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Do You Have a PC Posture? 163

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday June 03, 2006 @11:33AM from the sore-backs-and-necks dept.

prostoalex writes "PC Magazine takes a look at 'PC posture' and the problems associated with the workstyles of those who spend hours in front of the PC. They talk about proper sitting styles, the erroneous name of 'wrist rest,' monitor height and the need for periodic exercises to help alleviate potential repetitive stress injuries."

New IM Worm Installs Own Web Browser 479

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 21, 2006 @11:21AM from the safety-first-everyone dept.

Aquafinality writes "A new IM worm discovered recently takes the novel step of installing its own web browser onto the victims PC. Ironically titled "The Safety Browser", its default settings actually make your PC less secure - switching on pop-ups, changing your home page and hijacking your desktop with a looped music track that plays every time you switch your computer on. It's clear people cannot resist clicking "yes" to anything they're presented with via IM - with this in mind, what on Earth can we do so stop the spread of garbage like the above? To put it another way, will reducing the amount of potential "suckers" out there dissuade the bad guys from coming up with ever-more elaborate ideas such as this latest scam? Or is IM safety a lost cause?"

Comment Re:submitter screwed up the headline (Score 2, Interesting) 477

by casefive on Wednesday June 08, 2005 @03:50PM (#12761052) Attached to: Google Takes Top Spot From Time Warner

Google is traded on the NASDAQ, symbol GOOG (four letter ticker symbol == not NYSE).

...and also, market cap == market cap. If a company traded on the NASDAQ is worth more dollars than a company traded on the NYSE, well, that's more dollars. More is more. Actual price of the stock is sorta secondary here, people aren't saying that the price of a single share of GOOG is now more than a single share of Time/Warner, though that is also true: TWX is going for ~$17, while GOOG did their IPO at $85 and are now flirting with $300!

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