Mobile messaging: Text messages are all the rage. For just $2.99, T-Mobile will beam news alerts to your phone, including AP Iraq updates. Or, try Sky News’s “Iraq War” service.
Video alerts: Vodafone live! sends live TV newscasts to your Nokia 7650 handset (www.vodafone.com). Telecom Italia, linked to RAI, an Italian broadcast company, does the same (www.tim.it).
Leisure travel: Ijet, a travel-security firm, offers a $25 package. You get up-to-date text messages with detailed e-mails explaining things like evacuation routes in case disaster strikes.
For the boss: Rosenbluth International’s Global Security Suite features a Web-based tracking system that tells the office in an instant where each of its employees are in case of emergency.
