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Archive for September 12th, 2007

Mobiles cancer doubt remains (BBC)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Mobiles cancer doubt remains  —  The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded.  —  A major six-year research programme found a “hint” of a higher cancer risk.  —  But the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHRP) …

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6990958.stm

Phone cancer doubts remain (BBC)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Phone cancer doubts remain  —  The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded.  —  A major six-year research programme found a “hint” of a higher cancer risk.  —  But the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHRP) …

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6990958.stm

Palm Launches Treo 500v on Windows Mobile 6 for Vodafone Customers (Palm - Company)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Palm Launches Treo 500v on Windows Mobile 6 for Vodafone Customers  —  Mobile High Speed 3G/UMTS Internet Access and Multiple Forms of Communication Combined in One Compact Handset  —  Palm Europe Ltd today announced the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 500v smartphone which combines multiple forms …

Source:   Palm - Company - Investor Relations
Link:   http://investor.palm.com/pressdetail.cfm?ReleaseID…

THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES–YOUR VOTE COUNTS (Journalism.org)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES—YOUR VOTE COUNTS  —  If someday we have a world without journalists, or at least without editors, what would the news agenda look like?  How would citizens make up a front page differently than professional news people?  —  If a new crop of user-news sites …

Source:   Journalism.org
Link:   http://www.journalism.org/node/7493

Idearc Media Acquires LocalSearch.com URL; Makes Strategic Investment … (Business Wire)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Idearc Media Acquires LocalSearch.com URL; Makes Strategic Investment in AmericanTowns.com  —  DALLAS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Idearc Media Corp., home to Superpages.com® and publisher of the Verizon® Yellow Pages, has acquired the LocalSearch.com URL and made a strategic investment in AmericanTowns.com …

Source:   Business Wire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070912/20070912005262.html

Who Needs Hackers? (John Schwartz/New York Times)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Who Needs Hackers?  —  NOTHING was moving.  International travelers flying into Los Angeles International Airport — more than 17,000 of them — were stuck on planes for hours one day in mid-August after computers for the United States Customs and Border Protection agency went down and stayed down for nine hours.

Source:   New York Times
Author: […]

New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age (Matt Richtel/New York Times)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age  —  Older people are sticky.  —  That is the latest view from Silicon Valley.  Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and 20-somethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users.

Source:   New […]

The Graying of the Web - Older people are sticky. (Matt Richtel/New York Times)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

The Graying of the Web  —  Older people are sticky.  —  That is the latest view from Silicon Valley.  Technology investors and entrepreneurs, long obsessed with connecting to teenagers and 20-somethings, are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers and graying computer users.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Matt Richtel
Link: […]

Yahoo wins exclusive ad deal for Bebo UK, Ireland (Kate Holton/Reuters)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Yahoo wins exclusive ad deal for Bebo UK, Ireland  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news)announced on Wednesday an exclusive partnership with Bebo to manage display advertising on the social networking Web site in Britain and Ireland, giving it access to more than 11 million sought-after users.

Source:   Reuters
Author:   Kate Holton
Link:   […]

Exclusive: iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed (Death Star Explodes) (Jesus Diaz/Gizmodo)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Exclusive: iPhone Free Software Unlock Confirmed (Death Star Explodes)  —  The free software iPhone unlock—the only one that counts— has been finally achieved by the iPhone Dev Team and it has been independently tested.  Everyone can now unlock their iPhones for free.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Jesus Diaz
Link:   http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/exclusive/iphone-free…