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PCWorld.com has compiled a list of what they consider the worst tech products of all time: Picking our list wasn’t exactly rocket science; it was more like group therapy. PC World staffers and contributors nominated their candidates and then gave each one the sniff test. We sought the worst of the worst–operating systems that operated …
From BusinessWeek: As corporate logos go, few are as recognizable as the bitten apple that appears on all things Apple Computer (AAPL). Few, that is, except maybe the swoosh that has appeared on Nike’s (NKE) shoes and apparel from the company’s beginning. Now the two companies behind those logos are teaming up. At an event …
From the New York Times: To the antispam researchers at MessageLabs, an e-mail filtering company, each new wave of a recent stock-pumping spam seemed like a personal affront. The spammers were trying to circumvent the world’s junk-mail filters by embedding their messages — whether peddling something called China Digital Media for $1.71 a share, or …
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 USA Today: It should come as no surprise that most Americans with Internet access at work do some personal Web surfing on the job. A new survey finds that half of them would rather give up their morning coffee than forgo that ability. Maps, news and weather are the chief non-work-related sites visited.
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 …
From BusinessWeek: The campaign to crowd out predators from MySpace.com is gathering steam in Washington. House of Representatives lawmakers proposed a bill on May 9 that would block access to social networks and Internet chat rooms in most federally funded schools and libraries. Social networks such as MySpace (NWS) and Facebook let users to create …
From the Toronto Star: Patients surfing obsessively for answers can fall prey to `cyberchondria’ — health anxiety made worse by a deluge of information When 37-year-old Toronto comedian Gerry Dee had a series of headaches, he decided to consult his family doctor. Some blood tests were ordered, and Dee didn’t think much about it until …
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 …
From CNN: Rather than reach for the television remote control when she wants to be entertained, Karalyn Valente goes online to play “EverQuest,” “Ultima Online” and other video games — a gaming habit shared by millions in the United States. Valente, a 29-year-old graphic artist from York, Pennsylvania, said she devotes about 30 hours a …