http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. http://www.physorg.com/news177615728.html Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:01 EST news177615728 Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese. http://www.physorg.com/news176401966.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:19 EST news176401966 Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers. http://www.physorg.com/news176061948.html Technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:10:01 EST news176061948 (AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services. http://www.physorg.com/news175976483.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:22:02 EST news175976483 (PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology researchers have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second. http://www.physorg.com/news175969377.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:01 EST news175969377 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using his background in aerospace engineering and signal processing, a UC researcher is finding new ways to help physicians listen to their patients: by teaching them to look at the signal, not the sound. http://www.physorg.com/news175966590.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news175966590 (AP) -- Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk. http://www.physorg.com/news175841549.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:53:09 EST news175841549 (PhysOrg.com) -- Following news reports that 65,000 modems and wireless routers used by Time Warner Cable customers are vulnerable to attack by hackers, a Columbia University expert on computer security and privacy has found that software flaws in embedded devices like routers, webcams and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone adapters are far more widespread than previously known. http://www.physorg.com/news175788913.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:50:01 EST news175788913 Teachers tend to spend more time speaking than most professionals, putting them at a greater risk for hurting their voices -- they're 32 times more likely to experience voice problems, according to one study. And unlike singers or actors, teachers can't take a day off when their voices hurt. http://www.physorg.com/news175782929.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:37:20 EST news175782929 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scenario: A group of friends are drinking at the local pub, when one gets a cell phone call. He takes it in a quiet corner; nothing unusual. But this isn't a "What's Up" call from a friend: It's a "What-are-you-doing-right-now?" call from an automated voice system programmed to collect data in real time, via cell phone, from participants enrolled in research studies on alcohol, marijuana and the situational factors that surround their use. http://www.physorg.com/news175362151.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:50:01 EST news175362151 It's not often that phone sex lines and Benedictine nuns enter into debates on telecommunications industry regulation, but AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are making it happen. http://www.physorg.com/news175270986.html Technology Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:01 EST news175270986 Infants as young as five months old are able to correctly identify humans as the source of speech and monkeys as the source of monkey calls, psychology researchers have found. Their finding, which appears in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), provides the first evidence that human infants are able to correctly match different kinds of vocalizations to different species. http://www.physorg.com/news175188811.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:37:09 EST news175188811 (AP) -- Federal regulators will look into complaints by AT&T Inc. that Google Inc.'s free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to rural communities where local phone companies charge high connection fees. http://www.physorg.com/news174319518.html Technology Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:05:43 EST news174319518 Bing is getting vocal on a new Samsung mobile phone that lets people command Microsoft's Internet search engine by talking. http://www.physorg.com/news174154461.html Technology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:20:03 EST news174154461 The question of how hormones affect a woman's voice is relevant to professional singers because hormonal fluctuations may place them at risk of injury. Knowing when the risks are greatest would help singers avoid performing at those times -- in the same way that a track star with a bad knee will sit out a competition. http://www.physorg.com/news174156623.html Other Sciences Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:52:00 EST news174156623 Motorola announced today that it has successfully deployed a Time Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network in the streets of Geneva to support China Mobile Communications Corporation`s presence at the Geneva PALEXPO during ITU Telecom World 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news173956977.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:01 EST news173956977 (AP) -- Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers. http://www.physorg.com/news173946999.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:37:08 EST news173946999 (AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't going to thrust savings on you. Here are 10 tips on how to cut the cost of your phone service. http://www.physorg.com/news173552258.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:10:01 EST news173552258 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees. http://www.physorg.com/news173123247.html Technology Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:21:08 EST news173123247 (AP) -- Google Inc. said Apple Inc.'s top marketing executive personally told the company that its Google Voice application had been rejected because it duplicates the telephone dialer on the iPhone and could be used as a replacement. http://www.physorg.com/news172499886.html Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:50:01 EST news172499886 ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T. http://www.physorg.com/news172426564.html Electronics Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:16:56 EST news172426564 (PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them. http://www.physorg.com/news172304097.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:20:01 EST news172304097 Verizon Wireless and Nokia introduce the Nokia 7705 Twist, a fun phone with a unique square shape that swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad. The phone's shortcut buttons provide quick access to messaging, the 3.0 megapixel camera, Web browsing, V CAST Music with Rhapsody, voice commands, and speakerphone options. http://www.physorg.com/news171815925.html Electronics Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:39:30 EST news171815925 (AP) -- Google Inc. gives away a lot of good stuff for free. That struck me last year when I downloaded the free Google Maps app to my "smart" phone. It turned the phone into a handy navigation system and killed my desire to buy a $100 standalone GPS unit. http://www.physorg.com/news171730284.html Technology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:52:06 EST news171730284 (AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line. http://www.physorg.com/news171131038.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:00:03 EST news171131038 The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) will issue the first--and only--national clinical practice guideline to help healthcare practitioners identify and manage patients with hoarseness, also known as dysphonia. The guideline emphasizes evidence-based management of hoarseness by clinicians, and educates patients on the prevalence of this common vocal health issue. http://www.physorg.com/news171006346.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:46:15 EST news171006346 (AP) -- Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright. http://www.physorg.com/news170137368.html Technology Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:50:03 EST news170137368 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. is telling federal regulators it played no part in blocking the Google Voice phone program from running on Apple Inc.'s iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news170093816.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:17:18 EST news170093816 Pidgin has long been an easy way to use lots of different chat systems on your desktop. With its 2.6 release, Pidgin's finally catching up to the video, audio and file transfer offerings of Google Talk, Yahoo and others. http://www.physorg.com/news169931112.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:10:01 EST news169931112 The US agency behind Voice of America said Friday it is working on ways to slip news past tough Internet blockades in countries such as China and Iran. http://www.physorg.com/news169537485.html Technology Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:00:04 EST news169537485