Xemu - Slashdot User

Submission + - Europe to monitor all Internet searches (wordpress.com)

Submitted by Xemu on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @06:58PM

Xemu writes: European parliament is issuing a written declaration about the need to set up an ”early warning system” to combat sexual child abuse. However, the substance of the declaration is to extend the EU Data retention directive to search engines, so that all searches done on for example Google will be monitored. If you are a citizen concerned about the right to privacy and freedom on the Internet, you can help by sending a mail to the MEPs from your country, and explaining the issue to them.

Submission + - Study shows TV makes kids fat, computers don't (google.se) 1

Submitted by Xemu on Wednesday March 10, 2010 @06:03AM

Xemu writes: Computer's don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same lenght of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child's room, but placing a computer in the room had no effect at all. One theory is that it's common to have a snack in front of the TV, while a computer requires a more active user, for example when chatting or playing games.

Submission + - Pirate bay buyer chairman resigns (thelocal.se)

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Xemu

on Monday August 24, 2009 @06:04AM

Xemu writes: "Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), the company that plans to purchase Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has encountered an additional setback. Last week trading in GGF stock were suspended due to suspected insider trading. On Friday, Magnus Bergman, GGF chairman, submitted his resignation to the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Bergman's resignation is the latest in a series after the previous departures of board member Johan Sällström and adviser Wayne Rosso. The CEO of GGF, Hans Pandeya, is being pursued by the Swedish enforcement service for mounting unpaid debts. In an interview with Swedish the business daily "di.se" today, CEO Hans Pandeya says that the deal is still on."

Submission + - Study proves Fat friends makes you fat (iht.com)

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Xemu

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @06:13PM

Xemu writes: "Having fat friends makes you fat, researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California says after after examining 12,067 individuals and 38,611 of their relatives and friends. In same-sex friendships, people were 71 per cent more likely to put on weight if a friend of theirs became obese. "It's not that obese or non-obese people simply find other similar people to hang out with. Rather, there is a direct, causal relationship," says Harvard professor Nicholas Christakis."

Submission + - The Swedish $150 Linux Laptop for the masses (medisoncelebrity.com)

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Xemu

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @06:03AM

Xemu writes: "Inspired by Negropontes laptop for children, the Swedish company Medison are now taking orders for their US$150 Linux laptop, the Medison Celebrity. The laptop is a 1.5 GHz Celeron M 370 with 14 inch screen, wireless network and it comes with Fedora Redhat pre-installed."

Submission + - Scientists prove brain grows from specialist use

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Xemu

on Sunday December 17, 2006 @01:53PM

Xemu writes: "Researchers at University College of London's Institute of Neurology have discovered that taxi drivers grows more cells in the area of the brain associated with memory. Dr Eleanor Maguire says "We believe the brain increased in grey matter volume because of the huge amount or data memorised.". She warns against the use of GPS and says it will possibly effect the brain changes seen. Perhaps of most interest to Slashdot readers is that this research is the first to show that the brains of adults can grow in response to specialist use."

Submission + - French scientists links higher BMI with lower IQ

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Xemu

on Sunday October 15, 2006 @01:34PM

Xemu writes: "French scientists have linked obesity to lower IQ reports the Telegraph. In a new five-year study of more than 2,200 adults, people with a low body mass index (BMI) could recall 30% more words in a vocabulary test than those who were obese. The fatter subjects also showed a higher rate of cognitive decline when they were retested five years later. In the United States, 30% of the population is obese according to OECD. That's the highest rate of obesity anywhere. Does these high obesity rates affect the average IQ of the population?"

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