Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 2:08pm
We've all been there. One month, you chat a little more than usual and wham! You're hit with a massive phone bill. Or worse — you're hit with your kid's out-of-control phone bill. Well, the FCC is taking steps to...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 5:47am
Night vision goggles have been around for decades, but now the technology is getting so cheap and miniaturized, it might soon be readily available in more useful places than ever. Those cool dudes at DARPA have done it again, creating...
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 5:14am
If you found out that cellphones caused cancer, for sure, what would you do? Quit your cellphone? The fact of the matter is that we still don't know for sure, but a group of researchers in Europe aim to find...
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 10:41am
All you need is that little chirping sound effect, and this N933 smartphone might be able to pass as a Star Trek communicator. Closed, it looks pretty much like a typical cellphone, but when you flip it open it reveals...
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 8:01am
Most of the hot smartphones these days use touchscreens. But which touchscreen is the best? You could rely on people's opinions, but that's not very scientific. That's why Moto had a robot test all of the major phones to see...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:45pm
If you're unhappy with AT&Ts network (I'm looking at you, iPhone users), help is on the way. No, they aren't fixing up their network. Instead, they're offering up a 3G MicroCell, which is basically a mini celltower for your home...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 6:12am
News came in today that the Apple Store will start selling iPhones to customers without first requiring them to have AT&T contracts. Notice I don't say "unlocked iPhones," as you've probably seen 'round the web. There's been a lot of...
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:08am
Could this be version 1.0 of the mechanical cellphone? Celsius is a company determined to use the most innovative watchmaking designs to power a cellphone. It's not entirely clear whether this first iteration, called Celsius X VI II, will be...
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 5:34am
We've written about "war apps" before, but now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, aka DARPA, is getting down to the specifics on what it wants to see when it comes to marrying advanced consumer phones to the military. In...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 3:20am
Carnegie Mellon University's Chris Harrison and Microsoft's Dan Morris and Desney Tan have all teamed up to create "Skinput," a system which has you using your own flesh as an input device to play games and music, as well as...
