Tech Update: A Side Effect of Digital Devices: Brain Fatigue

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August 24, 2010 Tech Update

Your Brain on Computers A Side Effect of Digital Devices: Brain Fatigue By MATT RICHTEL When people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to learn better, or come up with new ideas. 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. ADVERTISEMENT Hacker's Arrest Offers Peek Into Crime in Russia By ANDREW E. KRAMER American authorities said Vladislav A. Horohorin headed "one of the most sophisticated organizations of online financial criminals in the world." H.P.'s Bidding War With Dell Underscores the Demand for Data Storage By ASHLEE VANCE Data storage used to be one of the more mundane corners of the technology industry. Now it is where an increasing number of tech companies - and Wall Street - want to be. DealBook: How the Battle for 3PAR Could Escalate Scholars Test Web Alternative to Peer Review By PATRICIA COHEN The Internet is calling into question one of academia's sacred rites: the peer- reviewed journal article. The Sofa Wars In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV By MATT RICHTEL and BRIAN STELTER Despite the proliferation of Internet video, few Americans are actually canceling pay TV and watching shows online. Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs By JENNA WORTHAM Unless you are tech-confident, the ways to get shows and movies off the Internet and onto your TV set are a little daunting. Technology Most E-Mailed H.P.'s Bidding War With Dell Underscores the Demand for Data Storage The Sofa Wars: Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs Bits: Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad Bits: Apple Patents a Desktop Touch-Screen Computer State of the Art: Simplifying the Lives of Web Users Your Brain on Computers: Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain The Sofa Wars: TV Makers Predicting a Bright Future for 3-D Sets Bits: An Easy Way to Share iPhone Photos Online Bits: Reinventing E-Mail, One Message at a Time Gadgetwise: D.I.Y. TV: How Are You Watching? ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Personal Tech Gadgetwise Blog Q. & A.: Dealing With Apple App Lemons By J. D. BIERSDORFER It is pretty hard to get a refund for buggy iPhone or iPad apps. Here's the best method. Gadgetwise Blog Readers' Home Video Setups By JENNA WORTHAM Hundreds of readers shared their home entertainment habits and hacks. Here's a quick roundup. Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? Ars Technica Microsoft beats Intel, AMD to market with CPU/GPU combo chip TechCrunch Still Surging, Tumblr Rockets Past A Billion Posts TechCrunch Twitter Hires Adam Bain Away From News Corp. As President Of Revenue Official Google Mobile Blog Google Mobile App for iPhone gets pushy TechCrunch Nokia Buys Ron Conway Backed Mobile Analytics Startup Motally More at Blogrunner » An Easy Way to Share iPhone Photos Online August 23, 2010, 7:49 PM Apple Patents a Desktop Touch-Screen Computer August 23, 2010, 6:22 PM Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad August 23, 2010, 4:06 PM A Different Take on the Intel-McAfee Deal August 23, 2010, 12:58 PM Go to the Bits Blog » ADVERTISEMENT

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