messages in news
RSS messages in newsVodafone offers secret love messages
News The UK mobile communications company has also identified a new language amongst users of the service: R U 3 2 NITE, WAN2 C U L8R and WOT U DOIN L8R are examples of the language used to keep messages concise. [04 Feb 1999]
Instant messages take aim at texting
News AOL has developed a service with mobile provider Verizon allowing customers to send instant messages that arrive as text messages on mobile phones America Online announced an agreement on Tuesday that lets users of its AOL Instant Messenger program... [02 Jul 2003]
Police 'frustrated by deleted text messages'
News Peter Sommer, who has appeared as an expert forensics witness in several court cases, said: "Why bother with examining deleted text messages when you can get data of who is talking to who? Law enforcement is at the mercy of mobile phone... [27 Jun 2006]
'Fake' scam text messages warn against rip-offs
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is sending out fake scam SMS messages to young people to help raise awareness around text scams. People aged between 18 and 24 receive a text reading: "Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with '2 Good 2 B True'. [15 Feb 2008]
Deaf get voicemail messages in text
News Deaf people are piloting a service that allows them to read messages on their phones which were originally left as voicemails. The Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People has teamed up with mobile services firm SpinVox to provide the service... [13 Dec 2005]
PGP defect reveals encrypted messages
News Messages encrypted with the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) algorithm could fall prey to a technique that fools senders into decoding their own secret messages, according to researchers. By Robert Lemos The attack is known to work against the widely used... [13 Aug 2002]
Police get access to stored emails and text messages
News Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock has introduced amendments to federal parliament that would ease police access in the country to stored voice mails, emails and text messages. Ruddock said the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment... [28 May 2004]
Text messages for the blind
News Italian Mobile Phone company TIM has developed a system that allows blind people to send and receive text messages. It also allows users to dictate text messages. A software program on the phones translates the text message into a voice mail. [17 Sep 2001]
Text messages warn of 'killer flu' hot spots
News A Hong Kong mobile phone operator has launched a location-based service that will alert subscribers who are near buildings where a deadly flu virus has struck. Those opting for the service will have their phones tracked, and will be warned by SMS... [22 Apr 2003]
Amazon shares slump amid mixed messages
News Amazon took a beating on the Nasdaq yesterday after it was revealed that sales would continue to slump into the fast-approaching Christmas season. At close, its share price was down 20 per cent to $7.64. [25 Oct 2001]
Carphone Warehouse sends out mixed Christmas messages
News Carphone Warehouse is expecting sales of handsets to fall up to 40 per cent this Christmas as consumers move away from pre-paid connections. Despite posting upbeat results yesterday and expressing optimism for the coming holiday season, the mobile... [08 Nov 2001]
Orange and Mannesmann send mixed messages on GPRS
News Orange has claimed other European mobile network operators - including Mannesmann, its new parent and operator of the D2 network in Germany - will keep end-users waiting until the end of next year for mobile data services based on GPRS (General... [05 Dec 1999]
Microsoft: The messages just aren't getting through
News Microsoft's engineers are still struggling to fix a glitch that has left millions of MSN Instant Messenger users without access to the service - the second time in three weeks it's been hit by technical problems. [01 Aug 2001]
Say good-bye to your Hotmail messages
News Alexandria Felton logged on to her Hotmail account last month and was shocked to find that all of her saved files were gone. At stake was years' worth of personal and business correspondence, photos and the itinerary for a recently purchased trip... [04 Jun 2004]
Text messages rat on benefits cheats
News Almost £500,000 has been recovered from fraudsters after a council set up a texting service for locals to finger benefits cheats. The benefit fraud investigation unit at a Yorkshire council has issued 106 sanctions against fraudsters since it... [02 Dec 2005]
