Wired Magazine: Clean the Blood, Cure Bird Flu?

California researchers say a blood-cleaning machine could save lives if bird flu becomes a pandemic. Fighting viruses by cleansing the blood might sound too good to be true, and many infectious disease experts say it is.

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A radical fix for airlines: Make flying free

Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive of Ireland's Ryanair (Research), Europe's most profitable airline, wants to make air travel free. Not free as in free from regulation, but free as in zero cost. By the end of the decade, he promises, "more than half of our passengers will fly free."

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New look google talk

New google talk out, with display pictures and chat 'themes' - great new version, check it out.

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The sadly neglected Google synonym operator

A quick tutorial on using the Google Synonym operator to perform better and more interesting searches.

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Study Shows People Do Not Trust Microsoft!

Out of 22 companies, Microsoft ranked 20th in brand trust showing that consumers are wary about the company. HP and Apple (of course) broke the top 5 as being trustworthy. Accordig to the study Microsoft has "negative brand potential."

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'When we turn the current on, the emptiness suddenly disappears'

'When we turn the current on, the patients report the emptiness suddenly disappears'. Sufferers from depression who do not respond to existing treatments could soon benefit from a new procedure in which electrodes are inserted into the core of the brain and used to alter the patient's mood.

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How phishing sites fool us

Solving the puzzle of why so many people fall for the email-based phishing attacks was the driving force behind a US research study which reveals that consumers may not comprehend even the most basic internet security indicators.

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75 Helpful Web Design Resources

A bunch of web design resources with descriptions.

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Chemistry: the video game - Will Critical Mass woo students to the field?

"You are deep underground in a lab that once housed some of the finest minds in chemistry. But robots directed by a crackbrained artificial intelligence have taken it over and plan to use its equipment to destroy the world!.... you reach the Haber-Bosch room. And now you must correctly synthesize ammonia or die."

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Google TV on the way?!

A rumor is out that involves the possibility of Google TV, a project that could involve the search engine company getting into television advertising, or even a full-blown Google interactive TV service!

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What Bill Gates Wants That Outlook Can't Give Him

In the midst of Microsoft's Convergence Conference, which evoked memories of Tom Cruise "painting" data on a big screen in "Minority Report," Redmond's prophet staked-out a decidely prosaic vision. Bill Gates forsees vastly more powerful Outlook rules that let you tailor your message responses to the person, place and time... Easily.

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Japan to introduce vending machines with age-check system

"...The institute announced that a total of 620,000 tobacco vending machines nationwide will be switched during 2008 to types that can read "tobacco cards" with integrated circuit chips bought by adult smokers."

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This Worm Is Nasty, Brutish, And Sneaky

New worm, The Hearse, is almost immune to detection. This was discovered over a week ago but this is the first I've read of it.

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Print from your laptop to your wall using a can of spraypaint and string

This is the coolest thing ever! Two electronics engineering students in Zurich made this simple but intriguing way of printing from their tiny laptop to a wall of just about any size using a can of spray paint, some string, and two tiny motors. It's hypnotic to watch!

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Test Microsoft's new Web Design app! (EXCLUSIVE BETA)

Microsoft is testing their new Expression Web Design tool, and it's an EXCLUSIVE BETA! Once 5000 signups are done, the beta will be closed off and no one else can participate. So far, this promises to be better than front page (think Microsoft's own version of Dreamweaver) so I think this is worth signing up for.

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