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Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...

Tags: Bluetooth, cell phone, cell phone cancer, FCC, new cell phone cancer, phone, radiation

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

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IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone

IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phoneIRSMore money to spread around.. GREAT WORK IRS..Another fine example of no new taxes for people under $250,000. YEA, what I thought and can you say " I TOLD YOU SO"..You asked for it you got it...In the UKHMRC do consider a work provided...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Tax Code, tax, Internal Revenue Service, phone, mobile phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?

The problem is that the market can't wait for a long-term study. Were one to be started now it would not yield results until many thousands of people had died. My guess is the industry will try to brazen it out and hope Dr. Herberman is wrong. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Cancer, Cell, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Dana Blankenhorn, Herberman, Personal Technology, Phone

Blog posts 2008-07-24

News to Know: Googlenomics; Windows Mobile 7 phones; Broadband hell

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files Apple security team finds code execution holes in Ruby Google using invalid security certificate Dancho Danchev: Phishers targeting Facebook users, fake logins...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Information Technology, Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Virtualization, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-23

'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7

'Sensing' more about what's coming in Windows 7Windows sensors will bring a new management interfaceto set them up, and then they'll crash unexpectedly, and make things stop responding.There'll be a "grandfather" sensor which automatically reboot the machine, and does some protocol sniffing on your box, to make sure that Microsoft...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, sensor, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

Cellphones used for medical imaging?

A team of engineers at the University of California at Berkeley has developed a technique for transmitting medical images via cellphones. This potentially could bring medical imaging to the 'three-quarters of the world's population which has no access to ultrasounds, X-rays, magnetic resonance images, and other medical imaging technology.' The...

Tags: Patient, University Of California At Berkeley, Medical Imaging, Imaging, Cell Phone, Document Management, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-30

No cell phone for NYC school kids

No cell phone for NYC school kidsThere is not a single reason ....... why a kid should own a cellphone.The excuse about "emergency" is pure BULL. Kids in society have survived more than 2 million years without the need of cellphone. The new trend of giving "brain cancer" to...

Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, school kid, phone

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Is RF exposure from Wi-Fi routers hazardous to your health?

Is RF exposure from Wi-Fi routers hazardous to your health?I don't know...Naturopaths and others think there is a link. The same debate could be said about high tention power lines too. I don't know if we will ever know the truth.All Frequencies are not equalThe whole issue is resonance... wine...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Vertical industries, radiation, Wi-Fi, health care, Wi-Fi router, RF exposure, TV, phone, radio, router, cell phone

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Pink iPod - Guess Valentine's Day is closer that I'd thought

Pink iPod - Guess Valentine's Day is closer that I'd thoughtApple programmers are TERRIBLE!!![i]Earlier this morning the Apple online store was down[/i]Who has to take their whole online store down to add a new color to an existing product? Hehe, can you imagine if Amazon hired Apple developers to write...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Valentine's Day, women, Pink, Pink iPod, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Don't trash your laser printers just yet!

If I have learned nothing else in all my years of experience, I have learned not to believe everything I read -- or at least to take what I read with a healthy grain of salt.  Just yesterday, eSchool News reported School printers may pose health risk.  This report is based upon a research...

Tags: Printer, Laser Printer, Health Care, Laser, Marc Wagner

Blog posts 2007-08-07

HP on potentially dangerous laser printer emissions: Our printers no riskier than toasters

HP on potentially dangerous laser printer emissions: Our printers no riskier than toastersGet real, pleaseThere are more things in your house that can cause cancer than a laser printer. Your cell phone can cause tumors, the TV, the monitor on your PC, the list goes on and on. A laser...

Tags: Printers, laser, laser printer, printer, Hewlett-Packard Co., particle

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Emissions from popular laser printers may be carcinogenic. How will HP respond?

Emissions from popular laser printers may be carcinogenic. How will HP respond?Everything on God's green earth...Everything on God's green earth produces something harmful to others...!Headline:Warning to all computer users. Excessive reading of ZDNet causes excess spurious emissions of light energy from laptop screens which causes blindness in lab animals.This is...

Tags: Printers, laser, printer, ozone, Hewlett-Packard Co., laser printer

Discussion threads 2007-08-02

Why memory expansion ability (what the iPhone doesn't have) matters

Why memory expansion ability (what the iPhone doesn't have) mattersDo you carry extra memory cards around?Most people don't carry extra memory cards around with them. An expansion slot is definitely nice to have, but in general, most people will keep it filled with 1 card, not carry around 2-3...

Tags: expansion slot, Apple iPhone, card, phone

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhone

Steve Jobs goes 'all in' with the iPhoneWaiting...Nice phone, just nice all around.When they get the things I need to really justify this phone I'll look again.-no 3G-no doc editing-don't use iTunes, why do I have to register to use this phone-many othersMy Blackjack does almost all this and then...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fake Steve, technology writer, Apple iPhone, phone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-25

D5: Steve Jobs evangelizes the iPhone and Apple TV

Steve Jobs took the stage following News Corp. President Peter Chernin for an interview with Walt Mossberg at the D conference. He was if full product evangelist, selling mode, describing the magic Apple's products. He attributed Apple's success to "software wrapped in really wonderful hardware. The software [on...

Tags: Apple, D5, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Voice over WiFi - is this a solution?

Voice over WiFi - is this a solution?WiFi scares me.You all know how everyone speaks about electromagnetic radiation being harmful and causing cancer. Don't you think that 2.4GHz radiowaves, which are practically microwaves as in the microwave oven harm? That's what scares me. WiFi is everywhere around me, I use...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, UMA, phone, codec, voice-over-Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2007-05-28

Would you give up wireless services to save the bees? How about to save money?

Would you give up wireless services to save the bees? How about to save money?FoodFood > WirelessBees get my voteFrankly yes, I'd give up wireless services. I can't imagine that more than about 2% of wireless calls amount to anything really important. To quote Garrison Keeler (and this was...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, wireless service, bee, wireless, pesticide

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

News to know: Vista emergency patch; IT and Cancer; Apple DRM; Adobe Design Central

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Animated cursor attacks escalate; emergency patch coming. Microsoft knew of Windows cursor flaw since December 2006.News: Microsoft to issue cursor flaw patch early. Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw.Reuters: Apple-EMI in music deal; so long DRM. Techmeme discussion. Engadget: A real interview with Fake Steve Jobs.Larry Dignan:...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Largest study ever declares cell phones safe!

Largest study ever declares cell phones safe!"10 millimeters which reaches the center of your brain"10 millimeters is less than half an inch. Can you say pea brain? :)I am sceptical about the physical health risks - but about mental?I am sure a substantial body of evidence could be brought forward...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, phone, cell phone, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2006-12-06