X-Files actor invents gadget to prevent laptop-induced infertility

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Actor John Stamos Files for Divorce (AP)

Actor John Stamos Files for Divorce (AP) 08/21/2004 06:37 PM
AP - "Full House" actor John Stamos has filed for divorce from "X-Men" actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.

From high-tech gadget, small files but
lower-quality music

From high-tech gadget, small files but
lower-quality music 07/04/2004 06:56 PM
IHT Jul 4 2004 10:43PM GMT

New IBM laptop saves both weight and
files

New IBM laptop saves both weight and
files 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
IBM's X40 lets users recover data from their computer, even if the system is damaged.

Can cell phones contribute to
infertility?

Can cell phones contribute to
infertility? 04/05/2005 07:14 PM
Blog: A study by the University of Newcastle provides a preliminary indication that radio waves of a similar frequency to those associated...

Can cell phones contribute to
infertility?

Can cell phones contribute to
infertility? 04/05/2005 09:22 PM
CNET News.com Apr 6 2005 12:42AM GMT

Doctors 'cure' cancer infertility

Doctors 'cure' cancer infertility 03/08/2004 11:23 PM
Women who become infertile after being treated for cancer could one day be able to have their own children.

Technology Induced ADD?

Technology Induced ADD? 03/28/2005 04:34 PM
For the most part, when we hear stories about psychologists naming a new problem related to technology, we make the obvious assumption that they're trying to get some attention to drum up business. This leads to publicity over things like web addiction, video game addiction, inter net addiction, text messaging addiction and many other such claims. While it's nice to at least see the latest technology-induced problem a psychologist describes is not called an addiction, it still sounds a bit overstated. A psychologist who studies attention deficit disorder (ADD) is now claiming that many people in today's high tech workplace are suffering from a related disorder he calls attention deficit trait (ADT). The concept is that you're not born with ADT, but it's induced by a workplace that forces you to multi-task all the time -- and that it's easily cured by getting out of that environment. He also claims that "multi-tasking" is impossible for humans, which some might disagree with -- but he does make some valid points on getting people to occasionally stop and actually think about things. Taking a longer term viewpoint is often very useful. Still, it's not clear that it's really reached the "epidemic" stage that this guy claims. If anything, it seems that as more companies recognize the importance of a better work/life balance, this becomes less of an issue. That means not doing stupid things like banni ng solitaire -- which acts as a mental break, or trying desperately to stop all personal activities at work. In fact, the psychologist points out that it's often the tech companies who are better able to diffuse this "ADT" stuff by understanding the importance of "play" at work. As such ideas diffuse more widely into the workplace, it seems like this problem shouldn't be such a big issue.

Headache INDUCEd

Headache INDUCEd 07/06/2004 05:15 AM
USA Today Jul 6 2004 9:13AM GMT

Snow Induced Laziness

Snow Induced Laziness 02/07/2003 10:52 PM

Twelve inches of snow has fallen here in Massachusetts. It's a light snow. Someone told me it was perfect for skiing, but I tend to find it perfect for relaxing indoors watching old favorites. But then again, I'm not a skier.

I'm pretty sure Total Choice Hosting is going to be my new webhost soon. They have a good reseller program, and a great price at twenty clams a month. They came recommended by Noel, and I've read many good things about them. For those of you with slightly more money to spare than myself, Hard Hat Hosting seems to be a really good provider run by some good people. I'd still like recommendations on hosting providers if you have them, I still have a couple days to make up my mind.

motion induced blindness

motion induced blindness 04/18/2005 02:56 PM
Motion induced blindess. Be sure to check out the other really cool stuff

WiFi Induced Theft

WiFi Induced Theft 09/08/2004 05:26 AM
There have been plenty of random complaints about WiFi, but now there's one more "worry" to be associated with WiFi: all these hotspots may m ake it easier for your laptop to get stolen. Or, at least, that seems to be the point of this article from Silicon.com that complains that many hotspot providers aren't the sort of place you should feel comfortable whipping out your expensive laptops. They suggest (along with a tremendous amount of hedging) that these hotspot providers are encouraging people to take out laptops where it might not be safe. This seems like something of a stretch. Does common sense really leave people behind at the first whiff of an available WiFi connection? If the location isn't safe, people should recognize that on their own, and it should have nothing to do with the WiFi availability.

