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  Israeli Researchers Question Safety Of Cellphones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Instead, the researchers suggested that past studies on which the FCC based its statement "are not applicable" to the cellphone frequencies for which the head acts as a resonator.
Weinberger suggested that using a stethoscope-like extension device that transmits sound from the cellphone by air to the ear attached to the phone would be safer, as this device does not transmit electromagnetic radiation.
This shape is perfect for making the head serve as a resonator for electromagnetic radiation emitted by the cellphone, which causes it to absorb much of the energy specifically from these wavelengths.
www.rense.com /general32/israeliresearchersquestion.htm   (371 words)

  
 Sun.Star Dumaguete - Perez: Cellphones
Cellphones may just be referred to in one word or two words.
Cellphones nowadays are the most important communication gadgets not just among children and teenagers, but also among businesspersons, politicians, professionals, entertainers, the military and police forces, and many other individuals in various fields of endeavors.
Much more, cellphones are a very important among individuals who aim to be well informed and be updated with whatever ongoing activities or developments in their defined communities.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dum/2005/07/16/oped/joy.g..perez.sensitivity.html   (522 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Hub schools aim to silence cellphones
Teachers and students, many of whom helped Payzant draft the policy, were frustrated by the distraction cellphones cause in class, not just the ringing but the sight of students playing with them.
On the second, the phone would be handed over to a parent; on subsequent offenses, the student would be forbidden from bringing a cellphone to school for the rest of the year.
Some students in the group want Payzant to relax the cellphone ban during lunch, so they could get in touch with friends or makes calls pertaining to after-school plans like jobs, said Jenny Sazama, an adviser to the student leadership group and director of a youth advocacy organization.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/03/09/hub_schools_aim_to_silence_cellphones   (679 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Mexico churches find way to jam cellphones
They are illegally jamming cellphone signals with Israeli-made transmitters, the kind used to protect embassies and presidential motorcades from bugs and bombs detonated by phone.
The scourge of untamed cellphones is especially acute in Mexico because so many churches are old, stone sanctuaries with booming acoustics.
In the United States, cellphone jammers are supposed to be used only by embassies, the military, the Secret Service and police, who use the devices to isolate hostage-takers.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002041566_celljam21.html   (494 words)

  
 NovaNewsNet Story: A second life for old cellphones
Most of the millions of cellphones that are replaced every year either collect dust in a drawer, or end up in a landfill.
Cellphones are refurbished, or if they're in really bad shape, they're recycled.
When cellphones are tossed into dumps they leach into soil and drinking water a cocktail of toxic materials.
novanewsnet.ukings.ns.ca /nova_news_3588_3295.html   (1120 words)

  
 The New York Times > Technology > Cellphones Aloft: The Inevitable Is Closer
Cellphones and other electronic equipment already face extra scrutiny from security screeners, like this one in San Francisco.
Airline attendants have caught some passengers using cellphones in airplane lavatories, and others have been spotted huddled in their seats, whispering into their cupped hands.
Famously, some passengers' emergency use of cellphones played a significant role in the final minutes of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 before it crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001.
www.nytimes.com /2004/12/10/technology/10phone.html?ex=1260334800&en=e3159b7fba27215e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (860 words)

  
 CBC News:Hands-free cellphones just as bad for drivers: study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Researchers say drivers using both kinds of cellphones miss more traffic signals and react to signals more slowly than motorists who do not use cellphones.
Cellphone users would sometimes hit the car in front; others increased the distance from the front car and when that car braked, cellphone users took longer to brake and to accelerate again.
In another test, subjects drove through a simulated city scene and saw 15 billboards while they were using the cellphone and 15 while they were not.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/01/27/Consumers/handsfree_030127   (421 words)

  
 Engadget: Cellphones
Researchers in Kenya and South Africa have begun using barebones cellphones in ruggedized cases to track elephants; the phones are strapped to the animals and call home hourly with their coordinates.
Cellphone towers now mar the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and have had to be banned on cross-country buses in Nigeria, because highwaymen have used them to coordinate robberies.
If you think that image on your cellphone LCD doesn’t look quite right, it may be because typical phone LCDs are only able to display about 50% of the NTSC color gamut.
cellphones.engadget.com /rss.xml   (8219 words)

  
 CELLPHONES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They require the use of cellphones for troubleshooting, networking and PC problems with outside technicians and are often on 24-hour standby needing the use of cellphones.
Students are trying to work in CUA and we have students holding conversations on their cellphone at the tops of their voices.
Cellphones are not used at all for doctors on standby.
www.sun.ac.za /gerga/cells.htm   (453 words)

  
 USA WEEKEND Magazine
Cassie Smith got her very own cellphone when she turned 12.
One research firm found that one in three of the 8- to 12-year-olds it polled last year owned a cellphone, up from one in five a year earlier.
Cellphones have become a primary mode of communication; to own one makes you cool.
www.usaweekend.com /03_issues/030921/030921techsmart.html   (705 words)

