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Google Adds Searching by Voice to iPhone Software

Google researchers have added sophisticated voice recognition technology to the search software for the Apple iPhone. Users of the free application will be able to place the phone to their ear and...

21st century excuses

Homework’s not done? British students blame their computers, a survey finds. Of the top-five tech homework excuses, computer crashes resulting in lost essays came out on top. Others were...

Pentagon Slammed by Cyber Attack

The Pentagon has suffered a direct hit from a cyber attack. The weapon used is said to be a hybrid computer worm/virus. Insiders say the hybrid rapidly spread through the thousands of interconnected...

Dynamically Inconsistent Preferences and Money Demand (repeat)

Emanuele Millemaci and Robert WaldmannThis paper focuses on two main issues. First, we find that, on average, households’ discount rates decline. This implies dynamically inconsistent preferences....

Gmail themes?! How do I change my Gmail theme?

I was just looking over at someone else's computer and noticed that they had a completely different look and feel for their Google Gmail Web pages. I mean, REALLY different look, with ninjas and...

Enjoy your vacation, Congress, while America crumbles

By Amy Kronenberger As I sit here and read the devastating headlines that flash across my newspaper and TV and computer screens, the one glaring headline that jumps out at me most is our...

Random Chat

I haven't used my MSN messenger in like... forever. I think I've uninstalled the one in my own computer a long time ago. And since my wonderfully flat monitor decided to take up smoking and smelling...

12 great dead tech mags (and my own history as reader and Grim Reaper)

In requiem for once-mighty PC Magazine's decision to stop printing and go Web-only, the Technologizer blog's Harry McCracken writes elegantly today about his 12 favorite departed computer magazines....

Star-shine Shimmy Shuffle Smile

I'm taking a quick break from cleaning before it overwhelms me and I crap out. This place is still half living room, half bedroom and all mess. Ugh. I refuse to set up the new computer in a haven...

3 Simple Ways to Beat the Afternoon Slump

Anyone who has worked a day in his or her life knows of the afternoon slump. As the clock strikes 3 in the afternoon, head's start to feel heavy, eyes blur, and the text on your computer screen grows...