Teens Beware: AT&T to Let Parents Restrict Cell Phone Use
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AT&T launches a service giving parents wide-ranging control on most all its 63.7 million subscriber lines. Parents can limit when a wireless phone can make and receive calls and to whom, restrict text messages and talk time, and set allowances for ring tones and other downloads.
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Wireless companies are under pressure to police the services they carry amid mounting concern that today's increasingly versatile cell phones can be gateways to a lot more than football highlights and pop videos.
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The Federal Communications Commission is considering loosening a ban on using cell phones in airplanes.
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Most parents who are thinking of  buying cell phones for their children this Christmas are doing  so for safety reasons, according to a new survey. An online  poll of 339 parents found that 78 percent were considering  getting a cell phone for their children so they could be in  contact with them in case of an emergency.
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U.S. communications regulators are  turning their sights on protecting children from indecency on  mobile telephones after cracking down on television and radio  stations for indecent antics.
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Popular program restricting cell phone use could also hamper emergency 911 services.
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A new language is being developed by cell phone-addicted teens based on predictive text.
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A new AT&T service lets parents limit their kids' cell phone usage on many handsets, including iPhone.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING: Cell-phone carriers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Alltel will be turning off their analog networks starting Feb. 19, 2008.
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Hackers have broken the chains that bind iPhone users to AT&amp;T. Will lawyers be the next ones on the line?
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Legislators are cracking down on parents who allow their teens access to alcohol. But what about the argument that itâs safer for them to drink under adult supervision?
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In the last two years, text messages have become a rage among teenagers. But text-messaging can be expensive.
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Texting is a big deal in teenage communication, but talking on the phone and face-to-face conversations are still more popular -- for now, anyway.
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Targets 'price insensitive' kiddies AT&amp;T hopes to fool the youth of America into paying way too much for digital music.â¦
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Teenagers are fiends for sending text messages from their phones. Virgin Mobile wants them to feast on other services as well.
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The digital generation gap shows up in the attempt for schools to ban cell phones outright.  Teens and parents are pushing back against the attempts to take away the phones they have come to depend on so much.
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A 17-year-old hacker has broken the lock that ties Appleâs iPhone to AT&Tâs wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.