Today, It's DoubleClick's Turn To Take A
Zombie-Induced Rest

Today, It's DoubleClick's Turn To Take A
Zombie-Induced Rest 07/27/2004 08:03 PM
Questioning the overall ability of major sites to withstand a concerted attack yet? Following yesterday's story about Google being knocked offline, today it's DoubleClick who was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack from zombie machines. The attack knocked the company offline, impacting many of their customers, who probably aren't particularly happy. A number of major sites running DoubleClick ads ended up loading very slowly as they couldn't call home to get their ads. As the article notes, this, and the attack on Akamai last month, (much more so than yesterday's tangential denial of service attack at the hands of a search engine loving virus) are starting to demonstrate some key trouble points on the internet.

The Papacy: Art Invents What Few Really
Know

The Papacy: Art Invents What Few Really
Know 04/13/2005 10:04 PM
Laymen hungry to know more about the papal conclave must rely largely on novels, films, television docudramas and speculative nonfiction.

Old Geek Invents New Stick

Old Geek Invents New Stick 06/11/2004 08:23 AM

Opera Invents New P2P System

Opera Invents New P2P System 04/01/2005 07:45 PM

Al Gore Invents Internet TV

Al Gore Invents Internet TV 04/06/2005 09:26 PM

Sculptor Invents Catapult Toy

Sculptor Invents Catapult Toy 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
New York Times Dec 22 2003 1:48AM ET

MIT invents computer that runs away

MIT invents computer that runs away 03/28/2005 08:00 PM
RoTMâ„¢ User friendly

Al Gore invents interactive television

Al Gore invents interactive television 04/07/2005 12:45 PM
Combining pop culture, politics, and video blogging, Current TV seeks out 18-35 year-olds with short attention spans.

Another Kid Invents An Airport Device
Ignored By Adults

Another Kid Invents An Airport Device
Ignored By Adults 06/22/2005 02:17 AM
Apparently, the adults responsible for airport safety are so busy developing sophis ticated and silly< /a> devices, they're leaving it to kids to come up with the obvious ones. A while back, an Eagle Scout in the US creat ed a shoe scanner that interested people at Chicago's O'Hare airport. Now, a 12-year-old boy in Scotland has invented a device to monitor airport runways and notify pilots of debris that could interfere with landings and cause crashes. Basically, it's a camera mounted on a little platform with wheels, which rolls along the side of the runway. Folks at the British Airport Authority like the idea so much, they're working with the kid (and presumably some adults) to flesh it out into an actual product. Perhaps the young inventor is a precocious wunderkind, but you have to wonder what the adults have been doing all this time. The kid was inspired by the Concorde crash of 2000, which was supposedly caused by debris puncturing one of the plane's tires. Why has it taken five years to come up with a simple idea to prevent more runway disasters?

Iowa Man Invents Lined Diaper for Dogs
(AP)

Iowa Man Invents Lined Diaper for Dogs
(AP) 04/21/2004 03:38 PM
AP - Dogs may no longer be the butt of their owners' jokes, thanks to Frank Morosky. Morosky, owner of Flat-D Innovations, has developed a product to reduce the odor of flatulence in dogs.

Germany invents "anti-ageing" beer
(Reuters)

Germany invents "anti-ageing" beer
(Reuters) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters - A German brewery has developed a beer containing vitamins and minerals it says are designed to slow the ageing process.

Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Information Age Invents a New Problem

Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Information Age Invents a New Problem 12/12/2003 06:52 AM
Porn v. Patent

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Rogue cop invents anti-WiFi laws, shakes
down man-of-cloth

Rogue cop invents anti-WiFi laws, shakes
down man-of-cloth 08/22/2004 11:28 PM
Cory Doctorow: A copper outside of the Athenaeum in Illinois shoook down the Reverend AKMA -- the bloggin' theologian -- who was using the library's WiFi from out front of the building. The incident that unfolded is flabberghasting, with the cop inventing whole new laws and then insisting that AKMA was violating them:

"Sir, you can't use the Internet outside the library."

I said, "What?" (I'm pretty clever under pressure.)

The officer in question (whose conduct was entirely professional, firm, and calm behind those mirrored shades) solemnly assured me that in order to use the library's open wireless signal, I had to be seated within the library. The officer then wandered on back to the nearby police station.

I dutifully, if reluctantly, turned off the power to my Airport card and, since I had only been on the bench a few minutes, began working -- offline -- on what turns out to be this post. I had noticed two other weak but open signals in the area, and I figured that I could post this perplexing moment via one of the other open signals, then scuttle back to the studio. As I was writing, the officer returned and -- as the officer walked straight for me -- I held up my TiBook, pointing to the zero lines in the Airport icon, and showed the officer that my card was off.

"Why don't you just close that up, sir, or use your computer elsewhere?'

