Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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Slate Has 8 Million Readers, Honest
Or maybe it's 4 million. Which should you beleive?
Gesture Recognition Not Ready For Prime Time
Don't make complexity elegant; make it disappear.
Monday, February 27, 2006
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Bringing Innovation To The Classroom
So far, B-schools aren't doing a great job of making innovation a key element of the curiculum. But it's increasingly central to business success.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
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Joys Of Messaging Are Beyond Words
Instant communication online has evolved into a base for video, audio, games, photo sharing and more.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
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Ruling May Undercut Google In Fight Over Its Book Scans
A recent federal court decision in California might undermine a pillar of defense for Google in its dispute with publishers and authors who are challenging the company's right to scan books that are still under copyright.
Alan Kay: Is Computer Science An Oxymoron?
How Watermarks Fail
Watermarking has its uses, but it doesn't seem well suited for DRM.
Friday, February 24, 2006
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Quantum Computer Works Best Switched Off
Even for the crazy world of quantum mechanics, this one is twisted. A quantum computer program has produced an answer without actually running.
Work More, Do Less With Tech
Most U.S. workers say they feel rushed ont he job, but they are getting less accomplished than a decade ago, according to newly released research.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
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Breaking China
Here's how to solve Google's Beijing problem.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
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Google Loses Image Search Copyright Case
A site selling pornography has successfully claimed that Google image search's thumbnails violate its copyright.
Why Formats Like RSS 2.0 Work
These constraints have served us well. They have kept the platform stable, so Microsoft could take two years to adopt it from top to bottom in their Windows operating system, and not have RSS change while they did their work.
Drive-Through Technology Made To Order
Fast-food stores compete to shave seconds off their service time and gain accuracy and simplicity in the ordering process.
Google Releases Desktop 3 For Enterprise
Google on Tuesday released the beta version of its latest desktop search application, Google Desktop 3 for Enterprise, which the company recommends for corporations worried about security risks.
Digital Books Start A New Chapter
Lighter devices, better displays, and the iPod craze could make them best-sellers.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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Google Defends China Search Site
Google has denied accusations that its new Chinese-language search engine is operating without a licence.
Privacy Guardian Is Still A Paper Tiger
A year after its creation, the White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work.
Bloggers Who Pursue Change Confront Fear And Mistrust
Google Has No License For China Service: Newspaper
Internet search giant Google's controversial expansion into China now faces possible trouble with regulators after a Beijing newspaper said its new Chinese-language platform does not have a license.
I.B.M. Reseachers Find A Way To Keep Moore's Law On Pace
The development, which comes from materials research in the design of advanced lenses and related technologies, will make it possible to create semiconductors with wires thinner than 30 nanometers, one-third the width in today's industry-standard chips.
Google Throws Out US Data Demand
Google has formally rejected a demand from the US government to hand over a week's worth of search records.
Monday, February 20, 2006
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Reference Tool On Web Finds Fans, Censors
Censorship Inc.
If we're not careful, we may wake up one day to discover that what a person can see and do on the web will be radically different depending on which country he or she lives in. And U.S. tech firms won't have much of value left to sell if the internet ceases to be the wonderful, world-connecting thing it is today.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
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Here Comes A Google For Coders
A new search engine for programmers promises to make it easier to find and share code.
Friday, February 17, 2006
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The War On Privacy
Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has.
Noises To Annoy All The Family
For those whose sadistic tendencies are not sated by the knowledge that hte lout playing his iPod at an egregious volume is signing a delivery note for early-onset deafness and tinnitus, we bring you the Sonic Teenager Deterrent.
Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Tech's China Policy A 'Disgrace'
Lawmakers blasted four U.S. tech giants Wednesday, accusing them of willingly helping China suppress dissent in return for access to a booming internet market.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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RSA Looks To The Everyday For Security
Mobiles, PDAs and other portable devices could soon be used in two-factor authentication.
