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Cell Phones: Damaging The Brains Of Children?

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Fcc, Brain, Children, Health, Brain Cancer, Telecommunications, Cellphones, Cancer, Children's Health, Living News
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

There are deeply troubling reports from nations where phones have been used longest that children may be especially vulnerable to the radio frequency waves emitted by cell phones.

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FCC Vote To Spur Telecom Lobbying

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Telecommunications, Lobbyblog, AT&T, Net Neutrality, Books News

A unanimous vote yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission brought the Internet one step closer to government regulation -- a move that has l...

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Why Uploading Is Slower Than Downloading

David Weinberger | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Telecommunications, Internet, Broadband, National Broadband, Infrastructure, Fios, David Isenberg, Coax, Fiber, Dsl, Technology News
David Weinberger

We download faster than we upload because of economics, not physics. The business models of telephone and cable companies got written into a physical infrastructure that favors downloads over uploads.

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Landing a Clean Energy Victory

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Moon Landing, Edward Markey, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Telecom, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Telecommunications, Environment, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

The clean energy race is the space race of our time. Yet so much more is at stake.

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Will It Take a Democratic President to Leave the Digital TV Switch to the Free Market?

Eric Deggans | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Digital TV, Television, Congress, Tv Stations, Govenrment Policy, Hurricane Katrina, President Obama, Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Barack Obama, Business News
Eric Deggans

Why is the government that supposedly values the free market system above all forcing the TV industry to rush into a new broadcast technology, regardless of whether the market is ready?

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The Need for a Performance Right

Ann Chaitovitz | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Congress, Songs, Entertainment, Performance Pay, Economy, North Korea, Radio, Telecommunications, Royalties, Iran, Musicians, Singing, Iraq, Music, Performance, Entertainment News
Ann Chaitovitz

Because we do not have a performance right, performers, labels, and our economy) lose more than 100M dollars annually that is collected overseas for the broadcasts of U.S. recordings.

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Hello, Mr. Obasanje? The Doctor Will Text You Now

Shari Cohen | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Telecommunications, Developing World, HIV/AIDS Africa, Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, Cell Phones Africa, Cell Phones and Public Health, Mobile Phones Africa, Cell Phones Around the World, World News
Shari Cohen

People in Asia and Africa are leading the way in how they access and use their cell phones. It's amazing to see someone living in a mud hut, with oil lamps for lighting, and there's a cell phone on the table.

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Friday Talking Points [51] -- Some Positivity

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

While we're all waiting for someone to leak the Palin Troopergate Report (which is reminiscent of waiting for "Fitzmas" during the whole Scooter Libby...

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Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Naral, Cnbc, Espn, Free Speech, Surveillance, Human Rights Campaign, Media, Facebook, Television, Internet, Social Networks, Advertising, Activism, Mybarackobama, Telecommunications, Fox News, Youtube, Community Organizing, Fisa, Technology, Media News
Ryan Kauffman

Instead of having content generated in studios, financed with giant bankrolls, and distributed to the masses on a limited number of channels, SaysMe is encouraging you to attack the media world asymmetrically.

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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FISA: It's Time For Some Accountability

Kevin Powell | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: FISA Bill, Wiretapping Immunity, Right to Privacy, Phone Privacy, Wiretapping, Telecommunications, Fisa, Phone Wiretapping Information, Fisa Wiretapping, Politics News
Kevin Powell

I cannot sit idly by and watch Congress cut backroom deals on warrantless wiretapping. I urge all Congresspeople of conscious to reject any bill that would grant big telephone companies immunity.

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Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

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Ruptures Call Safety Of Internet Cables Into Question

International Herald Tribune | Heather Timmons | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Telephone Traffic, Communication Cables, Oceanic Network, Telecommunications, Business News

Four undersea communication cables have been cut in the past week, raising questions about the safety of the oceanic network that handles the bulk of ...

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Sam Stein

Dodd Prepares To Filibuster Warrantless Surveillance Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton, Iowa Caucus, FISA Legislation, Telecommunications, Fisa, Obama, Senator Dodd, Chris Dodd, Warrentless Surveillence, 2008 Campain, Telcom Immunity, Politics News

Senator Chris Dodd is poised to take the Senate floor in an effort to derail a measure that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies that h...

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