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Africa Leading Innovation

Simon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:36:24 +0000

According to a recent article in the journal New Scientist, third world countries like Africa are leading the way in cell phone innovation that combines the power of a personal computer with the portability of a cell phone handset. Many European countries and most Asia countries are far ahead of the U.S. when it comes [...]

British Airways Announces In-Flight Cell Use; Limited, but It’s a Start

Chris — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:47:32 +0000

We’re already allowed to wirelessly surf the Internet while flying towards our next destination and it looks like in-flight cell phone use will be the next big thing. British Airways has announced that customers flying from London to JFK will be allowed to send text messages and go online from their cell phones. Actual phone [...]

Cell Phone Use not Linked to Eye Cancer

Simon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:17:33 +0000

A recent study published in the online Journal of the National Cancer Institute concludes that talking on your cell phone does not increase your chances of getting melanoma of the eye. The study, which compared the cell phone use of 459 melanoma patients with 459 people without melanoma overturned an earlier study which used only [...]