UN aims to pull plug on plethora of power supplies
(AP)—The days when every piece of home communications equipment comes with its own special power adapter could be numbered.
(AP)—The days when every piece of home communications equipment comes with its own special power adapter could be numbered.
Telecom
Oct 25, 2012
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Mobile devices include an increasing number of input and output techniques that are currently not used for communication. Recent research results by Dr Eve Hoggan from HIIT / University of Helsinki, Finland, however, indicate ...
Telecom
Oct 25, 2012
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(AP)—South Korean consumer electronics maker LG Electronics Inc. reported a third straight quarterly profit on Wednesday as sales of smartphones designed for faster wireless networks helped end losses at its mobile phone ...
Business
Oct 24, 2012
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More than a third of the world's population is online while mobile phone uptake increased by more than 600 million in 2011 to around six billion, a UN agency said Thursday.
Telecom
Oct 11, 2012
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In no other country in Europe do more children surf the Web using their mobile phones than in Switzerland. As a study by the University of Zurich shows, children in Switzerland are adept at handling social media—they don't ...
Telecom
Sep 20, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Researchers from ETH Zurich have quite literally created a "cell phone": they have reprogrammed mammalian cells in such a way that they can "phone" each other via chemical signals.
Biotechnology
Sep 17, 2012
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Synthesized speech technology has given a voice to many who can't speak. But that gift may not offer them a "voice" of their own.
Other
Sep 11, 2012
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High-tech gadgets to make the lives of senior citizens simpler, safer and more fun are in the spotlight at the world's top showcase for consumer electronics and home appliances.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 1, 2012
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Wireless routers for homes and offices could be knitted together to provide a communications system for emergency responders if the mobile phone network fails, German scientists reported on Monday.
Telecom
Aug 20, 2012
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US spy master Keith Alexander on Friday courted hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering rife with software tricksters wary of police and ferociously protective of privacy.
Internet
Jul 27, 2012
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