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1. Searching the internet is good for your brain

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... adults, according to UCLA scientists. They were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the web, suggesting that internet ...

2. Nokia gets Facebooked with range of new phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... via the internet. With lifecasting, the Nokia N97 mini and Ovi usher in the next chapter of personal and location-aware internet." You customize your N97 mini - it's out in October - by surfing over ...

3. Doctors dubious about internet health information

   (Networking/Networking Features)

     People are increasingly surfing the internet in search of health information - and doctors aren't always best pleased. People are increasingly surfing the internet in search of health information ...

4. Darkfield Logitech mouse perfect for sofa surfing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Review $100 for a mouse? You are kidding, right?$100 for a mouse? You are kidding, right? Actually, I am not. Even in times when you can get a pretty functional computer for $250, you can spend almost ...

5. First Android netbook to cost $250

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... a 7-inch LCD screen, touchpad, keyboard, and built-in WiFi, the device’s batter will last from two to four hours when surfing the web, the manufacturer claims. The device weighs 1.5 lbs, which is significantly ...

6. Nintendo DSi on sale in United States

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... a scuba diver reach the ocean floor by matching a series of colored blocks.• DSi browser – Nintendo will also be offering a free Opera-based browser for download, to allow web surfing on DSi. ...

7. Sweden: Copyright law sparks 40% decrease in Internet traffic

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... infiltration and adoption has made the country a desirable hub for would-be hackers, pirates and thieves who like to conduct their illegal surfing in the fast lane. There are currently concerns over ...

8. Confrontational Computing: Empowering all users via the Web

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... exists. All it takes is a user surfing through the web pages that are of their interest, and when an item of note is found -- be it in agreement or disagreement, that user need only highlight, right-click ...

9. Review: IE8 is no speed demon, but is most secure browser available

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... physical traces of your activity on the computer. This feature's made lots of headlines and will surely delight many users. When you activate private surfing mode (CTRL-Shift-P), IE8 won't store cookies, ...

10. Review: Chrome 2.0 beta is speedy, still falling behind in features

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... It takes a bit of time to remember and get used to these hot spots. Once you master them, however, they can enhance web surfing, especially if you need to compare two pages side-by-side during web research. ...

11. Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... for our regular Internet surfing. In fact, it is something very close this reality which has caused companies like Comcast to stick a 250 GB montly cap on content access. To put that value into perspective, ...

12. LG Versa: Unboxing the "iPhone Beater"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... are loud and crisp, and the audio is decent for a phone. However there is always room for improvement in this area. When surfing the web I was also impressed, as it was quick and simple. Downloading ...

13. Research: Apple owns mobile web, Google rules mobile search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    We have known iPhone accounts for the leading mobile web users, but now the first mobile web use survey ever has revealed just how much the iPhone leads Windows Mobile when it comes to surfing on the ...

14. Netflix to begin offering streaming-only plans

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... companies will begin isolating the bandwidth used for other downloads and traditional data use via web surfing, and that specifically coming from companies like Netflix. ISPs will opt to get a piece of ...

15. Review: Safari 4 Beta - Not quite there yet

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... overdue addition is the new privacy surfing mode that lets you surf anonymously without leaving activity trails on a computer. There is also built-in protection against malware and phishing attacks that ...

16. Internet Safety Act: Imposes data retention laws on home Wi-Fi users

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In an attempt to put an end to child pornography and make the Internet a safer place, federal law makers have proposed that the surfing habits of Internet users be retained for a period of two years. ...

17. The new Asus Eee Top "Kitchen PC"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... surfing the web, checking email, and doing word processing. Reviewers complained that while streaming video was sometimes poor, for a countertop device to be used in the kitchen (or otherwise), its feature ...

18. Google gives us a small glimpse of what could be

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... that happens, the necessity of having functional clouds will be more important than having even functional search engines today. If we lost our search engines, our online surfing would be something less ...

19. Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... The previous version took several minutes, not seconds, to reach 21/100. In surfing popular sites like Ebay and Amazon, changes are noticeable in terms of speed; the 20% of Acid 3 commands that pass ...

20. Apple TV approaching critical mass with "Take 3" - next month?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... add home media server functionality. Apple could really take all of aforementioned ideas even one step further by enabling iChat video conferencing, IM, email and web surfing, all while watching live ...

21. Opinion: A look at television history, from analog to digital

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... spend hours surfing manually to see what could be seen. The signals broadcast were analog in either scrambled or unscrambled form, and in NTSC, PAL or SECAM - often making many of the broadcasts unviewable ...

22. First Look: Mozilla quietly posts Firefox 3.1 beta 2

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... enter the Privacy Browsing mode, the page conveniently offers the option to clear the recent browsing history before you start surfing, which comes in handy if you want to completely or selectively remove ...

23. Up next for Apple: An ultrathin, ultralight $600 multitouch Mac netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... on the Internet, a netbook may be your next computer: You get truly portable form-factor, often a decent battery and enough oomph to handle web surfing, email, IM/VoIP/videoconferencing, document editing ...

24. New features push Chrome to 1% web usage share

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... but has been struggling to keep its traction since then: As the novelty wore off, users seemed to return to other browsers for everyday surfing. This trend resulted in a slow but constant decline of Chrome's ...

25. Mozilla adds Porn mode to Firefox 3.1 beta 2

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... create. To cancel the private browsing mode, un-check Private Browsing in the Tools menu. Readers should note that private browsing sessions in any browser do mean that you are surfing in an anonymous ...

