At their annual meeting, cable television operators dream of a future in which they hawk wireless devices to their customers, seeing big bucks in pulling the plug. Michael Grebb reports from Philadelphia.
Since their heyday in the 1980s, text-based adventure games have dwindled to a niche market. Now, some developers think portable devices like the iPod and cell phones might breathe new life into the genre. By Jacob Ogles.
Given enough data, your mobile phone may soon predict whom you will have dinner with, when you'll leave work and whether you're a Red Sox fan. By Ryan Singel.
Sure, some people are willing to blow $1,000 on a high-end cell phone. But manufacturers see a bigger business opportunity selling phones to the billions of people who can't afford even a basic one today. By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.
Law enforcement officials want to eavesdrop on air passengers' internet use with a court order. The federal agencies are concerned that terror attacks could be coordinated using new in-flight broadband connections. By Kevin Poulsen.
After Thursday's bomb attacks, many Londoners couldn't make calls on clogged mobile networks. Communications experts say the problems could be a wake-up call for U.K. and U.S. regulators to work on securing wireless networks in crises. By Michael Grebb.
A social-networking innovator takes aim at digital alienation in coffee shops with a radical proposition: Your neighbor could be more interesting than your computer screen. By Cyrus Farivar.
FreeNews delivers a speedy tool that lets info addicts cruise RSS feeds for the latest headlines using just a mobile phone. John Gartner puts it through its paces.
Dual-mode phones, which transmit calls over either cellular or wireless broadband networks, could slash per-minute calling costs. But wireless carriers have been reticent to adopt the technology. By Joanna Glasner.
A new cell-phone-based application aims to place boundless knowledge in the palm of your hand. One potential downside: relying on other users' expertise. By Rachel Metz.
The first force-feedback cell phone is about to hit U.S. shores. It'll do wonders for games, the manufacturer claims, but what about teledildonics? By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.
Mobile porn promises to be big -- really big. But how does the sleazy porn industry strike deals with squeaky-clean phone companies? That's where firms like Brickhouse Media step in. Brickhouse president Clinton Fayling talks dirty to Daniel Terdiman.
Mobile games inch toward the success in the United States that they enjoy in other countries, but significant hurdles remain. Daniel Terdiman reports from San Francisco.
The boob tube is coming soon to your cell phone. On the schedule is live TV, video on demand and special made-for-mobile dramas, or 'mobisodes.' By Elizabeth Biddlecombe.