Net addresses come down to Earth

"Sites such as Yahoo, MSN, Google and 192.com have started pushing local search services that link what you are looking for to shops and services near where you are in the real world. "

Cisco curbs security researcher

"A security expert has agreed never to repeat what he knows about flaws in software from networking giant Cisco. "

Top 10 Web fads

"Internet phenomena. Memes. Grist for the e-mail forwarding mill. Whatever you call them, Web fads are entertaining, unintended consequences of life on the World Wide Web. "

First views of Windows Vista

Because how it looks is most important.

LCD Specs: Not So Swift

"How low does LCD response time go? Different ways of reporting the spec obscure the hard numbers."

Lack of Standards Spark Inkjet Photo Fade Debate

"How long inkjet-printed photos last depends on who you ask, experts say."

Windows Vista is officially official

"Longhorn = Windows Vista"

G-RAID 1000 brings TB RAID to the desktop

Bootable computer-on-a-stick -- USB flash drive

Late with a payment? No wonder the car won't start

"A new device reminds drivers when a car payment is due. And if they don't pay up, they're not going anywhere."

Driven to distraction by technology

"The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction."

When Cell Phones Become Oracles

"Cell phones know whom you called and which calls you dodged, but they can also record where you went, how much sleep you got and predict what you're going to do next."

This is Your Brain on Email

"'...a study on 'info-mania' that suggests that too-frequent checking of e-mail and voice mail can lower your IQ up to ten points ...' "

Bendable Concrete

"Flexible concrete might sound like a gimmick, but most concrete fails because it is brittle, so cracks develop over time, and eventually become catastrophic."

Mind May Affect Machines

"Using random event generators -- computers that spew random output -- they have participants focus their intent on controlling the machines' output."

Web Publishers Eye Your Wallet

"'In 1955, TV was free,' Kenealy said, 'and two generations later most people pay for it. There was a built-in reluctance to pay for TV until it got so much better than broadcast. That's what I think will happen with the internet.' " Ummm, hasn't this *already* happened with the internet? I pay about as much to get internet (cable broadband) into my house as I do for cable TV.

Plenty Of People Still Buying From Spam... Plenty Scammed By Spam Too

Why, people , why?!

Carjacking And Killing Are Fine, But Consensual S*x In A Game? Ban It!

"Aren't there more important issues for the federal government to be focused on right now?"

Fake Credit Report Sites Just As Scammy As The Real Ones

"Is it really any wonder that people don't trust the credit agencies?"

Surfing (The Internet) On Vacation

"... companies give their employees plenty of vacation time, but the employees are afraid of the consequences of actually disconnecting for that amount of time."

Web surfing costing businesses nearly $200 billion?

Or "How To Sell Software By Creating A Study In Which You Just Pull Numbers Out Of Your Hat".

Lastminute Auction

"... an incredible eBay SDK app that searches the 'Bay for stuff priced less than $1 with less than 1 hour to go."

BMW goes night vision

"BMW is adding a night-vision display in new 7-series models for evening driving."

VNS shock implant approved for depression

"... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an implantable VNS therapy (Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy System) device for patients with severe depression."

Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM

"...if Longhorn detects that your monitor is not 'secure' enough, then your premium video content won't play on it until you buy one that is."

The Changing Face of Computer Science in the US

"... significantly fewer students at the college level -- 60 percent fewer -- wanted to study computer science in 2004 as opposed to the year 2000. "

Googling for CIA Agents

"Google also allowed me to study a high-resolution satellite photo of Plame's house. I could see that the property appears to be in a quiet residential community and looks approachable from all sides."

Death Star Subwoofer

Currently for sale on eBay.

UN at odds over internet's future

"A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed to reach a decision. "

School ditches texts for laptops

"An Arizona high school is set to become one of the first ebook-only schools, as it preps to hand out laptops to 350 students this fall. "

New study says headsets don’t make cellphone-driving safer

Hansa’s temperature sensitive faucets

Eco-designs on future cities

Big cities need to change to remain viable.

Time to switch off and slow down

Universe 'too queer' to grasp

"Scientist Professor Richard Dawkins has opened a global conference of big thinkers warning that our Universe may be just 'too queer' to understand. "

Want to complain about Dell? Forget it

"Too late - the Customer Support Forums, operational until last Friday, have been shut down, apparently to try to quell bad publicity there about Dell products and especially after-care service. "

Cell phones 'quadruple crash danger'

"Using a mobile phone when driving quadruples crash risk, and hands-free devices are no safer, say experts."

Well, Fine, We'll Just Take Our Own Internet And Go Home

"With continuing questions and complaints about who gets to govern the internet, it looks like some are trying to build another internet that won't be mostly controlled by the US."

Google Invests in Power-Line Broadband

FAQ: Wi-Fi mooching and the law

"The recent arrest of a Florida man on charges of unauthorized use of a wireless network could set legal ground rules for open Wi-Fi access. "

Microsoft takes disk-based backup for a spin

Which is cool; there's very little positive to say about tapes any more, IMHO.

Fingernails store personal information

"Japanese researchers are using femtosecond laser pulses to write data into human fingernails."

Windows AntiSpyware Downgrades Claria Detections

Users change habits to avoid spyware

"Nine out of 10 Internet users say they have changed their online habits to avoid spyware..."

New Laws

"Alert: How New Michigan & Utah Email Laws Affect You (Perhaps More Than You Think)"

New Trojan Knocks Out Symbian Phones

"If not removed within one hour, malware can cause complete loss of data."

Real-World Warnings Keep You Safe Online

"Many of the warning phrases you probably heard from your parents and teachers are also applicable to using computers and the internet. "

Radical Thinking

"Identity Theft has reached an extreme; proposed solutions should do the same"

Fresh DVDs, No Waiting

"... this new kind of distribution -- with films and TV shows instantly available on multiple platforms -- is designed to appeal to today's rapidly evolving consumer. "

Historic BBC Programs Rescued From Those Evil Home Copies

MUSA the Kendo-bot’s gonna school you shinai-style

Ah, good. Robots that know martial arts. Nothing bad could come of that.

The True Lies service will help you manage your lies

TV 'may stunt toddlers' learning'

"Parents who sit their toddlers in front of the TV could be damaging their child's future learning abilities, US researchers fear. "

Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder

"Though wireless mooching is preventable, it often goes undetected."

The 12-minute Windows Heist

"...there's a 50 percent chance unprotected Windows PCs will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online"

Net Pioneer Wants New Internet

"David Clark, who led the development of the internet in the 1970s, is working with the National Science Foundation on a plan for a whole new infrastructure to replace today's global network. "