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New technology looms in the near future that will enable your cell phone to detect toxic gas and air quality. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, specifically, its Science and Technology Directorate division, wants to create 40 new prototypes of cell phones by the end of the year that would detect airborne toxic chemicals. Read the rest of this entry »

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BlackBerry cell phone maker, Research in Motion, is set to buy QNX Software Systems, which was acquired by Harmon, which makes audio and entertainment products. The partnership would allow Research in Motion, QNX and Harman to build a better system between Smartphones and audio and entertainment systems in vehicles. Read the rest of this entry »

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A 50 year old man from Washington State strapped a cell phone to his chest. His wife came home and found him passed out drunk with the phone taped to his chest and called 911. Thinking it was a cell phone bomb, the police responded with a bomb squad and evacuated the mobile home park. Read the rest of this entry »

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According to TechCrunch, an Israeli developer called Tawkon created an iPhone app that measures the radiation emitted by your cell phone. Tawkon reported that Apple said, “No thank you!” and then banned the app. What are they afraid of? Would iPhone users start tossing their iPhones into the trash? Not likely. Read the rest of this entry »

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Once again Naomi Campbell is in the news for using her cell phone as a weapon. The first week of March, Naomi allegedly hit her limo driver with her cell phone while he was driving her to the set of a movie. (The driver later recanted his story, but under what duress?) Read the rest of this entry »

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Super model, Naomi Campbell is on the run after assaulting her driver in downtown Manhattan. Apparently she whacked him on the back of the head. This is nothing new for the supermodel. In 2006, Naomi hit her maid with a cell phone and was sentenced to serve two days of anger management classes and five days of community service cleaning up Sanitation offices. In 2008 she was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after she pleaded guilty to being abusive towards a British Airways crew at London’s Heathrow Airport. Read the rest of this entry »

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iPhone and BlackBerry have health apps to help you with those New Year’s resolutions. Want to lose weight? There’s an app for that. Actually there are several apps that help you count calories, journal exercises, and there is even a scanning app to calculate the nutritional value of foods. Read the rest of this entry »

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Toshiba is developing a technology that will make your cell phone act like your own personal secretary. The cell phone will notice your behavioral patterns to display things like train schedules, recommended nearby favorite restaurants, and other frequently used sites. It will supposedly learn the ins and outs of your lifestyle, and help by displaying this info to you when prompted. Read the rest of this entry »

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Microsoft may need to buy a cell phone maker in order to compete in the highly volatile market. Although Microsoft has announced the new platform, Windows Phone Series 7 (WinPho 7), it may need to buy RIM BlackBerry or possibly Nokia to stay in the game. (Experts think it would be cheaper to buy HTC, however, with more marketability.) Read the rest of this entry »

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Hasbro and Glu Mobile are launching a Transformer game for your cell phone. You can battle evil by playing as the main character, Optimus Prime. In addition, fans can customize their wallpapers, screensavers and voicetones on their cell phones with sounds and images from the summer blockbuster movie. Read the rest of this entry »