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LONDON -- Scotland Yard said Tuesday that two journalists had been arrested, questioned and released on bail in the renewed inquiry into a five-year-old case involving illegal hacking of celebrity voice mail by The News of the World, the gossip-driven tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch that is one of Britain's most widely circulated newspapers. The two were ''arrested on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone voice-mail messages,'' according to a police statement, which did not name the reporters because they had not been charged. A person familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to discuss the matter, identified them as Ian Edmondson, who was fired as the tabloid's news editor this year; and Neville Thurlbeck, the paper's chief reporter. Scotland Yard investigators searched the paper's newsroom while the two were being questioned, he said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A lot of the things we do today will make our grandchildren burst out laughing. Yes, we used to drive to a store to rent a movie. Yes, there were huge patches of America where you couldn't get a cellphone signal. Yes, we used to pay for things with pieces of green paper and plastic rectangles. And if those squealing rugrats don't believe us, we can crack open the history book to 2012, the dawn of the twilight of cash and credit cards. That was the year when, for the first time, paying for things in stores required nothing more than saying your name to the cashier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

''Nobody'' has home phone lines anymore. ''Nobody'' reads printed newspapers. ''Nobody'' wants books on paper. Is anybody else getting tired of all the ''analog is dead'' proclamations by 28-year-old new-media hotshots? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If you're serious about conserving paper and happen to be flying between Paris and Amsterdam on Air France with a cellphone in tow, you're in luck. Earlier this month, as a trial, the airline introduced electronic boarding passes via mobile devices (like cellphones) for use on 15 daily flights. To use, travelers must check in at mobile.airfrance.com, and they will receive their boarding pass with a secure barcode via a text or e-mail message. The electronic version will have all the classic boarding pass information like boarding time, departure gate and time, seat number and travel class. Those with luggage can simply scan the barcode on their mobile devices at the baggage drop-off counter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents news on patent-related issues in the United States as of August 1999. Details on a wireless telecommunications system devised by Paul Kline, an inventor from Germantown, Maryland; Information on a system that uses radio signals to pinpoint a piece of paper on its precise shelf or drawer patented by Marvin Isaacman and Denis McGreivy.