martes, 6 de marzo de 2012

Mobile User Privacy Bill of Rights

Developers need to create applications that respect these rights.

Source:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/best-practices-respect-mobile-user-bill-rights

Gigabyte intros U2442 ultrabooks P2542G gaming notebook

Gigabyte has introduced several new notebooks, including two 14-inch ultrabooks and a 15.6-inch gaming notebook. The ultrabooks include two variants, the U2442N with standard-voltage Core i5 or i7 processors, and the U2442V with ultra-low voltage Core i5 and i7 chips for improved battery life.......

Gigabyte intros U2442 ultrabooks P2542G gaming notebook

Source:
http://techtime.posterous.com/gigabyte-intros-u2442-ultrabooks-p2542g-gamin

Will Social Media Predict Super Tuesday Election Results

Analysis of Facebook, blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and more show different outcomes than traditional polls predict.

Source:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/super-tuesday-social-media-120305.html

InYourFace Can Computers Catch You Telling a Lie

Research suggests that software might be better than law-enforcement officials at detecting a lie.

But will it really work?

Source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=automated-lie-detection

Next Wave of StartUps Going Public

The Silicon Valley's initial public offering machine is shifting to a new sweet spot: business technology companies.

While attention is on Facebook's upcoming IPO, companies like Palo Alto Networks and Splunk are gearing up for their own offerings.

Source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203986604577255452644418264.html

Reports Raise Questions About Who Has Access To Your Facebook Profile

Gawker started a row against Facebook last month by pointing out some of the moderators it outsources work to in Morocco, India and other countries are paid $1 per day.

As Forbes points out, Gawker initially made a non-story into a story: while $1 per day is not great, it does amount to the standard minimum wage in the countries where Facebook is sending work. "One of the problems is that many people don't quite understand how poor many parts of

Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/reports_raise_questions_about_who_has_access_to_yo.php

lunes, 5 de marzo de 2012

Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel

The wheel seems like a primitive invention, but it actually only happened fairly recently, and was a major accomplishment.

Source:
http://www.livescience.com/18808-invention-wheel.html