The state of California's first lady, Maria Shriver, has been photographed violating the handheld cell phone ban that her husband signed into law. The governor promised "swift action." Grounding perhaps? The celebrity gossip web site TMZ posted a photo and video of Shriver yapping while driving at two different times, saying she dropped the cell phone when she realized she was being photographed. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used Twitter to say: "Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention. There's going to be swift action." About the same time, TMZ said it caught Shriver yet again … [Read more...]
The unfriendly skies: Cell phones in flight
September 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio doesn't like what he hears about the possibility of cell phones being legalized on airline flights. He's sponsoring the Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act -- or HANG UP -- which would prohibit the FCC from allowing mobile phone use in the skies. DeFazio, D-Oregon, is no buttinski -- he's a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. "After arriving hours early at the airport and often after waiting for a delayed, or even canceled, flight, what could make air travel worse?" he asks rhetorically in an opinion piece on cell phones on … [Read more...]
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