Technology

Is Yahoo! banning "allah" as a user name? This guy says it's banned, along with a bunch of obscenities [http://quickwired.com/kallahar/stories/2005-Yahoo/yahoo.php]. To date, Yahoo! hasn't offered an explanation. I'm guessing it could be one ofÂ

Maybe that's why they're still playing videogames at age 30 instead of holding down a job: > Before you assume gadgets and video games fry the minds of the future, consider this: Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and

> When a group of people dine out together, someone always lacks cash. They forgot to go to the ATM, but they'll pay you back ASAP. Right. > Funny, though, how people rarely forget their cell phones. Philip Yuen put these two observations together and came up with

Have you been kinda sitting on the sidelines of the new technology: MP3s, digital cameras, Gameboys? Well, get ready to be pulled into the electronic fray. Toymakers are beginning to market high-tech gadgets to toddlers, and very few 3-year-olds can do anything without being taught first. Good

The Internet is spreadig in Iraq. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/international/middleeast/10internet.html?ei=5065&en=bbfa6fefa812ea81&ex=1140152400&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print] . At this point (now that the Court Clown is gone), it'll probably do more for

> It was a short, even telegraphic, message: "Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage." > With these words, Western Union announced the death of

> Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday that attempts by governments to censor Web site contents were doomed, because banned information can seep out despite official injunctions. > "The ability to really withhold information no longer exists," Gates told a government forum on the Internet. > Gates

Adult stem cell research advances: > Researchers say they have turned adult muscle stem cells into cartilage, and used them in animals to heal the kind of damage caused by arthritis. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20060130/hl_hsn/musclestemcellstransformedintocartilage] But who cares? It's no fun unless

Great, first my wife, now the screen. I'll never be able to hide a sour mood again. > Many computers are already able to see and hear. However, they have no way of telling whether their users are happy or angry. At CeBIT 2006, researchers will be presenting