cell phones

A non-profit research organization has compiled extensive lists of cell phones ranked by the amount of radiation each emits. How does your phone rank?

Michigan State Police say reports that officers are using data-extraction devices to grab information from cell phones during routine traffic stops are untrue.

More than half (54 percent) of second-hand mobile phones contain personal data belonging to the original owner, says CPP.

I need a phone that's good at email, has a good network, decent apps and Web browsing and won't put me in the poorhouse. I come to the geeknoscenti for recommendations.

Ever opened your mobile phone bill and then had to insert your eyeballs back into their sockets? You're not alone. Here are five solutions to stop phone bill shock.

From snake phones to handsets that look like hockey pucks, these hopelessly impractical devices are the coolest-looking phones you'll never want to own.

You don't know what you've got until it's gone, they say--and they might very well have been talking about my cell phone. A couple of months ago, while walking through the departures terminal at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, I reached into my coat pocket to grab my Motorola Droid--and panicked. Where I had expected to feel the cool metal case of my most trusted travel companion, my fingers reported only pocket lint and a couple of crumpled business cards. My phone had gone missing, and with it the security of my contacts, my banking information, my entire e-mail history, and my Facebook and Twitter logins--and I didn't even have a passcode on the phone.

Welcome to my new blog, Thank You For Not Sharing. As the title implies, this blog is about privacy and social media, and even more about privacy and anti-social media.

Cell phone users plagued by hefty overage charges can rest easy -- help is on the way, at least in a few years.

The conventional wisdom is that cell phones create stress in our lives. But a new study of 1,083 Australians finds the opposite may be true. Cell phones may make us feel "less rushed."

NTT DoCoMo is experimenting with using compressed wooden cases for cell phones.

Telecom operators are yesterday's business. It's time for a national data policy that encourages innovation. Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal discusses Apple's rejection earlier this month of an application for the iPhone called Google Voice, and the ensuing chain of events. Says Kessler: "I'd start with a simple idea.