Church Offers Text Messages From Pope

"Right through the summer vacation period, there will be carefully selected quotations for thinking about God, the Christian faith, human nature and the meaning of life" The Archdiocese of Vienna said the service, which began Sunday and will continue through the pope's Sept. via Earthlink - Original Story

Bush Asks Congress To Expand Surveillance

"The reality is, their proposal would gut FISA. "The President claims that they need to expand FISA based on new technology - they are wrong" In the midst of a festering public scandal surrounding the administration's secret wiretapping program and the attorney general's efforts to have it extended, President George W. Bush is calling on Congress to expand the law governing the issuance of warrants to intelligence agencies for surveillance. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, provides a legal foundation that allows information about terrorists' communications to be collected without violating civil liberties. President George W. Bush wants Congress to rewrite the law to incorporate new advances in technology which, he says, are not covered by the FISA. Read more - Original Story

Commuter writes book using mobile phone

"Only a few years ago I would have struggled to find both the time and the publisher to enable me to create this book" By Natasha ElkingtonTORONTO (Reuters) - An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book.Robert Bernocco, an IT professional took advantage of his travel time by writing a 384-page science fiction novel, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers), on his Nokia using the phone's T9 typing system."It really was a time management issue. He had a book in him and really wanted to write it but found he just didn't have the time to sit and do it on a computer," said Gail Jordan, PR director at the book's publishers, Lulu.com. Read more - Original Story

Young keep it simple in high-tech world: survey

"Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s about the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives -- it's invisible." While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their mobile phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a ... via Washington Post - Original Story

Ubiquisys secures B round funding for breakthrough femtocell technology

"Our mission is to empower mobile carriers to bring compelling service packages into homes using our ZoneGate solution" Ubiquisys Ltd, pioneer of intelligent 3G femtocell access points for the residential market, today announced it has secured B-round funding totaling $25m. The company's A-round backers- leading technology ... via M2.com - Original Story

Google Will Bid on Wireless Airwaves

"Auctions traditionally go to the incumbent. They go to the company who has the most money and, in this case, Verizon and AT&T have a lot of money" Google Inc. on Friday said it will bid at least $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government - if certain conditions are met. via Forbes - Original Story

New roadway laws in Virginia

Printer Friendly No more talking on the cell phone while driving for teenagers in Virginia. via News Channel 11 - Original Story