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In Some Relatively Rare Cases, iPod Headphones May Have Some Impact On Pacemakers

There have been numerous studies done over the impact various portable electronics devices have on pacemakers, and they often make headlines blown way out of proportion compared to the actual issue. A year and a half ago, for example, we wrote about a report that found that iPods could interfere with pacemakers under some very specific (and somewhat unlikely) circumstances. And now there's a new study making the rounds about how iPod headphones could, maybe interfere with pacemakers, again in some very specific circumstances. As the folks behind the report note, it's so minor that it's not worth causing a big stir about it, but when the headphones are very close to the device, the magnets in them may impact how the device runs. It was a pretty small sample size, but in experiments it happened in 4 out of 27 tests with pacemakers.

What Makes a Smartphone a Smartphone?

We have a large variety of devices out there now. With Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm, Nokia, the Iphone, and Google's G1, many would call these smartphones. But as I look around the web I've read that some say devices like the G1 or iphone are not smartphones. Some say they are multimedia phones. When I compare my Dash and my Iphone, there are definitely some differences but there are also many similarities. They both play music, videos, handle all my appointments, contacts, ebooks, bible, internet, email, camera, and so on. So what do you all think? Are all the devices mentioned smartphones? Are some smartphones and some not? Does it matter if the device has a touch screen or not? And of course the real question: What makes a smartphone a smartphone?Â

Some Linux backup utilities

For some years I’ve been backing up my various Linux-based servers, websites etc using a custom script which makes incremental tar-based backups of key directory hierarchies, dumps some MySQL databases, and then copies the lot to a remote machine using scp or rsync. We run this each night using cron. It’s worked well, but it’s becoming rather spaghetti-like since we run some version of it on several machines, copying stuff to several other machines. And the process of pruning old backups to keep disk usage under control at both the sources and the destinations is somewhat haphazard.

Some of My Favorite Blogs.

There are some blogs that I thoroughly enjoy reading. Humor blogs like Cute Overload, I Can Haz Cheezburger, and The Sneeze always make me laugh. Then there are intellectually-stimulating blogs like Agnosticism/Atheism, The Public Intellectual, and The Intelligent Travel Blog. While there is plenty of drivel in the "blogosphere", there are also some real gems that might compel you to do some online reading.

Low-Bandwidth, Truly Remote Management?

kaiser423 writes "I'm looking to integrate some highly critical solutions into what would essentially be a remote, moving datacenter. No operators will be allowed at the site, and we may be able to have a high-speed INMARSAT data link. As a backup, we're planning to have multiple redundant low-speed Iridium data links. Essentially, we're looking to be able to power up/down and reboot some computers, and be able to start/stop some programs. We're willing to write the terminal interfaces necessary for our programs, and possibly do the remote desktop thing with some of our 3rd-party programs. But what is out there that would give us this type of access, work robustly over a high-latency, low-bandwidth stream, and would be tolerant to intermittent network outages? Please hold the pick 2 of the 3 jokes, I know they're contradictory goals; I'm

Dolphin Free File Management: A Better Option for KDE 4?

KDE has gotten its share of criticism for its delivery and handling of the 4.0 version since the initial release last January. The new desktop rolled out massive changes -- some good, some incomplete, and some that were just puzzling. The past eleven months have seen the KDE project build on the good and make impressive progress on the incomplete. As Wallen points out, however, there are still some aspects that people find puzzling.

Some Schools Welcoming Patent Firm, Others Wary

theodp writes "Intellectual Ventures (IV) will be setting up shop at the top of a Four Seasons this week as Headline Sponsor of the Ready to Commercialize 2008 conference hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. It's the patent firm's 100th university deal, though some, such as Professor Michael Heller at Colombia University, warn against such deals. '... their individual profit comes at the cost of the public ability to innovate. The university's larger mission is to serve the public interest, and some of these deals work against that public interest.' It's a follow-up to the conference IV sponsored last summer for technology transfer professionals entrusted with commercializing their universities' intellectual property, and should help IV, a friend of Microsoft, snag even more exclusive deals (PDF).

[Gossip] Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, & Heidi Klum Try On Some Lingerie

Here are some shots of Marisa Miller, Miranda Kerr, and Heidi Klum trying on some lingerie for the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

Will celebrity books lose some glitter?

In the UK, there’s a notable omission on some publishers’ 2009 book lists: the celebrity memoir. Are books by celebrities losing some market appeal? “Celebrity memoirs are being left on the shelf because of falling sales caused by the credit crunch,� says a piece in yesterday’s Scotsman.

We Help Out a Failing Circuit City in with Some Smartass Fake Ads

For this week's Photoshop Contest, we had some fun with the imminent demise of Circuit City by making some fake CC ads. Oh, the puns! If you're a fan of puns, specifically puns relating to the name of the aforementioned big box electronics retailer, welcome to paradise. Hit the jump for your top three winners and the rest of the best in our Gallery of Champions.

Google Earth for iPhone: We're not worthy

Some iPhone and iPod touch apps are pretty, some are useful and some are dumb, but the Google Earth iPhone app is just genius. Combining all the best features of Google Earth and the iPhone, Google has created something truly special.

Points of View Message Board 2: Off Topic and Off Site

Some of you have asked what exactly I'm doing. As I explained before I'm now in charge of the POV boards. So I'm thinking about them (and doing some hosting as well). To reassure Curmy and Nippiesweetie I don't yet have a plan. I have some ideas and opinions which I'm sharing with you in order to help me think.

Anatomy of a Meltdown

Some are born radical. Some are made radical. And some have radicalism thrust upon them. That is the way with Ben Bernanke, as he struggles to rescue the American financial system from collapse.

New Airport Scanners Raise Privacy Concerns

Some of your worst nightmares have already come true, even if not exactly as you might have imagined. Being exposed with no clothes on in a public place surely doesn't sound very appealing to anyone, except for some people who we're not going to talk about now. Yet, a number of devices already installed in some of the world's largest airports do reveal your body exactly as it is under the covering dressing layers, down to the tiniest drop of sweat.

Employers generally accept some personal Web use: At some offices, surfing for business purposes blends with surfing for pleasure

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StarCraft Patch 1.16 Released

Patch 1.16 offers some optimizations: "[StarCraft] now only uses as much CPU as it needs to run smoothly." In-game chat (excluding whispers) is now saved in the replays. There's some bug fixes and the removal of several exploits including Terrans drop-anywhere nukes and some additional Zerg exploits as well.

Graham Elliott Restaurant Review - Food As Art

Chicago has many chic and trendy restaurants. Some of them are chic because they say so and some are trendy because it’s the new “in� place. Diners are a fickle bunch. Business in some of the restaurants boom for a year and then business falls off dramatically because the crowd becomes sated and the chef stale.

Rules for the conduct of blogging: I

N719200529_8720_2 As Advent approaches, it strikes me that some of us on this blog might be in need of a little spiritual direction. When I became a freeman of the City of London some years ago, courtesy of my great friend and mentor Sir Sigmund Sternberg, I was handed a little red book, Rules for the Conduct of Life, on how freemen and apprentices should conduct themselves in society. I've decided that many of us here, me included, could learn from reflecting on these at some depth. There are XXXVI of them, that is one for every day until the New Year. So every day from now til then, you're going to get one. These can be our adventorial exercises. Please learn, think and spiritually digest. And may we all begin 2009 on a slightly more civil footing.

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