I closed the computer in order not to constitute a threat to established order, but engaged this peace officer in a discussion of the complexities of the topic. "I did notice several other open signals in the area -- am I allowed to connect to them?"

"Maybe if you had permission it would be all right, but it's a new law, sir; 'theft of signal.' It would be like if you stole someone's cable TV connection."

Link (Thanks, AKMA!)

Professor invents high-tech
satellite-controlled pill dispenser

Professor invents high-tech
satellite-controlled pill dispenser 06/26/2004 11:17 AM
Canadian Press Jun 26 2004 3:18PM GMT

Agoraphobic ex-junkie metal singer
invents natural penis enlargement
technique

Agoraphobic ex-junkie metal singer
invents natural penis enlargement
technique 04/12/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: Salon has a tremendous and weird profile of Mike Salvini, an agoraphobic ex-junkie/ex-hardcore metal singer/ex-obsessive-compulsive who has developed a net-famous method for increasing penis size by stretching your member with weights for hours on end. Reportedly, he's taken his flaccid penis to over 10 inches.

Today Mike spends 18 hours a day spreading the gospel of P.E. "I'm submerged in penis," he says with a laugh. "It's my full-time job." He's filmed a DVD of his self-designed exercises -- "Matters of Size: The Ultimate Guide to Penis Enlargement" -- that will be distributed in a few weeks by Vivid Entertainment. His Web site Matters of Size has 40,000 registered users and offers paying members videos, diagrams and one-on-one tutelage over private message and e-mail -- along with softcore pinup shots of his girlfriend Jen, a teacher and former dancer he met in rehab four years ago.

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DataArt, a Custom Software Development
Company, invents new team-building
techniques

DataArt, a Custom Software Development
Company, invents new team-building
techniques 08/20/2004 02:41 AM
On August, 13, DataArt hosted its forth Corporate Conference. Conducting such conferences is unique to IT Community, as it is the only software development company that engages in such activities for its employees. These conferences act as team-building events to promote the conditions for a fast growth of 20% per quarter. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

Actor

Actor 08/22/2004 11:18 AM
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OpenOffice World-Readable Temporary
Files Disclose Files to Local Users

OpenOffice World-Readable Temporary
Files Disclose Files to Local Users 09/10/2004 01:05 PM
Jérôme (Sep 10 2004)

Update: Actor-lab 2.5

Update: Actor-lab 2.5 09/03/2004 10:09 AM
Actor-lab is a parallel, object-oriented control language designed to introduce the ideas of control technology and robotics.

Doctor Who actor wants 'emotion'

Doctor Who actor wants 'emotion' 04/29/2004 03:34 AM
Actor Christopher Eccleston, the new Doctor Who, says he wants the Time Lord to show more "emotion".

Auf Wiedersehen actor dies

Auf Wiedersehen actor dies 07/17/2004 09:31 PM
Actor Pat Roach who starred in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet has died from cancer, his family announces on Saturday.

BBC admits Dr Who actor blunder

BBC admits Dr Who actor blunder 04/05/2005 02:31 AM
The BBC admits it failed to speak to actor Christopher Eccleston before revealing he was going to quit Dr Who.

'Bueller' Actor Charged With Violation
(AP)

'Bueller' Actor Charged With Violation
(AP) 07/03/2004 09:41 PM
AP - Actor Jeffrey Jones, best known for playing the high school principal in the 1980s comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," is accused of failing to register as a sex offender.

Freed Actor Reunited With Family in U.S.
(AP)

Freed Actor Reunited With Family in U.S.
(AP) 12/26/2004 11:10 PM
AP - Actor Erik Anthony Aude, who was freed from a Pakistani prison after serving two years on a drug charge, returned home Sunday night to an emotional reunion with family and friends.

Indian actor Om Puri awarded OBE

Indian actor Om Puri awarded OBE 07/24/2004 03:08 AM
The versatile actor who worked on Gandhi and Jewel in the Crown is given an honorary OBE.

Actor Tony Randall dies at 84

Actor Tony Randall dies at 84 05/18/2004 12:00 PM

Actor Morgan Freeman embraces Net

Actor Morgan Freeman embraces Net 01/08/2004 08:35 PM
CNET Jan 8 2004 7:50PM ET

Actor O.L. Duke Killed in N.Y. Car Crash
(AP)

Actor O.L. Duke Killed in N.Y. Car Crash
(AP) 09/11/2004 12:46 PM
AP - Actor O.L. Duke, who appeared with Denzel Washington in the movies "Malcolm X," "Antwone Fisher" and "Out of Time," was killed in a car accident Friday, police and relatives said. He was 51.
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