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Posted in Mobile , 3rd July 2009 10:21A GMT Join our expert panel in discussing application security Internet watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation has hit out at a US music royalties collector, accusing it of making "outlandish copyright claims" about mobile phone ringtones.

In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009,... In this July 1, 2009 photo released by Sao Paulo's state prison affairs department on July 3, 2009, a live pigeon carrying a makeshift backpack containing a cell phone is shown in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday.

The keys to economic growth in developing countries are the mobile phone and high speed Internet.

UK : A multi-country study released today by Lightspeed Research , a leading online market research company, shows the increasingly prominent role mobile phones are taking in our lives.

With cell phones becoming more prevalent among teens, concerns over how to regulate their usage among young people is emerging.

Mobiles:- The Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation and and Public Knowledge want a US federal court to reject what the three organisations are calling "bogus copyright claims" in a ringtone royalties battle.

There's something cool about buying stuff in stores with your cell phone. They do it in Europe and Asia, so why not here? Bling Nation has come up with a way to introduce pay-by-cellphone transactions in the U.S. for the purchase of physical goods at stores.

Sirius XM announced today that Mel Karmazin's employment agreement has been extended through December 31, 2012.

Dish satellite TV customers can continue using their digital video recorders while a court battle continues with TiVo Inc.

On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas - and a flat-panel TV? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a television is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying TV sales are better now than they were during the holiday season.

Alongside the opening bars of his Fifth Symphony, FA1 4r Elise is one of Beethoven's best-known melodies, prompting scholars down the years to puzzle over her real identity.

With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works projects.

NASHVILLE - Rachel Nichol says reading or sending cell phone text messages while driving isn't such a good idea - she's had five fender benders, including one in a fast food drive-thru. 'I was texting and I rear-ended someone each time,' said Nichol, a 20-year-old Nashville bartender.

THIRTY years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age - the iPod.

Mobile phone charges will fall for millions of holidaymakers across Europe from today, after new regulations come into force to drive down the cost of roaming.

Reporting from Washington -- The Supreme Court cleared the way today for cable TV companies to offer their customers a new service that would permit subscribers to copy and store programs for later viewing.

The BET Awards, which turned into a tribute to Michael Jackson on Sunday night, drew 10.7 million viewers to rank as the most-watched program on a cable network this year.

Dell is developing a pocket-sized Internet device using Google's Android operating system that could take on Apple's iPod Touch , according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Monday .

Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. said Tuesday it is getting a big lift from rising sales of flat-screen televisions, most notably in China.