Cell phone risks to planes

""Few rules are more confounding to airline passengers than those regarding the use of cellphones and portable electronic devices." I'd add the quart-sized plastic bag to that list, but I digress: Smith is right. Is it really true that something as innocuous as a Treo left on...

Spammers Hijack Youtube Tools... Makes Me Crabby

There's lots of spam on Youtube, this we all know. After a long day of flagging (carrots for the good stuff, big ol' stick for the spam), yours truly has been known to rock over to Youtube in search of amateur...

Facebook gags verbal dissent group

Such heavy handed tactics! Personally, i like the "is", but to just pull the plug on a group is really overbearing, in my view. "Facebook has silenced a 20,000-strong campaign group dedicated to the seemingly...

10 Little Things Women Do That Drives Men Crazy

"Most men really, really like women. That may seem a bit like telling you that water is wet, but it's true. If there is a God, men should bow down and thank him for blessing us with such beautiful creatures in the opposite sex. Of course, we usually aren't shy about showing...

Terror Jamming: Security Guru's Airline Threat Contest

I am not affiliated with this project, but I find it fascinating. Basically, Schneier is inviting the public to come up with their own far-fetched-yet-plausible "terror threat" along the lines of the Heathrow...

Are Cell Phones Affecting Your Brain?

"It's always by your side, and when it's not, you are chatting away with it by your ear. Cell phones have made keeping in touch much easier, but what are they doing to your health? A new study by Italian researchers finds that the electromagnetic fields emitted by cell phones...

US terror warning is 'very innocuous': Govt - Daily News & Analysis

" PTI Email Article Print Article Most Emailed Articles RSS Feed Most Viewed Articles Search This Site NEW DELHI : The government on Friday described as 'very innocuous' the US Embassy advisory on possible Al-Qaeda attacks in the national capital and Mumbai but...

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