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Submission + - Scientists show thought-controlled computer

Submitted by Da Massive on Friday March 16, 2007 @12:14AM

Da Massive writes: Forget speech-recognition software: How about typing a letter just by thinking it? An Austrian company is showing a brain-computer interface at Cebit that 'reads' thoughts to operate a computer. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;36148 5560;fp;16;fpid;1

Feed Judge Bars a Buyout Vote at Netsmart (nytimes.com)

From feed by nytfeed on Friday March 16, 2007 @12:12AM

A judge has barred Netsmart Technologies from polling shareholders on a $115 million offer to sell out to private equity firms.

Submission + - MS: 'Financial incentives' for Live Search data

Submitted by

InfoWorldMike

on Thursday March 15, 2007 @10:46PM

InfoWorldMike writes: "In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market share, Microsoft will give 'service or training credits' to companies that will share employees' Live Search usage data. The program is being tested with "a select number of enterprise customers based on the number of Web search queries conducted by their employees via Live Search," Microsoft said in a statement late on Thursday. The move prompts InfoWord's ed-in-chief to ask: Is Office Live Microsoft's gateway drug?"

Submission + - Video Games with Shooting Improve Eyesight

Submitted by anthemaniac on Thursday March 15, 2007 @10:43PM

anthemaniac writes: Playing video games that involve firing guns (Gears of War, Halo, take your pick) can improve eyesight, according to a new study. From the article: 'People who started out as non-gamers and then received 30 hours of training on first-person action video games showed a substantial increase in their ability to see objects accurately in a cluttered space, compared to non-gamers given the same test.' The games push the brain to the limit, the thinking goes, and it adapts by developing better spatial resolution. The effect was not duplicated in sedate games like Tetris.

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