Tech Update: Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

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August 25, 2010 Tech Update

Your Brain on Computers Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime By MATT RICHTEL Time without digital input can allow people to learn better or come up with new ideas. 2008 Attack on Military Computers Is Confirmed By BRIAN KNOWLTON A foreign intelligence agent infected computers in "the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever." ADVERTISEMENT Apple Said to Seek Show-Rental Deal By BRIAN STELTER and MIGUEL HELFT The News Corporation and the Walt Disney Company are said to be close to deals for iTunes rentals at 99 cents a TV episode. In History-Rich Region, a Very New System Tracks Very Old Things By RANDY KENNEDY Antiquities officials in Jordan are about to use a Web-based system to track its antiquities, a system that could also be vital to preserving Iraq's treasures. The New Coffee Bars: Unplug, Drink, Go By OLIVER STRAND The latest spots want customers to leave their laptops at home. Slide Show | Interactive Map: New York's Best Coffee Stumptown Opening Brooklyn Coffee Bar Random House Wins Battle for E-Book Rights By JULIE BOSMAN After a spat with the Wylie Agency, the publisher now holds the rights to e-book editions of 13 classic titles. Nordstrom Links Online Inventory to Real World By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD The department store shows stock from both the Web warehouse and its stores all at once, keeping customers from going elsewhere. Technology Most E-Mailed Your Brain on Computers: Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime Your Brain on Computers: Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain H.P.'s Bidding War With Dell Underscores the Demand for Data Storage Bits: Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad Your Brain on Computers: Attached to Technology and Paying a Price State of the Art: Simplifying the Lives of Web Users Apple Said to Seek Show-Rental Deal The Sofa Wars: Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness Bits: An Easy Way to Share iPhone Photos Online ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Personal Tech Gadgetwise Blog Customizing Facebook Places By PAUL BOUTIN How to set up Facebook Places so you can maintain some control over your comings and goings. Gadgetwise Blog Color Comes to an E-Reader By ERIC A. TAUB A new low-cost e-reader hopes to grab market share n part to its use of a full-color LCD screen. Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? CNET Google testing voice calling in Gmail TechCrunch Motorola Snaps Up 280 North For $20 Million Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog Yahoo! Transitions Organic Search Back-End to Microsoft Platform The Huffington Post Facebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign Ars Technica Microsoft beats Intel, AMD to market with CPU/GPU combo chip More at Blogrunner » Plug In, Turn On and Tune Out Wi-Fi August 25, 2010, 1:16 PM CollegeOnly, a Social Network Just for the University Set August 25, 2010, 10:00 AM Stipple Seeks to Tag the Web's Images August 25, 2010, 7:00 AM New Hires at Twitter Put the Focus on Making Money August 24, 2010, 7:08 PM Go to the Bits Blog » ADVERTISEMENT

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