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Is Twitter Setup For Easy Stalking?
No, it's not just the bird. And, no it's not my opinion. One of my teenagers told me that Twitter is creepy.…
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Google Puts Human Touch Into Machine Translation
Google has announced the launch of the Google Translator toolkit, an editor designed to give translators an easy means of bringing the "human touch" to machine translation, which everybody knows is often flawed.
Google Apps Takes Swipe At Microsoft
Not everyone likes change, and complaints are especially sure to occur when changes are forced upon people. So a certain Mountain View-based search giant, while still pushing its products as replacements for Redmond's offerings, is trying to bridge the gap with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook.
Did Oprah Make Twitter’s Numbers Look Bad?
Earlier today, we looked at some numbers that didn't exactly look great for Twitter. While the numbers certainly shouldn't be ignored, nobody ever said they were concrete or indisputable fact. The fact is, that numbers supplied from research firms are often off a bit, and they should usually be taken with a grain of salt. The indication however, was that Twitter growth had pretty much…
UK Hacker Fights US Extradition
A British computer hacker wanted by the United States for "the biggest military hack of all time" begins a final fight today to avoid extradition. Lawyers for Gary McKinnon, will argue in London's High Court today that he is too ill to be sent to the United States for trial because he has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
Wolfram Alpha Already Gets a Big Update
Wolfram Alpha has made its first major update, just three weeks after the much-hyped search/answer engine was launched. So what does this update include?
