Ringtones Used to Trap Stray Leopards
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AHMEDABAD, India - Those ubiquitous ringtones have reached the forests of western India, where leopards are answering their call.  So far six leopards that have strayed too close to villages have been lured into traps by ringtones playing the calls of roosters, goats and cows, said H.S.
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The standard ringtones on cell phones aren't good enough for lots of people who spend a few dollars a pop to download song clips and other custom sounds to their devices. Now an Israeli startup bets it can add another layer: the video ringtone.
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Blog: Want to make that music track a ringtone? Get ready to spend $.99 all over again.
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Calling Leopard the âapple of my eye,â Dwight Sliverman (Houston Chronicle) tells us that as heâs played with the newest version of Mac OS X, âIâm constantly being surprised by smart, useful and convenient touches. It is a pleasure to use.â For example, he calls Spaces his âfavorite Leopard feature, because it instantly multiplies your desktop real estate. Those who use portable computers will particularly appreciate it. On my MacBook itâs a godsend.â
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If you aren't afraid of a little tinkering, you can get that "Hey Ya" or "Sexy Back" ringtone for your iPhone without paying the extra bucks to Apple.
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Ringtone Soup (www.ringtonesoup.com), an online community enabling consumers to create, share, and save free ringtones, announced today its new mobile (wireless application protocol, WAP) site providing access to free ringtones directly from a mobile phone or PDA.
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A new way to avoid telemarketers: a caller ID system that allows you to assign colors to specific phone numbers.
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Also: Mobile office challenge finds monkeys are distracting. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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If you are in Sudan it is a &#39;missed call&#39;. In Ethiopia it is a &#39;miskin&#39; or a &#39;pitiful&#39; call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of &#39;flashing&#39;, &#39;beeping&#39; or in French-speaking areas &#39;bipage&#39;.
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Those sleeping kittens on YouTube sure are cute. Wired's How To Wiki shows you how easy it is to take that video clip you saved to your desktop and put it on your mobile device. Awwww!
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You might ignore your mobile phone if  your ringtone is Beethoven's "Fur Elise," but what if it's a  gruff voice that yells "Pick up the damn phone?"
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Amid the cacophony of cell phone ringtones these days, add these: the clickety-click-click of a rare Central American poison arrow dart frog, the howl of a Mexican gray wolf and the bellows of an Arctic beluga whale.
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Police departments around the country turn to sound-analysis technology to detect and report gunshots. By Amit Asaravala.
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Malicious programs that can delete address books. Junk messages that flood a cell phone&#39;s inbox. Stealthy code that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to sneak onto handsets.
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Indian authorities plan to release 47 leopards into the wild with electromagnetic chips planted in their tails but will haul them back to captivity if they attack people, The Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. -  Just when you thought you'd heard it all, a New York company unveiled a new technology Wednesday that has to be seen to be believed: video ringtones. You record your video greeting (with a webcam) at the      Vringo.com website, send it to your phone, and tell your friends to sign up for it. When you call their cellphones, they'll see your video. The free service will open to the public by late March.
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Mobile phones that emit a piercing   scream that will give all but the deafest thieves pause for   thought was launched in Britain on Monday in a bid to tackle   crime which costs millions of pounds each year.