Posts Tagged ‘ phone ’

Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

January 14, 2012
Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

  One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool. Why a risk? Because things that look incredibly cool under carefully controlled conditions in Las Vegas sometimes turn out to be less than stellar successes by the time they hit [...]

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Morgan believes no hacking at UK’s Mirror tabloid 

December 21, 2011
Morgan believes no hacking at UK’s Mirror tabloid 

A woman reads the tabloid newspaper “The Mirror” in London. CNN chat show host Piers Morgan told the British press ethics inquiry that he had no reason to believe phone hacking went on at the Daily Mirror during his editorship. In a robust performance, Morgan refused to elaborate on the circumstances in which he heard [...]

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Vietnamese burned while on phone at gas station 

December 3, 2011
Vietnamese burned while on phone at gas station 

A woman (1, L) talks on her cell phone at a gas station in Ho Chi Minh City. A man in Hanoi has been sent to the hospital with severe burns after talking on his cell phone at a gas station.   Vu Trong Khanh, 34, was still being treated at Saint Paul Hospital on [...]

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Japan’s TD Mobile ventures into Vietnam 

November 14, 2011
Japan’s TD Mobile ventures into Vietnam 

Shoppers at a Vien Thong A phone retail outlet. TD Mobile of Japan has acquired 30 percent of the shares of Vietnamese phone retailer Vien Thong A (VTA), according to media reports. The exact amount of the deal has not been made public. TD Mobile is a joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corp., one of [...]

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Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

November 2, 2011
Law firm documents add to heat on James Murdoch 

  A law firm which represented Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloids has turned over to the British parliament documents which could embarrass his son James when he returns to testify before a committee investigating a phone-hacking scandal. Parliamentary and company sources told Reuters that Farrer & Co, a London law firm which until recently represented Murdoch’s [...]

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Basic phones lift Nokia to surprise Q3 profit 

October 20, 2011
Basic phones lift Nokia to surprise Q3 profit 

A corporate logo is displayed at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki in this picture taken September 29, 2010. The world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia reported a smaller than expected fall in third quarter profits as price cuts and new models lifted sales of its basic cellphones in key markets like India. Shares in Nokia [...]

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Provincial judge accused of committing adultery 

October 14, 2011
Provincial judge accused of committing adultery 

A photo taken with a mobile phone showing judge Nguyen Thanh Mong leaving a guest house with a local's wife. A provincial judge in southern Vietnam has admitted going to a local guesthouse with a married woman, claiming he was offering her advice she sought on family problems. Nguyen Thanh Mong, deputy head of the [...]

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Vietnam to fine spammers up to $2,400  

September 25, 2011
Vietnam to fine spammers up to $2,400  

A promotional spam message sent to a mobile phone. Individuals and organizations using telecommunication devices to send spam with sex and some other contents will be fined up to 50 million (US$2,400), according to a government resolution Tuesday.   Spammers caught sending spam about gambling, fortune telling, sex, violence and superstition will be fined between VND30-50 [...]

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Murders most foul 

September 4, 2011
Murders most foul 

  Quiet 18-year-old youth confesses to killing three members of a family in failed gold heist Le Van Luyen (C), 18, is arrested on Wednesday (August 31) in the northern province of Lang Son for allegedly murdering three people at a Bac Giang gold shop on August 24 An 18-year-old youth, described as a quiet [...]

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Murdoch paper paid Cameron aide: report 

August 23, 2011
Murdoch paper paid Cameron aide: report 

Andy Coulson, the former spokesman for Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, leaves a police station after being bailed, in South London, July 8, 2011. News Corp funded the former editor of the News of the World tabloid when he worked for David Cameron in opposition, the BBC said, in new evidence of the close links [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...