Jul 22 2011

How Do You Hack Into a Phone?

Tag: Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Cloud Computing,Cybercrime,Issues and Ethics,Privacy — Cristen Conger @ 11:54 am
Spoofing and old-fashioned techniques borrowed from computers can give anyone access.

Jul 19 2011

Russian Cell Phone Includes Emergency Alert

Tag: Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Communication,Emergency Response,Gadgets,Health,Safety and Prevention,WiFi and Mobile — Katherine Noyes @ 12:25 pm
Simplified device targets seniors and kids with an SOS button and stripped-down functionality.

Apr 12 2011

Should Your Kid Get a Cell Phone?

Tag: Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Communication,Issues and Ethics — Cristen Conger @ 3:01 pm
Our advice: wait as long as possible.

Jan 07 2011

Smart Car Radio Does It All

Tag: 3G,Apps,Cars,Cell Phone Safety,Gadgets,GPS,Smart Phones,Transportation,WiFi and Mobile,Wireless Computers — Amy Dusto @ 2:22 pm
A car radio running on Android finds music and makes phones calls via voice activation, connects to GPS and syncs with your smart phone.

Nov 15 2010

Mobile Phone Provides STD Test

Tag: Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Health,Safety and Prevention — David Teeghman @ 9:45 pm
A diagnosis by mobile could slow the rising rate of sexually transmitted infections among young people.

Jul 10 2010

Study: Cell Phone Towers Don’t Raise Cancer Risk

Tag: Cancer,Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Communication,Computer Software,Electronics,Gadgets,Health,Safety and Prevention — Benjamin Radford @ 1:00 pm
A new study finds no link between childhood cancer and exposure to cell phone towers.

May 17 2010

Study Funded by Cell Phone Industry Says, ‘No Cancer’

Tag: Cancer,Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Health — Tracy Staedter @ 8:31 pm
The first results of the long-awaited, 10-year, international Interphone study finds little evidence that cell phones cause either glioma or meningioma, the two most common types of brain cancer.

Apr 21 2010

How the Internet Fuels Cell Phone Scares

Tag: Cancer,Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones,Communication,Electronics,Health — Benjamin Radford @ 7:48 pm
There's little scientific evidence supporting a link between cell phones and cancer, yet hoaxes and media scares raise alarm with the public.

Apr 21 2010

Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Tag: Cancer,Cell Phone Safety,Cell Phones — Cristen Conger @ 2:36 pm
There are safety-warning labels on cigarettes and alcohol. Now some groups are advocating that similar cautions be printed on cell phones. Recently, a bill in the Maine state senate proposed a label warning users, especially children and pregnant women, of ...