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It’s no surprise that cutting back on work and taking regular breaks is beneficial for workers, but a four-year study from the Harvard Business School found that less work also benefits…

Yesterday evening, Science announced that later today, three papers will be released that describe evidence for water on the moon that is being called “unambiguous.” Each paper provides…

Windows: If you like to mix up your Windows wallpaper, the latest version of John’s Background Switcher lets you do it from almost any web source, and in any specific way you want to match…

mjasay writes “Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a somewhat surprising comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: ‘Linux is bloated.’ While the open-source community has long…

Game addictions, all-night crams, and television catch-up marathons will probably cost you in Kleenex. That’s according to a recent (and cruel) study that exposed both under-slept and…

Reader Jordan writes in to share a past due “bill” that he received from Bally Total Fitness, where he had previously been a member. It turns out that the letter, which specified the amount…

Windows 7 only: The latest DivX tech preview adds support for MKV video files to Windows 7, so you can use them in Media Center, Media Player, and even show thumbnails in Windows Explorer.

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bossanovalithium writes “Gary McKinnon, whose tribulations we have followed for several years now, is the UK hacker trying to escape extradition to the US. It appears he is expected to foot the bill…

The right kind of sound can relax your mind, hone your focus, drown out distractions, or get you pumped to kill your to-do list. We’ve assembled some research and free resources to help you…

In what turned out to be a heated code-battle right up until the end, Netflix on Monday awarded a seven-person team of statisticians, machine-learning experts, and computer engineers from the…