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ISSUE: November 1, 2009

Articles about cell phones

Wi-fi Clouds In Your Forecast - 7-1-2005

Citywide wireless access promises Internet connections in your park and on your street corner. It may even draw big business to your city. But no one knows if it will live up to its hype. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING you could ever want...

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...“After a while, Wi-Fi is going to be like cell phones are today,” says Bert Sperling, president...

...Most Unwired Cities. “It used to be with cell phones that you worried about where you were going to...

Calling All Nations - 10-1-2002

PERSONALTECH Next time you're traveling abroad, don't forget to pack your phone. Your world phone, that is. Heres how they work and which models to buy. By Sascha Segan

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...in the kids from another state. But most U.S. cell phones don''t work abroad. That''s why frequent...

The Modern Knockle-scraper - 4-15-2003

I'm the last guy on the planet to get a cell phone. Wish I would have waited even longer. I’ve never been on the best of terms with what you might call the modern world. By “modern,” I mean anything invented after the wheel. At dinner...

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... But so what if cell phones are expensive and don''t work very well. They''re...

Let The Sun Shine In - 7-15-2006

FEELING A LITTLE MELON-CHOLY? THINGS won't BE SO BAD ONCE YOU SEE OUR SECTION ON THIS COLORFUL SUMMER TREAT. THINK OUTSIDE THE CUBE TO ENHANCE AND INVIGORATE YOUR WORKSPACE. PLUS MUCH MORE.

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...all love our gadgets — our cell phones, our BlackBerrys, our iPods, our laptops. But,...

Cut The Cord - 3-1-2003

First came the 900 megahertz phones for better security and sound quality. Then 2.4 gigahertz, and now 5.8GHz. Just how many "hertz" do we need? It turns out that as baby monitors, pagers, and cell phones crowd out the lower ranges, 5.8GHz is best f...

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...It turns out that as baby monitors, pagers, and cell phones crowd out the lower ranges, 5.8GHz is best for...

Best Of The Fests - 6-1-2007

South by Southwest is the biggest, best music festival around. Sorry, Lollapalooza.

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...in Austin for the week. None of us had cell phones, yet we all generally found each other amid the...

It's Wicked Fun To Drive - 11-1-2007

Think an electric car can't be an honest-to-goodness, rubber-burning, pulse-quickening, pedal-to-the-metal beast on the highway? The Tesla Roadster is here to change your mind and maybe change the way the auto industry works in the process.

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...do you enter at the low end? Flat-panel TVs, cell phones, even refrigerators were all originally pitched...

Pret-a-power - 7-1-2003

How many adapter units and cords can one laptop case hold? We ponder this each time our briefcase falls open to a jumbled snarl of cords. Soon well leave most of the blinking black boxes behind and tote only one of the new combination models that fi...

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...PowerTips for compatibility with most laptops, cell phones, and other devices.

Cons: If you...

The Expert Speaks - 5-15-2006

Since he founded CI Host, a Dallas-based web-hosting and data-center management company, Christopher Faulkner has been a supersleuth for the latest high-tech trends. We recently asked him for the biggest and best developments on ...

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...know where I am. You’ve talked about cell phones morphing into computerlike devices. Is that...

Out Of The Box - 2-1-2002

UPS spiffy brown trucks may carry 6 percent of the U.S. GDP, but the companys real growth engine lies behind closed doors of warehouses far from the tarmac.

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...100 different components for everything from cell phones to televisions to audio systems to computers in...

Spring Into Action - 4-15-2006

From your computer to your closet, there’s no better time than now to start tossing what you don’t need. And we’re here to lend a helping hand. — Lisa Sonne, Tech Check Spring-cleaning used to be about dirt and grease. No...

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... for more details. -More than 100 million cell phones are retired each year - why not let your old...

Survey Says: Vacation? What Vacation? - 12-1-2006

70 percent of employees opt to take long weekends rather than be out of the office for an extended amount of time for a vacation.Top three ways organizations provide...

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...on vacation: laptops, BlackBerrys/PDAs, and cell phones/pagers. Percent of employees who combine...

Cool Calling - 9-1-2002

With all those smart, sleek cell phones out there today, were all a bit green with phone envy. Walking through an airport, we cast a quick, sidelong glance at that elegant new unit cradled by some lucky user. Here are three new mobiles that will put...

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...all those smart, sleek cell phones out there today, we’re all a bit green...

Pardon The Interruption - 11-1-2002

Last year, Jodi Forlizzi’s students rigged a sensor to her office door and linked it to the Web. When her door is open, that information flashes on the site, announcing to students that they are welcome to stop by. When the door is closed — on the W...

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...distractions. “Wireless devices, cell phones, laptops — all of them beeping,...

Text Messages Are Booming - 11-1-2002

SMS (short-message service) capability was incorporated into cell phones as an afterthought. The first message was sent nearly 10 years ago in the UK. Today, cell-phone users send 100 billion messages a month.

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...service) capability was incorporated into cell phones as an afterthought. The first message was sent...

Lone Star Long Haul - 4-1-2009

[image-static:hs-adam-pitluk.jpg,Picture of Adam Pitluk]Kimberly and I were making the high-speed burn down Interstate 35 in a caravan reminiscent of the pioneers of yore. I was in the lead, driving my 1993 Jeep Cherokee, and every inch of space both in the cabin and on the roof was occupied with all my worldly possessions. Kimberly followed in her 1991 Chevy Cavalier, which also was packed to the hilt with all her stuff (and some of mine that I couldn’t strap down). It was 2000, and cell phones weren’t the extension of the hand that they are today. Kimberly and I communicated with each other through walkie-talkies we’d purchased at Target only hours earlier for this, our move together away from her hometown of St. Louis.

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...that I couldn''t strap down). It was 2000, and cell phones weren''t the extension of the hand that they are...

State of Mind - 7-1-2009

Once upon a time, when cell phones were merely toys for the nouveau riche and Apple was just a fledgling computer company, a young man walked the streets of New York City as if each step was scripted. Every morning, he’d leave his tiny rented room and take the 1 train from the 96th Street station down to 23rd Street. In his hand was a copy of the New York Daily News.

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Once upon a time, when cell phones were merely toys for the nouveau riche and Apple...

Live, Via Satellite Phone - 7-15-2002

Bankruptcies almost killed the satellite phone but now, its back. And you might be able to afford one this time.

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...than relying on the tower-to-tower coverage of cell phones, the satellite phone uses satellite links to...

Storming The Castle - 6-15-2001

Why settle for a hotel when you can overnight in a 12th-century palace with butler service, celebrity guests, and some of the best golf courses in the world?

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...Wherever we go, Devy is barking into radios and cell phones, managing hotel and restaurant reservations...

Success And Its Discontents - 2-1-2001

Former Secratary of Labor Robert Reich is rethinking what success really means, for Washington power elites and ordinary citizens alike. And he's trying to make room for new definitions. The fact that Robert Reich will even talk to you ...

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...of work - almost 24 hours a day, given cell phones and e-mails and faxes - and with the two tracks...