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ocial networks open doors to developers By Janie Christine Octia INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:42:00 11/09/2008 ...Innovative Mobile Phone Applications Storm South
The pace of change in information technology in the South is impressive, and nowhere has it been more rapid than in the take-up of mobile phones. In the past three years China has become the world’s largest...Canadian members go “faceless” on Facebook to protest arts funding cuts
Arts and culture tend to be ignored issues in Canadian politics, unless it comes to funding cuts. Conservatives announced a $45 million cut in arts spending just a week ago, generating a lot of controversy and anger...
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Computers figuring out what words mean
They might be able to build an AI that can surf the Web for me, but no machine can replace me until it learns to pay taxes, complain, gossip and contribute to economic growth by shopping. ""We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the... SpeedDate Hijacks Facebook Users With A Bait And Switch
"SpeedDate, the online dating site that throws singles in a series of rapid dating sessions, has hijacked over 500,000 users from at least three Facebook applications. Users are logging on to Facebook to find that the applications they’ve had installed for months have been... Tooth Faerie to monopolize high tech bonanza
" Japanese scientists say they have created human stem cells from tissue taken from the discarded wisdom teeth of a 10-year-old girl....258 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Officials' overseas trips to face tighter scrutiny
It does not matter if a country is democratic or communist corruption in this world is rife."The National Bureau of Corruption Prevention said Thursday that officials' applications to make overseas trips will be subjected to tighter scrutiny to avoid the abuse of public...35 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Elderly Chinese Women Sentenced to Labor Re-Education
I got a tip from my friend John E. Carey today pointing me to this story about China and its glowing human rights record."Two elderly women were sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they applied for permits to demonstrate during the Olympics, according to...China rejects protest applications
China has received dozens of applications for demonstrations during the Olympics but none of them have gone ahead. " Beijing city authorities say they have received 77 applications for demonstrations in the specially designated Olympic protest parks but none have been... Man Freed By DNA Review After 18 Years
This article is about a man that was released from prison after 18 years because he was cleared by DNA evidence. This brings up a topic about the wrongful convinctions of innocent men to prison and even death. It has... Scientists say they're closer to invisibility material
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible. ...The 70 Coolest Free Applications in Existence
I have already downloaded and use a number of the applications from the original list of 40 published last year. To anyone who wants to improve their experience with their computer and the internet, and do it...Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund
"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...406 views | 6 comments | 7 recommendations
Now, a 50 megapixel digicam
"The Swedish company Hasselblad's announcement of the launch of Hasselblad H3DII-50, featuring a new Kodak 50-megapixel sensor, has pushed the available resolution in digital cameras to a new high. Such high resolution goes beyond the needs of most consumers but...Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail
"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...
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