Feb 25 2009

Is Facebook giving us baby brains? British scientist says yes – Chicago Tribune


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Is Facebook giving us baby brains? British scientist says yes
Chicago Tribune
It's an advertisement you might see someday, if testimony given to the British House of Lords this month is to be believed. In remarks that have stirred up a tempest in the British media and on the Internet, Baroness Susan Greenfield, a neuroscientist …
Are hi-tech gadgets turning our children into cabbages? WalesOnline
Why Social Networks Are Good for the Kids Washington Post
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Feb 25 2009

Pantech Matrix Pro (AT&T) – Washington Post


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Pantech Matrix Pro (AT&T)
Washington Post
The Matrix Pro has a nifty dual sliding design, but its specs don?t match its high price. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.
Windows Mobile 6.1 Non-Touchscreen vs. iPhone pocketnow.com
Pantech Matrix PRO Makes it way to AT&T Smartphone Thoughts
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Feb 25 2009

NextGen Player Review: FEAR 2: Project Origin – NextGen Player


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NextGen Player Review: FEAR 2: Project Origin
NextGen Player
The "corridor shooter" is a somewhat derogatory description for first-person shooters nowadays. The implication is that your game play is too simplistic, too old school or just plain out of touch.
FEAR 2 Project Origin Xbox 360 Review dBTechno
FEAR 2: Project Origin PS3, Xbox 360 Review TheHDRoom
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Feb 25 2009

Microsoft TechFest: A pinch of your fingers and images, videos move – Seattle Times


Boston Globe

Microsoft TechFest: A pinch of your fingers and images, videos move
Seattle Times
Among the roughly 40 projects shown Tuesday were systems for placing ads alongside images on a Web page, a digital sticky-note device and a prototype data center built from 100 of the low-power Intel Atom processors used in cheap netbook computers.
* Shows off automated receptionist guardian.co.uk
Microsoft shows off a host of projects Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Feb 25 2009

Sony scores big at video game 'Oscars' – DigitalJournal.com


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Sony scores big at video game 'Oscars'
DigitalJournal.com
By Shaun Conlin. As the Oscars were for Slumdogs this year, so were the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards for LittleBigPlanet Sackboys.
A New Game’s Big Night New York Times
Video game awards announced Daily Gleaner
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Feb 25 2009

Pirate Bay Day 7 — Silent screenshots – guardian.co.uk


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Pirate Bay Day 7 — Silent screenshots
guardian.co.uk
The Pirate Bay trial had a long weekend off and then a 1pm start today, which was the prosecution's first Talk Like A Witness Day.
As charges change (again), Pirate Bay writes a book Ars Technica
Prosecution Alters Pirate Bay Charges in Bid to Win Conviction Wired News
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Feb 25 2009

Whither the 19th IOCCC?

dazedNconfuzed writes “Whatever happened to the 19th IOCCC? The opening thereof was announced over two years ago and the winners’ names were posted, but the source code was never released — leaving the results of the 2006 contest unknown as we get well into 2009. Emails to questions@ioccc.org just bounce. Surely the quiet absence of a high point of geekdom becomes news at some point!”

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Feb 25 2009

Chlorine evacuation order has been lifted – Canada.com


CTV British Columbia

Chlorine evacuation order has been lifted
Canada.com
An evacuation order in the northern town of Mackenzie prompted by a chlorine dioxide leak over the weekend has been lifted, an town official said Monday.
Mackenzie residents going home after spill of chemicals Globe and Mail
Evacuation lifted after chlorine dioxide leak at mothballed BC … The Canadian Press
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Feb 25 2009

Ryerson privacy breach highlights immature IT, analyst says – IT World Canada Blogs


CityNews

Ryerson privacy breach highlights immature IT, analyst says
IT World Canada Blogs
Whether the university's software glitch will lead to actual identity theft remains to be seen, but that hasn’t stopped one industry analyst from chastising the school’s slow response.
Glitch bares Ryerson students' information Toronto Star
Ryerson software error exposes students personal information Digital Home
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Feb 25 2009

Google, Amazon, others want CRTC to ban internet interference – CBC.ca


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Google, Amazon, others want CRTC to ban internet interference
CBC.ca
By Paul Jay, CBC News A coalition of more than 70 technology companies, including internet search leader Google, online retailer Amazon and voice over internet provider Skype, is calling on the CRTC to ban internet service providers from "traffic …
Net Neutrality: tell CRTC what you think p2pnet.net
Internet users ask CRTC to put a stop to bandwidth throttling CP24, Canada
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