The Machines Are Watching Us, Judging Us
Surveillance cameras are increasingly monitoring noncriminals engaged in technically legal behavior. Meanwhile, special new artificial intelligence software is processing video feeds to look for unacceptable behavior. The machines are watching us, and they are making judgments about what we do. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE.

Vitalograph : Asthma Monitoring!!
Vitalograph : Asthma Monitoring!!

Autonomous insect cyborg sentinels
Researchers from Cornell University have implanted 'microfluidic devices in insects before they hatch into fully grown flying creatures.' Of course, when they grow, these insects still carry the sensors. And if this works, they'll be used for monitoring and security surveillance, primarily by military forces.

Monitor Your PC's CPU Core Temperature
The CPU temperature should be recorded while running some form of CPU-stressing utility or CPU-intensive program. For good, long-term reliability, the CPU temperature should be less than about 85°C. Figure 2 shows the CPU temperature being plotted using a graphics utility. Temperature readings also can be logged into an Excel file.

Top 4 Reasons to Frequently Monitor Your Myspace Profile
An important guide for Myspace users.

Angel.Com Helps IRI with Election Monitoring
An interactive voice response system from Angel.com helped the International Republican Institute (IRI), of Washington, D.C., ensure fast and accurate reporting of election results.

Clever Clothes made of "Intelligent Textiles" to Monitor Your Health
European scientists are developing clothing which they say will be able to monitor your health. The aim is to use the clothes to check on groups such as recovering hospital patients, people with chronic illnesses and injured athletes.

ACLU to hand out cameras to monitor police. This should end well
Police who work the Fairground neighborhood will soon be under video surveillance by the people they serve, an activist group said Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri first announced in December 2005 its intention to outfit residents to record city officers.

Universal Default: Your Credit Scores Could Plummet due to this Clause
Universal Default involves credit card companies monitoring your payment histories with other creditors, even your utility bills. If you are late paying a bill with one company, your other creditors, which you are paying on time, can raise your interest rates.

Staph Infection Diagnosis
Monitor minor skin problems such as pimples, insect bites, cuts and scrapes, especially in children. Contact your health care provider if symptoms of staph infection are present or if a previously treated staph infection seems to get worse rather than heal. Staph infection can range from minor to life-threatening, so it's important to be diagnosed

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Enviromental Working Groups list of the best sunscreens.
784 name-brand sunscreens investigated and some are not only unsafe some just don't work. Protect that monitor tan you have been working on all year.

Electronic systems and digital cameras monitor forests for smoke and fire
So long to the fire lookout who bides his time scanning the horizon for smoke: Fire detection in Douglas County is about to go digital with video camera surveillance.

How To Set Up A Multi-Monitor Display On The Mac
Heres a hint: It required Open Source product "Synergy"

Bauer backs federal monitoring of Islamic activity in prisons, mosques (One
A former Republican presidential candidate who is concerned about pro-terrorist activity is praising the Justice Department for recommending that prisons monitor Islamic religious materials and "worship areas" being used by inmates.

How To Set Up A Multi-Monitor Display On The Mac
Just did it. Love it.

The Internet Status (Beta)
This is a great little site that monitors the status of the Internet. Apparently, the Internet is currently "up."

It's Official: Maine Rejects Net Neutrality!
Gov. John Baldacci today signed legislation asking the Maine Office of the Public Advocate to monitor federal activity to ensure Mainers continue to have free and open access to the Internet.

Japan Plans Nursing Home For Dogs
Japan will get its first nursing home for dogs with round-the-clock monitoring by doctors and a team of puppies to help aging pooches feel younger, a pet products company said Wednesday.

iStat Menus 1.0 Released
iStat menus lets you monitor your system right from the menubar. Included are 8 menu extras that let you monitor every aspect of your system such as CPU usage, memory usage and fan speeds.

Tektronix Wins Award for Wireless Network Monitoring Market Leadership
VoIP test solutions company Tektronix announced this week that it won a Frost & Sullivan's Award for Market Leadership in the wireless network monitoring systems market.

New Advances in Pain-Free Testing for Diabetics
For many people living with diabetes, frequent testing of blood glucose levels can be the most valuable tool for maintaining control of symptoms and avoiding long term complications. New advances in pain free testing, including painless glucose monitors from many manufacturers, make pricked fingers and drawing blood a thing of the past.

SugarStats.com Launches Rails-based Online Diabetes Management App
With 194 million diabetes in the world and 21 million in the U.S. alone, diabetes management is a serious issue. SugarStats.com launched today and makes it simple to track, monitor and share your blood glucose levels online for better diabetes management. The site was built using Ruby on Rails and is mainly focused on ease of use and simplicity.

US military's new Iraq strategy: religious conciliation
Working to implement Condoleeza Rice's exhortation, Sunnis and Shi'ites sit down to talk away 1,400 years of hostility. By Gordon Lubold for The Christian Science Monitor (thanks to DFS): A fledgling group of Sunni and Shiite religious leaders met for...

ACLU gives residents video cameras to monitor cops
ST. LOUIS - The American Civil Liberties Union launched a program Wednesday to give free video cameras to some residents of high-crime neighborhoods to help them monitor police after years of misconduct complaints.

Highly scalable & distributed NetFlow monitoring
AdventNet has now released NetFlow Analyzer Enterprise Edition which adopts a Server - probe approach to NetFlow monitoring and so must be scalable than any other product currently in the market. Its sure a must have for enterprises with large and growing networks.

iStat Menus vs Menu Meters
Here's my quick take on iStat Menus and Menu Meters, two apps for OS X that allow you to monitor your computer from the menu bar.

Device Keeps your Tires at the Perfect Pressure
Underinflated tires cause rollovers and spins. They reduce gas mileage, quite often when the car owner is unaware. These are a few reasons that all 2008 vehicles must include tire-pressure monitoring systems by federal mandate.

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StarShine
Have a fetish for stars and trigonometry? StarShine will have your brain working in overtime as you try to predict angles and patterns without smashing your keyboard through your monitor... or maybe you will. Choose where to fire your lone shooting star to light up all of the rest! With 50 puzzles, you shouldn't be too bored.

Exercise 2.0 under way inside Intel
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Sophisticated motion sensors are part of an Intel project to help couch potatoes monitor their physical activity from the, um, couch.Intel's Beverly Harrison holds a cell-phone sized prototype sensor that could one day monitor physical activity.(Credit: Tom Krazit/CNET News.com)Beverly Harrison, a

Sightseeing? Sorry! No British tourist visa for you
Holidaymakers who only say they plan to sightsee during a visit to Britain could find their tourist visa applications being refused, a monitoring body said in a report.

Are you genius good at software deployment?
well are you? (just another blog post about something techie.. call me a digg whore.. and no this is not my own post.. i just like it!! because yes i am in a thankless techie role.. sucking my way through each day.. but, hey, when you are in charge of monitoring company internet usage at least you can digg all day!)