Busting those computer myths
The day is a total disappointment. First, breaking news from Slashdot - Bill Gates will not actually pay me a hundred bucks for every chain e-mail I forward to a bunch of people I barely know, and now this consumer advice from PC World. Magnets will not destroy data, cell phones do not interfere with airplane navigation systems, cookies do not track every mouse move of yours, turning the power off on your computer without shutting down Windows first will not mess it up beyond recognition, and you shouldn’t every once in a while completely discharge your laptop batteries. They also have a nice bogus-o-meter to describe the ridicule level of a belief.