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  • It’s Time For You To Clean Up Your Chrome Extensions

    It’s Time For You To Clean Up Your Chrome Extensions

    Google’s adding some more security features to its Chrome browser, with the first changes rolling out to Windows users today. The update improves both Chrome and Google’s Chrome Cleanup Tool, which monitors extensions attempting to modify user settings like default search engines, along with malware designed to insert additional ads in your browser window. Perfect…


  • Men Should Worry About HPV Too

    Men Should Worry About HPV Too

    A tumour from a man’s neck. Photo by Bob Richmond. It’s women who get pap smears on the regular, and girls who are more likely to be up-to-date on their human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines — but a new study confirms that the virus puts men at risk, too. Men were six times more likely than…


  • Before Buying A Kindle, Consider The Physical Book’s Benefits

    Before Buying A Kindle, Consider The Physical Book’s Benefits

    Image credit: Stephen Brashear/Getty Amazon’s latest Kindle, the New Kindle Oasis, is definitely appealing. It’s got a bigger screen, waterproofing, and Bluetooth support for listening to audiobooks. But if you consider reading to be fundamental, you’re better off sticking to traditional paper books instead of pixelated pages. Study after study show that reading on screens…