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Cellphones that Repair Themselves? Scientists Create ‘Self-Healing’ Circuits
Cellphone, heal thyself — if you’re sick of having to work your way through a series of broken electronic devices, dulled (or dead) batteries and an endless thread of replacement cellphones, help may be at hand thanks to …
Should We Ban Apple’s Siri While Driving?
Look out, Siri. Federal regulators have you in their sights.
Last week the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) issued a recommendation that state governments ban hands-free, as well as hands-on, mobile device use …
Will Your Mall Be Tracking Your Cellphone Today?
Some shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will find a surprise waiting for them at the mall—sensors that track their every move.
Motorola Promises New Android Software Six Weeks After It’s Out
In a message coming straight from the horse’s mouth (via something known as “Twitter”), Motorola has promised to update its Android handsets to the newest version of the software—4.0, or “Ice Cream Sandwich”—within six weeks of its official release by Google. The promise came in direct response to a Twitter user who was concerned …
Why Unlocked Phones May Be the Smarter Alternative
I have a confession to make: I haven’t used a locked phone since 2005.
Of course, it would make perfect sense if I had hopped between several different carriers since then, but the truth is that I’ve been with one single carrier since 2004. Just yesterday, we made a good fuss about whether the $649 unlocked iPhone 4 is worth it. …
Ask Techland: Best Methods for No-Touch Cellphone Use
The recent World Health Organization report saying that cell phone radiation is “possibly carcinogenic” has caused a bit of a stir.
On one end of the spectrum, the report itself categorizes cell phones alongside DDT and car exhaust in terms of potential risk while on the other end, the wireless association, CTIA, says that the …
Smartphone Radiation: The 10 Highest and 10 Lowest Emitters
The World Health Organization recently revealed the radiation levels emitted from common cell phones to be "possibly carcinogenic." The new findings put phones in the same category as DDT and car exhaust.
The amount of radio frequency energy that your body absorbs from your cell phone is measured by its Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR.
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Will Europe Ban Cellphones in Schools over Radiation Fears?
How harmful is cell phone radiation? A new report to the Council of Europe isn’t willing to offer a definitive answer, but it does suggest that maybe we should keep cell phones (as well as Wi-Fi signals) away from schools, just in case.
The report, “The Potential Dangers of Electromagnetic Fields and Their Effect on the Environment,” …
Nokia Cuts 7,000 Jobs
Nokia just announced huge job cuts – 7,000 jobs in total, right across its internal divisions and spread all over the world. It’s the biggest single jobs layoff in the company’s history.
Offices will be closed (including one in the UK that was only recently refurbished at a cost of £8 million) and three thousand jobs connected with …
How Poor You Are May Determine If You’ll Ditch the Landline
Well, that’s a new one. So it’s probably a no-brainer that those who are young are more likely to say “no way, Grandpa” to a landline, but a study shows that just how poor you are may determine whether you’ll decide to cut the cord.
The National Center for Health Statistics released a study which revealed that 40 percent of …
How China Is Powering North Korea’s Smartphone Mania
North Korea has a new problem on its hands besides poverty and reported bouts of famine – Kim Jong Il’s new enemy is cellphones.
Wired reports that North Korea now sports 450,000 users on its cell phone network. While those numbers may not seem like much to the rest of the world, it is a 50 percent increase from last year. It’s …