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Mobile phone radiation is a possible cancer risk, warns WHO

time May 31st, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Radiation from mobile phones has been classified as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organisation after a major review of the effects of electromagnetic waves on human health. … more

Posted in Mobile |

Editorial: The G-8 takes on the Net - leaders of the Group of 8 nations want to govern cyberspace. Good luck with that.

time May 31st, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Egged on by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the leaders of the Group of 8 nations announced Friday that the Internet was too important for governments to leave ungoverned. Cyberspace needs a legal framework that promotes human rights, the rule of law, privacy, security and the protection of intellectual property, they declared, and they pledged to work on one. … more

Posted in Broadband, Governance, Telecom |

Australian government pumps $70m in national broadband network, digital economy

time May 30th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

The Gillard government has announced a $70 million spending package to promote the $36 billion National Broadband Network and the digital economy. … more

Posted in Broadband, Telecom |

Price wars weigh on Canadian telecom profits

time May 30th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Canada’s telecommunications industry emerged from the recession with the kind of renewed demand for its services that should be translating into wallet-fattening revenues for all concerned. … more

Posted in Telecom |

Waiting for the New Mobile Payments Frontier

time May 28th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Google logoThe mobile phone will eventually take over your wallet, replacing your credit cards, cash and coupons. But it could be some time before this new type of transaction becomes an everyday reality. … more

Posted in Mobile |

Mobile phones are great for phishers, researchers find

time May 28th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Computer users seem to be getting better at spotting fake websites that are trying to steal their passwords, but when it comes to mobile phones, the deck is most definitely stacked against them. … more

Posted in Mobile |

South Korea’s smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors

time May 28th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

The proliferation of smartphones in South Korea is transforming this former “walled garden” ruled by local players into one of Asia’s most promising destinations for global Internet and social networking firms. … more

Posted in Mobile |

Canadians using smartphones for everything but talking

time May 28th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

A boom in smartphone sales is changing how Canadians interact with each other as these devices are increasingly used for anything but talking to people, according to a survey Thursday. … more

Posted in Mobile |

Microsoft gets $5 for every Android phone made by HTC, report says

time May 28th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Microsoft logoGoogle Android logoMicrosoft Corp. receives $5 for every Android phone made by Taiwan-based HTC Corp., according to a Citigroup report on Microsoft. … more

Posted in Mobile |

Facebook founder Zuckerberg tells G8 summit: don’t regulate the web

time May 27th, 2011 by author David Goldstein

Leading internet figures have warned world political leaders against trying to regulate the web, telling them to leave alone a process that has flourished without government interference. … more

Posted in Mobile |

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