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Today's technology headlines: Study gives WAP phones a thumbs down; Triad Transport enhances operations with central load-planning program; expert says issue of cancer risks from cell phones may never be resolved; and more.

Diesel fuel prices jumped 2.4 cents per gallon last week, reversing four weeks of decline.

People with large incomes usually do not want to settle for small packages. They want big screen televisions, elaborate home office systems, complicated exercise machines and sprawling furniture.

While Deutsche Post, the German postal service, burst into the world of privatization with a $5.6 billion initial public offering last week, some observers say American carriers and international logistics companies do not have much to fear from the competition.

Many truck drivers with insulin-dependent diabetes could safely operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce, according to a panel of physicians who are experts in the treatment of condition.

Freightliner Corp. has introduced its new, conventional Class 8 truck, Coronado, in hopes of attracting a bigger share of the owner-operator market.

Thirty-three fewer people died in accidents involving large trucks in 1999 than in 1998, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, news the trucking industry hailed as a testament to its safety efforts.

Investment analysts say labor relations issues with the Teamsters union were a significant factor in the FedEx deal to buy American Freightways and operate it with Viking Freight as a nationwide less-than-truckload carrier.

John N. Raudabaugh is more agitated than usual.