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Free-hotspot: increasingly free Wi-Fi in Europe

Free-hotspot continues to expand its substantial free wireless network with always aim to achieve the 5 000 access points by the end of the year.
Free-hotspot is remembered for a company based in the city of Dublin which manages a large network free Wi-Fi whose base stations are installed in cafes, hotels, restaurants, pubs, train stations, [...]

Cancer and mobiles: a specialist team warns

The head of the research institute against cancer at the University of Pittsburgh recommends that its 3,000 employees to limit their use of mobile phones.
The emission of electromagnetic waves, or radio frequency, cell phones, they represent a health hazard? Without definitive proof in the long term, and pending the results of the large Interphone study [...]

Motorola has not said its last word and seeks salvation in the ‘open environments’

In late March, the US. group Motorola announced the demerger of its activities into two companies. In constant losing momentum in the market, Motorola Mobile Devices, appears not to have said his last word. A few days before the publication of quarterly results, Alain Mutricy, deputy head of technological choices at Motorola, has been entrusted [...]

Sony-Ericsson, the manufacturer of mobile more “green” according to Greenpeace

Greenpeace has established a ranking of electronics manufacturers respecting the environment. Regarding mobile phone manufacturers, Sony Ericsson occupies the first place. The Japanese-Swedish is the only manufacturer to have exceeded the average score of 5 (of 10), with 5.1. For its part, Nokia moving into the third place ranking in our getting a 4.8.
To explain [...]

Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com

Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, remains an engine appreciated across the Atlantic. To improve its number of visitors and develop additional services, Ask the group has finalized the acquisition of Lexico Publishing, including the popular Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com.

Ask.com is little known and used in France. In the USA, there was a search engine appreciated but [...]

High-tech: no crisis for global spending

The results of a study by the GfK institute predicted an international market of consumer goods technological healthy in 2008.
In collaboration with the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), GfK published the results of a study on the health of the international market of consumer goods technology. In 2008, global spending in this area will total 678 [...]