26. Firefox 3.1 beta 1: Damn, this thing is fast!

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... as the "Pr0n" mode, a private browsing session enables anonymous surfing, which is useful when you need to use a friend's computer or a public terminal. Chrome, Safari and IE8 offer private browsing modes ...

27. Chrome is a security nightmare, indexes your bank accounts

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... can also clear your browser data after surfing to a financial website by going to the tools menu that’s also in the upper-right corner. It was just yesterday that I wrote about Chrome’s security as being ...

28. American ushers in WiFi-friendly skies

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    ... to send e-mail, chat by IM and browse the Internet at 36,000 feet. For $12.95, you can spend six hours surfing the web instead of watching a lame romantic comedy. American and AirCell, the company responsible ...

29. Defcon’s Wall of Sheep eats iPhones for breakfast, lunch and dinner

    (Security/Security Features)

    Smartphones are great for texting and surfing the web, but many of those applications have absolutely no security according to security researchers at the recently completed Defcon computer security ...

30. Verizon: "Steve Jobs has no monopoly on innovations"

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Seidenberg says wireless carriers have discovered a new revenue stream in form of high-volume data traffic over the cell network for email and web surfing activities popularized by the ubiquitous iPhone. ...

31. ‘I’m outta here’ – man to auction his life on eBay

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... Ninja ZX6R motorcycle, a Kawasaki jet-ski and a bicycle.  You also get an assortment of skydiving and surfing gear along with a spa and home entertainment system. But perhaps the wackiest ‘items’ ...

32. Asustek to expand Eee brand

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... with the size of a hardcover book. Asustek pitches this product primarily as being suited for wireless internet surfing, although a closer look at the hardware specifications reveal that Asustek could ...

33. HP exec cutting his birthday cake with MacBook Air

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    You can use Apple’s Macbook Air simply for, well, writing letters and surfing the Internet. But HP’s Rahul Sood found that the notebook is actually thin enough to cut a birthday cake. "It's so damn ...

34. Government worker logged into porn sites 780,000 times

    (Security/Security Brief)

    ... surfing and he apparently was able to complete his regular work duties.  He probably would have gotten away with everything, but a virus infection alerted IT staff to his computer and his surfing ...

35. Hotspot hunting abroad: Ditch the sniffer and just ask!

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... “wow”. I returned to my seat in the food court, plugged my laptop back into the wall socket and entered the WEP key. After a few seconds of “Acquiring an IP Address”, I was surfing the web at pretty decent ...

36. Who needs D-SUB, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort? USB rocks!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... difference in everyday applications such as web surfing, Photoshop, YouTube, Excel, Word, Skype or a Media Player. Given the fact that the USB controller requires CPU cycles to work, there is an obvious ...

37. 112 million Americans have access to broadband Internet

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    49% of American adults (ages 18 and older) are surfing the Internet via high-speed connections, a new study published by media research firm Scarborough Research found. However, there is a huge divide ...

38. Internet addicts should be considered mentally ill

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... online gaming, porn surfing along with e-mail and text messaging are signs of mental collapse and “merit inclusion” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V). Chicago (IL) ...

39. Shark Shield device fails, becomes shark food

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... and surfing forums show that many people do wear the device and are quite happy with how it works.  Other wearers says they haven't notice any changes in shark behavior and that the sharks initially ...

40. CES: The time has come for 3D Web browsing

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Just in time for CES, Internet start-up SpaceTime has launched the first official version of its "3D Web browser", which lets users manipulate their Internet surfing experience in a completely ...

41. In-flight Internet coming to US airlines

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... free wireless access to send emails and instant messages.  Web surfing is out of the question because the airline is still having problems with frequent disconnections while the plane flies over the ...

42. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard leaps with 300 new features

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... and some games need to be in there. Leopard comes with built in parental controls.  These allow surfing during certain times, which websites are allowed, not allowed, the people they can chat with, ...

43. TG Video: Wirelessly hacking Gmail and more - tutorial

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... be logging into the wireless network and surfing the internet •    Airpcap USB capture device – Specifically we used the AirPcap Tx, but any of the AirPcap USB sticks or cards ...

44. Intel's goal for Penryn: "Ramp and win as fast as possible"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... huge. First, in our opinion, the real usage that everybody wants is Internet connectivity, so Internet is the usage model [of the device].  Second, if you want to get a great experience surfing the ...

45. Treatment for Internet addiction suggested

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... a mild to severe mental health condition that results in an urge to engage in ritualistic thoughts and behavior, such as excessive hand-washing or, in the case of the Internet, Web surfing. This, however, ...

46. San Francisco Wi-Fi issue goes to ballot

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... measure asking voters whether they support blanketing the city with a wireless Wi-Fi system that would enable free Web surfing subsidized by ads from Google. Read the complete story here.    ...

47. Plusmo dumps mobile widget portfolio on iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... The service was set up mainly because most cell phones have limited Internet capabilities.  Even with the much touted full Safari browser on the iPhone, however, some say normal Web surfing is still ...

48. Bill Gates sees processor clock speeds to top out at 10 GHz

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... code. The ubiquity of broadband was next in line in Gates’ vision, with opportunities that go beyond simple web surfing but provide distributed computing capabilities for many more users than today ...

49. TG Daily Special: Leaving Redmond, WA in 24 hours

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... in Ubuntu are that way.  But some are not.  If you can get past the GUI-only mindset, so much power is revealed. For the most part, all daily applications you'll use to do surfing, email, ...

50. Apple CEO: Surfing with the iPhone isn't fast

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    In an interview on the eve of the iPhone launch, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and AT&T CEO and Chairman Randall Stephenson addressed concerns that the device will have slow Internet access on AT&T's ...