e-mail can be bad for your health. Edward Hallowell, a Boston psychiatrist, has identified a condition that he calls “attention deficit trait” (or ADT for short). Others have called it “online compulsive disorder.” Its main symptoms, says Dr. Hallowell, are “distractability, inner frenzy and impatience.” (more…)

Spanish scientists have discovered remains of the biggest dinosaur known in Europe so far, which weighed as much as eight elephants and would not have fitted onto a basketball court.The research results are published in the latest issue of the magazine Science.

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Despite last-minute worries over landing venue due to bad weather, space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew returned to earth safely after successfully rewiring the International Space Station, the current home of the Indian-American astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams. (more…)

The Nokia N91 is a mobile phone that can compete with many dedicated digital audio players. Easy-to-use audio applications let you listen to music on several platforms. Its clever design makes it simple to record live audio, capture radio broadcasts and real-time audio streams or listen to one of up to three-thousand stored songs. (more…)

Televisions in India have, over the past week, dished out a fare that pales in comparison to what viewers have been accustomed to, Star Plus, Sony, Zee, HBO, Star Sports, ESPN and Cartoon Network, to name a few, have been yanked off the air. Under the Conditional Access System (CAS), you need a set-top box (STB) to receive these pay channels. This is a big change as far as TV viewing habits go. It also comes at a stiff upfront outlay to install the STBs. Also, you get each pay channel at Rs. 5/-.

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At an event in Mumbai on Tuesday, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division announced the launch of its eagerly awaited games - Gears of War (GoW) and Viva Pinata for the Xbox 360 game system.

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The iPhone is on the way. But it has zip to do with Apple. Rather, “Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, introduced two VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) handsets adding to five others the company already offers,” says the IDG News Service. The group of phones is now part of a Linksys family of products called iPhone.”

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Cingular Wireless is the America’s biggest provider of mobile services. The company has now announced that they would offer a version of popular Internet social network MySpace on its phones.

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