Houstonist told you about Continental's new mobile boarding pass service in last week's Tech Buzz. This week we tested the service. Step 1: Check-in via the Continental PDA web site (http://pda.continental.com/) Assuming you have web access on your PDA (duh), you should be able to complete this on the shuttle ride from the parking lot like we did. Navigating to the mobile site was painless. And, the email containing our boarding pass hyperlink hit our......

After we showed you KHOU's look at airport screeners' jobs, a related tale is reported in today's Chronicle. A July 31 episode in which a New York resident was arrested after walking through a totally empty security checkpoint at Houston's Hobby Airport has led to disciplinary action against the team of screeners on duty at the time and to dire warnings from TSA officials, who call the mistake a "serious problem", according to the Chronicle.......

If you've been anywhere around a news outlet this morning, we're sure you've heard about the foiled plot to blow up several U.S.-bound jets And if you haven't, go ahead and take a few minutes to check the story out — we have the feeling air travel is about to get more complicated again. In short, the national aviation threat level has jumped to red, meaning people traveling by plane anytime soon will need to......

An HPD officer has been transferred to desk duty in a disagreement over who was responsible for letting a man with a non-bomb board a plane at Hobby Airport recently. It happened June 26, when a man "with a Middle Eastern name" and a ticket for a Delta flight to Atlanta told airport screeners he didn't have a laptop in his baggage, though an X-ray machine indicated he did. Screeners searched the man's bags and......

Seriously, people: When you're at the airport, just do the whole security thing like you're supposed to, all right? A security breach at Bush Intercontinental Airport yesterday delayed security screening and outbound flight at two terminals — and it was all because someone apparently got confused on an escalator. One of the two airport contract security employees stationed in the area went after the individual but lost him in the crowd. It was later......