Lebanese people terrified of using their phones and laptops following deadly pager attacks
Civilians in Beirut are living in fear that their laptops and mobile phones could be the next devices to be used as bombs ...
Who still uses pagers anyway?
As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to ...
Doctors and first responders are among those who still use pagers
Electronic pagers that were popular status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old ...
Can phones be rigged to explode like the pagers in Lebanon? Experts say it's possible — but unlikely
Given the deadly explosions of pagers owned by members of Hezbollah this week, many smartphone users are asking if their ...
Why Hezbollah chose low-tech pagers, walkie-talkies over cellphones
By shifting to relatively low-tech communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, Hezbollah apparently sought an ...
How the plot to explode Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies unfolded
Israel’s Mossad spy agency is believed to be behind the operation, Chris Stevenson writes, which likely took months of ...
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Lebanon explosions raise questions about pagers in an age of smartphones
The explosions of devices in Lebanon this week returned the spotlight to the 70-year-old technology that remains popular with ...
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Fears of copycat attacks on pagers and phones after Hezbollah explosions
Groups with ill intent - from crime gangs to spies from rogue states - are examining how handheld devices can be targeted to ...
Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in ...
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The Lebanon explosions raise a question: Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?
11, 2001, attacks. Some medical professionals and emergency workers prefer pagers to cell phones or use the devices in combination. They're handy for workers in remote locations, such as oil rigs ...