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FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- One in six cellphones in Britain may be contaminated with fecal matter that can spread E. coli, likely because so many people don't wash their hands properly after using the toilet, a new study contends. The findings also suggest that many people lie about their hygiene habits, according to the researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London. The study authors went to 12 cities and collected 390 samples from the cellphones and hands of volunteers, who were also asked about their hand-washing habits. Ninety-five percent...

    Mobile phone firms plan to find out what you’re talking about . . . and tell advertisers   Elizabeth Judge   Mobile phone companies have drawn up plans to monitor text messages and voice calls and pass the information to advertisers. Companies such as Motorola have developed technology to scan messages for information about where customers are and what they are doing. They claim that the service would be used only with customers’ consent. But privacy groups had deep concerns about the technology and the potential for phone companies to abuse it. Under the Motorola plans, software...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless, a venture of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., said on Monday it would start charging customers with older phones an extra $4.99 monthly fee as early as September unless they upgrade their phones as it moves toward using a single network technology. The biggest U.S. wireless service, said the fee would apply to about 4.7 million subscribers, or about 8 percent, of its 57.3 million customer base unless these users upgrade their phones. It is part of Cingular's plan to phase out phones based on older TDMA and analog technology, the technical standard for...

MARCH 16, 2005 (REUTERS) - Motorola Inc. didn't show upcoming phones designed to work with Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes digital music service at a recent tech show because of the pair's differing approach to launching new products, executives from Motorola said yesterday. Motorola, the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker, also revealed plans for delivering phones to Sprint, and its hopes for selling its popular RAZR phone to more U.S. companies. In response to a question about why Motorola didn't show its upcoming iTunes phone at the CeBIT technology fair in Germany, Motorola said it tends to display its products...

By Eyewitness News' Jen Maxfield (Brick Township - WABC, March 1, 2005) — A teacher outburst in the classroom - all caught on tape. It all started when a student refused to stand for the national anthem.Voice of Stuart Mantel, teacher: "I don't wanna hear a sound! Not a sound!"Images From The Story Students at Brick Township High School secretly recorded a video in their third period electronics class. The teacher, Stuart Mantel, was yelling at the students to stop fooling around during the nation anthem. But Mantel's angry tirade didn't end there. When one student refused to stand up...

JEDDAH, 6 January 2005 — A new brand of mobile phones made in Saudi Arabia by a Saudi company will hit the market later this month. Based on indigenous technology, the product will be the first “Made in Saudi Arabia” mobile phone, Ghazi Saleh Al-Shalhoub, chairman of Saudi Television Manufacturing Company, told Arab News. “The product is made without collaboration with any foreign manufacturer,” he claimed. He said Saudi Television Manufacturing Company’s new mobile phone is the first such product in the Kingdom and the Middle East region. It puts Saudi Arabia in a league of nations possessing electronic technology...

Lower Chi's cell-phone ban may be disconnected in court By TIMOTHY LOGUE, tlogue@delcotimes.com January 27, 2003 Lower Chi is taking action to curtail driving while using a hand-held cell phone. LOWER CHICHESTER --- If cars traveled through this township’s school zones as slowly as legislation moves through Harrisburg, Rocco Gaspari Jr. might not have felt compelled to pass an ordinance prohibiting the use of cellular telephones by motorists. "It’s become clear looking at our police reports that people are driving under the influence of conversation," said Gaspari, president of the township’s Board of Commissioners. "If Harrisburg isn’t ready to protect...