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News Mobile phones are good for you. That is the finding of research from Bristol University - backed by the UK government - into the short-term effects of using mobile... [08 Apr 1999]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobile phones could be a godsend to the airline industry - saving time and therefore money. Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage tracking... [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones pose real flight threat
News Another poster on the site expressed concerns over the issue, suggesting that it is almost impossible to ensure all mobile phones are switched off. Sometimes, however, it becomes necessary to hold clear... [02 May 2003]
'Mobile phones don't cause cancer' - study
News There have been concerns about the health risks of mobile phones for several years due to the electromagnetic fields they emit. Professor Joachim Schüz, who co-authored the report, told silicon.com that... [06 Dec 2006]
5 years ago... Mobile phones to run on alcohol
News The New Mexico company has been working on a replacement for batteries using alcohol to provide power for mobile phones and other handheld devices. Putting aside the fact that anybody who made an... [05 Jan 2004]
Leader: Mobile phones, moving images
Leader Since its first network launches - and some would say a while before that - operator 3 has in its various territories tried to sell itself as a provider of video over mobile phones. G doesn't have to be... [13 Sep 2004]
Jonathan Steel's Blog: Mobile phones in the news
Comment What struck me, though, was the compelling use of video taken from mobile phones. In fact phones will be legitimised far more quickly than blogs as the content they offer will be used on... [11 Jul 2005]
Mobile phones: A public health time bomb?
News Mobile phones could represent a public health time bomb akin to asbestos or smoking, according to a study by neurosurgeon Dr Vini G Khurana. Check out silicon.com's latest mobile photo... [31 Mar 2008]
Mobile phones leak from UK government
News A recent Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiry by silicon.com into lost devices within the UK government has revealed how many mobile phones have gone astray in a number of departments, as well as... [03 Aug 2006]
Mobile phones switch off brain cells
News The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (Dera) has found that mobile phones can switch off nerve cells in the brain's memory centre. The study, conducted on rats, found that the electromagnetic waves... [17 Jul 1998]
Mobile phones to run on alcohol
News The New Mexico company has been working on a replacement for batteries using alcohol to provide power for mobile phones and other handheld devices. Manhattan Scientifics claims to have perfected the... [04 Jan 1999]
Mobile phones to kill off the desktop PC?
News A growing number of people have multiple mobile phones but that's actually a failure, not a success of the industry, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Speaking during a keynote speech at the CTIA... [24 Oct 2007]
Mobile phones face public-place exile
News Should people be allowed to use mobile phones wherever they like? The vast majority of Europeans are in favour of making mobile phone jammers legal in public areas. A study by Taylor... [21 Mar 2002]
Mobile phones waste police time
News Commander Duncan Croll, who is responsible for the Met's communications programme, said: "We are in contact with mobile phone manufacturers to make them aware of the problem and we hope to see changes to the design of... [30 Jul 2001]
Mobile phones become art
News The Design Museum in London is to unveil an exhibition which consists of 150 mobile phones floating in a tank of water. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to phone the sub aquatic handsets, and in... [12 Aug 2002]
