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 1 year 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion at "Home Plate," a plateau of layered bedrock approximately 2 meters (6 feet) high within the "Inner Basin" of Columbia Hills, at the rover's landing site in Gusev Crater. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

WTF! Should any pilot be up there flying (on their own!) if they can't land anywhere? picked by topofall 11 months ago