Tag: DANGER

If you're still lugging around a T-Mobile Sidekick -- and we know there has to be at least a few of you -- we've got some bad news. On May 31st, T-Mobile will officially be turning off access to Danger's servers. The company hasn't released a new Sidekick since 2009, and in mid-2010 stopped selling the devices altogether. The brand isn't completely dead, but T-Mobile is gearing up for a launch of ...

We've all seen our fair share of Facebook-based viruses, but a newly released study from security software manufacturer BitDefender reminds us just how vulnerable we are when using the social network. According to the study, 20-percent of all Facebook users are exposed to malware as they troll through their friends' news feeds. The report defines "malware" as any post that, when clicked, ...

By now, you'd have to live under a rock to be unaware of the dangers of texting while driving. There have been more studies on the subject than we can count. Despite raising awareness, all this information isn't doing much to change drivers' behavior. According to MSNBC, the Pew Internet & American Life Project recently released a study finding that over a third of 16- and 17-year-old texters ...

The debate about driving while texting (DWT) is about to hit a fever pitch. If you think people were up in arms about this dangerous habit before, just wait till you hear the latest alarming story. According to the New York Post, a New York City bus driver is being investigated after a passenger snapped a picture of him texting while steering the bus through thick traffic Thursday. Allegedly, the ...

If South Korean firefighters can't take the heat, they might send in a new mini robot instead. According to CNET News, about 100 remote-controlled robots will be sent to Korean fire stations for testing in the coming months. The Firefighters Assistant Robot, which weighs about three pounds and almost fits in your hand, can scout burning buildings when conditions may be too dangerous for humans. ...

Apparently all those studies and advertisements about the dangers of texting while driving are getting through to the American people. According to Motor Trend, Ford recently commissioned a survey that found 93-percent of the participants support a nationwide ban on texting while driving. It looks like the automotive giant surveyed a bunch of cynics though -- because only 42-percent said they ...

People continue to text message and use other portable devices while driving, despite knowing what a dangerous habit it can be. Just look out your window while rolling down the interstate, and you'll see that businessman glued to his BlackBerry or a teenage girl texting away. But glance a little higher, and you might behold an even scarier sight. Truck drivers rely heavily on electronic devices ...

Everyday, more data is released linking cell phone use to brain tumors. While none of it has been conclusive, more and more info stacks up against the mobile devices, which claim 4 billion users around the world. While a recent study on cell phone radiation by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) doesn't put an end to the debate, it at least provides some hard numbers that will allow ...

When you think about rides at county fairs, safety probably isn't the first thing to pop into your head. More than likely, you'll think of corn dogs, vomit, and the sheer terror that your chosen ride will fall apart at any second. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, that ride operators at a Chicago-area fair were discovered to be texting instead of monitoring their rides. This month, ...

In news that would make Emmett 'Doc' Brown blush with envy, one New York man claims that his plain-old cell phone has the power to light his plain-old gas oven. New York's CBS 2 reports that Brooklyn's Andrei Melnikov was taken by complete surprise when, last week, while in the kitchen, he received a call on his Sony Ericsson PDA and, seconds later, smelled the stinging stench of burning ...

For many today, texting has become the primary way of communicating with friends and family. The physical setting for texting usually doesn't matter, but a new study suggests you might want to think twice about using a phone when you're behind the wheel. According to The New York Times, a study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that drivers who text while on the road are 23 times ...

Computers, reports the BBC this morning, are dangerous to children. Not because of online predators, brain rot, or decreasing attention spans, but, according to a new study appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, because of kids physically hurting themselves near their home offices. In what seems to be painfully obvious, researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for ...

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), computers could cease being the only technology susceptible to viruses. Researchers at Northeastern University suggest that, as mobile networks continue to develop, cell phones could become the next mass-market to be targeted. Marta Gonzalez, one of the study's authors, told the NSF, "We haven't had a problem so far because only phones with ...

We are officially horrified. According to a new survey from British insurance company Esure, one in 10 drivers admit to sending updates to Twitter, Facebook and other social networking services while driving. That's just as bad as driving while texting, which is both illegal and stupid. What is really terrifying, though, is the number of reports in which the involved driver was performing some ...

We still don't know whether to call it the Sidekick 2009 or the Sidekick Blade, but either way, T-Mobile's upcoming hiptop has finally been caught on camera, looking just as it did in a survey from last month and later via render. Unfortunately, we can't glean any specs from the image, but the aforementioned questionnaire listed 3G, a 3.2-inch WVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, microSD card ...