Tech Companies Brace For Slowdown Over China
Technology companies ccused of collabroating with China's internet censorship regime are bracing for what could be a tough round of questioning frm politicians this week.
Monday, February 13, 2006
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Can Amazon Catch Apple?
Even though Amazon just cleared a record $1 billion in quarterly sales, Wall Street is now more interested in the only e-commerce feature Bezos doesn't have — the delivery of music and movies digitally, a la Apple's widly successful iTunes.
Only Big Companies' PCs Will Play High-Def DVDs
In Barcelona, The Future Of Wireless
This year's 3GSM mobile phone show will focus on last data links, music and TV services, and emerging markets, not to mention cutthroat rivalries.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
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Media And Technology 'Won't Merge'
Takeovers are back in fashion but, as MTV's president points out, it is very tough for technology companies to turn themselves into media companies.
ID Cards Campaigners Aren't Giving Up
Google Desktop 3 Criticized
A new feature in Google Desktop 3 that allows people to search for documents across multiple computers poses privacy risks and should not be used, a consumer digital rights nonprofit and a security company are warning.
Thursday, February 9, 2006
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Survival Of The Unfittest
Lotus Notes is used by millions of peple, but almost all of them seem to hate it. How can a program be so bad, yet thrive?
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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Riya's Amazing Face-Recognition Photo Search
This photo sharing/search site does something quite remarkable: It uses artificial intelligence to recognize people by their faces, so it can help you find friends and family in your images.
Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger In China
Let's play "What if?" What if the Chinese authorities also stipulated that the chief executive of any internet company doing business in China had to have "Mao Zedong — Luv U 4 Eva" tattooed across his back? Would the companies leave China?
LISP Deserves A Fresh Look
LISP has potential to handle web-facing applications using fewer lines of code, and with acceptable memory use and execution speed.
Clever Engineering For The Airport And TiVo
Humans aren't perfect animals after all; every now and then, technology designers score a home run by factoring our imperfections into their designs.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
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Without 'Net Neutrality' Will Consumers Pay Twice?
Taking On The Database Giants
Can open-source upstarts compete with Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft? It's an uphill battle, but customers are starting to look at the alternatives.
Monday, February 6, 2006
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Focus On The User, Not The Technology
It doesn't matter to most people whether they are in the "RSS world" or not. What matters to them is whether they can find what's "relevant."
Sunday, February 5, 2006
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Our Internet, Up For Grabs
The future is being written by lobbyists and CEOs who believe the internet is theirs, not ours. If they get away with this, we are in deep, deep trouble.
Postage Is Due For Companies Sending E-Mail
America Online and Yahoo are about to start using a controversial system that gives preferential treatment to messages from companies that pay from 1/4 of a cent to a penny each to have them delivered. The snders must contact only people who have agreed to receive their messages, or risk being blocked entirely.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
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Signs, Sounds And Techniques Of The Times
What once were tools for professionals are in everyone's hands. This is a remarkable era, getting more so every day.
Torvalds Says DRM Isn't Necessarily Bad
Provisions against digital rights management in a draft update to the General Public License could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in e-mails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy.
Friday, February 3, 2006
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Libraries Fear Digital Lockdown
Libraries have warned that the rise of digital publishing may make it harder or even impossible to access items in their collections in the future.
Sun Forecasts End To 'Frankenstein' Computing
In the next few years, a "phase change" will take place as companies stop running their own customized computing infrastructure, Sun Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos predicted Thursday.
Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Wednesday, February 1, 2006
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Why Crooks Love A Second-Hand PC
People who sell their old computers put themselves at risk of being defrauded or having their identities stolen because many terminals are not properly wiped of data, according to a study released today.
Citizen Journalism Slow To Catch Fire
In Wake Of China Incident, Microsoft Amends Policies On Blog Shutdowns
Microsoft said Tuesday that it will endeavor to make blogs available to users elsewhere even if Microsoft decides it is legally obliged to block them in a particular country.
