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Bulky design aside, the brick was a defining achievement for Mitchell, a rough-and-tumble manager whose interest in technology was kindled by the Erector set he had received as a child. The seminal phone wasn't a hit, but it placed Motorola at the forefront of the cell-phone revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John F. Mitchell | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...office, the staff sergeant strides toward the contaminated area in his heavy haz-mat suit, looking like an astronaut on Mars, complete with an R2D2-like robot on wheels. He disables the IED, and as he walks away, his comrades spot a man about to use a cell phone. The spaceman turns and runs. Too late: BOOM! The bomb explodes and so does he. Blood seeps down his helmet visor like red rain on the wrong side of a car windshield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hurt Locker: Iraq, With Thrills | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

Borowitz, Andy • fantasy of that Bernie Madoff would wind up sharing a cell with O.J. Simpson, who would help him "search for the real swindlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 7/3/2009 | See Source »

...most places, a nightly blackout would provoke outrage as residents find themselves fumbling and stumbling their way home through the dark. But in Dörentrup, they have seen the light, with a new scheme that allows residents to turn on streetlights on demand - anytime, anywhere - using just their cell phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Bright Idea: Street Lighting on Demand | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...touch with the local utility company Lemgo and together they came up with a solution: How about turning on the village lights with a simple telephone call? Lemgo developed a special modem and software to make it possible, and Dial4Light was born. (See pictures of the odyssey of the cell phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Bright Idea: Street Lighting on Demand | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

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