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Govt dispels cell phone radiation myths
News If you stick a light-emitting chip at the back of your mobile phone to reduce your exposure to radiation, you might want to consider using a hands-free kit instead.
Tech community joins tsunami relief effort
News High-tech companies, workers and Web surfers are rallying to raise millions for the relief effort.
Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, Wireless, public health, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Sample influenza business continuity plan
Blogs My colleague and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng and I started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IA...
Researchers still uncertain whether cellular phones are safe
News Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks.
Tags: Cellular phones, DNA, Conference, Wireless, researcher, scientist, health care, American Cancer Society, Cellular phones
Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic
News There's no telling how bad the swine flu outbreak will be, but experts say companies should be preparing for the worst.
Tags: Crisis communications, Database management, Employee, Mobile, Plan, Sprint Communications, Gartner Inc., Crisis communications, network, health care
New SARS case confirmed in S'pore
News update Singapore health officials have said that the second test on a 27-year-old laboratory technician suspected of having the deadly pneumonialike disease has come back positive, according to news agency AP.
Taiwan: Full house expected for Computex
News Early signs indicate that Computex Taipei 2003 in September will draw record crowds, much to the relief of organizers who had postponed the June show due to the SARS scare.
Google accused of biopiracy
News First it was China--now it's genetics; the search giant could be in hot water with privacy advocates again.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Privacy
IBM joins effort to prevent pandemics
News Big Blue works with health organizations to save lives by learning how to curb the spread of infectious diseases.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Business applications
Philip Morris launches Web site to change image
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Phillip Morris seeks to change image through Net campaign
News Philip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company, has launched a new Web site as part of a broader marketing campaign aimed at improving its image.
Neurosurgeon: Mobile phones 'worse than smoking'
News Growing evidence exists of a link between excessive long-term use of mobiles and certain types of brain tumors, claims neurosurgeon.
Tags: Cellular phones
What risks do you face using your mobile phone?
News At the behest of a major wireless industry trade group and amid heightening concerns about potential health risks, many mobile phones will soon carry information about radiation levels.
Longing for lost Philippine glory
Blogs It's difficult to imagine now, but the Philippines was for a time the toast of Asia. Just visit YouTube and type the wor...
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