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Why we love Dr. Seuss (in a few words) A man of few words, but, oh, what a sense of fun and imagination he could pack into those few. And make them rhyme, too! On the 100th anniversary of Ted “Seuss” Geisel’s birth, here are some words he would never have used in his books […]
London tube gets mobile access London Underground (LU) is in talks with the four main mobile networks to allow mobile access on the Tube network.
Parents make home drug tests big business online A cottage industry that has set up shop on the Internet meets the needs of parents who fear that their teens are using drugs — and also of teens who are afraid of getting caught.
Celebrity “friends” key in teen development Celebrity worship may play an important part of growing up, suggest the results of a UK study.
Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing RSS has been called the TiVo of the Web, the first “killer app” of the anticipated automation of social and commercial transactions online using the Web’s second-generation XML (extensible markup language) standard.
Rumor had it that HEB has been freaking out about Walmart eating their lunch… I guess they want to turn the tables with HEB Plus: New HEB concept arriving in Austin HEB Plus, an expanded store concept from San Antonio-based H.E. Butt Grocery Co., is coming to Austin by the end of the year.
For Exercise in New York Futility, Push Button For years, at thousands of New York City intersections, well-worn push buttons have offered harried walkers a rare promise of control over their pedestrian lives. The signs mounted above explained their purpose: To Cross Street Push Button Wait for Walk Signal Dept. of Transportation And another… Pushing […]
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Feeling blue? Maybe it’s your cubicle Most people are not wowed by their office space–and for many, the matter is emotional, according to a new study.
US porn typosquatter banged up A Florida man who directed children to pornographic websites by registering misspellings of domains likely to be popular with kids was imprisoned for two-and-a-half years yesterday.
PT Cruiser does convertible right It’s tough to update a vehicle deliberately designed to look old. That’s a challenge of retro design. But updates are necessary to keep a model selling well.
Five San Antonians are among world’s richest people Five San Antonio businessmen have been named to Forbes Magazine’s 2004 list of World’s Richest People.
Superflu is being brewed in the lab After the worldwide alarm triggered by 2003’s SARS outbreak, it might seem reckless to set about creating a potentially far more devastating virus in the lab. But that is what is being attempted by some researchers, who argue that the dangers of doing nothing are even greater.
Reaching out to younger crowd works for Tiffany The fourth quarter was bright for luxury retailers, and on Wednesday, Tiffany (TIF) posted sales and earnings that sparkled like its famous diamond settings.
Will more safety rules save many more lives? Late last year, federal regulators toughened the standard for protecting car fuel tanks in rear-end crashes. Several automakers argued against the standard, noting it could save as few as eight lives a year while costing more than the estimated $41 million to change cars and trucks.
Origin Systems to close Austin operations Austin-based game development company Origin Systems, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., will shut down local operations and lay off 64 employees in the next three months.
Converting an existing development system to the 2.6 kernel The white papers in this series highlight primary issues in migrating your existing drivers, development systems, applications, and custom Linux deployments to the 2.6 Linux kernel. The previous white paper in this series, “Migrating Device Drivers to 2.6”, provided an overview of 2.6-related changes to device […]
I scored: 72% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score! Go see if you’re Yankee or Dixie… click here (thanks Johnny)
Teen brains show low motivation Teen brains show less activity in the regions associated with motivation, reveals a brain imaging study.
AIDS researchers investigate anti-HIV protein in monkeys Scientists say they’ve discovered how some monkeys resist infection with the AIDS virus, a finding that might lead to a treatment that blocks HIV in people.
Rich media enriching PC ads While banner ads have become passé and pop-ups a nuisance, the use of so-called rich media ads is poised for rapid growth, industry experts say. Rich media combines animation, video and sound with interactive features.
Time Warner Cable introduces wireless “speed zones” in SA Time Warner Cable Road Runner customers soon will be able to stay connected to the Internet even on the road.
Taking Aim at a Stealthy STD Most of the people who have HPV don’t know it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , about 20 million men and women in the United States have HPV and about 5.5 million are exposed to the virus each year. At least 50 percent of sexually […]
Business texts the ‘next big thing’ – Voda Vodafone is looking to drum up extra revenues by getting business users to text more.
Geeks do *so* have friends Gaming fans are a deeply social and friendly people, not isolated geeks. This is the main finding of a survey of gamers, published by GameMore , a UK gaming event co-ordinator.
BudNet Tracks Your Suds “CNN is carrying a story about Budweiser’s national internal sales tracking network called BudNET. It allows Anheuser-Busch to instantly track sales across the country, and ‘If Anheuser-Busch loses shelf space in a store in Clarksville, Tennessee, they know it right away.’ It brings up some interesting privacy issues, because according to […]
Losing ground in the innovation race? Computers will change our lives more in the next 10 years than they have in the last 20.
TiVo-like devices to get booster shot Having proved their popularity with American couch potatoes, digital video recorders are about to get a boost in features that will allow them to zap several video streams throughout networked homes.
A Brief History of Microsoft on the Web In the beginning, www.microsoft.com was just one computer tucked under a table at the end of a long hallway. It was designed to test Microsoft’s first 32-bit Windows implementation of TCP/IP, the software plumbing in Windows that enables Internet communications.
Eminem sues Apple Eminem’s publishing company has claimed Apple used one of his compositions in a TV ad without the the hip-hop star’s “yo!”
Visual Autopsy Of An ATM Card Skimmer “A chap at work was recently the victim of an ATM card skimmer which took his card details, cloned them and allowed the fraudster to take 550 pounds out of his account. Having tried to explain how the fraudsters can hide a camera and card reader around the […]
Mammal mums can alter their offspring’s sex Knowing whether a pregnancy will produce a boy or girl is not left up to chance for some mammals – UK biologists claim they have conclusive proof that zebras, bison and certain other mammals actively adjust the sex of their offspring.
iPod proves a massive hit with thieves Apple’s iPod music player is not only popular with shoppers – it is also becoming increasingly popular with criminals.
pPod 1000’s of Songs in your Pocket PC This superb MP3 player is an essential addition to your Pocket PC! No need to waste money on an expensive player and carry two items.
Scientists studying possible link between glaucoma, Alzheimer’s . The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has formed a research group to study the possibility of a link between glaucoma and Alzheimer’s.
Smiles fade at Napster MUSIC SERVICE IS LOSING MONEY AND EXECUTIVES
Student honored for device that makes quick, cheap eyeglass lenses An MIT graduate student won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and $30,000 on Thursday for inventing a device that makes low-cost eyeglass lenses within 10 minutes. Saul Griffith, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate, also created electronic goggles that diagnose vision problems.
Hollywood Wins DVD-Copying Case A federal judge ruled on Friday that 321 Studios, a software developer, must stop selling its DVD copying program, delivering a huge win for the entertainment industry.
Smelly device would liven up web browsing A scent-generating device being tested by the UK internet service provider Telewest Broadband could soon allow internet users to transmit aromas of their choice across the internet.
Humans are hardwired to feel others’ pain Humans are hardwired to feel empathy, suggests a new imaging study showing that certain pain-processing regions of the brain light up when a loved-one is hurt.