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You can take it with you: Transfer open applications between computer, cellphone with a snapshot

Have you ever found yourself looking up directions on your computer just before running out the door, only to end up retyping the same addresses and mapping the same route on your phone minutes later? A new ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cellphone cancer warning falls lightly on US ears

(AP) -- News last week that an arm of the World Health Organization said cellphones might raise the risk of brain cancer has been greeted by Americans mostly with a shrug of the shoulder - one that's pinning ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Worry, resignation on potential cellphone cancer link

A World Health Organization warning of increased brain cancer risk for cellular phone users had many Americans alarmed Wednesday but resigned to needing the devices to do their jobs. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are distracted pedestrians a potential crosswalk hazard?

Next time you're about to cross a street, you might want to think twice about texting -- and definitely take those buds out of your ears. Music may be even more dangerous than texting, according to one researcher.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts say cellphones are 'possibly carcinogenic'

(AP) -- A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (9) | comments 21

Cox to shut wireless network it started building

(AP) -- Cox Communications, America's third-largest cable company, says it will shut down the wireless network it has started building.

Technology / Telecom

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping drivers focused on the road

Technology might someday succeed in an area where laws, public service campaigns, and common sense have generally failed: getting drivers to stop gabbing and focus on the road.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple slammed over iPhone, iPad location tracking

(AP) -- Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users - records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to d ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Poor households take lead in abandoning landlines

(AP) -- In a financial and technological role reversal, a growing number of Americans are getting rid of their old telephones and using only cellphones, a trend being led not by the high-tech elite but by ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans slow to pay for local mobile apps

Nearly half of Americans are using their cellphones and tablet computers to get local news and information but just one percent are paying for applications to do so, according to a new report.

Technology / Business

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One-fourth of US adults use mobile applications: survey

US cellphone owners are much more likely to use the devices to take pictures or send text messages than they are to run applications, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Technology / Software

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Texting on the rise among US adults: Pew survey

More American adults are texting but they are not tapping out nearly as many messages per day on their cellphones as teenagers, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indian government begins allocating 3G bandwidth

India's government on Wednesday began allocating third-generation (3G) bandwidth for cellphone services to mobile operators after a multi-billion-dollar auction of licences.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple's iPhone 4 on sale in China's grey market

The latest version of Apple's iPhone is on sale in Beijing's electronic stores and luxury hotels, months before the official launch of the trendy smartphone in China, state media said Tuesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tech review: 3G iPad makes you appreciate Wi-Fi

I've heard frequently from people who bought the original Wi-Fi-only iPad about how they planned to upgrade to the iPad 3G as soon as possible.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6