  
 Using Cellphones While Driving Creates a New National Nightmare
For example, in Ontario recently a father and his two-year child died when their car hit an oncoming train while the father was engaged in a cellphone conversation.
Among the witnesses was the founder of Advocates for CellPhone Safety who shared the story of how her daughter was killed by a man driving a car while talking on his mobile phone.
We think that it is a warning signal for responsible use of cellphone and other mobile devices in the car.
www.mobileinfo.com /News_2001/Issue22/Cellphones_ban.htm   (608 words)

  
 A call to curb cellphones in class | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cellphones may rank as important status symbols among teens, but they're also being used to cheat.
But shaping school policy about cellphones often requires negotiation with parents, many of whom hand them to children as young as 10 in an effort to stay in close touch.
In some families, cellphones have become a difficult lesson in teaching children a better sense of responsibility.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/1202/p12s01-legn.html   (678 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"Cellphones," a new rock musical written and directed by William Electric Black.
The war in Iraq and terrorists’ threats keeps America on constant alert.
The night before the booth opens, twenty strangers gather and wait in line.
www.lamama.org /ArchivesFolder/2005/cellphones.htm   (156 words)

  
 Spacefem.com :: View topic - Cellphones
The one big problem I have with cellphones is when people are on the phone while they're driving.
I have a cellphone and it's like the never ending leash for my mother on me. I have to call her whenever i move an inch in my car, but half the time I just tell her I'm at sarah's and then sarah and I drive around and she just knows I'm with sarah..
Cellphones only get on my nerves when they disturb people's driving (which they do ALOT) and of course when they go off in school and everyone makes a huge deal that someone has a cellphone.
spacefem.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=787   (1458 words)

  
 The Armchair Geek - Cellphones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A Finnish cellphone maker has come up with an ingenious way to enable consumers to watch television broadcasts from their handsets.
BatMax, the first cellphone battery life booster that extends the mobile phone battery life and reduces charging time is now in production and is currently being shipped to both U.S. and international retailers and wholesalers....
Finding the right battery charger for your cellphone, digital camera, camcorder or PDA among the sea of anonymous fl boxes that clutter our homes is a complete pain - as is finding a free socket when they all need charging...
www.thearmchairgeek.com /archives/cellphones   (1475 words)

  
 The newest prison contraband: cellphones | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cellphones are becoming the newest form of coveted contraband, allowing inmates to communicate freely with the outside world and, at times, conduct illicit activity from behind bars.
Cellphones are making their way into jails and prison through all kinds of methods: They're stuffed inside mayonnaise jars, hidden in compost piles, shoved into the soles of shoes, slipped inside hollowed-out blocks of cheese.
Still, experts are skeptical that cellphones are used primarily to keep in touch with loved ones.
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0611/p01s04-usju.html   (981 words)

  
 CBC News INDEPTH: CELLPHONES
Drivers would only be allowed to talk on handheld cellphones while their cars are parked.
The study found if you're using a cellphone while driving, you are 38 per cent more likely to get into an accident than if you're not using your cellphone.
In the case of cellphones and driving, what all the parties do agree on is one thing: driving and dialing don't mix and it is up to drivers to stop doing it.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/cellphones/driving.html   (1429 words)

  
 KARACHI: 16 dealers held, 250 cellphones seized -DAWN - Local; July 11, 2005
All of the seized cellphones were unclaimed and the police suspected them to be stolen, Mr Abbasi said, adding that the shopkeepers had failed to produce proof of ownership of the mobile phones recovered from them.
He said the IMEI numbers of all cellphones were noted down.
He said that 220 cellphones were seized from them and none of them had turned out to be stolen.
www.dawn.com /2005/07/11/local4.htm   (335 words)

  
 The New York Times > National > Inmates Use Smuggled Cellphones to Maintain a Foot on the Outside
But Texas officials say they learned the seriousness of cellphones' being smuggled into prisons only during a recent undercover investigation of a violent gang, the Texas Syndicate, when electronic surveillance showed that a gang member was making and receiving calls on his cellphone from the Darrington prison, near Houston.
The Philadelphia authorities were alerted to the cellphone problem when a sweep of the city's three jails in 2002 turned up 61 illegal phones, the plea agreement said.
Two years ago, in Brazil, inmates using cellphones organized simultaneous riots in 29 prisons in which 15 people were killed and 8,000 guards and relatives visiting the prisons were held hostage.
www.nytimes.com /2004/06/21/national/21PHON.html?ex=1403150400&en=ff56a631ad8df615&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND   (831 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Japan to offer VoIP for cellphones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is readying a new network for cellphones that will allow people to connect to the Internet to talk over the phone more cheaply and transmit data more quickly.
The proposal for the network, which will also transmit large amounts of data such as streaming video on cellphones, is being discussed in a ministry panel of experts and telecommunications officials and is set to reach a decision in December, said ministry official Junko Koizumi.
Although details, including the kind of mobile VoIP technology, are not yet decided, several carriers are expected to apply for licenses to offer mobile VoIP services, which are likely to be cheaper than talking on cellphones today, she said.
www.usatoday.com /tech/products/services/2005-10-13-japan-voip_x.htm   (343 words)

