free. TracFone Wireless is providing cell phones to low-income families who do not have a cell phone.

Cancer warning adds to dilemma on kids’ cell phone usage (Midland Reporter-Telegram)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

By Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press NEW YORK — When Amy Morris’ twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program’s request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter’s day camp were using cell phones they’d taken along in their backpacks.

Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with ”Lost” or ”Jeopardy,” or watching Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV (AP via Yahoo! News) the local 11 o’clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can’t with any phone sold in the U.S. ? at least not without monthly charges.

Analog TV shutdown will end free cell-phone TV (Houston Chronicle)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Only 3 percent of Americans regularly watched video on their cell phones late last year, Analog TV shutdown will end free cell-phone TV (Houston Chronicle) according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. That figure includes people who watched short, downloaded clips rather than broadcast TV.

Public divided over in-flight cell phone use (The Pantagraph)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The friendly skies are not so affable when it comes to using cell phones on commercial airliners.

Legal loophole makes cell phone records subject to subpoena (The Beaver County Times)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Beaver County District Attorney Anthony Berosh has Legal loophole makes cell phone records subject to subpoena (The Beaver County Times) told local police departments to stay off cell phones when talking to confidential informants.

Free cell phones offered to poor Tenn. residents (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

A cell phone company is offering free wireless phones and 68 minutes of free air time to more than 800,000 low-income Tennessee residents in a program aimed at ensuring they can make a call in an emergency.

Taiwan offers comics on mobile phones (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Taiwanese mobile service providers have started Taiwan offers comics on mobile phones (AP via Yahoo! Finance) a comics service on cell phones following the huge success of the business in nearby Japan.

Free cell phones offered to low-income Tenn. residents (WMCTV Memphis)

Monday, August 18th, 2008

A cell phone company is offering free wireless phones and 68 minutes of free air time to low-income residents in a program aimed at ensuring they can make a call in an emergency.