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Blaming a "deteriorating global economy," Audiovox Corp. , a supplier of consumer electronics systems, said it swung to a loss in its fiscal second quarter, which ended Aug.

The Wireless Association commemorates a major industry and technology milestone this month - the 25th anniversary of the first commercial cellular call in the United States.

The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a text message. Lesowapir, an armed guard and a driver arrived in a jeep bristling with spotlights to frighten Kimani back into the Ol Pejeta conservancy.

Kenya is the first country to try elephant texting as a way to protect both a growing human population and the wild animals that now have less room to roam. Elephants are ranked as 'near threatened' in the Red List, an index of vulnerable species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

An email alert sent out Thursday by the county Sheriff's office indicated that r esidents in the Round Hill area may be without phone service and may not be able to dial 9-1-1 for emergency assistance.

In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a ...

Two terrorists caught rickshaws to escape the scene after leaving car bombs parked in London's busy West End, a court heard today.

Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of ...

On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.

Verizon Wireless has activated the first of a dozen planned cell phone towers along the Adirondack Northway to fill a nearly 50-mile service gap along a remote stretch of the highway that connects Albany and ...

Posted Oct 8th 2008 5:12PM by Wilson Morales Filed under: It's All Reel , Entertainment Coming out this week is the horror film 'Quarantine' that features Columbus Short, Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Greg ...

After four years, a court devision in their favor, an appeals court upholding it, and the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear further arguments, TiVo has received US$104.6M from EchoStar, according to ...

Police arrested a San Jose man Wednesday night after the man allegedly left his cell phone in a car that was burglarized in Fremont, a police sergeant said today.

By ROGER MOORE, The Orlando Sentinel "Body of Lies" is a riddle wrapped in an enigma served with a side of mystery meat.

Congress should help bring cell phone and high speed Internet service to rural communities across northern New England and New York as part of a wide-ranging plan to improve the area's weak economy, a study ...

Name of Products: Children's Ball and Heart Necklaces, Portable CD and MP3 Players Units: About 12,000 Hazard: Surface coatings on these products could contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal ...

ST. CHARLES, Ill. - Authorities are investigating whether a text-messaging suburban mother bullied her daughter's ex-boyfriend by threatening to post nude photos of him online.

Research in Motion , maker of the Blackberry, has released its first mobile phone with a touch screen, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.

By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on mobile phones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans.

Nokia is one of the biggest makers of mobile phones with Wi-Fi chips. Some high-profile devices are equipped with the short-range wireless technology, including Apple Inc's iPhone and some BlackBerry models from Research in Motion Ltd.

The soon-to-be-released G1 Google phone from HTC Corp and T-Mobile also sports a Wi-Fi chip.

Actor David Duchovny is through being treated for sex addiction. Duchovny voluntarily checked himself into rehab about five weeks ago.

By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.

While industry executives often say mobile phones are the last thing consumers will give up to save money, analysts are now citing lengthening phone replacement cycles and weakening economies around the world for their weaker sales estimates.

UBS analyst Maynard Um halved his forecast for 2009 global handset growth to 3 percent from 6 percent, pointing to particular weakness in Europe and North America.