In-flight cell phones

We asked readers last week if passengers should be allowed to use cell phones in-flight. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing its ban against .

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escape from cell phones at Va. Tech
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 6 hours ago
You've probably already noticed that college students spend a lot of time talking on their cell phones. Now, a Virginia Tech professor has determined the ...

Emerging services

Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.

One such company, Bling Software Inc., uses a programming technique called Ajax to deliver Web-like modules of content to any phone with a browser, on any wireless carrier's network. Ajax speeds up Web applications by summoning snippets of data as needed instead of pulling entire Web pages over and over.

Bling will make it possible for Bonds fans to download a Bonds module to cell phones, which will show highlight clips and a running tally of his career homer total as he pursues Hank Aaron's all-time record -- assuming, of course, that he stays healthy and out of legal trouble as federal investigators probe the use of steroids in sports.

Enliven cell phones

Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.

By using new programming tools or rethinking existing ones, companies at this week's DEMO emerging technologies conference claim they can replicate familiar aspects of today's desktop computing on the phone's small screen.