Cell phones are being monitored more than ever before Jul 10th, 2012 - 01:10h (CET +01.00) Law enforcement agencies in the United States have requested more user information than ever before, according to wireless providers. Personal text messages, locations and other information was requested more than 1.3 millions times in 2011, The New ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cell, phones, being, monitored, Top Keywords

Cell phone companies see spike in surveillance requests Jul 10th, 2012 - 01:00h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mobile phone carriers received more than 1.3 million requests last year from U.S. law enforcement agencies for their customers' phone records and the requests are on the rise, according to data gathered as part of a congre... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cell, phone, companies, spike, surveillance, requests, Top Keywords

Cape Town police seize chatty drivers' cell phones Jul 6th, 2012 - 12:30h (CET +01.00) CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Phoning or texting while driving in the South African tourist capital of Cape Town could cost you your cell phone under a new by-law allowing police to confiscate handsets for 24 hours. In their first peak-hour blitz since the l... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cape, town, police, seize, chatty, drivers', cell, phones, Top Keywords

A cotton T-shirt may one day charge your cellphone Jul 5th, 2012 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) Two engineers at the University of South Carolina conducted research that showed a modified store-bought T-shirt can act like a supercapacitor and store an electrical charge. 'We wear fabric every day,' said Xiaodong Li, a professor of mechanical eng... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cotton, tshirt, charge, your, cellphone, drivers', cell, phones, Top Keywords

Canada court lets C$19 billion cell phone suit proceed Jun 28th, 2012 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Thursday to let a C$19 billion ($18.4 billion) class action suit proceed against Canadian cell phone companies over the "system access fees" they have charged. The high court declined... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : canada, court, lets, c$19, billion, cell, phone, suit, proceed, Top Keywords

FCC may take up issue of cell phone radiation Jun 16th, 2012 - 21:50h (CET +01.00) CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a review of the agency's stance on radiofrequency energy emitted from cell phones amid lingering concerns that the devices may cause brain tumors. FCC... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : take, issue, cell, phone, radiation, cell, phone, suit, proceed, Top Keywords

FCC to review cell phone radiation guidelines Jun 16th, 2012 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) Julius Genachowski, chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission, announced on Friday that he plans to ask his fellow commissioners to open a formal inquiry that will evaluate whether or not its standards protect humans from danger... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : review, cell, phone, radiation, guidelines, cell, phone, suit, proceed, Top Keywords

Japan team create liver from stem cells: report Jun 8th, 2012 - 08:30h (CET +01.00) Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of artificial organs for those in need of transplants. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, team, create, liver, stem, cells, report, suit, proceed, Top Keywords

Iranian cell-phone carrier obtained banned US tech Jun 5th, 2012 - 08:50h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - A fast-growing Iranian mobile-phone network managed to obtain sophisticated U.S. computer equipment despite sanctions that prohibit sales of American technology to Iran, interviews and documents show. MTN Irancell, a jo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : iranian, cellphone, carrier, obtained, banned, tech, report, suit, proceed, Top Keywords

20-year-old Rhode Island cellist wins Miss USA Jun 4th, 2012 - 05:40h (CET +01.00) A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant after embracing transgender beauty queens. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 20yearold, rhode, island, cellist, wins, miss, report, suit, proceed, Top Keywords