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Is technology injuring our kids?

News The exposure to ergonomic risk hazards for children is expected to be higher than it would be for adults because of the sheer amount of time that they're on computers at home and at school," said Ken Harwood, director of the practice department at...

23 May 2006, 12:33

Mobile use 'worse than asbestos and smoking'

News Because 10 or more years is the length of time it can take for tumours to develop, Khurana says health studies of mobile phones must consider lengthy exposure to the devices -- of a decade or more. While there is still no proven link between cancer...

Tags: mobile phones, research, study, body

1 April 2008, 10:08

Photos: Nikon D80 comes into focus

News This is the Nikon algorithm that determines the best exposure value for a lighting condition by drawing on an in-camera database of 30,000 lighting scenes, in addition to measuring the metrics of a current scene.

10 August 2006, 11:08

Apple faces lawsuit over iPod hearing loss

News Patterson's suit cites US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health data that sets a safe exposure limit for noise of 85db for eight hours a day. For each 5db increase, the safe exposure time drops by half, the suit says.

3 February 2006, 9:29

Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE

News The report also highlighted a trend away from the focus of security being on "servers, firewalls and other systems with external exposure". It also highlighted the trend of hackers operating for financial gain rather than recognition, increased...

20 September 2005, 9:31

Do more megapixels mean better photos?

News Among features camera makers are beginning to add to point-and-shoot models are face detection to set focus and exposure better, lenses that gather more light and zoom lenses that work better with wide-angle views.

Tags: pixel, digital cameras, resource, digital camera

8 February 2007, 8:00

Bring some bling to your Web site

News The panelists, most of whom wore bright fake fur and leopard-print hats, critiqued several Web sites on how well they are optimised for search engine exposure. Want your Web site to rank higher? Make sure search engines can link to all your pages...

12 August 2005, 9:38

Government researches Wi-Fi health risks

News Although no evidence has been found of any harmful effects from Wi-Fi exposure, concerns have been raised over the possibility of such effects -- particularly as regards the use of Wi-Fi in schools. The Health Protection Agency has announced a...

Tags: radio, research, protection, study

16 October 2007, 10:37

iFilm video site may be snapped up

News The proposed deal would give the media conglomerate further exposure to a growing online advertising market.iFilm.com, which hosts a collection of short video clips, TV show segments and movie trailers, has attracted rising numbers of Web surfers...

23 September 2005, 10:44

Mobiles 'unlikely' to be cancerous

News The cancer risk assessment reaffirms smoking, alcohol and exposure to sunlight as leading risk factors, but allays concerns about coffee, mobile phones, deodorants, breast implants and water with added fluoride.

Tags: mobile phones, research, phones, water

5 February 2008, 8:59

Photos: How to survive a Humvee rollover

News To reduce the risks, the Defense Department conducts training designed to help troops avoid IEDs in the first place and to improve their chances of getting out of danger with minimal exposure to harm.

Tags: training, story, department, army

12 November 2007, 10:11

Fujifilm adds to compact camera line

News In addition, Fujifilm announced its $299 (£152), 8-megapixel Finepix F40fd, which includes face-detection technology designed to recognise as many as ten faces and set exposure and focus appropriately.

5 January 2007, 10:12

BT wages war on 'cyber-slacking'

News Yvonne Thomas, CEO of Open Orchard, said: "Email and web use is part of every business, every day, and Orchestria allows companies to reduce their risk and exposure resulting from that usage. BT Group today unveiled a new business targeting SMEs...

31 October 2002, 13:10

Extensions promised for Chrome

News Firefox extensions cover a wide swath of abilities, from synchronising bookmarks to debugging Web site performance to showing detailed exposure data for online photographs. One of Firefox's initial claims to fame is the fact that the browser can be...

Tags: extensions, firefox, advertisements, chrome

4 September 2008, 11:14

Studios mine P2P logs to sue swappers

News Hollywood lawyers are hoping that the fear of exposure will dissuade more people from trying to download movies for free online. Hollywood studios filed a new round of lawsuits against file swappers on Thursday, for the first time using peer-to...

26 August 2005, 10:03