Magnetic reconnection can trigger geomagnetic storms that disrupt cell phone service, damage satellites and black out power grids. But how reconnection, in which the magnetic field lines in plasma snap apart and violently ...
Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2014
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Just because it is safe to use cellphones on a plane, it does not mean that passengers should call just to say hello.
Telecom
Dec 12, 2013
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As federal regulators consider removing a decades-old prohibition on making phone calls on planes, a majority of Americans who fly oppose such a change, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
Telecom
Dec 11, 2013
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The Federal Communications Commission might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. But what about the airlines?
Telecom
Nov 23, 2013
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Kenyan authorities are cracking down on vendors who do not register people for cellphone lines, following revelations that the terrorists who attacked a Nairobi mall last month communicated using unregistered lines, officials ...
Telecom
Oct 8, 2013
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If you're a customer of AT&T's U-verse service or have plain-old DSL Internet access, you may feel like you're stuck in the slow lane, especially compared to your friends and neighbors who have cable Internet access. But ...
Telecom
Apr 19, 2013
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Google's Motorola Mobility unit will lay off some 1,200 employees, or more than 10 percent of its workforce, in a bid to return to profitability, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Business
Mar 8, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...
Telecom
May 17, 2012
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Your smart phone uses broadband to connect you to the world. But when charging it, you're relying on an electrical system that was designed and built in the era of the rotary phone.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 19, 2012
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So, your smart phone lets you play music, send text messages, check e-mail, surf the Web, access apps and play games, but somehow it's not quite smart enough to keep from running out of juice when you actually need to make ...
Computer Sciences
May 25, 2010
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