Wave bye-bye to your mouse
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Your kids already control their Xbox games with the Kinect motion controller. Soon you’ll be able to surf the web, check your e-mail and scroll through Facebook with simple hand gestures detected by your PC.
Just mind your gestures when responding to spam e-mails, or you’re computer may shut down, file a workplace harassment claim and show you nothing but anger management tips.
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That was close: Microsoft said it had fixed a glitch that caused some Hotmail e-mail users to lose all of their e-mails. In some cases the problem sent e-mails to each user’s deleted e-mail file.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Hotmail users quickly scanned their recovered e-mails, then sent them directly to the trash.
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Bad brain! No endorphins: If you’ve already tripped and broken your New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking, lay off the fatty foods or exercise more, you can blame your brain. Your gray matter is hard-wired to go with immediate reward more than long-term gain, scientists say.
The Buzz’s brain has so finely tuned its skills for sabotage that just the mention of the word “resolution” floods the olfactory lobe with the scent of waffles and bacon.
