KINGSTON – An audit of Ulster County employees’ use of cell phones and Blackberry devices showed they ran up $200,000 in phone bills in 2008. That’s up 40 percent over 2007 bills and County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach said the county needs to come up with a more efficient way of using mobile communications, but at a lower cost to the taxpayer.

Here is my review of Google Voice , which will appear in Sunday's paper. Check back for more details on the service. With the exception of touch-tone phones, Caller ID and cell phones, talking on the phone hasn’t changed a lot during the past few decades.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Cell phone users encountering a dead zone on Route 50 between Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa may soon get a reprieve in the form a new tower along the stretch of road.

The Iowa Supreme Court issued an order saying it would not perform further review in the case of the State vs. Jessica Hill, a murder trial in Boone County.

BAR HARBOR — A 120-foot cell phone tower has been proposed for a Route 3 property in Salisbury Cove.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Cell phone users encountering a dead zone on Route 50 between Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa may soon get a reprieve in the form a new tower along the stretch of road.

A Windows Mobile phone's small screen and keyboard make many of its more powerful applications at best inconvenient to use: Ask anyone who has ever tried editing an Excel spreadsheet on a cell phone, even if the software lets users do it.

The following is the China excerpt from IRG's TMT Weekly Market Review July 20 - July 26. IRG is a financial advisory and investment firm focused on the core growth sectors in Asia with particular focus on the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sectors.

Investigators copied hard drives and seized a cell phone, binders and other documents Tuesday during their searches of the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson’s doctor, according to the search warrants released today.

Apple claims that jailbroken iPhones could cause "potentially catastrophic" attacks against cell phone networks in a report it has issued to the U.S. Copyright Office, Wired is reporting . Apple's report says that hackers could use the phones to crash tower software, potentially disabling a tower.