Call for car number plate revamp
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The number plate system needs to be completely overhauled to beat a rise in "car cloning", police say.
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To: FAMILY EDITORS  Contact: Michelle Blackston of Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, +1-301-755-2444, Mobile: +1-301-523-9921, mblackston@pire.org   WASHINGTON, Feb.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A newspaper mistakenly published the telephone number of a sex talk service on the front page on its Election Day issue. The number was supposed to be for a national voter hot line.
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TEXT message language will be used in a new Government campaign to tackle mobile phone theft.   The Home Office is asking "r u getting the msg?" in a pounds 500,000 campaign to tell youngsters that stolen handsets will be blocked from all networks within 48 hours of being reported lost.
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By Elaine Guregian, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 24--Better rev up.
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Ofcom calls for mass debate on central database Ofcom has issued a second document on number portability, recommending that customers be able to instantly move their fixed and mobile numbers between networks.â¦
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'I can't find Homebase and I'm very distressed' Cambridgeshire police have come over all Web 2.0 and decided to podcast a selection of entertaining "non" 999 calls in an effort to "curb the number of nuisance calls the police receive".â¦
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By Barbara Hollingsworth  By Barbara Hollingsworth  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Out-of-town drivers will have to learn faster from their parking mistakes.
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THE RASH OF VoIP services being peddled in the UK has meant that the country has to release a new batch of phone numbers. Telco watchdog Ofcom has barked that it would establish the prefix &quot;056,&quot; allowing
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British telephone users now have a new code prefix - 056 - for VoIP numbers with cyberspace locations. The United Kingdom&#39;s media and telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has released plans to help the take
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The European Commission is going to start talks with car manufacturers, so all new cars sold in Europe will be equipped with an automatic emergency calling system by 2010. The commission and the motor industry agreed in 2005 to develop the so-called "eCall" system, which automatically calls for help in case of emergency, and gives the precise location of the vehicle.
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A series of Commons motions are calling for a rethink of the 2012 London Olympics logo.
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MPs urge business tax update MPs are urging Revenue and Customs to update its multiple helplines and complex paper registration systems for new business taxpayers.â¦
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Car-users should be charged to use roads to help pay for upgrades, a business organisation claims.
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Not all 999 calls will be dealt with by ambulances under changes aimed at eliminating misuse of the service.
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New technology can trick a caller ID box into displaying the name and phone number of an entirely different person or company than the one actually calling.
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Ohio lawmakers consider slapping easy-to-spot fluorescent license plates on offenders' cars. By the Associated Press.