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Are our devices harming our health?

I've caved. The end of my phone contract has been looming large, and as I pondered my options, somehow I thought, "I'd really like to be more connected." So I'm ditching my two-year-old, decidedly not smart, flip phone and getting an iPhone—and a data plan. Soon I'll be able to tweet and update my Facebook status and share photos wherever I am. And I'm afraid.

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What is NFC and when is it coming to Canada?

The answer to the first question is easy: NFC is short for Near Field Communication, a simple, very short-range wireless communication technology (similar to RFID), which can be used for a "contactless" payment between an NFC-enabled device and an NFC reader at a retail checkout or a public transit turnstile, for example. NFC is a very hot technology right now, and is becoming widely used for low-value payments, such as transit fares, in some parts of the world like Japan and Korea.

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First Reference Talks… on your phone!

We recently added another way that our readers can access content on the First Reference blog: we've optimized it for smartphones and some other portable devices. If you have a Blackberry Storm, an Apple iPhone or iPod Touch, a Palm Pre, an HTC Dream or Cupcake, or a Sanyo Incognito, or a phone that runs on Android or WebOS, you can experience our content in an easy-to-read and easy-to-access format that should load more quickly than ever.

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