Half of iPod users risk deafness

The use of personal audio devices since the original walkman has increased to a point that sometimes its difficult to find a young person on the high street not listening to one mp3 player or another. This research...

Google tells us what we look for

"What do Sarah Palin, Facebook and Euro 2008 have in common? They are all on the list of the top 10 fastest-rising queries on Google during 2008. The search engine has published its year-end Zeitgeist, the tool which...

'Koobface' Virus Attacks Facebook

"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...

Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere

"Facebook Connect::ing You Everywhere December 6th, 2008 Goto comments Leave a comment By Ed Penano One simple system. One simple login. That is the aim of Facebook’s freshest creation - Facebook Connect. Facebook...

Intel brings new CPUs

" According to the latest reports on the Web, Intel added a few more CPUs to its mainstream and value lineups, all based on previous architectures from the company, and not on the newly released Nehalem. The additions include the Core 2 Quad Q8300, the Pentium Dual...

China Tops U.S. With Largest Internet Population, 253M

This certainly explains how much traffic I have been getting on my websites from China... Most interesting considering the freedom gained by use of the Internet, in a country such as China."Boston (dbTechno) - China...

Google SMS search, an easy and flexible search

Google India has launched some useful SMS service to the mobile users. This service will be of great advantage to people who don’t have a web-enabled phone. Google claims that this SMS service works just like the...

McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace

" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace. Users of...

Twitterank Snatches Passwords, Raises Security Concerns

Is Twitterank an elaborate prank to "steal all of ur passwords" or is it a legitimate ranking system for Twitter users? I have to admit a heavy dose of skepticism on hearing the deafening din of "did you get your...

AIDS will spread like ‘bushfire’ in India: UN

India has one of the highest HIV/AIDS patients base and the United States National Intelligence Council predicts that the number of people infected in India could jump to between 20 million and 25 million...

How we help track flu trends

" This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed.Google search isn't just about looking up football scores from...

Hackers Target China, Microsoft Says

"Chinese computer users are the major targets of online attackers, according to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report released last week."

Sony Will Arrange Replacement Batteries for 100,000 Notebooks

"Over 100,000 notebook batteries will be replaced as Sony declares them unsafe."

How Social Media can Actually Help the World

With all of the traffic that social media sites receive and subsequently send to other websites across the Internet, it is would make sense for them to do more in the way of charitable promotions and highlighting...

Visit the Sequim PC User's web site AT http://spcug.net

The Sequim PC User's Group (SPCUG) is a non-profit computer club in Sequim, Washington.  We meet, formally, on the 2nd Saturday of the month, but we have been running special SIGs (special interest groups)...

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