Sealed Air Produces a Pop
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The packaging maker trumps Wall Street estimates and generates considerable free cash.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple Inc.'s update to Mac OS X 10.4.10 last week is driving some users crazy from a new popping sound.  Dubbed "Snap Crackle Pop" on Apple's support forum by the first to note the problem, the noise was irritating enough for one to call it "maddening," while another claimed it "would slowly drive me insane."  On the original thread, users narrowed the issue to Intel-based Macs connected to external speakers, and theorized that the pop stemmed from the audio system powering on or off, a feature designed to reduce battery drain. Non-notebook owners, however -- including several with Mac minis and at least one with an iMac -- reported the problem, as did MacBook and MacBook Pro users running their computers on AC power.  Some defended Apple. "It is incredibly implausible that Apple would somehow miss such an obvious issue that affected so many of its current products," wrote someone identified as "R C-R." Others, however, declared that bunk, even going so far as to take their Macs back to 10.4.9 to report that the "pop" disappeared; it returned when they updated again to 10.4.10.  On another thread, a user tagged as "Tony Piper" offered a workaround, which involved installing a "silent" audio file that continuously played in the background. "The audio subsystem doesn't have a chance to go to sleep, and therefore the pops disappear," said Piper. Several users reported that the workaround, which Piper tweaked until it was available as a download, did the trick.  Apple was not available for comment.
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By John Bazemore, AP. The sucking noise you hear is the air being taken out of the Philadelphia Eagles&#39; passing game in the wake of the right ankle injury that will sideline big-play
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The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
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The shoe features an air chamber that molds itself to the shape of the wearer&#39;s foot. But unlike its Pump predecessor, the new shoe inflates itself automatically.
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Inhaling a salt-water aerosol, a treatment often used for asthma, may also reduce the spread of germs that can spread disease, according to a new report.
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The air you breathe inside a church could be doing you more harm than the air beside a major congested road, say researchers. Church air seems to have alarming levels of polycyclic hydrocarbons, these are carcinogenic.
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The air mattress maker has another tough quarter.
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Twenty-one Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) employees were taken to the hospital on Wednesday because of a gas leak at a chip fabrication plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan, a company spokesman said. The leaked gas was arsine, a highly toxic and flammable gas that is used exclusively in semiconductor manufacturing. The gas leak occurred inside TSMC's Fab 7, a fab that produces chips using 200-millimeter silicon wafers. The gas leak did not require TSMC to halt operations at Fab 7 and the facility is operating normally, according to the company spokesman. The 21 TSMC employees are expected to be released from the hospital by the end of the day.
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Munch ice-cream nachos, watch Adult Swim and listen to Rush, all while sparing your lungs. Resident experimentalist Michael Calore explores the wonders of the vaporizer's smokeless high.
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Floating around an airplane unhampered by gravity may sound like a blast, but only as long as you take precautions to keep your lunch in your stomach.
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By Gene Austin  Q: A few years ago, the pressure regulator valve on our main water line failed and some water pipes in our home burst, causing considerable damage. We have a new valve but I worry about it failing also.
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By Raloff, Janet  ENVIRONMENT  Nonstick coatings on fry pans and microwave-popcorn bags can, when heated, release traces of potentially toxic perfluorinated chemicals into the air and the food being cooked, a new study suggests.
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By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 6--It took Palo Alto firefighters almost five hours to contain a sulfuric acid leak at Stanford's Linear Accelerator Center this morning.
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By Cathy Jett, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.  Sep. 3--Todd Fleming's first inkling that something was wrong with his  new Dell laptop was when he heard an odd hissing sound.
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Global warming gases trapped in the soil are bubbling out of the thawing permafrost in amounts far higher than previously thought and may trigger what researchers warn is a climate time bomb.
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Scientists have discovered how we can hear a pin drop: a molecule that also enables us to feel cold and to savour pungent flavours such as mustard and cinnamon.