Google+ ‘identity service’: Ha$ Google lo$t all concept of Don’t Be Evil?
Aug 31, 2011 Software
After pseudonym bannings, Eric Schmidt admitted Google Plus is meant to be an ‘identity service.’ Bye-bye privacy, hello online surveillance. Does Google hope to someday issue your trusted online ID passport? But what if all that user data tempts cyberthugs for massive spear phishing attacks?
Internet privacy: How network analysis can reveal details you would rather hide.
Aug 31, 2011 Software
In July, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman wore a strange device on his wrist as he gave a talk to the MIT Media Lab. The QSensor, developed by the lab’s Affective Computing Group, blinked to display Hoffman’s overall stress level as he spoke. Behind him, t
Always Connected: A Day In the Digital Life
Aug 31, 2011 Software
Just how connected are we on a daily basis? More than you would guess, probably.
China aims to eliminate ‘cancer’ in social networks
Aug 31, 2011 Software
Independent news reports are often attacked as rumors in Chinese social networks.
Seven Steve Jobs Products That Failed
Aug 31, 2011 Software
Like they say, you can’t win them all. There have been more than a few Apple (and Apple-acquired) products that fell flat.
Google+ Source Code Snoop Gets Hired By Google
Aug 31, 2011 Software
Austrian blogger and developer Florian Rohrweck recently discovered a lot of Google+’s upcoming features just by digging around in the source code for the new social networking service. He was one of the first (but not the only one), to reveal Google+ Games before its launch, for example, as well as still unreleased features like “Shared Circles” and social search, among other things.
Now, it seems, Google has had enough of Rohrweck’s snooping. It’s hiring Rohrweck to help secure the code instead.
Bayfiles: The Pirate Bay Founders Launch File-Hosting Site
Aug 31, 2011 Software
The Pirate Bay founders have launched a new file-sharing platform today. After leaving the world famous torrent site, two of the original founders are now back with a one-click file-hosting service called Bayfiles. Although Hollywood wont be cheering them on, unlike The Pirate Bay the new service is dedicated to respecting copyrights while offering its users a great platform to store and share files.
The hated Ribbon will feature heavily in Windows 8
Aug 31, 2011 Software
After sneaking the Office 2007 ribbon into a few places in Windows 7, Microsoft will double down with even more ribbon usage in the next version of Windows.
Wireless networks survived for the most part Hurricane Irene
Aug 31, 2011 Software
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that it looks like the wireless services fared quite well during and after Hurricane Irene, especially when compared to landlines. Read more here.
Speech recognition leaps forward
Aug 31, 2011 Software
During Interspeech 2011, the 12th annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association being held in Florence, Italy, from Aug. 28 to 31, researchers from Microsoft Research will present work that dramatically improves the potential of real-time, speaker-independent, automatic speech …