Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Odd News

ACLU: US Attorney used GPS to track cell phones...

Apr. 23, 2009
ACLU: US Attorney used GPS to track cell phones...(First column, 1st story, link)
Related Stories from UPI.com

Cell phones: nuclear terrorism sensors?

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are developing a system that uses cell phones to detect and track radiation to prevent attacks with nuclear weapons.

Cell phones banned in banks

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Cell phones have been banned inside the five branches of the First National Bank in the Chicago area, to enhance security.

Silent cell phones new U.S. office trend

NEW YORK, June 20 (UPI) -- An increasing number of U.S. companies are demanding employees silence personal cell phones in the office based on complaints of distraction and rudeness.

NYC parents fight cell phone ban

NEW YORK, May 29 (UPI) -- New York City parents are balking at the public school system's crackdown on the possession of cell phones by students.

Cell phones cut hospital errors

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Using cell phones instead of pagers or paper in hospitals cut the error rate because of more timely communication, U.S. researchers found.

Web sites paying for old cell phones

NEW YORK, July 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. market for old cell phones is growing, with more and more companies offering cash or gift cards for the mobile handsets.

Britain marks 20 years of cell phones

LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of cell phones in Britain, the BBC reported.

Cell phones may be vulnerable to 'worms'

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15 (UPI) -- Network Associates, a U.S. security firm, says a computer "worm" aimed at mobile phones has been circulated among security experts.

Cell phones can damage brain cells

LUND, Sweden, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Swedish researchers said Tuesday they have found rat brain cells die when exposed to cell phone signals.

Study: No cell phone cancer risk seen

QUEBEC, June 25 (UPI) -- A new study adds more weight to the mounting evidence that cell phones do not pose a cancer risk. Rats exposed to radiation from cell phones for two years did not develop cancer, scientists reported Tuesday.
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 23
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
View Caption
A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic