Cellphones swamping 911 system
Robert J. Lopez and Rich Connell

LA Times

August 26, 2007Users are experiencing lost calls and lengthy waits. Officials say it's better to summon help on a land line ( Read more... )

Hamlet.doc? Literature in a Digital Age
Matthew Kirschenbaumhttp://chronicle.com/free/v53/i50/50b00801.htmRead more... )

I Blame the Handheld Calculator
Lore Sjöberg

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/commentary/alttext/2007/03/72961

03.14.07 | 2:00 AMDon't you hate it when things get dumbed down? There was a time when you needed two years of ( Read more... )

[An older article, but it still has merit.]

Playing on Your IPod: Text Games
Jacob Ogles

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2005/07/68290

07.26.05 | 2:00 AMHoward Sherman is hoping to convince people that their iPods and cell phones aren't ( Read more... )

(and now for living with technology. No, sadly, it's not a plant animation technique.)

It's a message from your pot plant
Sam Holmes

Article Link

May 30, 2007 - 1:45PMScientists have developed a system that lets pot-plants call their owners up on the phone and tell them they need water or sunlight ( Read more... )

Can we live without digital technology?
Nick Galvin

Article Link

May 21, 2007Is it possible to exist without digital technology? Nick Galvin rewinds for two days ( Read more... )

[While there seem to be a lot of people willing to bare all, there are also a lot of people trying to be private or semi-private]

Say Everything
Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: the Greatest Generation Gap since Roc and Roll
Emily Nussbaumhttp://www.nymag.com/news/ ( Read more... )

How Digg Combats Cheaters
Kate Greene

http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18097/

3/12/2007


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My Life with Scooba
Michael Kanelloshttp://news.com.com/My+life+with+Scooba/2100-11394_3-6130694.htmlRead more... )

The Book as Place:
The “Networked Book” Becomes the New “In” Destination
Paula Berinsteinhttp://www.infotoday.com/searcher/nov06/Berinstein.shtmlRead more... )