Daily Archives: October 10, 2003

School Sued over Wi-Fi Health Risk

I’m not exactly sure what the heck these little fellers are, except that they are called "Radiolarians" and their picture came up when I did a Google image search for "radiowaves"… A pioneering elementary school district outside Chicago has been … Continue reading

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Note Taking in the Digital Age

For every student, note taking is a necessity. For some, that may be easier than for others. But in any case, mobile technologies have the potential to change the process dramatically "especially when specific note taking software is developed for … Continue reading

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Evil Princeton Plan Thwarted

SunnComm Technologies said it will likely sue John "Alex" Halderman, a graduate student at Princeton University, after Halderman published a paper explaining how to defeat CD copy protections developed by SunnComm. Halderman’s paper pointed out SunnComm’s copy protections can be … Continue reading

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How to build a low-cost, high-speed terascale supercomputer at home in your spare time

  Virginia Tech is building a supercomputer that "will arguably be one of the world’s cheapest world class supercomputers (and) the most powerful homebuilt supercomputer in the world," said VT president Charles Steger, speaking at a Virginia IT Symposium. Srinidhi … Continue reading

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Dutch Wireless Underwear Saves Lives

A Dutch model demostrates what can happen when a heart attack strickes someone NOT using the new wireless underwear. Dutch scientists have developed underwear that calls an ambulance if the wearer has a heart attack. The Philips Research Laboratories in … Continue reading

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Music Soothes the Savage Blogger

Music is an integral part of the life of the well-rounded blogger, and many of my favorite blogs have found ways to incoprorate that part of their world. Andrew Grumet has a super-cool hack on his blog that constantly displays … Continue reading

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Japanese firm denies involvement in orgy in

TOKYO — A Japanese company has denied that it was involved in “systematic prostitute buying” as reported in China, but expressed regret over the damage caused to Japan-China relations, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa said Thursday. The company, whose … Continue reading

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