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Only 13 % People Have Internet Access |
 ...evelopment Goals (MDGs).
The United Nations News Center outlined that cutting cost for Internet access could lead to information revolution, just like the one that took place after the appearance of mobile phones in developed countries. It is to remind only in Africa in 2004 the number users of mobile phones increased by about 15 million, which is more than two times more if comparing with 1999.
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A Man in Dubai Charged $170,000 Debt for Mobile Communication |
 ...umbers were registered to have a $10,000 debt.
A similar case in Dubai regarded a woman who was charged of a $54,000 debt to a local communication service provider. This woman, however, had only one mobile phone number registered, but she still somehow managed getting into such debt. It seems like she never stopped talking on the phone for an entire month.
An interesting fact is that there are 5,3 million mobile phone n... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
 ...e the color of clothes, beer can would be able to display various sports results. In addition the OLED is much more efficient than the light bulb used today.
Currently these devices are applied in mobile phones and MP3 players. However, such OLED is not quite reliable for large TV or computer screens.
In order to make the device more efficient so later to launch it to mass market, the international consortium of res... |
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Overcoming the Culture Shock with a Mobile Phone Game |
 ...A games technology expert from the University of Portsmouth, Nipan Minar is leading the development of a new interactive mobile phone game for students in the UK to help them overcome the culture shock. This is expected to be achieved through pictures of students drinking alcohol or a couple kissing in public, integrated into the game - things not allowed in certain cultures.
The game is called C-Shock and it is being ... |
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There Are Successful Bloggers in Africa Too |
 ...g in his room.
The student's second windmill is larger. It applies a bicycle for greater efficiency and generates power for his parents' house. William also uses it for charging car batteries or mobile phones for other villagers. For his achievements, the boy was invited to take part in the second TEDGlobal conference. He held a three-minute presentation about his windmill construction and was awarded with a standing... |
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Public Phone Booths to Become Internet Access Points in Sweden |
| ...intends to find a place in the wireless 21st century for the old telephone booths, which were prophesied to extinguish within a few decades.
News agencies report that a user will need a laptop and a mobile phone, to retrieve a unique password for Internet access.
The process of re-equipment of the phone booths' is to start in the Swedish major cities - Stockholm, Goteborg and Malmo, followed by other 20 cities.
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Crime Story Writer - a Cruel Killer? |
 ...imed he had read the novel a few times. He tried to compare every line with Bala's own CV, having concluded he discovered some striking comparisons. The investigator accused the writer of selling the mobile phone of the murdered man on the internet four days after his death. Bala was also accused of sending the TV programme 997, similar to Crimewatch, emails where he described the murder as 'the perfect crime'.
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Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks |
 ...Drivers talking on mobile phones, including hands-free phones, are more dangerous than drink-drivers. Those chatting at the wheel, even using hands-free devices, are four times more likely to get into a car crash and their reaction is on average 30 per cent slower than the reaction of drinkers at the legal limit and 50 per cent slower than the reaction of sober drivers. According to the experts, the distraction is caused... |
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Most people would live without sex but not without Internet |
 ...aid that they could live without Internet for a week.
Most people said they would feel restless, bored and isolated from the world and their close people. Almost half of all respondents said that mobile phones and Internet has become essential part of their lives and they would be anxious without going to the Internet.
As much as 28 percent of people said they spent more time on the net than communicating with the... |
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New Software Developed to Convert Speech into Avatars |
 ...ed "Say It Sign It" can be used by hearing impaired people for education, as well as to make their access to media easier. Developers claim that it can be integrated on television, personal computer, mobile phone or any other screen tech.
Among the researchers from Universities of Oxford, Durham, Glasgow and East Anglia, there was Ben Fletcher, being deaf himself who helped to invent a program.
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New Cell Phone Application to Discourage Gropers |
 ...A new phone application designed to discourage gropers traveling by commuter trains has become really popular among Japanese women.
Women are flashing on their mobile phones bold-print warning messages - 'Did you grope me? Groping is a crime! Let's head to the police?' - and show these messages to their offenders. It is necessary to press an 'Anger' icon in the program to switch to the next threat. The messages are so... |
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The Amount of Digital Information Reached 281 Exabytes (281 Billion Gigabytes) |
 ...you actively create about yourself," he added.
Another problem brought by the IDC research is the impact of the continuous increase of digital information on the environment. The increasing use of mobile phones and some other electronics leaves a lot of "eWaste." Power consumption in information centers also registers fast increase.
Despite the fact that the method IDC uses to estimate the overall amount of digital ... |
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Italian Circus of Horrors Tortured Girls with Piranhas |
 ...in awful conditions.
Investigation found that other immigrants from Eastern Europe had suffered form similar abuses in the circus, but they managed to escape. During the arrest all the documents, mobile phones and computers were confiscated. The Bulgarian family was transferred to the refugee center.
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Research Secretly Identified Users of Mobile Phones Outside US |
 ... Researchers managed to secretly identify the positions of 100,000 people outside U.S. through their mobile phone use. They claim that the majority of people rarely go more than a few miles from their homes. This study is the first of its kind. It was performed by scientists from the Northeastern University. Though the study brought some specific results, it still raised a number of privacy and ethical questions due to th... |
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Japanese to Create New Generation Wearable Gadgets |
 ... Japan's predominant mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, is currently developing a number of technologies to create "wearable" gadgets. The most impressive technologies that are being tested include: rolling your eyes to increase the volume on a portable music player and tapping fingers in order to switch on a DVD player.
According to Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT DoCoMo, the technology linked wit... |
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