To wrap up 2005, we decided to comb through our log files
and generate a report showing the most popular search engine
queries and articles. You can review the report here:
http://magportal.com/help/statistics2005.html
In this issue: Air cleaners, bogus hits, and the impact of
temperature on health.
---Computers---
OpenOffice.org provides a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation tools, and drawing program. Computer User
looks at new features in version 2.0.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233346
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233346
The fastest computer on Earth, IBM's Blue Gene/L
supercomputer, just got a whole lot faster, according to PC
Magazine.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233684
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233684
---Gadgets---
Drivers will be able to surf XM's 160 channels with their
voices thanks to VoiceBox's speech recognition algorithms,
according to InternetNews.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233046
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233046
---Health---
Think one of those ionizing air cleaners might help your
allergies? Health says there isn't much research to back up
such claims.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233206
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233206
With the average global temperatures predicted to rise
between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees Celsius by 2100, Geotimes warns
of a possible increase in heat-related deaths and disease
outbreaks.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233575
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233575
Wired says that inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive
computer simulations are unleashing disease and tracking its
course, 6 billion people at a time.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232979
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232979
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---Internet---
Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are
bogus hits on Internet ads. Wired says it's search giants
against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the
entire online economy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233068
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233068
---Movies---
In the thriller "Hidden (Cache)," director Michael Haneke
confronts the issue of terrorism from the experience of one
family and its own history of cultural insensitivity, yet
his message is universal, according to Culture Vulture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233230
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233230
Culture Vulture says the documentary Waging a Living, about
the working poor, is powerfully done, alarming, and couldn't
be more timely.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=233348
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=233348
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