HP logo is seen outside Hewlett-Packard Belgian headquarters in Diegem
11:49 11-03-2010; source: www.topix.com
More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.
Limb of huge 'botnet' of virus-infected PCs is amputated, but criminals are reconnecting
07:49 11-03-2010; source: www.topix.com
The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.
Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
23:43 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had significantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.
Boost for technology: Huge step toward mass production of coveted form of carbon
20:43 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for revolutionizing electronics devices ranging from supercomputers to cell phones. Called graphene, the material consists of a layer of graphite 50,000 times thinner than a human hair with unique electronic properties.
Google Apps Marketplace launches with a well-stocked larder
18:49 10-03-2010; source: www.topix.com
Google has announced a Google App Marketplace. While there's already a marketplace for Android applications, this is about 3rd-party applications that integrate and work with Google's Apps, such as Docs, etc.
Computer system helps reduce adverse drug side effects and interactions in ICU patients
17:43 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
To get life-threatening diseases under control, patients in the intensive care unit usually are administered many medications at the same time. Even for experts, it is difficult to keep track of the variety of possible side effects and interactions. Researchers in Germany has now shown that physicians can reduce serious events resulting from drug interactions by about half with the help of the AiDKlinik drug information system.
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