Paul McNamara, Network World
According to a BBC report: “There is a strong link between heavy Internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said. The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were ‘Internet addicts,’ and many of these were depressed.”
And I’ll bet a lot of them drink too much and can [...]
by Daniel Terdiman
The star of the documentary, “King of Kong: Fistful of quarters,” Wiebe’s past attempts–and failures–to break the “Donkey Kong” world record have been well documented and discussed.
Rodney Gedda
The first major release of the 3.0 series of open source office suite OpenOffice.org, version 3.1, is now available with big improvements in usability and the user interface. OpenOffice.org now has anti-aliasing making graphics look “smoother” on screen and dragging objects now displays a “shadow” of the object, rather of a dotted outline.
by Edward Mendelson
Planning to buy a new computer? Your best choice may be a Mac, even if you still need to use—or want to use—Windows. Current Macs run Windows XP and Vista as smoothly as almost any standard Windows machine, and with a Mac you have the choice of running Windows in two different [...]
by Melissa J. Perenson
Hewlett-Packard Wednesday unveiled its latest Windows Home Server device, the MediaSmart LX195. This tapered model is slimmer and more graceful-looking than its cousins, the MediaSmart Server EX487 and EX485. But that’s not the only reason to sit up and pay attention.
The LX195 is also the first Windows Home Server-based network device to [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will soon receive the results of a 60-day review of cybersecurity that should weigh in on whether he should name a cybersecurity czar, the White House said on Friday. The review could also make recommendations on how much should be budgeted to prevent potential hacker attacks on critical infrastructure [...]
By Dave Bailey
UK business secretary Peter Mandelson has hinted that the government there may still bankroll next-generation network access for those not able to get superfast broadband services from suppliers such as BT or Virgin [...]
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) - Watch out scientists — you may be replaced by a robot. Two teams of researchers said on Thursday they had created machines that could reason, formulate theories and discover scientific knowledge on their own, marking a major advance in the field of artificial intelligence.
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