A new government study is warning that the Federal Communications Commission's standards for testing cell phones for exposure to radio-frequency energy may have fallen out of step with the latest scientific studies, calling on the agency to ...
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Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has started mass production of a new type of memory chip for mobile devices, LPDDR3, that will dramatically increase performance in future smartphones and tablets. The new memory, which meets a standard ...
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New software from Web security specialists Blue Coat Systems allows companies to restrict what employees can do on their cellphones while logged into the corporate Wi-Fi. The software, which works with Blue Coat's ProxySG Web filtering ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13%. Revenue in the quarter ended June 30 came in at ...
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Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water. Fairfax reports that the new technology was first developed in 2007, and involves ...
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NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire -04/06/12)- Rare earth metalshave been a hot topic in the news recently. The increasingly high prices and supply constraints have forced the US, along with Europe and Japan, to file a complaint against China ...
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BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – Mar 20, 2012) – REE International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS:?REEI) (the "Company"), a U.S.-based mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and production of rare earth elements, today ...
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Japanese car maker Toyota is planning to launch a system in its vehicles that allows charging smartphone, while driving through the use of a wireless mat. The new Qi Wireless In-Car Charging system will be offered for Qi-enabled mobile ...
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HTC said Wednesday it will launch a new smartphone with a full-HD 5-inch screen in the Japanese market from December. The screen, with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, at 440 pixels per inch (ppi), is the main attraction of the HTC J ...
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Consumers worldwide are projected to spend some spend $2.1 trillion in 2012 on digital information and entertainment products, such as mobile phones, computing equipment, digital media and services, according to Gartner. The Gartner ...
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The RSPCA has announced a new partnership with AMT-SYBEX to help its officers handle animal cruelty cases on the move using their mobile phones. All of the incidents reported by the public to the RSPCA – estimated to be one every 30 ...
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Apple sold more PCs worldwide last quarter -- 21 million -- than any rival, retaking the lead it lost the quarter before, U.K.-based Canalys said yesterday. And because Microsoft lacks a tablet operating system, sales of Windows-powered ...
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The Home Depot says its rollout of a PayPal in-store payment system to 1,976 U.S. stores in March has generally been a success, though it notes that the system still accounts for a very small percentage of overall transactions. The ...
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LONDON, ENGLAND, October 05, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Prudent Marketing, which delivers objective and detailed reviews about new gambling products in the industry, was pleased to discover the latest mobile bingo product rolled out by ...
Tags: Paddy Power, Mobile Bingo, gambling products, Android devices
UK users download the most data on their mobiles, according to a new report from UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. The International Communications Report for 2011 compared 17 countries around the globe, but found the average 424MB download by ...
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