TV More Deadly Than Computers

There are plenty of reasons to avoid getting hooked on American Idol, and not all of them have to do with bad singing. For example, it may cost you your life. That's right; the show lasts two hours, and it turns out that viewers under the age of 40 who watch lots of television double their risk of death, according to a new study just published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. This certainly isn't the first study to find a link between enjoying too much TV and early death, but the new research adds some dimension to the old data.

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Next 5 In 5: IBM Predicts Mind-Reading Computers Of The Future

Forget Siri. According to IBM, in five years computers will be able to do a lot more than listen to your voice: They'll be able to read your mind.

IBM has announced its "Next 5 In 5 Forecast," an annual list of five predictions about the technologies the company's innovators think we'll see in the next five years. >