News articles tagged with 'phone' (Page 2)
Half the productivity, twice the carbon
— 11 Oct 2010 10:37 | EnvironmentUnless the IT industry adopts new energy-efficient technologies in the coming decade, it runs a serious risk of being unable to contribute to growing the global economy if limits are…
Can you analyse me now? Cell phones bring spectroscopy to the classroom
— 8 Oct 2010 13:45 | TechnologyUniversity of Illinois chemistry professor Alexander Scheeline wants to see high school students using their cell phones in class. Not for texting or surfing the Web, but as an analytical…
Georgia Tech researchers design system to trace call paths across multiple networks
— 6 Oct 2010 06:14 | TechnologyPhishing scams are making the leap from email to the world's voice systems, and a team of researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Computing has found a way to tag fraudulent calls…
Smartphone apps harvest, spread personal info
— 30 Sep 2010 12:56 | TechnologyPublicly available cell-phone applications from application markets are releasing consumers' private information to online advertisers, according to a joint study by Intel Labs, Penn…
'Halfalogue': Overheard cell-phone conversations are not only annoying but reduce our attention
— 22 Sep 2010 09:01 | Health'Yeah, I'm on my way home.' 'That's funny.' 'Uh-huh.' 'What? No! I thought you were - ' 'Oh, ok.' Listening to someone talk on a cell phone is very annoying. A new study published in…
Computer scientists leverage dark silicon to improve smartphone battery life
— 2 Sep 2010 16:19 | TechnologyA new smartphone chip prototype under development at the University of California, San Diego will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of 'dark silicon' - the underused transistors…
Deaf, hard-of-hearing students perform first test of sign language by cell phone
— 17 Aug 2010 11:48 | HealthUniversity of Washington engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language over U.S. cellular networks. The tool is just completing its initial field…
Wireless vs. wireless
— 23 Jun 2010 11:51 | Technology3G and Wi-Fi are the two main mobile communications technologies today, but until recently they have been complementary services, the former offering users network access through cell…
No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy
— 23 Jun 2010 11:48 | HealthA new study looking at the patterns of early childhood cancers across Great Britain has found no association between a mother living near to a mobile phone base station during her pregnancy…
No link between early child cancers and living near mobile phone masts
— 23 Jun 2010 11:00 | HealthThere is no association between risk of early childhood cancers and a mother's exposure to a mobile phone base station during pregnancy, concludes a new study published on bmj.com today…