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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
May 2011
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High-tech PJs for Insomniacs
- Senior analyst 23 May 2011 -
Like the name, I can't believe I didn't think of that
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 May 2011 -
Lunchtime
- Managing Editor 19 May 2011
Calling all insomniacs who would like to learn more about their sleeping patters or lack thereof without having to hook themselves up to a scary and uncomfortable bunch of wires in a lab. Startup ...
Two fame seeking parents have tried to cash in on their kids early. While the rest of us have to wait until we are old and infirm for our kids to begin to repay us for our sweat and blood, an ...
Downtime is glad to be reporting from sunny Marble Arch. The trauma of commuting to the suburban hell-hole of Sutton is now behind us. Visitor's no longer have to ask, "Sutton? Would you mind ...
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Teen wishes Bin Laden would kill her math teacher on Facebook and gets suspended!
- UK at eBay 19 May 2011 -
Social media can kill: don't be a planker
- Senior analyst 16 May 2011 -
Not high-tech and hip? All you need is Necomimi
- Senior analyst 16 May 2011 -
Insensitive but oh so funny...
- UK at eBay 13 May 2011 -
US Navy offers pocket rocket guidance
- Managing Editor 13 May 2011 -
Jamie Oliver cyborg will slim fat Americans
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 May 2011 -
Cannibal looking for victim with GSOH
- UK at eBay 12 May 2011
Thirteen year-old New Hampshire student, Shane, was suspended for five days after she posted a status update on Facebook saying that she wished Osama Bin Laden would kill her math teacher.
There has been a lot in the news lately about the security risks of Social Media, but the death of a 20-year-old Australian proves that online games of one-upmanship can be fatal. An internet craze ...
Downtime is always pleased to see technology being put to good use such as enabling fashion accessories that express the wearer's moods. Just in case we have lost the ability to interpret what ...
I'm not sure I need to add anything to this but that it's put a smile on my face despite the fact that it's a really evil thing to do.
Now here's our top pick for the gadget of the week. The US Navy has developed the Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker (LCITS). Basically this a low-cost guidance capability that it says will greatly ...
A school in the US is using cameras linked to computers to get kids eating better. The theory is the cameras will take a picture of what is on a child's lunch tray. Analysis of the images will be ...
It's well known that you should never answer an internet ad asking for something weird, so when a man from Switzerland answered a personal ad looking for someone to be the steak in his dinner, you ...
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Anonymous hacker group hit by insider threat
- Senior analyst 09 May 2011 -
True democracy does not require voting
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 May 2011 -
Call centre strategies
- Managing Editor 05 May 2011 -
Court slashes maintenance payments to ex-wife because of blog posts
- Senior analyst 03 May 2011
Increasingly organisations are looking for ways to deal with the insider threat to security, and it seems no organisation is immune, not even hacker group Anoymous. According to apparent postings ...
A group of programmers have been inspired by the referendum on reform of the electoral system. First Past the Post is unfair but very workable. The Alternative Vote system is fairer but a bit more ...
New research has found that customers are more satisfied and more likely to recommend a brand when they have had human contact with a call agent. Oh really...that doesn't happen in our office. At ...
Users of social media still appear to be struggling with the concept that once they post information, it is out there for just about anyone to see and use. Chicago internet lawyer Evan Brown has ...