mobile phones

US opens debate on mobile phone ban on planes If anyone, anywhere votes on this, it should be weighted by mile flown. I've got around 160,000 miles, and no way no how do I want mobile phone use in the air. The survey numbers seem to back me up on this - more frequent flyers dislike the idea...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-03/microsoft-to-buy-nokia-phone-business-for-248-billion/4932090 Is this good news or bad news? Notice of interest: My current phone is a Nokia E71 and I hope my next phone will a new Nokia Lumia of some sort.

Why do we think our phone is vibrating when it's not? Does this happen to you? http://mindhacks.com/2013/07/16/why-you-think-your-phone-is-vibrating-when-it-is-not/ "You are an example of a perceptual system, just like a fire alarm, an automatic door, or a daffodil bulb that must decide when...

For Gmail, you can give a mobile phone number so in case you lose access to your account, you can demand that a text message be sent to that phone so you can recover it. In one section, they ask me to choose in the click-down list which country I have, which is Sweden. Presumably this is to get...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/05/new-test-mobile-phones-diagnose-stds I heard this story on the radio the other day and it sounded a bit far-fetched to me, but I guess this technology is being developed.

The UK National Health Service reports of possible media bias on reporting results of the INTERPHONE Study Group, supported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization. The research in question was a well-conducted analysis of several international...

I found this pretty interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8443541.stm Hmm, anyone know what came out of this? Hmmmm?

My, what a surprise: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/0,1518,555365,00.html (german language) In short, two studies that "showed" mobile phone electromagnetic radiation could damage DNA at very low doses have now turned out to be fabricated by one very pro-damage-biased assistant at the austrian...

The Church of England has ruled that mobile phone towers cannot be put in church steeples because they may be able to be used to transmit pornography. Sorry, Your Eminences, but I have bad news for you. The printing press - first used in Europe to print bibles - can also be used to facilitate...

May I ask for help in finding evidence that mobile phones do not burn people. My son has just phoned to say that the girls were saying they'd heard this can happen and 'it's on the net'. My son, who works with a company who make something to do with testing mobile phones, said it was rubbish of...

Bout time the cosmetics industry was pulled up over psuedoscience, scaremogering and plain bull. Full report here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23408428-details/Watchdog+condemns+claims+over+phone+ray+protection+spray/article.do