Researchers studying the brains of hoarders found abnormal patterns of brain activation during decision-making tasks.

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Other tasks during the three-month project include navigation skills on Salisbury Plain and a teambuilding day with an injured armed forces veteran.

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HP's PIII-550 machine held its own during tasks like playing a presentation in PowerPoint 97 or a clip using Macromedia Director.

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Thinking during tasks shows up in color in cross-sectional images, recorded as the subject lies with his head inside the scanner.

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The employees claim they should be paid to work while the boot-ups and shut-downs are happening, since during that time they're doing tasks like paperwork or "arranging their calendar, " while the companies counters that they're probably smoking, getting coffee, or talking to people.

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Crowdsourcing sites often pitch their work to stay-at-home moms or students who can pick up a few tasks to do during short breaks, as this earlier story pointed out.

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