| Author: sawanbanna | August 21, 2008 |
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What Your Computer Expert May Not Tell You
According to a study, when confronted with a dead computer, 19 percent of people admit to wanting to hurl it out the nearest window. Well, the next time you feel like throwing your machine off the 5th floor balcony, perhaps this’ll help: I have a list of things your computer person may not tell you, but you should know. We found this in Reader’s Digest.
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| Author: sawanbanna | August 21, 2008 |
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Some Tricks to Help You Feel Cool
Want to feel cool? Here are 6 tricks to help you chill out this summer, without diving into a swimming pool or cranking up the A/C. This icy intel comes from Woman's World magazine.
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| Author: sawanbanna | August 21, 2008 |
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Colleges Are Pushing Students to Give Up Their Cars
Are you headed to college this Fall? That’s awesome! If you’re like most freshman, you’ll arrive at the dorm with an iPod, a laptop, and new sheets and towels. What are more and more students planning to not bring to college? A car! According to USA Today, a lot of colleges are pushing students to give up their automobiles to save gas, protect the environment, and promote physical fitness. Of course, many colleges, like Ohio State University, have long prohibited freshmen from having cars on campus, but other schools are resorting to bribes to persuade students to participate in no-car programs.
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| Author: sawanbanna | April 22, 2008 |
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Help Save the Planet by Follow These Guidelines
You don’t have to be Al Gore or Bono to save the planet. All you have to do is follow a few simple guidelines, and you can make a difference, too! Here they are, courtesy of the researchers at Condé Nast Publications.
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| Author: sawanbanna | April 22, 2008 |
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Is Homework Actually Helping Kids?
Three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and homework. Homework’s important, because it makes children smarter, helps them earn better grades, and helps them get into better colleges, right? Not necessarily. According to ABC News, these days, kids are bringing home mountains of homework and starting in kindergarten, they’re expected to do an hour of homework a week. Which rises slowly to 2-and-a-half hours a day - or more - for high school seniors. Educators say that when kids get piles of homework, they begin to see learning as a chore. Not something fun or interesting. When young kids get into trouble for not turning in their work, it turns into a combative relationship. Basically, teachers, schools, and parents versus students.
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| Author: sawanbanna | March 26, 2008 |
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Are You a Victim of an "iCrime?"
That’s the new buzzword for thefts associated with any kind of portable music player – like an iPod. It’s more serious than you may think. According to an article in the Associated Press, iCrime may be responsible for a dramatic rise in violent crimes over the past two years! Nobody is pointing fingers at Apple for a spike in the homicide rate, but researchers at the Urban Institute in Washington D.C. found some trends that are worth keeping an eye on.
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| Author: sawanbanna | March 26, 2008 |
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The Generation Gap Is Being Caused By Text Messaging
The generation gap used to be caused by crazy clothes and rock ‘n roll. Now, it’s being caused by text messaging! According to The New York Times, innovation has always spurred broad changes in society. For example, in the last century, telephones gave teenagers a form of privacy and easy communication that Alexander Graham Bell never dreamed of. The automobile ushered in an era when kids could go on dates without watchful chaperones. Cell phones are accelerating those trends. Especially as they morph into mini hand-held computers, social networking devices, and pint-size movie screens. In fact, 80% of North Americans between the ages of 5 and 24 already own a cell phone.
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| Author: sawanbanna | March 26, 2008 |
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A Comeback of The Cassette Tape
Remember the mix tape? You’d sit by your radio, calling the station’s request line until your favorite song came on – then you’d quickly hit “record” on your boombox. You’d make a special collection of songs for your girlfriend, your friends, or “driving music” to play in the cassette player in your car. Remember those days? Well, if you were born after 1990, probably not. For the rest of us, mix tapes were the soundtrack to our 8th grade romance! Of course, the cassette tape has long since been replaced by MP3s burned from iTunes, but according to Newsweek magazine, it’s making a comeback!
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| Author: sawanbanna | March 26, 2008 |
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Pay-at-Your-Table Wireless Scanners: the Newest Way to Pay Your Bill
Coming soon to a restaurant near you: an easier and safer way to pay your bill! With pay-at-your-table wireless scanners. The technology has actually been around in Europe for years, but here in America, only the Legal Sea Foods chain on the East Coast, along with upscale restaurants in New York, Chicago and Las Vegas, have begun using the technology. So why is a wireless scanner the way to go? Well, according to Newsweek, there are 3 good reasons.
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| Author: sawanbanna | March 26, 2008 |
Did You Know?Did you know if you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will land tails-up more often? This is because the heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom. 
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