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How much CO2 does this article produce?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:53:06 EDT

Twenty milligrams. That's the average amount of CO2 generated by the time you read the first two words of this story. The Internet uses a lot of energy. But the tech world is looking for ways to green computers and data centers.

The next hacking frontier: Your brain?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:52:57 EDT

Hackers who commandeer your computer are bad enough. Now scientists worry that someday, they'll try to take over your brain.

Odds stacked against Google OS success

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:30:19 EDT

Google's netbook-friendly Chrome OS takes direct aim at Microsoft, whose eight-year-old Windows XP leads the netbook market. But the odds are stacked against Google.

Too-plugged-in families go cold turkey

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:19:31 EDT

What can you live without? Oprah's challenging two families that say they're ready to slow down, scale back, disconnect from technology and get back to basics -- for one week.

How to beat mobile spam

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:55:34 EDT

I got my first SMS spam message last week and it infuriated me.