http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ http://swik.net/Technology-News%2FDigg Technology-News Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:24:52 -0700 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:24:52 -0700 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Derek+Anderson+of+the+Browns+ruled+out+for+season/cl6c6 Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee ligament injury in Sunday's defeat by the Indianapolis Colts. Anderson will not require surgery, however, and should be fit in four-six weeks. Cleveland are 4-8 after Sunday's loss and Ken Dorsey will step up to be starting quarterback. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/TzuB4lrEeKccCn4X8VwaZTloYM8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/TzuB4lrEeKccCn4X8VwaZTloYM8/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/oqY0LtijSPg" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Withdrawal+From+Some+Prescription+Drugs+Can+Last+Years/cl6c5 The positive effects of tranquilizers are widely discussed in blogs, and in the media. But the much appreciated "mother's little helper" drugs can have dangerous side effects that last for years. Some of the worst problems actually start once someone tries to stop taking them. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YJ61-_9jWqyEpwq94wD9P789bzU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YJ61-_9jWqyEpwq94wD9P789bzU/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/v32FLGzpdkY" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/People+Buying+Used+PCs+for+Salvage+Copies+of+Windows+XP/cl6c4 Apparently, according to IDC and computer repair outfit Rescuecom, it's cheaper for businesses to pick up a used PC with Windows XP, than it is to buy a brand new computer with Vista and downgrade it. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1gkoecth7f7feQKjw41VviHKSs8/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1gkoecth7f7feQKjw41VviHKSs8/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/JXeNJIbg8HU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Penn+State+mascot+arrested+on+DUI+charge/cl6c3 The Penn State senior who plays the Nittany Lion mascot was arrested on a DUI charge and his status for the Rose Bowl is in doubt, police and school officials said <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Cv_ja-bz-ItTK-xwKwyy3Zf-DJk/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Cv_ja-bz-ItTK-xwKwyy3Zf-DJk/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/02hNzFrfJN4" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Imagining+the+Tenth+Dimension/cl6c2 Rob Bryanton starts with the lower dimensions that we are all familiar with, then uses those concepts to build one layer upon another, ultimately arriving at a way of imagining the tenth dimension. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YTz8VW41h7o9hwH1G2VfkhJ2uvU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/YTz8VW41h7o9hwH1G2VfkhJ2uvU/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/ykUG0bu0FmQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Tom+Cruise+Is+A+Midget/cl6c1 So sad, but so true. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/RJqJgjj9Vmu3RJqGXYqOz3HdzkM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/RJqJgjj9Vmu3RJqGXYqOz3HdzkM/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/6bmlKFVGRUE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Rick+Reilly%3A+How+Michael+Vick+Went+Broke+in+Prison/cl6c0 Essential question about Vick now after ruining his life—with bountiful help from leaching family, friends, advisors, agents and his own Hindenburg instincts: Can the chump change? <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/L1XC7No9Iipvt2xGoWRR0eOBT5I/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/L1XC7No9Iipvt2xGoWRR0eOBT5I/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/Nul37y8pdOs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Steam+Linux+on+the+way%3F+Left+4+Dead+carries+Linux+binaries/cl6cz Though some will protest that its DRM system is detestable, Valve's Steam platform is by far one of the best compromises between publishers and gamers, and it's a key contributor to the overall health of PC gaming. Valve has gradually developed the once-despised platform into something worth supporting, but if there is any one remaining flaw of the <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/frikvHOzLm5lHnKWY2jIm-bg9EU/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/frikvHOzLm5lHnKWY2jIm-bg9EU/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/h3DSiL06bKA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Night+shift+workers+can+improve+alertness/cl6cy Use of light exposure therapy, dark sunglasses and a strict sleep schedule can help night-shift workers increase alertness, U.S. researchers said. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/QBeCUzmSwr7KBJPp6CXce_XOnfw/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/QBeCUzmSwr7KBJPp6CXce_XOnfw/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/R3gsUQcbbXY" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:03:55 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Brain%27s+magnetic+fields+reveal+language+delays+in+autism/cl55s Faint magnetic signals from brain activity in children with autism show that those children process sound and language differently from non-autistic children. Identifying and classifying these brain response patterns may allow researchers to more accurately diagnose autism and possibly aid in developing more effective treatments for the development <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/9NIaNfrBgnmr0gOvntp3sWUkWyY/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/9NIaNfrBgnmr0gOvntp3sWUkWyY/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/phLwy-KstBI" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/1+In+5+Young+Adults+Has+Personality+Disorder/cl55r Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MKgNO74Zo7UH2cNxpl22LyhM3Gc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MKgNO74Zo7UH2cNxpl22LyhM3Gc/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/KdB2GVqD76Q" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Artist+Creates+Wireframe+Lamborghini+Countach/cl55q What you're looking at above is not a computer generated drawing, it is a full scale wireframe representation of a Lamborghini Countach created by installation artist Benedict Radcliff. The car is the latest in a series of wire cars Radcliff has completed. It's likely the most ambitious, painstakingly crafted from 10 mm steel tube welded together. