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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Text messaging blamed for pedestrian's death
News A lorry driver was accused Monday of killing a pedestrian while typing a text message on his mobile phone. He denies that he was typing a text message just before the accident happened, so a trial will be held to rule on the issue.
[February 12, 2001, 14:50]
3jam Reply-All Text Messaging (BlackBerry)
Downloads 3jam enables free text messaging from the web and enables multi-party text message conversations.jam makes it fun and easy to coordinate and connect with people from any mobile phone using any carrier, all for the price of a regular text message.
[July 25, 2008, 15:23]
Voters to get election results via text
News South Oxfordshire District Council is giving voters the option of receiving local election results as a text message. South Oxfordshire is using text message server software from Avanquest to distribute messages to voters tomorrow when the results...
[May 3, 2007, 15:46]
More texts please, we're British
News A record number of Britons are expected to say "I love you" -- or something considerably saucier -- by text message on 14 February this year. According to Vodafone, there were 400 marriage proposals by text message last year, but one unlucky wife...
[February 14, 2002, 8:24]
IMbot
Downloads After you compose your message, the IMbot server calls the recipient and translates your message from text to voice. IMbot is a free Internet service that delivers text messages from your Palm device to any phone (including a cell phone).
[February 16, 2000, 5:32]
SMS
Downloads The text message is typed in a normal text window, and must be less than 160 characters. The program dials a GSM carrier, which will transmit the message to the GSM mobile. If the GSM cellular was not accessible, the message will be saved by the...
[August 6, 2000, 8:00]
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]
