News tagged with family computer


Nintendo's portable game console "Game Boy Advance" (released in 2003)

Nintendo's Game Boy turns 20

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twenty years ago Japan's Nintendo Co. launched the Game Boy, the iconic handheld video game player that spawned characters from Super Mario to Pokemon and sold 200 million units worldwide.


You can childproof your computer

Technology / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Every few months, I receive a question from a reader whose computer was never the same after a grandchild came to visit.





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Interactive computer screening enhances domestic violence detection in family medical practice

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An interactive computer questionnaire may give family doctors a better opportunity to identify and intervene with patients who are victims of domestic violence, according to a new study from the Dalla Lana ...


Sometimes it's just easier to use a pencil

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

I wonder sometimes how I got along without many of today's technological marvels. The personal computer is the one that stands out most to me but before I get into that, I decided to list some of the technology items that ...


Mothers have key role in family life for children with technology dependencies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Creating a family life incorporating the care needs of a child dependent on technology is a daunting task. Much of this task seems to fall upon mothers to help everyone in the family adjust. However, mothers often need help ...


Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations

Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.


Computer based model helps radiologists diagnose breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Radiologists have developed a computer based model that aids them in discriminating between benign and malignant breast lesions, according to a study performed at the University Of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI. ...


No texting at dinner! Parenting in the digital era (AP)

No texting at dinner! Parenting in the digital era

Technology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Holly Kopczynski always prided herself on raising her kids the right way, teaching them etiquette basics like saying "please" and "thank you." Then it happened.


Less invasive CT-scan based colorectal cancer screening method shows good accuracy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Computed tomographic (CT) colonography may offer patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer an alternative to colonoscopy that is less-invasive, is better-tolerated and has good diagnostic accuracy, according to a study ...


Helping children and teens deal with stress in an uncertain time

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support.


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Netgear Launches A New Family Of Wireless-N Routers

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Netgear today has announced a new family of Wireless-N networking solutions that will make it easy for anyone to upgrade their wireless home network to Wireless-N technology. This new technology supports the ...


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NVIDIA And Opera Team To Accelerate The Full Web On Mobile Devices

Technology / Software

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Browsing the Internet on a mobile device will take a leap forward with today's announcement that NVIDIA and Opera are collaborating to bring the full desktop Web-browsing experience, including support for ...



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