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<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-tet.html">Cyberclinic: Tether Or Not?</a>

Friday 07 November 2008 15:52 GMT
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The moment when mobile phones were first able to connect to computers – either via Bluetooth or USB – there theoretically opened up a cunning route onto the internet from your computer via the mobile phone's data connection.

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