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3 Oct 2011 05:01 Africa/Lagos "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Rules Drivers' Decisions on Cell Phone Use and Texting PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2011 AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Finds that Ninety-Five Percent of Drivers Rate Texting as a Serious Safety Threat yet Thirty-Five Percent Admit Doing so in the Past Month WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety's annual Traffic Safety Culture Index shows drivers know that cell phone use and texting while driving are dangerous, yet they continue to do it anyway. Specifically, data from the 2011 survey found that 95 percent of drivers view texting or emailing by other drivers as a serious threat to their own personal safety, however, 35 percent of those same drivers also admitted to having read or sent a text message or email in the previous month. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100920/CL66384LOGO) To help bring greater reco...

15 Oct 2007 05:08 Africa/Lagos Broadcom Leaps Ahead of the Competition with the World's First '3G Phone on a Chip' Solution Over a Year Ahead of Competitors, Broadcom Introduces Single-Chip HSUPA Processor BCM21551 Features Full CMOS RF, Rich Multimedia, Bluetooth(R), FM Radio, FM Transmitter and More, Packed on a Single 65nm Die to Slash Price, Size and Power IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new single-chip HSPA (high-speed packet access) processor that integrates all of the key 3G (third generation) cellular and mobile technologies on an extremely low power, single 65 nanometer CMOS die. Broadcom's new "3G Phone on a Chip" solution enables manufacturers to build next generation 3G HSUPA phones with breakthrough features, sleek form factors and very long battery life, all at a fraction of the cost of today...