  
 Cellphones and Ghosts
According to the paper, haunted tourist attractions in Britain could be under threat if the number of cellphones continues to grow from the present figure of 39 million
Apparently paranormal events, which some scientists put down to unusual electrical activity, could be drowned out by the electronic noise produced by phone calls and text messages.
What if residual energy hauntings are not a fine example of perpetual motion, but actually refuel from the energy/attention of those who observe the phenomena...
www.hollowhill.com /uk/cellphones.htm   (525 words)

  
 Cellphones Information: FRIWO launches North American Brand Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Not only do today's cellphones function in much the same way as the devices seen on Star Trek, the latest generation of flip phones are dead ringers for Captain Kirk and the gang's communicators.
"Convergence" seems to be the key element of all new cellphones, even the ones that are not in the "smartphone" category: they all playback mp3 for example.
At a time when people are relying on wireless laptop computers, palm pilots and cellphones, demands for cellular service have increased dramatically and wireless providers are looking for sites to install new cellular towers.
www.cellphones-info-center.com /cellphonesnews/issue9.shtml   (700 words)

  
 More on Cellphones at LHR T2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
What I queried last week was not only the notice, but the application of the restriction on cellphones.
What I meant is that in most places where one is requested to "switch-off", it's because it's a nuisance that upsets other customers (libraries, theatres, etc) but it's not a crime.
After all, if man can beam television signals to a satellite, and beam them down again to your TV set (AND scramble it on the way up and descramble it on the way back!) it should be technically possible (????).
www.talkabouttravelling.com /group/rec.travel.air/messages/491055.html   (253 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - TV on cellphones? Funny but profitable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LOS ANGELES — Brainstorming about how to take their company to the next level back in 2003, three guys in Berkeley, Calif., came up with a crazy notion that a cellphone was powerful enough to display television images.
In a wireless world of nearly 200 million cellphone subscribers, half a million customers is a drop in the bucket.
As entertainment and cellphones converge, companies of all sizes are scrambling to compete.
www.usatoday.com /tech/products/services/2005-09-27-mobitv_x.htm   (1205 words)

  
 Wired News: Cellphones, Shut Up!
North Carolina-based BlueLinx, which produces consumer applications for short-range wireless systems, and a telecommunications center at the University of Adelaide in Australia are developing a feature for mobile phones that interacts with Bluetooth shortwave radio-link systems in public places.
And cellphone manufacturers including Nokia and Ericsson indicate that they don't plan to dash the silent or vibrating mode on their cellphones for Bluetooth compliance any time soon.
BlueLinx CEO Jeff Griffin and his wife, Mary Beth Griffin, incorporated their company a year ago and decided to use Bluetooth technology to muffle cellphones when their church service was interrupted by a ringing cellphone.
www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,37377,00.html   (585 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Technology / Google finds its way onto cellphones
Google has come to cellphones -- the cheap ones, not just the fancy color-screen models with Web access.
Over the last month, the popular search engine company has quietly turned on a new service that lets people use most newer cellphone models to get snippets of information by sending short text messages to a special five-digit number, 46645, which spells GOOGL on a phone keypad.
The Weather Channel, part of closely held Virginia media company Landmark Communications Inc., charges 75 cents per use, added to subscriber's phone bills, plus a charge for each text message.
www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2004/11/15/google_finds_its_way_onto_cellphones   (370 words)

  
 Wired News: Cellphones Get Radiation Labels
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission already requires cellphones to meet radiation safety standards and all manufacturers are required to give their phones SAR levels to the FCC before they are approved for sale nationally.
Some nine manufacturers, industry bodies such as the CTIA, governments and other groups were now talking about moving away from using the current two SAR standards -- one for Europe and the United States -- to a single global standard.
SAR measures the maximum quantity or radiation absorbed by a kilogram of tissue from a cellphone.
www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,38459,00.html   (800 words)

  
 Java and Cellphones: The Motorola SDK for Java
The first advantage is that Java is a proper programming language, in the procedural/object-oriented sense, and is used on a wide variety of platforms.
With a Java-enabled cellphone it's possible to download and install an application that you can then run without incurring connection charges, something you can't really do when you're browsing websites with the phone's microbrowser.
Motorola is set to release its first Java-enabled cellphone this December, the i3000 (code-named "Condor"), one of its family of multi-communication devices that run on the iDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced) network (the major operators of iDEN networks are Nextel in the US and Clearnet in Canada).
www.wirelessdevnet.com /columns/oct2000/mobdev13.html   (1108 words)

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