Science or Torture? Dreadful Experiment Yields Shocking Results

Gregory Berns and his fellow researchers recently coaxed 32 willing volunteers to slide their heads into an MRI scanner and receive a series of electrical shocks to their left feet.

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How to scan money into photoshop

Photoshop sometimes recognizes money and tries to stop you from using it. Fortunately for law-abiding citizens who are smart enough to follow rules, Deke, as he shows in his new podcast, knows a workaround.

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694 million people online worldwide

Some 694 million people worldwide over age 15 are now using the Internet, about 14 percent of the total population in this age group, according to a survey released Thursday.

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Web 2.0 recipes with PHP + DHTML

Full simple code examples for dynamic elements for your web apps, including: Ad boxes, Pop-ups, Spinners, and Tabs. (ways to show and hide content on the page)

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First ABC, Now CBS announces that it will ALSO offer shows online!

This time, CBS has joined the party by unveiling a service called "innertube"�an ad-supported video channel available directly from their web site.

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The RFID Hacking Underground

They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking underground.

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Amazing, Innovative ways to fool people!

Scott Granneman's latest column looks at recent security examples where people have been fooled in increasingly innovative ways: from keyloggers used in a massive bank heist and new Trojans that encrypt data and request ransom money, to real financial rip-offs that extend out from online virtual gaming worlds like World of Warcraft.

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How to Warn 500+ Generations of Nuclear Waste?

"No culture has ever tried, self-consciously and scientifically, to design a symbol that would last 10,000 years and still be intelligible"

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Apple slips, accidentally reveals existence of MacBook on website

Apple accidentally displayed some navigation graphics for the highly-anticipated MacBook on apple.com this morning. Could it's release be right around the corner?

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Getting away with hacking your school computer system.

A teenager at a Pennsylvania school gets caught handing out business cards with instructions on how to circumvent his school's Web filter. But instead of throwing the school discipline book at him, administrators offer a choice: They'll give him a break if he lets the school's tech people know how he beat the system.

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From XHTML/CSS to WordPress

The ultimate guide to WordPress theming. As an addition to two previously posted articles about webdesign workflows, this shows the whole process of how to turn a (x)HTML site into a WordPress theme.

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Five most common lies in business

How many of these are touted by your employer?

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Have Pshop Skills? Help restore photos for NOLA families... Please digg!

I recently volunteered for Operation Photo Rescue and WE NEED HELP... All, I had hoped to begin distribution today (Wed 5/03), but to say that we have been swamped is an understatement. During the whole week that we initially spent in Pass Christian, MS, we gathered 500 photos from around 50 or so families...

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SURVEY: Only 1 in 5 people considering HD DVD or Blu-ray

A survey of high-volume DVD users by online DVD trading company Peerflix on Wednesday showed that about one in five may buy high-definition DVD players or discs in 2006.

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MiniTV USB Turns Computer Into A Media Center

The MiniTV plug-and-play USB TV tuner is now coming to the USA. Now you can watch and record your favorite shows right from your laptop. ADS Tech announced that it is shipping its MiniTV USB TV Tuner with MediaTV PVR software, its own all-in-one solution for turning a PC into a digital entertainment center.

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