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New study highlights risk of fake popup warnings for Internet users

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones – even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed ...





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Persistent Electronic Warnings Push Some Smokers to Quit

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Go ahead. Nag, nag, nag. It might do some good after all.


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Study: Public Perceptions and the Salmonella Outbreak of 2008

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI) have investigated public perceptions of the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United ...


Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankment in Padmapukir on the outskirts of Satkhira

Bangladesh introduces SMS cyclone alert system

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladesh is trialling a text message service to warn people of natural disasters, including floods and cyclones, a government official said Wednesday.


The number of text messages that a mobile user in S.Korea can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.


Hearing 'messages' embedded in noise could be early sign of schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 24, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A tendency to extract messages from meaningless noise could be an early sign of schizophrenia, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.


New study determines whether people react to heat advisories

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created Jul 18, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Oppressive summertime heat claims more lives than all other weather-related disasters combined, including tornadoes and hurricanes. During 2003, a heat wave across Europe killed as many as 40,000 people.


Premium info for car drivers

Premium info for car drivers

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What will the weather be like over the next few hours on the A3 between Nuremberg and Würzburg in Germany? Could fog be a problem? A new system will enable automakers to offer their customers ...


Wu Chang Gong temple in Taiwan was partially levelled by a powerful earthquake ten years ago

Taiwan to boost quake warning system

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.


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Cyber-crooks targeting social-networking websites

Technology / Internet

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computer security specialists warn that Facebook users have been hit with a series of data-stealing attacks in the past week as cyber crooks increasingly stalk social-networking websites.


Car horns warn against natural disasters

Car horns warn against natural disasters

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the ...



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