January 2009
Brain Traing Games.... Forget About It
People buying Nintendo DS consoles to give their grey matter a workout with brain training games are wasting their money, a new study shows. Titles such as Brain Training, More Brain Training and Big Brain Academy, which cost $50 on top of the $200 DS handheld, are no better than a pen and paper at stimulating memory and improving brain power, a study of 10-year-old children by the University of...
Phase Three: The Internet Of Things
What if everything you owned - from appliances to books - was connected to the internet? Don’t laugh, it’s already happening, writes Sean Dodson. Most people, if they bother to think about it at all, probably view the internet as an agent of profound change. In the 15 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, the life of almost everyone in the industrialised world has...
“Yesterday as I was leaving the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany, someone walked...”
– Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, an influential technology blog based in Silicon Valley, is stepping away from the company for at least a month, citing physical and verbal abuse and death threats that he has received. (via nytimes.com)
ACLU Demands Eavesdropping, Torture Memos From... →
The American Civil Liberties Union is hoping a kinder, gentler Obama administration will disclose secret documents detailing the legal basis for the previous administration’s rationale for supporting torture and warrantless surveillance.
Yahoo Beats Forecasts; Losses $303 Million →
Apple Awarded Touch-Screen Patent →
Apple has won a US patent for touch-screen controls and gained a potential legal weapon against iPhone competitors.
Netbooks Hit Right Spot For Schoolchildren →
Sales of netbooks in Australia have exploded, with the mini low-cost computers now accounting for more than one in 10 laptop and desktop PCs sold.
The Tissue Of Youth →
Is human placenta a wonder drug, or is it just another Japanese health fad?
Panasonic Digital Cameras Add Face Recognition →
When a face is recorded several times, the cameras ask whether it should be registered, so the devices can automatically prioritize focus and exposure in future pictures.
10 Porn Stars Who Twitter →
Facebook Connect: The Next Great App War →
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Mozilla Could Take Video To Whole New Level
If Mozilla has its way, you’ll soon be able to watch streaming video on sites all over the web without ever having to use a plug-in. The software maker announced Monday that native support for the open-source Threora video format will be added to Firefox 3.1, the next version of its popular web browser. Theora files can be embedded directly into web pages just like images and viewed in any...
Amazon Set To Premiere Kindle 2.0
Get ready for the next chapter. Tech analysts expect Amazon.com to open the cover on Kindle 2, the second generation of its groundbreaking electronic reader. On Tuesday, Amazon invited members of the media to “an important” news conference Feb. 9 at New York City’s Morgan Library & Museum. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is expected to attend. But Amazon won’t reveal the plot....
Investors Rely On The Internet
The Internet continues to be the most important source of information for investors and financial advisors, according to a new online survey by Forbes.com. The survey found that 65 percent of individual investors consider the Internet their most important source of investing information. This is an increase from 52 percent in 2005. Close to half (47%) of investors spend 20 or more hours per week...
Muxtape Returns
Following its shutdown by the RIAA last August, the Muxtape music streaming site has resurfaced online with a new purpose. No longer is it a place for fans to upload mix-tape-style MP3 playlists to share with each other with a simple URL. Instead, it offers similar functions to MySpace, giving bands who own their copyrights a way offer MP3s, calendars, photos and more, anywhere on the web....
Trendwatching: Generation G →
Has there ever been more urgency for corporations to ditch the greed and embrace generosity? It’s something that countless individuals have already started doing, of course: giving is the new taking, and sharing is the new giving. And yes, we do realize that this month’s Trend Briefing is massive, but in this business climate, can you really afford not to spend some time figuring out...
Five Years Of The Worst Jobs In Science →
More than 50 of the most dangerous, disgusting, humiliating and just plain bad professions.
Obama's Oahu →
Where the forty-fourth president eats, stays, surfs, and plays-and how you can follow in his footsteps.
Is Twitter Worth $250 Million? →
Rove Slapped With Another Subpoena →
The 25 People Responsible For The Meltdown →
The worst economic turmoil since the Great Depression is not a natural phenomenon but a man-made disaster in which we all played a part. In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Guardian City editor Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis
New Website Wants To Ride The Green Boom
It’s safe to say this doesn’t seem like the best time to start a news outlet, given the recession and the struggles of the media industry. But the creators of the Mother Nature Network are betting that another trend will eclipse even the worst economic forecast: The green boom. They’ve launched an advertising-supported Web site, mnn.com, that aims to be a dependable source of...
What Your IMs Say About You
The words that flow from our fingers to loved ones could say more than we think. The more frequently women use the pronoun “I” in their instant messages (IM), the more satisfied they are with their partners, a new study finds. The guys also reported higher satisfaction in couples where the gal used “I” a lot in IMs. While past psychological studies have analyzed couples and...
Michelle And Barrack Obama ca 1996 →
What Would Life After Microsoft Look Like? Think... →
Kurt Cobain's Twitter Feed →
To Stop Dissent, Call It Smut →
Beijing is cracking down on pornography online, but the real target may be legitimate discussion.
Venture Capital Fund Raising Drops 71 Percent In... →
$200 Laptops Break A Business Model →
How To Not Get Sued For What You Said On Yelp →
Plinky Encourages You To Blog, Tweet, And Network →
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Hey, Anybody Seen My Data?
For the second time in 18 months, employment search site Monster.com has lost a wealth of personal data belonging to millions of job seekers after its database was illegally accessed. The Massachusetts-based website is warning all its customers that their names, birth dates, phone numbers, user IDs and passwords, email addresses, sex, and ethnicity have been pilfered. It strongly urges users to...
Read The 'Mad Men' TV Pilot (And Many Others)
Even the best TV shows - the ones that got their props enshrined at the Smithsonian - began uncertainly. The Pilot School website invites you to see your favorite show take its baby steps. Read the Untitled Tina Fey Project that became 30 Rock, or Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men pilot - which got him a gig writing Sopranos episodes long before his show aired. Note which shows are destined for pay TV (get...
John Thain Goes Shopping
In early 2008, just as Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain was preparing to slash expenses, cut thousands of jobs and exit businesses to fix the ailing securities firm, he was also spending company money on himself, senior people at the firm say.According to documents reviewed by The Daily Beast, Thain spent $1.22 million of company money to refurbish his office at Merrill Lynch headquarters in lower...
Be An Ethical Shopper With GoodGuide
GoodGuide, a site that helps shoppers find healthy, sustainable, and ethical products, has raised $3.73 million in a first round of venture funding. The concept behind GoodGuide is rather obvious, but it was also tough to pull all the necessary data together. That’s why there are plenty of other sites offering information about how products measure up in a specific area - say, environmental...