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Comment Average Age? (Score 1) 117

by ocop on Friday October 24, 2008 @09:57AM (#25497155) Attached to: Study Debunks Gamer Stereotypes

I wonder if all of these wonderful statistics (more dates, more sports, more movies) could be confounded with the average age of gamers? If the demographic skews younger the correlation with gaming isn't necessarily causation.

Submission + - Israel Claims Syria Developing Nuclear Weapons (ynetnews.com)

Submitted by ocop on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @09:41AM

ocop writes: "Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by North Korea, Israeli Arab newspaper claims target of alleged raid last week was Syrian missile base financed by Iran. ..."The Israelis think North Korea is selling to Iran and Syria what little they have left...""

I thought the target of choice these days was Iran?

Submission + - Libraries need more PCs but most aren't buying

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @09:39AM

netbuzz writes: "Only one out of five public libraries report having enough PCs to meet the needs of their patrons, yet more than half say they have no intention of buying additional machines. The reasons are complex, but, as usual, most of them boil down to money. This comes from a survey out today that was conducted by the American Library Association in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19351"

Submission + - 8 ways a competitor can bomb you out of Google (virtualhosting.com)

Submitted by

athloi

on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @09:07AM

athloi writes: "Competition on the web is fierce and getting more ruthless by the day. Some webmasters have resorted to using dirty tricks, known as "Google bowling," to sabotage competing websites. Arm yourself with knowledge and protect your site from these techniques that may be used to undermine your site's reputation. Maybe search engines have too much power over our lives, if they are so easily spoofed.

http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/worldwideweb-wargames-8-ways-a-competitor-can-sabotage-your-site/"

Submission + - HP's inkjet technology used to administer drugs

Submitted by jedrick conner on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @08:08AM

jedrick conner writes: Hewlett-Packard's microneedle technology is used in Hewlett-Packard's patented process for its inkjet cartridges, could soon be used in transdermal patches to deliver time-controlled release of drugs to patients. Still at the prototype stage, the patch will likely be 25 mm square in size and 3 mm thick. It will incorporate an array of microneedles that are between 75 and 100 microns, which will penetrate the top dry layer of the skin, also known as the stratum corneum. Above the microneedles is an array of wells, [and] those wells can hold one or a number of drugs, adding that for the actuation of drugs, the device has "an active mechanism to push the drug through the needle".

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