SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 06 / 29

After 12 months of wrangling, lottery operator Million-2-1 have been given the go-ahead by the Gaming Board of Great Britain to run the first regional mobile phone lottery reports manchester new

Hoping to increase the number of watchful ears and eyes on the ground, the Tilburg police are to deploy SMS messaging to warn locals of burglars, reports DMeurop

[ From favorite Red Ferret ] Gack! SM

A Florida paper writes that, according to a study of driver distractions conducted last year for AAA, loose animal in an automobile may cause nearly as many fatalities as cell phone

The Times of India, in an article on the sex trade and the ‘genres’ of call girls operating the market today, writes that they all have one thing in common, cell phone

Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has launched the Paddy Power Mobile, a new free Java-based, downloadable application to streamline betting on mobile phones for customers in both Ireland and the UK, reports MoreMobil

Reporters were ordered to surrender telephones and walkie-talkies at the offocial ceremony for the transfer of sovereignty from the

TV and text messaging are the preferred pastimes for many children on holiday rather than exercise, according to a survey by Thomson Holidays, reports the Scotsma

The Australain Government will push to have all graffiti on trains removed within 24 hours, to deprive vandals of a "perverse pleasure" in exhibiting their work, reports the Australia

Joey Sharkey for New York Times, with reader contribution, on cell phone rudenes