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Is the videogame addiction story science or politics

Is the videogame addiction story science or politicsVideogame addiction is not about ADHDIt is about them not having anything else in their lives that is fun, not being let out of their homes to explore because their parents are overprotective idiots, etc.Personally, if someone sits and plays a game for...

Tags: Games, ADHD, videogame addiction story science, addiction story science

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

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News to know: Oracle-Sun, IBM, Apple ads, Windows 7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Complete coverage of Oracle-Sun news: Larry Dignan: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Is the videogame addiction story science or politics

It may be true that constant use of video games is a symptom of ADHD. It may be there is something to what Dr. Gentile is saying.But there's also no doubt the man and the group funding his research have an agenda by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Video Game, Video, Douglas Gentile, NIMF, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Meeting with Hong Kong's technology czar and other adventures . . .

I was a busy bee on Thursday. The day started slowly, I had trouble getting out of bed due to a 5am stop but by 11am I was up and running and heading down to Santa Clara a for a meeting with Hong Kong's technology czar Dr Robert Yang. Boyd...

Tags: Oxonica, Dr Yang

Blog posts 2006-02-24

Politics, Tech, ET, and Global Warming

A talkback contributor on my August 4th story pretending that Scott McNealy's comments about Intel space heaters applied to the global warming issue told me rather nicely to "Keep the tech, lose the politics, please." It's good advice, but impossible to accept because politics and technology are inextricably linked and...

Tags: global warming

Blog posts 2005-08-17

Nobel laureate rings energy alarm bell

Nobel laureate rings energy alarm bellAlarm bells ring to deaf ears in Bush administrationThe current Bush priority is to dig for more oil, not find alternatives. This is a disaster in the making.The best hope is for other developed countries not pouring $1Billion a month into Iraq to invest in...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mobile Energy, FUD

Discussion threads 2004-12-15

CERT: IE bug is bait for phishers

CERT: IE bug is bait for phishersFunny[i]Microsoft feverishly puts the fix together[/i]Somehow I dont think this is issue #1 for Microsoft.I'm good to go, Microsoft!My security settings were already set as highI am safe!!I switched to Firefox I have not noticed a popup in 6 months.Exscuse me butWasn't this issue...

Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, Firefox 0.8, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SuSE, SUSE 9.1, CERT, phishing

Discussion threads 2004-06-14