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So, you’ve got an outstanding ticket from talking while behind the wheel in Chicago, do you? Meet attorney Blake Horwitz, who is now likely to be the best friend you don’t even know. Reportedly, Mr. Horwitz is suing the city and claiming that arrests of citizens caught driving and talking were in fact illegal, and furthermore, he’s demanding that Chicago “dismiss any outstanding tickets and refund almost $2 million in fines collected since 2005.” Apparently, the actual law that prevents users from yapping and motoring requires that the city erect signs that instruct drivers not to converse while driving, yet such signs have purportedly not been posted across Chi-town. The devil’s in the details, we suppose.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Laptops

California certainly won’t go down as the first place to ban cellphones whilst driving, but if Governor Schwarzenegger signs a new bill into law, mobiles won’t be the only thing teens can’t operate while behind the wheel after July 1, 2008. The bill, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Assembly, prevents anyone “under the age of 18 from using their cellphone,” even with handsfree devices; as if that wasn’t enough, any “mobile service device” — such as “walkie-talkies, pagers, two-way messaging devices, PDAs, and laptops” — will also be illegal for teens under 18 to use while driving. If signed into law, violators will reportedly be fined “$20 for the first offense, and $50 for subsequent offenses with no violation points on the driver’s record.”

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Filed under: Cellphones

Hope you weren’t waiting in tense anticipation to get your hands on Uniquephone’s iPhone unlock software, because things certainly aren’t going as planned. Reportedly, the gurus behind the software unlock were contacted by “a Silicon Valley law firm” who is “slowing down the release of the software.” Of course, they still claim to have the app “ready to go,” but until this legal hubbub gets cleared up, it seems like their method of freeing your iPhone will remain a well kept secret. We’ll keep you posted.

 

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Well they’ve been sniffing around the chip giant for quite some time now, but the European Commission has finally issued “formal charges against Intel for allegedly using illegal tactics against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices,” and according to a spokesperson for the EC, “the statement of objections has been sent.” Supposedly, the EU’s top antitrust regulator “has spent years investigating Intel’s tactics to determine whether it acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD,” and now the time has finally come for the hammer to drop. Sadly, further details about the grievances have yet to be divulged, but we doubt Intel, who declined to comment on the situation, will be brushing this off its shoulders anytime soon.

 

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