This is probobly going to sound extremely strange to most people but i need some help. I have an old caller ID box that i got with my caller ID service. Most of my phones have it built in so i no ...

Weary of interrupting his TV watching to screen phone calls, Greg Gardner built a program to ensure he could veg in peace. Today, with his elseed TiVo hack, Gardner can keep staring at the screen when ...

Identity thieves and con artists are deliberately falsifying the name and number on caller ID boxes as a way to gain access into consumers' homes and, ultimately, their wallets. Several viewers called ...

Nobody likes robocalls--political propaganda delivered via telephone by an automated service, rather than a live, phone-banking volunteer--but evidently the 2010 elections saw new levels of obtrusion, ...

Today, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed new rules that would require phone companies to adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, an ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please help me figure out how to appropriately deal with my new “Caller ID” box. When a discussion about the item arose at a dinner with friends recently, I foolishly, perhaps, let ...

Ed Stoecker’s brief, unintended and unhappy stint as a telemarketer occurred recently when he spent several days receiving angry calls from people who didn’t appreciate his bothering them. “They all ...