Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Downside Of Market Share
Goody. Malware developers have abandoned the Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms and started to go after Android.
Siri For Android
That would have been a pretty cryptic post title a few years ago. Anyway, while it’s not exactly the same, there are som apps.
[Update a while later]
Multi-Layer Insulation
Jon Goff has a good blog post on it, if you want to geek out.
The Stop Online Piracy Act
Wow, the tweets from today’s hearing are pretty dismaying. Unfortunately, technical savvy is not a critical characteristic to get elected.
Twitter Is Down
Expect withdrawal symptoms on a mass scale shortly. On the bright side, national productivity will probably explode shortly. I know mine will.
Cardiac-Care Breakthrough
”The results are striking,” said Professor Roberto Bolli, one of the research leaders from the University of Louisville in the US. ”While we do not yet know why the improvement occurs, we have no doubt now that ejection fraction increased and scarring decreased.
”If these results hold up in future studies, I believe this could be the biggest revolution in cardiovascular medicine in my lifetime.”
A total of 23 patients took part in the ”Scipio” trial, all of whom had suffered heart failure due to a previous heart attack. Sixteen were assigned to the stem cell therapy while the other seven received standard care.
Given how dramatic it is, it seems almost unethical to treat the others in any other way.
I’m hoping that I won’t need this, but given my family history, I may. Anyway, I’m glad it’s coming along.
3-D Printers
Now you can buy one for $1300.
Is There A Thunderbird Doctor In The House?
It keeps freezing up on me, to the point that I have to kill the process and restart. I switched from POPD to IMAP a month or so ago, but don’t know if that’s related to the problem. It’s very annoying, because it makes it hard to get mail.
How To Fix Any Computer
From The Oatmeal. You’re welcome.