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Text message kills mobile phones
News A short text message is spelling death for mobile phones in Europe. Opening the short text message on a Siemens 35 series cell completely disables it, Rice said. The wireless email, among the 1 billion sent each day in the region, can freeze or...
[March 19, 2003, 7:28]
Text message kills policeman
News An inquest today heard that a policeman died in a car crash after reading a text message on his mobile phone. PC Darren Riley was driving to work in heavy rain when the message arrived. He didn't have a hands free set, and had to press ten buttons...
[August 24, 2000, 16:24]
Lenovo ThinkPads to get text-message kill switch
News Those who think their laptop might have been lost or stolen will be able to send a text-message command such as 'Lockdown PC now' or 'PC shut off' to the SIM-enabled ThinkPad, thus automatically locking the device.
[November 25, 2008, 12:21]
Re-think on divorce via text message
News Malaysian authorities may soon overturn a controversial court ruling that allows Muslims to end marriages by text message. Last week, a landmark ruling by the Islamic Syariah Court stated that an SMS (short message service) is valid as a statement...
[July 31, 2003, 10:40]
Man divorces wife by text message
News A man in Dubai who divorced his wife by a short text message has set a legal precedent for other Islamic divorce cases. The Dubai courts have now accepted that this can be done electronically, after a man divorced his wife by a single text message...
[June 28, 2001, 16:28]
DBG Text Message Manager
Downloads Tired of having to check your phone for every text message you receive. Well, now you can let your phone tell you who sent the text message. Text Message manager lets you assign a special ring tone to a group and then use your contact list to add...
[October 9, 2007, 8:00]
Divorce by text message 'unacceptable'
News In an about-face from their decision last month to let men divorce their wives by a text message on their mobile phones, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS), the Syariah Court and the Registry of Muslim Marriages released a statement...
[August 8, 2001, 10:45]
This text message will self-destruct
News Once a message has been sent, the recipient receives a text notification showing the sender's name and providing a link to the message. Once opened, the message will disappear after about 40 seconds. The ability to send a self-destruct message has...
[December 13, 2005, 10:35]
How to avoid falling for text message scams
News One case flagged up by the government concerned an unsolicited text message that included the phrase "I fancy you" and invited the recipient to find the sender's identity by calling a premium rate number.
[November 12, 2002, 14:55]
Malaysians divorce by text message
News The court was considering a high-profile divorce case in which a man sent a text message stating his desire to divorce to his wife of 18 months. But in Malaysia, a landmark ruling by the Islamic Syariah Court has stated that an SMS (short message...
[July 28, 2003, 12:16]
This text message will self-destruct
Talkback I wonder if use of this sort of technology could lead to trouble with the anti-terror laws? Sounds like a perfect technology for criminal use! And if it doesn't really self destruct leaving no trace, what was the point in using it at all?
[December 14, 2005, 7:46]
Researchers attack MMS phones via text message
News Researchers at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Thursday showed how an attacker could spoof a type of SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.
[July 31, 2009, 16:21]
Cisco reports rise in text-message scams
News Text-message scams are on the rise, particularly fake messages that appear to come from a legitimate bank, said the report, which covers a variety of cybercrime topics. In many of the scams, SMS messages direct recipients to call a telephone number...
[July 15, 2009, 15:28]
Compress Find
Downloads Search for a specific text message through all files exist within compress file. Ability to review the files that hold text message that you searched for with highlight keywords. Open ZIP, Tar, and Tar GZ and extract them into specific folder.
[September 2, 2008, 10:15]
Message
Downloads Inspired by the eponymous screen saver from BeOS, Message paints text over and over again, in a variety of colors and sizes. The original BeOS Message would only display the output of the "fortune" program, but Message for Mac OS X lets you choose...
[December 12, 2007, 6:00]
Text messaging lorry driver gets five years
News The lorry driver accused of running down and killing a man while typing a text message was sentenced to five years imprisonment Wednesday for what was condemned as a "wickedly dangerous" activity. Paul Browning, 36, had admitted causing death by...
[February 15, 2001, 11:55]
Photos: Hello Moto! I'm on Everest
News British climber Rod Baber has allegedly set the record for the highest-ever land-based mobile-phone call and text message. The record-breaking message was sent to a Motorola exec, and read: "One small text for man, one giant leap for mobilekind...
[May 23, 2007, 17:08]
SmileDial Pro
Downloads Call someone by touching their smile, or send them a text message by touching their eyes.This application displays the faces of your favorite people swipe to view multiple people.Tap the top half of the photo to send them a text message.Tap the...
[January 30, 2009, 10:29]
SMS marketing may be cut off by new e-commerce law
News Unsolicited text message marketing seems set to die an early death under the impending Electronic Communications Directive due to be enforced later this year, which will make it obligatory for all companies to include their registration and...
[August 24, 2001, 13:00]
Phone phishing attack hits US
News Criminals have launched a blended attack which attempts to lure users to a malicious Web site via text message. Users are sent an SMS text message to their mobile phone, thanking them for subscribing to a fictitious dating service.
[June 23, 2006, 17:05]
