For almost as long as personal computers have existed, coders have created backdoors in programs (or sometimes just fun little Easter eggs) that can only be accessed with a special "key." The ...

SPOKANE, Wash- The next time you get a phone call from a 564-area code don’t hang up. That phone call is coming from the west side of the state. The 360-area code was exhausted, meaning there’s no ...

From the Jersey shore to Central Jersey, phone calls just got a bit more complicated due to the introduction of a new area code and dialing procedures. A number of changes are coming to New Jersey’s ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The New York Department of Public Service made a stir Tuesday when it announced the official adoption of a new “624” area code for Western New York. But the move has been in the ...

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WASHINGTON — QUESTION: If a new area code is put in place for a city, does that mean you have to change your current phone number or will lose it if it has the old area code? ANSWER: You do not need ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metro Detroit's iconic 313 telephone area code will soon run out of possible phone numbers, and 679 will be a new local area code ...

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