The forms have been filled out and the hurdles have been cleared: As of today, I am officially registered to cover the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas as an MSNBC.com / Newsvine correspondent, live-blogging from the NBC Universal Blogger Lounge and elsewhere arou …

By January, 19 states and the District of Columbia will have enacted total bans on reading and sending text messages while driving. Advocates say texting is a dangerous distraction, but some law enforcement officers say the bans are difficult to enforce. Are such bans a good idea?

In many areas, 911 can’t use the location-pinpointing services built into almost all modern cell phones, but Americans are increasingly dropping their land lines and going wireless only. Have you gone wireless only, and does the convenience of wireless phones outweigh the 911 lifeline built into land line service?