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Summary: I carry two phones in my shorts all summer and some recent reports have me a bit freaked out and thinking I may be harming my body with this practice. The GAO requested that the FCC reassess cell phone energy limits, but that will likely take years to get valid results. Do you take precautions to limit smartphone exposure?     A couple of reports came across my desk that frankly have me a bit freaked out about carrying my multiple mobile phones, I usually carry two phones from different carriers, in my pants and shorts pockets. My wife showed me an article she was sent from the Internet, discussed on this Mercola.com website , about a woman who reportedly developed cancer in the shape of her cellphone in an area where she regularly carried it (in her bra). The GAO also just issued a report today stating that exposure and testing requirements for mobile phones should be reassessed. We have seen conflicting studies over the years ...

Apple’s earnings, which were recently released, had an interesting subtext beneath numbers that generally disappointed investors. As Apple’s flagship iPhone and iPad sales had another brisk quarter, Macintosh sales slowed, and desktops fell 13%. With the iPad eclipsing overall Mac sales, is the tablet finally poised to banish the desktop to the annals of technology history? The dawn of the specialized processor One of the major factors that might spell the end of the desktop as we know it has been the rise of specialized processors. In the traditional end-user computing market, upgrading processing power was largely a question of adding more transistors. Need more number crunching, video processing, or data manipulation power? Add more transistors. Computer graphics largely led the transition of specialized processors in the end-user space, with everyone from gamers to graphics professionals quickly discovering that a commodity video expansion card, optimized for mo...

Bangalore: The new Apple operating system iOS 6 is still in the pipeline and is giving surprises to the industry everyday announcing features like Siri, a new share screen, etc. But the latest one to stun the world is the news that there will be no YouTube app in iOS 6 . This came after Apple announced the replacement of Google Maps with its own Maps application, a couple of months ago. The effect of this change would be to the users who now will be forced to watch YouTube videos from within the browser. It is clear that Apple wants to keep Google out of its operating system and hence from its devices. Here are the reasons why. 1. They are Competitors It is not very surprising that Apple wants to keep Google away from its devices. They have been the archrivals for a few years. Where iPhone is one of the largest selling Smartphone powered by Apple ’s own iOS 6 , Google powers more than half of the world’s Smartphones with its Android . And now wi...

Bangalore: Apple, by going to a jury trial to defend the patents of its most prized products, is allowing its competitors and the public to see inside one of the most secretive companies in the world. By showing the public how it designs products that have changed the electronics industry twice, Apple has risked losing some of its secrecy. During the patent trial with South Korean mobile maker Samsung, Apple's senior vice president, Scott Forstall, has recently revealed the secret behind the iOS user interface. He disclosed the hard work and innovation that went into developing it. "The goal of an operating system is to run the entire machine, to drive the machine. We wanted an operating system that could last for another 20 years. The strategy was a modern operating system", he said. Forstall, who is with Apple since 1997, revealed how Apple decided to start on the iPhone project. Forstall and his colleagues had thought, "I remember sitt...

Almost all the mobile makers have announced the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for their devices. This update will bring exciting features and improvements. It also includes improved search feature, enhanced speed and lot more. Here is a list of such smartphones and tablet which have desired specifications and features to get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. Some companies have confirmed that the update for their products and also rolled out the Jelly Bean. Have a look at them. Samsung The smartphone giant Samsung is planning to upgrade its high-end Galaxy lineup with Android’s latest version Jelly Bean. This Galaxy lineup includes the company’s flagship smartphone Galaxy S3, its predecessor Galaxy S2 and the company’s hybrid device Galaxy Note. However, Samsung has not specified any particular date of updating these devices. The Samsung Nexus S and Nexus Price which comes under Google Nexus lineup are already getting the update. The Nexus Prime is not availa...

Create a Hello World iPhone app For my first iOS tutorial, I will describe how to create the typical Hello World application for iPhone, which we will build on in future posts. I assume you have an Intel-based Mac with Xcode installed. 1. Launch Xcode and create a new project by clicking the Create A New Xcode Project button on the splash screen ( Figure A ). Or, if you dismissed the splash screen, you can select File | New | Project from the menu. Select Single View Application from the list of templates. Figure A 2. Verify that all of these options are set in the next dialog box ( Figure B ) - if you don’t, you will have problems following this tutorial: Product Name is Hello. Device Family is set to iPhone. Use Storyboards is not selected. Use Automatic Reference Counting is selected. Figure B The project will be created and set up with specific files based on these initial settings. 3. Click Next and pick a location to store the project. Xcode will cre...

iPhone Dev team has just released Redsn0w  that includes support for untethered iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone 4S,  iPhone 4 , iPhone 3GS , iPad 3, iPad 2,  iPad 1 , iPod touch 4G and iPod Touch 3G.   In this article, we will take you through the step-by-step procedure to jailbreak your iPod touch on iOS 5.1.1 using Redsn0w for both Mac and Windows users. Here are some important points to note before you proceed. This guide is meant for iPod touch users . iPad users can check out this guide . Redsn0w 0.9.12b2 supports untethered jailbreak. Redsn0w 0.9.12b2 supports iPod touch 4G, iPod touch 3G running on iOS 5.1.1. Please ensure your iPod touch is on iOS 5.1.1 (Settings --> General --> About --> Version should be 5.1.1) before proceeding. Please note that  jailbreaking your iPod touch  may void your warranty and hence proceed with  caution  and at your own risk. Please do not forget to backup your iPod...