Ink-Stained Wretch

Staff / Truthdig Jul 13, 2011 Rupert Murdoch's international media group, News Corp., abandoned efforts to acquire British satellite broadcasting company BSkyB amid an outburst of official and public censure after it came to light that associated journalists spied on mobile phone conversations and bribed police officers to cover it up. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Possibly Carcinogenic

Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News Jun 6, 2011 Dig deeper

The Grim Beeper

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jun 3, 2011 Dig deeper

Cellphones Might Cause Cancer, Maybe

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 If you're feeling confused about this issue, you're not alone: Conflicting reports have been released, but now a group of experts from the World Health Organization is claiming that cellphones, under certain heavy-use circumstances, may cause cancer in humans. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Republicans Heart Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 The GOP begins to roll back Wall Street reform, college graduates are snubbing law school, and Washington's pro-nuke consensus. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Location, Location, Location

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2010 The trend of geographical location is coming to Facebook. “Places,” the new feature to be implemented in coming weeks, will allow Facebook users to phone home not only their personal information and consumer preferences but their actual physical location to their friends (and advertisers). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The iPhone Goes to War

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2009 The iPhone is getting outfitted for battle. Raytheon, that clever military contractor, has developed an iPhone application called the One Force Tracker that helps soldiers track each other and their enemies, orient themselves and communicate using an interface similar to Facebook. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The iPhone as Musical Instrument

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2009 It was a sonorous synthesis of computer science, musical innovation and some of the best kind of product placement imaginable when Stanford University professor Ge Wang convened the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra on Thursday. Here we have a group of people who have figured out how to play compositions including Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" (performed near the end of this YouTube clip) on their smartphones. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Protesters Venture Out in Tehran

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2009 The crowds that emerged in Tehran on Thursday to once again contest the recent national election numbered only in the low thousands, but the first mass protest in 11 days demonstrated that the postelection unrest has yet to be resolved in Iran. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Cancer Risk From Cell Phones

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2006 Researchers from the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology have found that cell phone use does not increase the risk of cancer. The study looked at more than 420,000 cell users, some 56,000 of whom had used a mobile phone for more than 10 years. (h/t: Engadget Mobile) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )