News tagged with telephone conversations


Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap cases

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program ...


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Web founder makes online privacy plea

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Plans by Internet service providers to deliver targeted adverts to consumers based on their Web searches threaten online privacy and should be opposed, the founder of the Web said Wednesday.





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Instant messaging proves useful in reducing workplace interruption

Technology / Software

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of California, Irvine ...


Hands-free cell phone conversations add 5 m to drivers' braking distances

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Research led by Psychology researchers at the University of Warwick reveals that cell phone conversations impair drivers' visual attention to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of a car travelling ...


Polish and Italian get advanced language recognition system

Polish and Italian get advanced language recognition system

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed the most advanced spontaneous language understanding (SLU) system for both Polish and Italian. In fact, it is the first one.


Researchers find phone assessment effective for evaluating cognition in the elderly

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cognitive testing by telephone in elderly individuals is generally as effective as in-person testing, according to a new study by Effie M. Mitsis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and ...


More than meets the ear in successful cocktail party conversations

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Just picture the scene: you’re at a cocktail party, talking to someone you would like to get to know better but the background noise is making it hard to concentrate. Luckily, humans are very gifted at listening to someone ...


Reduced noise allows clearer mobile phone conversations

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 19, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dutch researcher Richard Hendriks investigated how background noises can be suppressed in order to provide better sound quality in applications such as mobile phones and hearing aids.


It's like software understands, um, language

It's like software understands, um, language

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- EU researchers have taken speech recognition to a whole new level by creating software that can understand spontaneous language. It will, like, make human-machine interaction, um, work a lot ...


Google Voice 'light' works with existing cell phone numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.


Toddlers develop individualized rules for grammar

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using advanced computer modeling and statistical analysis, a University of Texas at Austin linguistics professor has found that toddlers develop their own individual structures for using language that are ...


Sexual problems rarely addressed by internists caring for cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Few internists who care for cancer survivors address issues of sexual dysfunction with their patients, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. In their article appearing in a November ...



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