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...turned out someone knew enough about me to change my address and order new credit cards. I'm pretty sure he got my information from the Internet, though really, how hard is it to grab someone's Social Security number and mother's maiden name? Especially when that someone's mother was divorced and using her maiden name. The kids suffer in so many ways...
...mimic birds" are starting to use cell phone noises in place of their traditional mating calls. Australia?s cell phones are so pervasive, scientists fear, even birds living in rural areas are familiar with the tone. You?ve got to give the birds some credit. What better way to grab a mate?s undivided attention? Our feathered friends have obviously taken note of the phenomenon known as "Ooh-hang-on-while-I-get-that-cell-phone-call" - that blind and manic need to drop everything and answer a call - that sadly afflicts so many humans, including heart surgeons, air-traffic...
...nurses, technicians and doctors stand motionless in the darkened operating room gazing at the overhead monitors, Wolf places his thumbs and forefingers into small controls inside the console. Then, moving his hands much as he would if he were actually holding the instruments, he shows the robot how to grab a piece of flesh with the forceps and begin peeling it away from the chest wall...
...fair, kids like Kenny are the exception. "We're not trying to grab kids and indoctrinate them. We're not a bunch of weirdos," says Pennell. "We just want to help kids. And we think kids have a need for a relationship with God." Says Reese Kauffman, the Fellowship's president: "When children come to schools and shoot each other with guns, that's too late...
...have bought Apple's iMac. The academicians are also under-estimating the attraction of ultra-portability. In the public consciousness, wearables are the logical future - the destiny, if you like - of computing. Think of all those neat-o gadgets that populate sci-fi flicks and cartoons. The ones that grab the imagination are usually small, affixed to the wrist, the lapel or the belt - in other words, wearable. Or consider the now-ubiquitous Palm handheld computer. When it first hit the market, all it could do was store phone numbers and messages somewhat more conveniently than your old Casio. Then...