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Cellphones don’t cause cancer: report
If you’re worried that cellphone use can lead to cancer, worry no more – if you believe a new Danish Cancer Society study, that is. A project which ran for almost 30 years surveyed cancers reported among 16 million adults in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and “found no related, observable change in the incidence of cases up until 2003,” says the Guardian , going on: “Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the research covers a more recent period than previous studies. It suggests that if there is any risk from regular use of mobile phones, it would take more than five to 10 years for the tumours to appear.” The study covered 59,984 brain tumour cases diagnosed between 1974 and 2003, but “The only well-established risk factors — ionizing radiation and rare hereditary syndromes — account for a small proportion of brain tumour cases,” it found.
Continue reading »Rapidshare’s Latest Marketing Move: Prepaid Cards
After the introduction of new sections with which the service hopes to attract the young segment even more (Rapidgames and the yet-to-be-released Rapidmusic), Rapidshare tries to make money off prepaid cards Over the last month some debates have become quite ardent – the amazing growth of file hosting services such as RapidShare or Megaupload prompted people to see in it the end of p2p or at least to compare the two most popular ways through which people currently download movies, music, eBooks or other types of files. About the level that Rapidshare.com has reached tells us the latest move of the site – after offering premium accounts for quite some time now, the service will be selling prepaid cards through retail outlets in Europe, Gulli reports. This means users can purchase membership cards of various denominations from one to 12 months.
Continue reading »Rapidshare starts selling prepaid cards
Next time you going to buy some magazines, you might be able to pick up unlimited downloads from Rapidshare.com as well: The well-known one-click file hoster is beginning to sell prepaid cards through retail outlets in Europe, according to a report from Onlinekosten.de. Users will be able to buy cards with varying denominations, starting with a one month membership and going all the way up to a whole year of access. rapidshare prepaid Rapidshare has been offering premium accounts for years now.
Continue reading »Was the Digital Economy Bill Consultation a Whitewash?
Last week, details finally emerged concerning the Digital Economy Bill. In a nutshell, the bill aims to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Internet users will face being monitored by the music and movie industries, and their ISPs forced to pass on infringement notices based on rights holder supplied evidence alone.
Continue reading »STUDY: Pirate Bay Closure “Significantly Disrupted” World P2P Traffic
Though claim just doesn’t hold water. You have to wonder just how frustrated entertainment industry lawyers really are with Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay. For years now they’ve been trying to shut the site down, and despite having finally won a conviction against them for copyright infringement this past April, it’ll most likely be around till at least next summer .
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