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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
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Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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Five important Windows 7 mobility features
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
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Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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