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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3115345.stm

     

    UK bans iPod gadget

     

    A gadget that lets you send songs from Apple's iPod music player to an FM radio has fallen foul of UK laws.

     

    A M Micro, the UK distributor of Griffin Technology which makes the iTrip, said use of the device was prohibited under the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949.

     

    The act forbids the use of radio equipment without a licence or an exemption.

     

    The iTrip transmits at very low power on an FM frequency and so in theory could interfere with broadcasts from a radio station.

     

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  2. I had one after a night on the piss at the weekend. It was typical McDs, not particularly nice. But I think some of the comments above are a bit OTT. It's not that bad, if it were so amazingly terrible why would so many people eat it?

  3. MOBILES SLASH YOUR SPERM COUNT BY 30% Jun 28 2004

     

    By Peter Munro

     

    MERELY carrying a mobile phone can cut a man's sperm count by nearly 30 per cent, new research suggests.

     

    Scientists claim radiation from a switched-on phone, even if not in use, slashes the number of sperm per millilitre by almost 24 million.

     

    And they say many of the surviving sperm are left abnormal.

     

    Phone users making long calls face an extra risk of harming their sperm's ability to swim quickly, further reducing fertility, according to the research.

     

    Only around 36 per cent of their sample moved rapidly, compared with 51 per cent in other men.

     

    The sperm count findings suggest men who keep handsets in trouser pockets or on belt holsters face most danger.

     

    Average sperm levels were slashed from 83 million per millilitre of semen to 59 million, the project at Szeged University in Hungary concluded.

     

    It is the first study to suggest mobiles may harm men's chances of becoming dads.

     

    Head researcher Dr Imre Fejes confirmed: "The prolonged use of cell phones may have a negative effect on male fertility."

     

    The study, to be unveiled at a Berlin conference tomorrow, looked at 221 men in Hungary over 13 months.

     

    But some scientists want more detailed research. Dr Michael Clark of the National Radiological Protection Board said male fertility had been falling for 50 years - "long before the widespread use of mobile phones".

     

    Dr Clark, whose body advises the UK Government on radiation risks, said: "People shouldn't change their habits on the basis of one study."

     

    However, he said Dr Fejes's findings were "worth looking at carefully".

     

    Several studies on the hazards of mobiles have produced conflicting evidence. But the government has urged children to curb their use.

     

    In January, British experts suggested heat from handsets posed a theoretical risk to sperm but said it was impossible to draw firm conclusions.

     

    Yesterday the Mobile Operators Association, representing Britain's main networks, insisted: "Studies around the world have not found mobiles to have any adverse health effects."

     

    And the Department of Health added: "The balance of evidence suggests using mobiles doesn't present a health problem."

     

    ONE in five UK women uses sterilisation for contraception - double the average of leading EU countries - new figures show.

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