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California Teen Texts Too Much

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 13th 2009 2:00PM

After more than a quarter of a century as a computer programmer, I'm a pretty fast typist. At least, I used to think so, until I read about Reina Hardesty. The California thirteen-year-old managed to send more than fourteen thousand messages in a ...
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Mom Denied Cell Phone - For Being a Mom

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 18th 2008 6:00PM

Butcher, baker, candlestick maker -- all noble professions, indeed. Stay-at-home Mom? Well, get a real job. At least, that's what one Australian mom was told when she went to buy a cell phone. Lyndal Fair, a thirty-six-year-old mother of three, ...
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Teens ignore bans on cellphones in cars

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 11th 2008 3:00PM

Surprise, surprise, teens aren't paying any attention to laws barring them from using cellphones while driving. According to a survey released Monday, in fact, cellphone usage actually went up slightly after North Carolina enacted such a law in 2006. ...
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OMG TTYL -- HAD AKCDNT

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 11th 2007 2:31PM

I sometimes talk on the phone while I drive. I've done it for nearly twenty years. I almost always use a hands-free headset. Some people think that's okay and some don't. Apparently, however, some young'uns think it's okay to do more than that. ...
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