Dirty little secrets of the keyboard revealed

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-277938.html

Nail clippings, chips, pastry crumbs, chewing gum and beard hair are some of the disagreeable detritus that accumulates inside the average office keyboard, according to Claire Burke, director of Keep IT Clean, an IT hardware cleaning company with clients including hotels and the NHS.

 

Yes, Twitter is still dangerous

http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=1703

Twitter’s power to broadcast confidential information unobtrusively remains a genuine security risk to government and private sector organizations. For example, CBS News reports that a Congressman disclosed confidential information on Twitter during a secret trip to Iraq…

 

What if Steve Jobs ran one of the Big Three?

http://www.dereenigne.com/img/diggmakesmegigglelikealittlegirl.jpg

The original story is on pbs.org. Most of the comments on digg.com are lame, but the image linked above includes some true gems.

(via ZDNet)

 

Gmail exploit lets attackers forward your email to them

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1188

 

‘Fish’ = ‘Sex’? iPhone can’t understand British accent

http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=533

 

What is semantic search?

http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13569_22-241397.html?tag=nl.e539

“Semantic search uses the science of meaning in language—instead of just searching keywords, it checks the context of the words to return more relevant results.”

 

Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-243997.html

“Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in California who specializes in brain function, has found through studies that Internet searching and text messaging has made brains more adept at filtering information and making snap decisions.”

 

A Rash of Cell Phones

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-241860.html

“Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said on Thursday.”

 

From the “Don’t Upset the Muslims” Department

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-242636.html

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Religion makes people stupid.