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City officials in Dallas said they will examine ways to restrict access to pornographic Web sites on public library computers in response to a newspaper study that found the viewing of inappropriate material to occur frequently.

Research firms and think tanks are constantly looking for new ways to process oil in order to increase gasoline production, given the world's dependence on the valuable commodity. Analyzing chemical bonds and refining techniques, however, many not be the only solution when it comes to achieving optimum efficiency.

A deal between Google and Dell has finally come to fruition: some computer owners, after booting up for the first time, are being greeted by the phrase "Welcome to your new Dell PC - in partnership with Google."

What's in a name? Lee Roberts makes a shopping cart, content management solution known as ApplePieCart, or more appropriately, he used to.

Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates announced the "golden age of computers" at a recent Princeton University award ceremony honoring world-changing figures. Gates intimated to a crowd of about 1,000 students the future of computing while addressing other technology issues like privacy and security.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will install 229 Dell computers in its new Marcus Emergency Operations Center (EOC), scheduled to open in the fall of 2005.

Working away from company premises via computer and phone links is a rapidly developing trend. Business Week reports 200 U.S. firms experimenting with the process, and more than thirty already operating formal programs. The University of Southern California's Center for Future Research predicts that five million people will work this way within ten years. An "Association of Electronic Cottagers" has already been formed.

As the Internet matures, I see a trend starting to surface. As we know, Maslow's hierarchy of human needs states that a foundational, human need, after survival and safety needs, is the need for social interaction. Like it or not, we are social animals -- and the web doesn't change that.