Exclusive: New Digg Voting Feature Coming to Front Page
Oct 30, 2009 Software
The 3/25 numbers on the left are a counter to show how much longer the story will remain on the home page (3 minutes, 25 seconds, based on us squinting at a blow up). It’s notable that users are asked to vote a story up or down without seeing comments or how others have voted.
FDIC to Banks: Watch for ‘Money Mules’ Duped by Hackers
Oct 30, 2009 Security
Bank customers are increasingly being duped into acting as “money mules” for hackers, unwittingly laundering cash stolen from business bank accounts, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation warned the nation’s financial institutions.
Why computers suck at maths
Oct 30, 2009 Programming
How simple calculations can be a matter of life and death
Software That Fixes Itself?
Oct 30, 2009 Programming
ClearView works without assistance from humans and without access to a program’s underlying source code. When something goes wrong, ClearView comes up with several potential patches designed to force the software to follow the violated rules.
Ubuntu 9.10 ‘Karmic Koala’ released
Oct 30, 2009 Linux
It’s October 2009 which means something very special for Linux fans: a 9.10 release of Ubuntu. Today we see the launch of “Karmic Koala”
Google’s Creepy Social Search – Reviews by PC Magazine
Oct 30, 2009 Industry
Is there anything Google won’t search? It already indexes our Web pages, chats, e-mails, photos, voicemails, planets, and stars. Why not your social circle, too?
Google Voice: we’re not serving "high-cost destinations"
Oct 30, 2009 Industry
Google has got a little list of numbers that Google Voice won’t call, the company tells the FCC. But it’s less than 100.
Major Makeover at Netlog, growing at 500,000 users a week
Oct 30, 2009 Industry
Today, Netlog – the ‘European MySpace’ as they’re often referred to – is hosting a Partner Day at and around their global headquarters …
The case against the FCC’s Net neutrality plan
Oct 30, 2009 Industry
I’ve managed to slog through the 107-page “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (PDF) issued late last week by the Federal Communications Commission.Let me save you the trouble of reading the 185 numbered paragraphs, 310 footnotes, and three appendices, …
The Imminent Demise of Old Media
Oct 30, 2009 Industry
‘Things only go forward. Technology has no feelings.’Do you have a hobby you wish you could do all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Meet Gary Vaynerchuk, a 33-year-old self-trained wine and social media expert who has revolutionized the wine industry.