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As I've noted in the past, Wolfram Alpha, the much-hyped search computation engine that was supposed to be the future of search…
Google has joined the IPSO Alliance, which is a group of technology companies aimed at promoting the Internet Protocol for "smart object communications." The idea is that items ranging from appliances to cars, and even factories, can communicate as individuals do on the web.
Some Google users have had a mysterious link appear in their accounts when they visit Google's product page. The link is for "Google Guru", and is accompanied by the text, "Ask questions and get answers from online users." Its icon is a question mark. If it is showing up for you, it is located between Groups and Knol on Google's "More Google Products" page:
MySpace, The Wall Street Journal, and the World Economic Forum, are giving a MySpace user the chance to be a citizen journalist at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The MySpace Citizen Journalist winner will be chosen by a panel of experts and will join the Davos press corps using MySpace to report on the conference news and interview world leaders…
The Google Books project suffered a significant blow today in France as a Paris court found Google guilty of copyright violations. The search giant's been ordered to stop scanning books, remove information from its database, and pay some hefty fines.
Twitter was hacked last night, and when users went to Twitter.com, they were presented with a message from someone claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army. TutorialsTips has posted a video on YouTube showing what Twitter looked like as it was compromised.
