PCIN.net Update

From TechRepublic:

Sit up straight

If you’re reading this article with hunched shoulders and a craned neck, your “computer slump” could one day give way to what some physical therapists call “postural syndrome.”

Postural syndrome is essentially repetitive stress to the neck and thoracic spine, or the 12 vertebrae of the mid-back and chest area, from the so-called flex-forward position. Doctors and physical therapists say that the injury commonly targets the fourth, fifth and sixth discs in the thoracic spine, leading to muscle tenderness, stiffness or, in some cases, nerve irritation.

A prolonged slouch over many years causes the disc space to narrow, which in turn can cause nerve irritation that spreads underneath the shoulder blades, down the arms and down the back.

From eWeek:

While summer is almost upon us, there’s never a worry over good or bad weather when it comes to clients heading out for some Web surfing. And what better place than the office to check out some sites?

But for IT managers acting as life guards on the corporate beach, enforcing network health and safety rules can get dicey.

The experience of IT pros and the results of a new survey show that most clients aren’t getting the message about security and the Web. Or perhaps, they just don’t care.

From the New York Times:

Back in the Stone Age of home networking, anyone who wanted to play on a computer not hooked directly into an Internet connection had to snake phone lines or Ethernet wires across floors and up staircases.

People talked about a promising idea: using the electrical wiring already in the house to move data from room to room. One early application, the X10 system for controlling lights and appliances, didn’t always work well. The technology was certainly not ready to be used to bring Web pages to computers anywhere in the house.