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Audio Reality: Bluetooth for the Blind
The Register has a neat little article about the Talking Points system, aimed at describing environments for the blind. The system, developed at the University of Michigan, revolves around a series of bluetooth beacons, each of which sends out a pre-programmed audio message...
Vancouver Burlesque, an Elegant History
Rebecca gives us a history lesson on the art of seduction."At the turn of the 20th century Vancouver was just starting to boom. Building on up the backs of the industry workers, loggers, and Klondike gold rushers... South Africans take out rage on immigrants
"A wave of horrifying violence has swept the townships around Johannesburg in the past week, The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Nolen reported in an article Tuesday Xenophobic rage explodes in South Africa. At least 22 people are dead, hundreds injured and an estimated 4,000...Patrick chased book deal during vote
As approval ratings for Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick continue to plumet, he's courted more controversy by skipping town during an important vote to negotiate a book deal for his autobiography. Considering he... Can you snap me now? It's a turtle-to-turtle wireless network
Two teams of researchers with seemingly divergent areas of interest have come together for a techie-meets-nature experiment in Massachusetts. The researchers are simultaneously studying new wireless technology and... Scorsese to 'Shine A Light' on Berlin Film Festival
It's fitting that, after directing the excellent Bob Dylan documentary 'No Direction Home' in 2005, Martin Scorsese would choose an equally prolific and iconic musical subject for his latest film: The Rolling Stones.There is a wealth of Stones mythology, music, and mischief...Facebook getting a black eye
Is this the beginning of the end of Facebook?"Facebook has turned all the people who rooted for it into a lynch mob. In the space of a month, it’s gone from media darling to devil. The most interesting thing about... Facebook Allows Users to Evade "Beacon"
Beacon, the feature on Facebook which promised online retailers access to the feeds of all Facebook users has been altered to allow Facebookers to turn the feature off completely. Mark Zuckerberg is contrite... Facebook drops controversial 'opt-out' advertising service
"Facebook, the social networking website, has been forced into a dramatic climbdown over a new advertising system after users in America expressed privacy concerns." Facebook's Beacon of Idiocy
How can a management team be so smart and so dumb at the same time? What were they thinking?"A Computer Associates security researcher says that Facebook's controversial Beacon online ad system goes much...Protests force Facebook to change
"Facebook members have forced the social networking site to change the way a controversial ad system worked. More than 50,000 Facebook users signed a petition calling on the company to alter or abandon its Beacon advertising technology. When Facebook users shopped online,...Protests force Facebook to change
"Facebook members have forced the social networking site to change the way a controversial ad system worked. More than 50,000 Facebook users signed a petition calling on the company to alter or abandon its Beacon advertising technology. When Facebook users shopped online,... Takesies Backsies: Facebook Flouts User Privacy…Again
This whole Web 2.0 "revolution" seems to be sticking, so far. A personalized internet experience is what the internet-using masses want. For those of you unfamiliar with what Web 2.0 is (but are likely a... Beyond Hope
Hope, a term we all use to assuage our fears and calm ourselves in this complex world. This amazing essay, flips the coin on this tremulous emotional state which defines the boundaries we impose on ourselves in... Tearful and towering, Mandela steals show at statue unveiling - Times Online
August 30, 2007 Tearful and towering, Mandela steals show at statue unveiling Alan Hamilton He only had to say “Ladies and gentlemen” for the crowd of several thousand in Parliament Square to break into spontaneous applause. We wondered if his next utterance...
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