IKEA-style low-cost mobile phone access
VNL, a Swedish-Indian telecom company says it has developed cell phone base stations that rural villagers can 'put on their ox-cart, travel for two days and install it themselves'
11 'War Drivers' indicted
An inexpensive WiFi card, a custom built car antenna, and the urge to find exposed computers – a hobby for some, but now international wardriving ring indicted by U.S. DOJ
Sweden makes fuel economy a license requirement
With gasoline prices in Europe ranging around twice north American rates it's hardly surprising that Swedes would set tough driver licensing 'eco' requirements
Mobile social networking – the end of isolation
You're driving towards your distant destination and decide to take a break. You glance at your cell phone to check if any of your social networking group happen to be in the vicinity. This is location-based social networking and it's predicted to become a $3.3 billion business by 2013
U.S. - Cell phone tracking to provide traffic info
Traffic information provider Westwood One announces partnership with AirSage, a company that aggregates and analyses tracking data from cell phones, to provide next-generation traffic flow information to drivers
Privacy watchdogs battle Google's Street View
Despite Google's assurances that face-blurring and other measures are protecting privacy, the watchdogs of privacy are still skeptical
Vehicle quality up, but in-car technology baffling
An annual survey shows strong improvements in vehicle quality over the first 90 days, including some US-built car winners, but many find stereos and navigation devices confusing.
Horsepower, wars, and the environment
The August '08 cover story of Car and Driver caught the eye – America Vs the World! The magazine tests horsepower behemoths from the U.S. and abroad while Editor-in-Chief Csaba Csere calls for oil drilling off Florida’s coasts and in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Lawsuit over cell phone tracking surveillance
Privacy rights watchers file lawsuit against U.S. DOJ over government use of phone tracking
Diplomats ignore London's congestion road tolls
Former London Mayor calls U.S. ambassador Robert Tuttle a 'a chiseling little crook' over his refusal to pay road congestion fees
