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Cell Phone Health Hazards: Better Safe Than Sorry

"Science has shown increased risk of brain tumors from use of cellphones, as well as increased risk of eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia, The public must be informed." - August '09 report on cell phone hazards

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A growing body of scientific evidence shows that there are significant health hazards to cell phone use.

These include brain tumors; damage to DNA, an undisputed cause of cancer; blood-brain barriers; and male fertility damage by cell phone use because men, especially teenagers, put their cell phones in their pockets when not in use, causing a deleterious effect on sperm count and sperm motility.

Using BitTorrent to Access Video on the Internet

Because BitTorrent is an open platform, users can publish anything they want, including unlicensed copyrighted material.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - BitTorrent is the world’s largest digital video distribution platform. It is an open, non-commercial, and collaborative platform that allows anyone to share media on the internet.

Because BitTorrent is open and non-commercial it is an excellent resource for finding video that reflects viewpoints commonly censored by the commercial media in the U.S.

Investigators Say Texting Caused Head-on Crash

Fire District 6 urges drivers to not test the statistics - don't text while driving.

(VANCOUVER, Wa.) - Texting is to blame for a head-on crash that sent one person to the hospital with traumatic injuries, according to Dawn Johnson with Clark Co. Fire District 6.

Vietnam: Stop Cyber Attacks Against Online Critics

Human Rights Watch cites government Crackdown on Bloggers and Websites.

(NEW YORK) - Vietnam has launched a sophisticated and sustained two-pronged attack against online dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. The government is detaining and intimidating independent Vietnamese bloggers while also permitting cyber attacks from Vietnam to disable websites critical of the government.

In the past two months, Vietnamese authorities detained at least seven independent bloggers, subjecting them to extended interrogations and, in some instances, physical abuse.

UNRWA Provides Laptops to Gaza School Children

From rockets and bombs to high tech devices, the kids in Gaza don't receive the things other kids see; in this case it is clearly positive.

(GAZA CITY) - "One laptop per child", it is a vision that has now turned into reality.

This is the first project of its kind to be created by UNRWA, the United Nations Relief Works Agency launched a plan to distribute some 200,000 laptops to children who attend school in Gaza.

Radio Free Asia Responds to China Blocking Google Searches with the Letters `RFA`

"It’s time for China to stop exerting draconian control of its cyberspace" -RFA's Libby Liu

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu responsed to the news that China’s Great Firewall temporarily blocked all Google searches in China, due to an unintentional association with the long-censored term “rfa.”

According to Google, the phrase “gs_rfai,” which began appearing in the URL’s of Google searches globally, triggered the problem.

Web 2.0 Versus Control 2.0

Lucie Morillon, who heads the Reporters Without Borders New Media Desk, along with the group's Secretary-General Jean-François Julliard, discuss the new frontier of Internet journalism and freedom.

(PARIS, France) - The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attemptimg to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same time, increasingly inventive netizens demonstrate mutual solidarity by mobilizing when necessary.

Pew Report Says The Rise of Internet News Is A Shared Experience

These are some of the key findings to come out of a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism aimed at understanding the evolving news landscape.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In the digital era, news has become omnipresent. Americans access it in multiple formats on multiple platforms on myriad devices.

Oregon News Website Sees Increases on a Global Scale

Salem-News.com existed when 'blogs' were still called 'Web logs' - long before much of what you see today ever hit the Internet.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem-News.com has seen Internet traffic spike in recent weeks, as well as heightened rankings in the U.S. and on a worldwide level, according to Alexa.com.

Salem-News.com now has an Alexa World Traffic Rank of 94,094, and has seen the U.S. Traffic Rank grow to 20,593. Our 5/10 page ranking on Google continues, which is an extremely positive example of what five and a half years of daily news can mean.

2009 Highway Deaths Hit Record 60-year Low

This preliminary rate is the lowest rate in Oregon motor vehicle history.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For 2009, preliminary numbers show that 381 people lost their lives on Oregon roads. That’s a 9 percent decline from 2008 and the lowest number of fatalities since the late 1940s.

Officials noted that one death is too many, but it is still heartening news for people whose job it is to reduce and prevent vehicle-related injuries and fatalities.