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POPSi-Aroma The company has already launched a scent-producing store signage system, piloted a mobile fragrance communication system and premiered smell-enhanced movies in Japanese theaters. With the i-Aroma, a more personal olfactory experience is on the way for volunteers lucky enough to be involved in the trial
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POPSHow to keep your old PC alive Windows and most of the proprietary software requires more and more computer power as it's version increases. This results to new hardware all the time for us. But what about our old abandoned PCs? Should we throw them away?... http://www.pramnos.com/story69-2331.html The article is simple and not much information is provided but nonetheless a good place to start with... Read more at this site to revive your old pc and scroll down for more in the comment box.
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POPSSexy chatbots deployed to steal your personal information! Some evil geniuses have developed an automated chat program that convinces people it's a real cybersex partner and convinces them to reveal personal information, which can then be used for ID theft, or it lures them to a fake malware-laden website. Called "CyberLover." Only in Russia thus far, but look out.
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POPS“Political Correctness” is a reactionary term against the loss of privilege. The term politically correct is a reactionary term ... created by people who were worried by changes…that affected their everyday understanding of the world in ways that pointed out their role in creating or reproducing dominance and subordination. the indignation people feel against PC ideas reflects the discomfort we feel when language and politics begin to pull away from the dominant values we grew up with—in other words, white, middle-class values. in its original context, PC was a pejorative term used by people who felt they were losing something. many sociologists and historians today have come to a consensus on what they call it: it’s a loss of privilege—and in terms of race, a loss of white privilege.
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POPSDiary of a deliberately spammed housewife By the time it was all over, after every bank-account phishing scam, Nigerian bank scheme, and offer for medication, adult content and just plain free stuff had been pursued. "I was horrified," says Mooney, a realtor by profession. "It's all snake oil. I'm amazed at what true junk is out there when you're clicking through on e-mail."
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POPSClipmarks hits the home page of PC mag!!! this is definitely a cool thing for us...to see our name and logo there is sweet. thanks for all the great things many of you have said about clipmarks this week in response to pc mag's coverage. no doubt, having confidence in ourselves and what we're doing is a huge factor in doing things well and having the fortitude to fight on. you have given us an unquantifiable, irreplaceable jolt and it means the world to us as a team and as individuals. thank you!!!
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POPSJapanese prefering gadgets to new PCs PC sales have fallen for 5 consecutive quarters, in favor of gadgets like phones, pdas, flatscreen TV's. Replacing PCs seems to be becoming a low priority. The trend is leading analysts to think that Japan may be the first market in 25 years to see a decline in the PC market. It may be the picture of things to come in other countries. The market is splitting as a greater variety of gadgets are becoming available. If Japanese want gadgets. They will invent and produce more gadgets, and they will be sold to more and more specific markets. People also realize that 'New' does not automatically mean 'improved', and the novelty of many 'bells and whistles' is being replaced with the idea of using PC's in practical applications, with gadgets for entertainment. Also, if money becomes tight people become much more selective