Cellphones and Lightning Detectors?
Written By: Hambaba
2007-05-30 15:24:10
NewScientistTech reports Nokia is proposing a warning system that will detect lightning strikes. How so you may ask? A Lightning bolt is an electric current which emits radio waves; the proposed system will detect these waves and process it on a cell phone application that will give information if the lightning strikes are nearing. Basically, there are many receivers in phones such as Bluetooth, FM, GSM, etc., which can be tuned to pick up the radio waves.

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Mothers Day Reminder
Written By: Hambaba
2007-05-12 05:00:00
"Ahhh! How can you forget that it was Mother's Day!?" Sound familiar? Don't get lost with special days of the years especially the one day dedicated to the Mothers. It is unbelievable how society believes to be at the highest of point of human intellect but yet cannot remember special moments such as birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations etc. To show that you care gets you farther in life than having the latest, coolest, and biggest gadget out in the market. So here are few tips to not forget Mother's Day.

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Earth Day and Cellphones
Written By: Hambaba
2007-04-22 05:00:00

In a recent study by a team at the University of California, Irvine led by Oladele Ogunseitan, tested 34 phones and reported that they could ooze enough unregulated pollutants like copper, zinc, etc. into water supplies posing a serious health risk (New Scientist ). With tons of recycling programs many people are still unaware of how to dispose of their cell phone, which can be a big concern as more people start to rid their phones for a newer, slicker phones.

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The Tao of Tax Kune Do: The Secrets of etax and efile
Written By: Markar
2007-04-18 05:00:00

"Crack!" the sounds of my knuckles after a long and arduous filing session with none other than the grand tax master, Turbo Tax. April 17th was undoubtedly one arduous tax session: optimal tax nirvana it was not. Fortunately, for me I wasn't the only one experiencing this and I had compatriots who felt my suffering or else the grueling tax session would surely have given me a headache (I've never had a headache before; no really I have never had a headache before).

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Help! 911! Can you hear me now?
Written By: Hambaba
2007-01-09 13:53:12

Technology, where are in you in an emergency? Despite all the improvements in 911 technology much of the United States is still not well equipped to locate calls from cell phones. This a huge risk for a growing population using cell phones as a primary source of communication. It has been a decade since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began mandating wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) services. Unfortunately, nearly half of US territory is still without 911 call centers that can locate wireless callers. What you know before you call 911 can help you tremendously in an emergency situation so here are some things to remember.

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