It's the mobile phone that could leave you with more than a warm ear.

As startled Italian police discovered, the device seized in a raid on a Mafia gang is actually a pistol.

The phone gun - complete with a dummy display - holds four .22 bullets. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Mobile phone operator Orange said on Tuesday it had teamed up with GotWind, a firm specializing in renewable energy, to produce a recharger powered by dance energy alone.

-they have to change the name though... picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

This guy, decided to put an SLR lens on his mobile phone. Not sure why, but its interesting enough. picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

730,000 Brits have chatted to someone on their mobile phone WHILE having sex with their partner, it has been claimed. picked by jamesmeadon 1 year ago

It was the size of a dustbin lid and had a range of just half a mile.

The world's first mobile phone could hardly be more different to today's devices, which are small enough to slip inside a pocket and can call almost anywhere in the world. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Science proves that people who whinge about mobile phone masts giving them headaches are just making up. Hurray for Science. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

22 teenagers have killed themselves in the South Wales town of Bridgend in the last 18 months, and whilst the popular press have been quick to blame social networking sites, an actual scientist has suggested the cause might be mobile phone masts having spotted a pattern of proximity higher than the national average.

Update to this and this. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Studies in india suggest that the now ubiquitous mobile phone is causing stunted growth as a result of the action of EMFs on seeds.

Following on from Nateebinature's post just below. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

There is a big movement to develop mobile phone operating systems using Linux. picked by agent014 2 years ago

Why? Why oh Why? Surely these people aren't that important that they must have their phone glued to their ear 24/7. Please, Just let us have peace from Mobile phone users in at least one place. picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

Motorola has announced what they hope will be the next big thing in mobile phone technology. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

A mobile phone has reportedly ignited in a man's pocket, starting a fire that left him with serious burns on half his body and spread around his hotel room. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

A lorry driver who caused a fatal accident during a hands-free mobile phone call was jailed for four-and-a-half years yesterday.
Road safety groups responded by calling for a blanket ban on phone calls at the wheel. picked by bingo 1 year ago

...now some of them just buy the land they need.

The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000 picked by maxriter 2 years ago

NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's biggest wireless operator, on Monday unveiled a new mobile phone equipped with a motion sensor that lets users play games like the popular Nintendo Wii console. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A British mountaineer has become the first man to make a mobile phone call from the top of Mt Everest. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

A brief account of the improvements that mobile phones made for Robert McClain, reported a-hole. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

For six months the Opportunity Mars Rover has been trundling carefully through the dunes on its way to distant Endeavour Crater. Finally, the rover's camera has caught a glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of it's next destination - although it is likely to take another two years to get there. picked by equinox 8 months ago

Maas Digital created this dramatic, scientifically accurate computer animation to illustrate NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. A truly awesome feat of modern engineering! This whole process is mind boggling! picked by ogri2003 2 years ago