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[Title] => Cellphones can cause ‘tunnel vision’ among drivers, says study
[Summary] => A study conducted by the University of Utah suggested that using your cellular phone while driving – even in hands-free mode – can cause "tunnel vision" which, in turn, affects a person’s peripheral vision.
According to a News.com report, researchers at the university found that drivers talking on a cellphone while driving are not "processing" peripheral vision well.
The study had 20 test subjects using a driving simulator.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => ‘Smart’ wristwatches with WAN capabilities to hit market soon
[Summary] => Software giant Microsoft Corp. is set to roll out a product line of wearable gizmos capable of receiving information from the Internet via wireless wide area network, Microsoft executives headed by Microsoft chief Bill Gates announced at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show held last week.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Online holiday shopping binge picking up steam, says report
[Summary] => As of last month, consumers have spent an estimated $1.5 billion in online shopping, a 28 percent increase compared to the same period last year, said comScore Networks in a report.
The US-based company, which tracks the behavior of online consumers, including buying and Web browsing patterns, also reported that holiday e-commerce is on the rise due to the increasing number of online buyers which, in turn, is fueling online sales growth.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Korean companies bullish on RP
[Summary] => Investments coming from foreign companies in the country’s special economic zones are expected to increase, with more than 30 Korean firms expressing interest in setting up shop in the country.
This was disclosed by Philippine Economic Zone Authority chief Lilia de Lima, following an investment tour in Busan, South Korea last week.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-06 00:00:00
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[Title] => Samsung expands in RP, opens new plant
[Summary] => Samsung Electronics is continuing its expansion in the Philippines with the inauguration of its new multimillion-dollar optical disc drive facility in Calamba, Laguna last week.
One of Samsung’s top executives, Dr. Daeje Chin, president and CEO of Samsung’s Digital and Media System Business, graced the inauguration of the manufacturing facility, which is expected to further rev up the Korean electronics giant’s revenues in the optical disc drive business.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => Combating viruses
[Summary] => Failure to update anti-virus software and non-compliance with basic computer virus protection such as deleting or discarding of suspicious e-mail attachments remain as major factors why computer viruses continue to infect millions of computer users around the globe, according to anti-virus firm Sophos.
The European software company also stressed that 99 percent of viruses today are transmitted from one user to another using Internet technologies, the most common of which is via e-mail.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00
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[Title] => Targeting cybercrime
[Summary] => The Federal Bureau of Investigation has designated "cybercrime" – a term to describe crimes committed using the computer and the Internet – as its third top priority, following the spate of computer-related crimes in the United States.
FBI director Robert Mueller said cybercrime "is the wave of the future and to address cybercrime, we will have to look at it from the perspective of the cyber-world."
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Research gives sober view of multimedia messaging
[Summary] => Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is not going to match the hype that accompanies its launch, and will not be as widely accepted as Short Messaging Service (SMS).
This is the sobering message delivered by the Wireless World Forum (W2F) in its research titled Multimedia Messaging 2002: The Big Picture.
The W2F report is the first to puncture the MMS analysts’ bubble. W2F believes that the upgraded functionality of color, audio and graphics is not going to see a complete migration of users from SMS to MMS.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-04 00:00:00
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[Title] => A Pocket PC for the blind
[Summary] => A Pocket PC that allows full computing functionalities for vision-impaired users has been unveiled in the United States, giving the disabled better chances of becoming productive members of the workforce.
The handheld device called the PAC Mate, uses standard Microsoft Windows applications – Pocket Word, Pocket Outlook and Pocket IE – running on a Windows CE operating system and has a price tag of about $2,595.
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[Title] => Paperless office still a dream?
[Summary] => Despite predictions that paper would one day disappear and be replaced by new technologies, today’s businesses are printing more than ever.
Xplor, an organization that tracks the digital hardcopy printing space, estimates that paper use is growing six to eight percent each year and that the number of pages printed between 1995 and 2005 will more than double.
Xplor is a worldwide association representing more than 5,000 members in more than 2,500 companies that develop and use the technology of the $125-billion document systems industry.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00
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