Cell Phones News Archive

22-Jul-2008

 

Action News Extra: Cell Phones And Your Health (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)

PITTSBURGH -- It?s hard to imagine living without them. A recent statistic puts cell phone ownership at 90 percent among Americans. Yet, technology presents a double-edged sword.

Cell Phones Apparently Safe, Toronto A Little Less Safe, Exploding Building Not Safe At All (Torontoist)

Get little Timmy and Cindy-Lou on the horn, stat! Health Canada has contradicted last week's warnings from Toronto Public Health that children should reduce cell phone use, saying that the science doesn't support the conclusion that your kids' brains will mangled and cancerfied by cell phone heat and radiation.

DepEd chief backs bill to ban students' use of cell phones in schools (GMA News)

MANILA, Philippines ? A House bill seeking a total ban on cellular phones in schools has the support of Education Secretary Jesli Lapus.

Public Opinion Polling Evolving with America's Shift to Cell Phones (Kansas City InfoZine)

By Audrie Garrison - Americans who have traded in their landline phones for mobile phones have a lot in common with each other, according to a Pew Research Center study released in May.

No cell phones allowed at pool (St. Joseph News-Press)

Cell phones are everywhere these days. Just don?t try to use one at the Maryville Aquatic Center (MAC). This summer marks the third summer the MAC has placed a ban on all cell phones.

Phones by Brand (Mobile Burn)

Earlier today LG Electronics posted its financial results for Q2 2008. While only a small part of LG's total business relates to cell phones, the company still managed to ship 27.7 million phones in Q2 2008 (9.1% market share), bringing its total for the first half of the year to 52 million units.

Info on Zimbabwe via Web, cell phones (WSYR 9 Syracuse)

People in Zimbabwe are increasingly using blogs and cell phone text messages to get out information on what's happening in their country.

Blood cell phones' worsen crisis in the Congo (Alternatives)

Lots of people know about "blood diamonds" such as those highlighted in the 2006 hit movie of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio. These are diamonds that help fuel wars in the countries they come from as warring parties fight over control of the diamond mines. Very few people, however, know that their cell phones may be doing the very same thing. That's because almost all electronic ...

Toshiba, Matsushita joint plant to start making OLED screens for cell phones, mobile devices (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will start making next-generation displays at their joint plant by the second half of 2009, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

Seneca County seeks unwanted cell phones (The Post-Standard)

Discarded Cell Phones can find new use by victims of abuse, the disabled and senior citizens.

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