Hot Stuff
Play the Aim Game - High-tech urinal games
Hot Click: Play the Aim Game
Students at MIT devised the You're In Control system. Sensors inside a urinal detect the motion of a stream of urine, so you can play games such as an offshoot of Whack-A-Mole. See it on "Tech Live."

Cover Story: E-911
Hot Topic: Dangerous Delays
If you dial 911 on a cellphone, will you get help? You might, since the technology to locate mobile callers is widespread. So why are people still dying after they call 911? It has to do with money. Watch "Tech Live" tonight and find out where the funding to support these systems is really going.



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SpamBlocker to the Rescue!
John Ridenour is a Lutheran minister who doesn't particularly care for the dirty spam that fills his inbox. He's also a new EarthLink subscriber, and the ISP is promoting its new spamBlocker tool. Does it work? Find out tonight on "Tech Live."

Ring Her Bell
'J.A.G.' star Catherine Bell shows off her tech-filled home.

Review: Canon's Elph Upgrade
Canon's popular Elph line gets a new addition with the s400, a compact 4-megapixel digital camera with all the expected bells and whistles.

World Stunt Awards
Stuntmen and stuntwomen are the unsung heroes of Hollywood. Luckily, they take time each year to pat themselves on the back and honor the best of their craft at the World Stunt Awards. "Tech Live" was there and has all the action.


Security Alert

Don't Be a Spam Zombie
According to McAfee, a new virus called BackDoor-AVF turns your computer into a spam zombie. The virus installs a program that hijacks a victim's CPU cycles and bandwidth to spam people with offers for baldness creams, low mortgage rates, and penis enlargement potions. By using another person's IP address (the unique numeric identifier for your computer while online), spammers can hide their true identity.

BackDoor-AVF spreads through email, peer-to-peer networks, and IRC. Update your virus definitions to protect yourself. If you fear you may already be a victim, check for the presence of "SYS64.EXE" in your Windows System32 folder or run a spyware scanner such as Spybot.


More News

  • Last week, Guidant pleaded guilty to felony charges related to its Ancure product, which was designed to stop ruptures of a crucial abdominal artery. Today, Guidant announced it will no longer make or sell the device.
  • Edwin Matos, who plowed his car into another car and killed two teen-age girls, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a double manslaughter conviction based on high tech evidence. The "black box" in Matos' car revealed he was driving at more than 100 mph when he hit the car carrying the girls.
  • Microsoft says it won't make Internet Explorer for the Macintosh anymore. The company says the Safari browser is more suitable for Mac users.
  • NASA spotted an unidentified flying object near the International Space Station recently. Turns out it was an identification tag from a cable used at the space station.



Cutting Edge Entertainment

  • We recently told you about the updated 'Star Wars' website. Now the site has footage straight from the cutting room floor of "Episode II."
  • The Major League Baseball website is now letting users, for a fee, download the video of some entire games.
  • Dr. Seuss' classic "The Cat in the Hat" is coming to the big screen. The feline flick will star Mike Myers and Alec Baldwin.
  • You can't keep a good fish down. "Finding Nemo" reclaimed the top spot at the box office over the weekend.



Cool Stuff

  • The Philips Homelab was created to study how people function with cutting-edge, interactive technology.
  • San Diego residents Deanna and Sean Chesleigh named their baby Horton and won $50,000 from Ruffles chips.



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