The Best Tech-Nostalgia Stories of 2009 (PC World)
PC World – Remember, back in the day, when cell phones had the same dimensions as bricks, laptops were unheard of, and Windows 95 introduced that newfangled Start menu? Back when parents got mad at their teenagers for tying up the phone line (“landlines,” I believe they were called), people bought music on CDs, and [...]
New Ill. laws limit texting, expand records access (AP)
AP – Most drivers have their own name for those texters in traffic who seem more interested in their cell phones than their cars — jerk and idiot, to name a couple. Come Friday the state of Illinois will have one, too: outlaw.
AT&T Requests Transition from Analog to Broadband (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – AT&T is joining Verizon Wireless in an effort to even out the costs of wireless and landline services. AT&T has requested that the Federal Communications Commission approve replacing legacy circuit-switched or public-switched telephone networks (PSTN) with broadband and IP-based connections.
Oregon cell phone ban has loophole (AP)
AP – Beginning New Year’s Day, Oregon police officers may hear some arguing when they start pulling motorists over for violating a new law banning them from talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.
Google: Never Mind the Nexus One, How About a Cheaper Cell Plan? (PC World)
PC World – Based on this week’s flurry of media reports, it appears that Google will introduce its Nexus One smartphone right after the New Year. Â This HTC-built handset sounds like a very good Android phone, a solid effort as Google delves deeper into the consumer wireless market.
LG Develops Cell Phone for US Mobile DTV Standard (PC World)
PC World – LG Electronics has developed handheld terminals compatible with the U.S. mobile digital TV format and will show them at next week’s International Consumer Electronics Show, it said Thursday.
How the poll on 2010 was conducted (AP)
AP – The Associated Press-GfK Poll on looking ahead to 2010 was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Dec. 10-14, 2009. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 801 respondents on landline telephones and 200 on [...]
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