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We've seen countries institute some pretty weird regulations when it comes to wireless handsets, but this one is apt to seem patently absurd to anyone outside of (and possibly within) Sri Lanka. Government officials are reportedly gearing up to implement legislation that would require handset owners to "to carry a certificate of ownership at all times when carrying their phone around." The new ...

For the love of all that's humane in this world, it's about time someone stepped up and put an end to this lunacy. Okay, so maybe that's overstating things a bit, but we're joyous nonetheless to hear that the Kent County Council in southeast England has "become one of the first in the UK to ban mosquito gadgets from its buildings." Here's a refresher: So-called mosquito tones are high-pitched ...

Cell phones are finally available for purchase in Cuba, but they're so prohibitively expensive that many Cubans can't afford them. Luckily, President Bush recently announced that the ban on sending cell phones to Cuba would be lifted soon, which means that Americans will be able to send phones to relatives or friends who can't afford them. It's perhaps just the first step towards more open ...

Chances are, if you're in the U.S. Air Force, you're not going to be reading this today. That's because Switched is a blog (short for Web log) and the Air Force has decided that most blogs are bad -- or at least not legitimate sources of news. You may think that's an oversimplification of the matter, but tell that to the Air Force, which, according to Wired, has just started automatically ...

Harris Interactive has just released the results of a new poll, which found that 91 percent of Americans believe typing text messages while driving is just as dangerous as having a few drinks before getting behind the wheel. 89 percent of the 2,049 people polled believe it should be against the law -- leaving 2 percent that thinks drinking and driving shouldn't be illegal? The most surprising ...

Germany's interior minister, Wolfgang Schauble, is taking some heat after he made comments on Sunday suggesting that Germany institute a secret and warrant-less information-gathering program similar to the one President Bush set up in the United States that has become the center of controversy. Schauble was lambasted further for suggesting that terrorism suspects should be subject to the death ...