New Hampshire has become the latest state to adopt a law that prohibits commercial drivers from sending text messages from behind the wheel, the Associated Press reported. Effective Jan. 1, drivers caught texting while operating a moving ...
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Mix blatant bigotry with poor spelling. Add a dash of ALL CAPS. Top it off with a violent threat. And there you have it: A recipe for the worst of online comments. Blame anonymity, blame politicians, blame human nature. But a growing ...
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Wearable gadgets, curved smartphones and new game consoles defined technology in 2013. That's why it's no surprise they make up the bulk of our top 10 devices of the year. Some of these devices are essentially much better versions of ...
As the mobile phone industry undergoes sweeping changes, Professor Adrian Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing, discusses smart watches, haptics and mobile phones that send text messages and sweet fragrances. Smart watches and wearable ...
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There were 1.104 billion subscribers to mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2012, growing by 0.80% on month and by 13.21% on year, and 220.49 million (19.97%) of them were 3G users, according to statistics ...
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Apple Siri Eyes Free technology has been made available in select Honda and Acura models in the US, furthering the brands’ smartphone-to-vehicle integration. Available as a dealer installed accessory in the Honda Accord and Acura ...
Unless you’ve been living in South America these past few years, the Ford EcoSport will be an unfamiliar name. With the popularity of SUVs showing no signs of waning, however, the new-generation version of the EcoSport, like most ...
It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
More than 3.4 billion people, nearly half the world's population, own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend ...
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been tapping the French phone system "on a massive scale", according to the latest revelations uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The latest documents suggest that the NSA collected ...
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Researchers at the University of Washington (UoW) in Seattle have claimed to have developed a self-powered computer chip technology that can draw wireless TV and Wi-Fi signals from around itself to store energy. The technique, called ...
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China Telecom is moving into the mobile instant messaging space with its own app that will compete against WeChat, the rival product from Internet giant Tencent that's become a hit in China. China Telecom on Monday launched the YiChat app ...
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Lifeloc Technologies, an American manufacturer of evidential breath alcohol testers and passive alcohol sensors and screeners, has rolled out its new zero tolerance 24 x 7 (ZT247) breath alcohol testing kiosk. ZT247 automates the routine ...
Maag Pump Systems unveils maax 400S, an automation solution targeted at co-extrusion lines. Recent advances in technology, such as the launch of Maag?s extrex GDP twin outlet pump earlier this year, as well as increased expectations with ...
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Researchers showed a Black Hat audience how femotcell technology, used by phone companies to boost cell phone coverage, can be hacked to intercept cell phone calls, text messages and other data. Tom Ritter and Doug DePerry , researchers ...
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