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cjqaaGXDXAo330TkpYdwEDjfC7Y/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cjqaaGXDXAo330TkpYdwEDjfC7Y/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/pqubq4DWkX0" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/GE+Ends+Development+of+Incandescent+Bulbs%2C+Focuses+on+LEDs/cl55p General Electric has dumped all plans for revitalizing their century-old incandescent lightbulb. Instead, it plans to focus on light-emitting diodes (LED) and its organic counterpart — the OLED. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vABt_FKnl-_QklfR8LnDFXYKcF4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vABt_FKnl-_QklfR8LnDFXYKcF4/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/0B8FjS_dqdw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Will+uTorrent+Really+Kill+the+Internet%3F/cl55o An inflammatory article published by Richard Bennett in The Register makes the claim ‘BitTorrent will kill the Internet’, or at least VoIP and games. However, are Bennett’s claims based in reality, or is it just another round in the FUD war that envelops the Internet? <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/j_eNS_ZPYN2x3cpu4K5P8C8XLQs/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/j_eNS_ZPYN2x3cpu4K5P8C8XLQs/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/L_MqPhPHngk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Analysts%3A+Okay%2C+so+Apple+didn%27t+do+so+badly+on+Black+Friday/cl55n Despite the fact that Apple's Black Friday sale last week was a little bit of a yawner, it turns out that the company still did well over the weekend despite the recession. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1ev8msHwq3dXrCIL9tTTy4oeIjI/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1ev8msHwq3dXrCIL9tTTy4oeIjI/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/y9uVGzdaOEE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Linux+Evolution+Reveals+Origins+of+Mathematical+Phenomenon/cl55m Zipf’s law is a testament to the order in our world, showing that the same patterns emerge in a wide variety of situations. The linguist George Kingsley Zipf first proposed the law in 1949, when he noticed that the distribution of words in a newspaper, book, or other literary article always followed the same pattern. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/c57wP7wPVvkEqF7f_FtII-yI6jc/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/c57wP7wPVvkEqF7f_FtII-yI6jc/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/dggQcrHbmeU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Lance+Armstrong+will+ride+the+Tour+de+France/cl55l Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro d'Italia in the same year. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/VlsQ3VwNjaeY-yGBymF2q-x_a9I/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/VlsQ3VwNjaeY-yGBymF2q-x_a9I/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/np7eyn3RCLQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/When+Video+Game+Weapons+Attack+In+Real+Life/cl55k Here at Complex, we love video games as much as the next dude. We bet money on ‘em, play together on Xbox Live, talk shit over ‘em. But that’s really the extent of our fandom. After the console goes off, we go about our lives. As you should. Because when that line between real life and fantasy become blurred, shit can get hairier than Rosie’s upper <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/uNdLuxD3deR_LTz2YtX1aGEqlQY/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/uNdLuxD3deR_LTz2YtX1aGEqlQY/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/W9NCfNIEDag" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Google+Chrome+Browser+To+Support+Customization/cl55j Google has launched an effort to make it possible for developers to offer ad-blocking and other extensions for Chrome, a move that would give the Google Web browser the same level of customization as Mozilla Firefox. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mInBP-jMapNVp_85LF6uH3-vp-4/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mInBP-jMapNVp_85LF6uH3-vp-4/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/iqdHkeoBR74" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:04:53 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/An+Intelligent+Boxer%3F+Must+Be+an+Idiot./cl5zm Well-educated, well-off, from a good family . . . why anyone with a good brain, and a desire to keep it intact, try to box professionally? Just ask 25-year-old New York Golden Gloves winner Tor Hamer. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/E66RU47CjZQe1GXTcPcT6VdHVyM/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/E66RU47CjZQe1GXTcPcT6VdHVyM/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/0olWlo7v6NQ" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:04:02 -0800 http://swik.net/Technology-News/Digg/Jennifer+Hudson%27s+former+brother-in-law+arrested/cl5zl Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been arrested in Illinois in the deaths of the singer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. <p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/JnzagKO9dNvgD50vNsEHOk4BbBQ/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/JnzagKO9dNvgD50vNsEHOk4BbBQ/i" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/qLfNJw51ECo" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:04:02 -0800