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Massive 15-year study finds no link between cell phones, cancer
Despite numerous studies indicating that cell phones pose no health risk to their users, a few studies have been released that suggest prolonged use might contribute to brain cancer. For the World Health Organization, th… Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, cellphones, epidemiology, Gadgets, medicine, News, science, syndicated
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Canadian Supreme Court rules you can’t defame someone with a hyperlink
You may now exhale, Canadian journalists, bloggers, and Twitter users. Canada’s Supreme Court has unanimously decided that posting a hyperlink to an allegedly defamatory article does not constitute defamation itself.
“I wou… Continue reading
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Chrome Remote Desktop Controls Other Computers from a Chrome Tab [Chrome Extensions]
Chrome: Over the weekend, Google unveiled Chrome Remote Desktop, a new Chrome extension that allows you to remotely control and manage another Mac, Windows, or Linux system through Google Chrome, as l… Continue reading
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Tagged Chrome, Chrome Extensions, ChromeBooks, Extensions, google, News, Remote Control, Remote Desktop, Remote Management, syndicated, Top
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Surfing the Web at Work Can Actually Make You More Productive [Productivity]
Perhaps you’ve always suspected that browsing the web at work was good for you (at least for your sanity). If so, your suspicions have been confirmed. The Wall Street Journal reports that new studies s… Continue reading
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Tagged News, Office, productivity, research, syndicated, Web surfing, Work, Workplace
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Did the Earth’s lost moon create the Lunar Highlands?
The Moon’s far side, although not lacking for light, remained dark in the sense of hidden or obscured until the space race between the US and USSR took aim at the Moon. The Soviets’ Luna 3 probe returned the first images… Continue reading
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RSA SecurID breach linked to hacker attack on Lockheed Martin; other US military contractors may be affected
[F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), planes built by Lockheed Martin arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this May 2010 photo. REUTERS/Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin]
This week, Lockheed Martin—the largest … Continue reading
Sony hacked again, used to host phishing site
With Anonymous Denial of Service attacks and then the twin hacks of PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment, Sony's online infrastructure has been taking a battering over the last few weeks—and it's not over y… Continue reading
Deja Vu: Personal Data of Sony Online Entertainment Users Stolen
Update: Sony has told GamesIndustry.biz that 900 of the 12,700 credit/debit cards stolen were still active; the rest were expired. It’s fortunate that the database was an older one … Continue reading
Sony Announces “Welcome Back” Program for PSN Users
Overnight in Tokyo, Sony’s Kaz Hirai held a press conference to reveal the company’s plan for getting its PlayStation Network service back online following data theft and subsequen… Continue reading
PlayStation Network hacked, data stolen: how badly is Sony hurt?
Sony has announced the bad news: hackers have your personal data, and they may have your credit card information as well. Now it’s time for the questions, such as how much this breach and the bad PR attached to it will hurt Sony,… Continue reading
PSN Fiasco Prompts Connecticut Senator to Demand Answers
The latest development in the PlayStation Network downtime situation has drawn the attention of a United States Senator. Among those upset with Sony over its handling of the ongoing… Continue reading
NASA: Japan quake appears to have shortened Earth days, shifted axis
NASA reports that the March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day by about 1.8 microseconds and shifted its figure axis by about 17 centimeters . “But don’t worry–you won’t notice the difference,” and “c… Continue reading
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Huge Amounts of Oil Found On Gulf of Mexico Floor
intellitech tips news of a study examining the Gulf of Mexico sea floor in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Marine scientists have found a thick layer of oil, and say it has devastated life there.
"Studies using a submersible found a la… Continue reading
Valve More Profitable Than Google or Apple Per Employee
Valve and its Steam service are obviously wildly successful. But as a company that refuses to ever offer up any financial information, it’s difficult to figure out just how successf… Continue reading
paper.li – read Twitter as a daily newspaper
paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag. Continue reading
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New e-paper may send e-ink running for its e-mommy
A new type of electronic paper display has leaped several bounds ahead of its e-ink brethren. In a paper published in Applied Physics Letters, the company Gamma Dynamics describes a new type of "e-paper" that can upda… Continue reading
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The Real Cost Of Free
Cory Doctorow, photographed by Jonathan Worth (CC)
Cory Doctorow delivers a fierce rant defending his beliefs and practices regarding the price of his creative works and his time, at Paid Content (love the irony of the site’s name!):
Last week, my fe… Continue reading
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Einstein’s time dilation apparent when obeying the speed limit
General and special relativity
are two of the more mind
bending theories in modern science. According to
them, space and time are a singular entity that is warped by mass, where measurements completely depend on how
the person do… Continue reading
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The Importance Of Being Idle
Does daydreaming have a purpose? Neuroscientists have recently become enraptured with the workings of the brain at idle moments. Referred to as “default mode network,” letting the mind wander is in fact a busy, critical state that is the key to mai… Continue reading