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California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18–but there’s a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES–Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets…
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0 comments | Democratic Lawmaker, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer electronics, Reuters, Phone, Cell Phone, California, Personal Technology |

Losing the way over e-discovery?

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

California plans its own set of e-discovery rules, but will they mesh with new proposed federal rules on the same topic, asks Internet attorney Eric Sinrod. At the end of 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure got amended to address the question of electronic discovery in lawsuits….
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0 comments | Information, Eric J. Sinrod, California, Politics & government, Internet |

California task force urges broadband bonds

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Report says state should supplement private investment in better, faster, more accessible high-speed services. California should consider issuing debt to augment private investment in enhancing and expanding high-speed communications services, a state task force said on Thursday. It said that better, faster and more available broadband capabilities would…
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0 comments meister | Bond, California, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Broadband, Networking, Investment, Finance, Network Technology, Reuters |