Laptops Can Be a Pain ; Rise in Backache Linked to Portable PCs
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BOOMING sales of laptops have led to a surge in the number of computer users with back and muscle problems, experts warned yesterday.   Girls as young as 12 are being diagnosed with nerve damage caused by slouching over screens, a group of leading chiropractors said.
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When people try to describe what using technology was like this year, the word that will likely come to mind is &quot;pain.&quot; With viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, running a computer -- especially
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A versatile portable device can play a role in tests, note-taking and homework, and even act as a blackboard.
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By Alan Fram  Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- Sun block. Beach umbrella. Laptop.  One in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, an AP-Ipsos poll released Friday said.
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A sleek home-media PC looks creamy delicious; a carry bag becomes a chair storing laptop; and more. By Brian Lam from Wired magazine.
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All that computer time on the road or at home may be taking more of a toll on some men than they realize. Reproductive experts warn in a new study that heat generated by laptops can have an adverse effect on male fertility.
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A scientific study has found evidence that male laptop users could be damaging their fertility. Researchers at New York&#39;s State University warned this week that a man balancing a portable computer on his lap
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A combination of the heat generated by a laptop and the position of the thighs needed to balance it leads to higher temperatures that can be dangerous to a man's reproductive health.
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LONDON: Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert says. Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum
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In which our correspondent endures great travail in search of a sub-$300 laptop. In Gear Factor.
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The more time college students  spend on the computer on a particular day, the more likely they  are to suffer from musculoskeletal problems during that 24-hour  period, a new study shows.
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A new survey finds that one in five people take their laptops with them on vacation, to keep in touch with the office and maybe even do a little work.
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Teenagers and young men who want to have a family one day would be well advised to keep their laptop computers not on their laps but firmly on the desk, a study suggests.
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A new kind of gadget can save your data -- and your hide -- when your laptop is damaged or lost.
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NEW YORK  - The more time college students spend on the computer on a particular day, the more likely they are to suffer from musculoskeletal problems during that 24-hour period, a new study shows.
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It seems like a great idea: making a computer that's somewhere between the size of a cell phone and a laptop, for people to carry around and surf the Web.
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By JAMES COATES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE  Q. I have acquired from my son the laptop he used during his last year of college and for a couple years after that. He did a lot of online gaming, watching videos, downloading stuff from the Internet etc. that I do not do.