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Articles tagged with: Maryland
Officials test cell phone detection at prison
Officials from five states observed tests on cell phone detection technology at a closed Maryland prison on Thursday, as states are taking a greater interest in finding ways to halt violence orchestrated by inmates behind prison walls. more
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Engineers discover fundamental flaw in transistor theory
Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible. According to the engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who discovered the problem, it will soon stand in the way of creating more efficient, lower-powered devices like cell phones and pacemakers unless we solve it. more
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O'Malley won't rule out prison cell phone jamming
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Monday he would consider going against federal law to hold a cell-phone jamming demonstration at a Maryland prison to help stop illegal cell phone use by prison inmates, but he hopes that won't be necessary. more
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T-Mobile UK's Managing Director Resigns
T-Mobile UK's Managing Director, Jim Hyde has announced that he is to leave the firm at the end of March - for a job back in his native USA. A successor for T-Mobile UK will be announced in the near future. more
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New Car-Ignition Key can Jam Mobile Phones
University of Utah researchers have developed an automobile ignition key that prevents teenagers (or anyone frankly) from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving. more
Related Tags: rfid, intel, bluetooth, gps, driving, rcom, hands-free, patents, 911, teenagers, wisconsin, california
Alcatel-Lucent Wins CDMA Expansion Contract with Sprint PCS Affiliate
US based CDMA operator, Shentel and Alcatel-Lucent have announced an agreement valued at more than US$30 million for equipment, services and software to upgrade Shenandoah Personal Communications CompanyĆ's network in Virginia, West Virginia, maryland and Pennsylvania. more
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WiMAX Forum Endorses USA Testing Centre
The WiMAX Forum has named the MAXWell Lab at the University of maryland as home to the first WiMAX Forum endorsed applications lab in North America. Designed to be an environment where future innovators from the university and corporations can develop and test new WiMAX applications, the MAXWell Lab will support application testing in a real-live environment at a technologically neutral site. more
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US State Rejects Ban on Texting While Driving
An attempt to impose a ban on sending text messages or use a Blackberry in the US state of maryland has failed to be passed into law. This was the second attempt to try and pass a law on this issue, and had been amended to permit sending messages in an emergency. more
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Legislators Barring Electronic Distractions
Since 1997, when North Dakota state senators pioneered a ban on the use of electronic devices while official deliberations were underway, the parliamentary rules of more and more legislatures require cell phones, computers and other electronic distractions to be turned off or left at the door. more
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3G Phone Owners Want GPS Services
A study has found that location aware services will prove increasingly popular with 3G phone users. This interest in global positioning technology was one of the findings in the 2005/2006 National Technology Readiness Survey (NTRS) released last week. The annual survey -- sponsored by technology research firm eBrain Market Research and the Robert H. Smith School of Business' Center for Excellence in Service at the University of maryland -- also found that besides voice calls, the current most commonly used features on cell phones include text messaging, web surfing, email and picture messaging. more
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