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With one bombshell already having been dropped at the BlackHat Conference (that most implementations of SSL are configured to give up everything including logins, credit cards, etc.), researchers dropped another one today when they demonstrated how the SMS infrastructures of GSM-flavored operators such as AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile are hackable to the point that cell phones can be hacked and their users can be tricked into divulging confidential information. By the time you read this, there will probably be some videos of the hacks posted to YouTube. But the net net is that there are different SMS message types....

SACRAMENTO - Drop the iPhone and listen up, because the rules of the road are changing. Starting Tuesday, it's against the law to use a hand-held cell phone while driving in California. If you want to make a call, you're going to have to use the speaker phone or some hands-free device. Otherwise, tickets start at $20 and rise to $50 on subsequent offenses. But with that said, don't worry too much if you forget – the only hit is to your bank account. A ticket for this won't add points to your license. It'll be an infraction, not a...

He used phone to take photos up women's skirts, police say ______________________________________________ In the crowded bar, police say, Brent Allen slipped his Sanyo cellular phone with built-in camera under several patrons' skirts, snapping photographs as the women moved about unaware. The photos could have been e-mailed to a home computer and easily posted on the Internet by pressing a single button. Instead, investigators said, a bar employee who said Allen bragged to her about the images grabbed his camera cell phone and called police. The employee, Christa Reynolds, told officers that Allen showed her one of the pictures and said:...