A man tore a tendon in his thumb while playing Candy Crush for at least six weeks, but didn't notice - and a report in a leading medical journal thinks it's because playing video games can numb pain.
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Gigahertz are out and cores are in. Programmers must begin to develop applications that take full advantage of the increasing number of cores present in modern computers. However, multi-threaded development has been notoriously hard to...
Microsoft's attempts to keep the next version of Windows secure could help promote the free software ethic, says technology commentator Bill Thompson. The release of Vista, the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Windows operating system, could...
Microsoft's latest security patch is causing issues for users of several HP products including cameras, scanners and printers. Problems include blocked access to special folders like My Documents and My Pictures, and Office applications that...
Researchers have since long been working on harnessing computers' processing power in various different ways to aid in finding cure for diseases. From generating strings of protein sequences to simulation of biological trends and now...
Running With Scissors has released the promised playable demo of Postal 2: Share the Pain, allowing you to try out the imminent multiplayer expansion to their outrageous first-person shooter. This demo offers the Ponderous level...
Thanks xStainDx for posting in BPN. With millions of tax forms making their annual pilgrimage through the U.S. mail system to taxpayers' homes, the Internal Revenue Service is promoting using the Internet...
Germans develop shocking gameplay Two German designers have invented a computer game that allows you to inflict real pain on your opponent. Dubbed the Painstation, the players put their left hands...