Bangalore, Sept. 17 (ANI): The Karnataka Government's decision to ban the use of mobile phones in schools and colleges for children under the age of 16, has evoked a positive response.

Christy Vijir, a student from St. Joseph Boys School, said that the using of mobile phones distracts and corrupts students mind, and the ban was a good decision.

K. Nagaraj, the Principal of the Poorna Prajna School, said: “Mobile phones should be banned in schools as it would help students to concentrate better.”

London, Sept 16: The border security of the UK has been strengthened, as a record number of fingerprints - over 100,000 a month - are now being collected from foreign nationals overseas applying to come to the country.

Washington, Sept 16: A new survey has found that about two thirds of the people suffer from the phenomenon of "ringxiety” – hearing the mobile phone ring or feeling it vibrate when it is not actually ringing.

The study, conducted by David Laramie of the Wright Institute in Los Angeles, found that the more frequent a person used phone, the more often, he or she reported hearing a phantom ring.

London, September 14: Pop star Prince has reportedly decided to wage a legal action on websites that are making unauthorised use of his music.

His move comes in the wake of posting of clips from his recent concert at The O2 Arena in London on the website YouTube.

The clips have appeared on the website despite the fact that fans were banned from taking photographs or video footage during the show.

London, September 13: Aston Martin cars have been named top hi-tech chic of the year by CoolBrands.
While iPod music players were second on the list of top 20 cool items, Internet website YouTube was on third position.

Bang & Olufsen hi-fi got a mention on the fourth place on the list, while the top five was wrapped up by the Google search website.