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Poll: 91% Of U.S. Supports Ban on Texting While Driving

In a new survey, 91 percent of American adults support a ban on texting while driving. Only 6 percent think texting behind the wheel is OK, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone poll.

| News | Personal tech | Tech & society | 10/07/09 at 2:14 pm |


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As driving summit opens, AT&T launches anti-texting campaign

AT&T Inc. announced a campaign to warn cell-phone users, especially teens, about the dangers of texting while driving in advance of a Distracted Driving Summit that kicks off in Washington on Wednesday.

| News | Government | Mobile & wireless | Personal tech | 09/29/09 at 1:45 pm |


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Couple text their way to a diamond ring

Joe Collyar and Alicia Gonzales win the "Diamond Dash" in Denver, which raised thousands for homeless families, at least, and got a huge honkin' diamond ring at the end of it, thanks to their texting skills.

| News | Offbeat | 09/21/09 at 7:14 am |


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SMS services to make your standard cell phone smart

Forget expensive mobile data plans. With just a $5 monthly text message plan and some free and seriously useful SMS services in your address book, you'll have the most essential elements of the web at your fingertips.



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Sexy texts now grounds for divorce in France

Many Americans think of France as a romantic free-for-all, but in fact it can be quite difficult to get a divorce there without proof some specific harm done by one spouse to another -- like, say, adultery.

| News | Legal | Tech & society | 09/04/09 at 8:52 am |


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