http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:27:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38815/flash-coming-to-iphone-and-its-a-must.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSigns are pointing to a Flash plugin coming to the iPhone sometime soon, Jason Kincaid writes on TechCrunch—but he’s of two minds about the benefits of finally getting “the real web” on Apple’s shiny gadget. Flash is absolutely essential for the internet, he writes, but making its processor work harder “is the last thing the iPhone needs with its already-lackluster battery life.”http://www.newser.com/story/38815/flash-coming-to-iphone-and-its-a-must.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 30 Sep 2008 18:29:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38336/california-bns-txtng-while-driving.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCalifornia has become the latest state to outlaw text messaging while driving, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Motorists will be fined a minimum of $20 the first time they are caught reading or writing an electronic message behind the wheel, and $50 for any subsequent offenses.http://www.newser.com/story/38336/california-bns-txtng-while-driving.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 23:03:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38002/cell-phones-hike-cancer-in-kids-5-fold.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChildren under 20 using cell phones are five times more likely to get brain cancer, a Swedish study has found, stoking fears of an upcoming cancer epidemic. Kids’ undeveloped brains and nervous systems, as well as their thinner skulls and smaller heads, put them at higher risk from radiation, the Independent reports. Use of home cordless phones increases cancer risk fourfold, the study noted.http://www.newser.com/story/38002/cell-phones-hike-cancer-in-kids-5-fold.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 21 Sep 2008 8:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37946/texting-raises-alarms-as-accidents-turn-fatal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe steep rise in text-messaging is being matched by a steep rise in people not paying enough attention to what they're doing, the New York Times reports. Fatal accidents involving distracted texters are on the rise and a group of emergency room doctors has issued a stern warning against attempting to send texts while performing other activities.http://www.newser.com/story/37946/texting-raises-alarms-as-accidents-turn-fatal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 20 Sep 2008 1:39:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37853/cell-phones-linked-to-sluggish-sperm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWould-be dads should think twice about keeping cell phones in pants pockets while using wireless headsets, CNN reports, with a small study suggesting that active phones can decrease sperm motility and viability. Semen samples exposed to a cell phone in talk mode contained higher levels of free radicals, which "have been linked to a variety of diseases in humans including cancer," a researcher said.http://www.newser.com/story/37853/cell-phones-linked-to-sluggish-sperm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 19 Sep 2008 11:57:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37589/mac-fathered-blackberry-staffer-claims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama’s campaign was quick to mock a staffer’s claim today that John McCain helped create the BlackBerry, the Hill reports. An aide suggested that the Republican’s service on the Senate Commerce Committee, which concerns itself with telecommunications, qualified him as a father of the ubiquitous device—recalling Al Gore’s 2000 paternity claim on the internet, as Dems were quick to note.http://www.newser.com/story/37589/mac-fathered-blackberry-staffer-claims.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 16 Sep 2008 12:36:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37059/blackberry-unfolds-its-first-flip-phone.html?refid=rss_all_defaultResearch In Motion rolled out its first Blackberry flip phone at a consumer show last night, CNET reports. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 features the same multimedia features and keyboard as its predecessor in a consumer-friendly clamshell design. The company plans to launch it worldwide this fall, with T-Mobile as the sole US carrier.http://www.newser.com/story/37059/blackberry-unfolds-its-first-flip-phone.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 10 Sep 2008 2:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36118/att-rivals-pounce-on-iphone-glitches.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGlitches have plagued the new iPhone since its release and AT&T's rivals are gleefully capitalizing on customers' griping, the New York Times reports. It's still unclear whether Apple or the wireless network is to blame, but companies like Verizon aren't letting the opportunity slip by. “A phone is only as good as the network it’s on," crows one Verizon ad.http://www.newser.com/story/36118/att-rivals-pounce-on-iphone-glitches.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 29 Aug 2008 2:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35803/obamas-veep-text-reached-record-29m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama's cell phone text to supporters naming Joe Biden as his running mate reached 2.9 million people, according to Nielsen—enough for a $290,000 bill at normal text rates. The statistics company ranks the message the nation's "single largest mobile marketing event" to date.http://www.newser.com/story/35803/obamas-veep-text-reached-record-29m.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 2:08:14 CDT