Technology

I’ve watched the first of three films in an interesting series. The main title is: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the machines they have built. Although we don't realise it, the ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 29 2011 - 3:32pm

Machines of Tender Loving Grace (2)

I’ve now watched the second of three films in the series. To recap, the main title is: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace A series of films about how humans have been colonised by the machines they have built. Although we don't realise it, ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 31 2011 - 5:44am

Future Attribute Screening Technology- Detecting Crime Before It Happens

In 1956, science-fiction author Philip K. Dick wrote a short story for Fantastic Universe called "Minority Report", about a futuristic world where precognitive mutants can predict crimes before they can happen. The ethical concerns about encro ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 1 2011 - 10:08am

A Template For The Next Phase Of Science 2.0? From Hypothesis To Data-Driven Research

Science 2.0 has gradually been colloquially Smurf'ed into meaning many different things but at its core we have always intended to reboot science for the 21st century by modernizing publication, participation, communication and collaboration. Collab ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 31 2011 - 5:21pm

Tiffany & Co. Creates True Love- Well, On A Website

Well-known jeweler Tiffany&Co. has introduced a new website and iPhone(R) App for people who fall in love and simply must see other stories about people in love. How well known is Tiffany's? There's the rather famous "Breakfast at ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2011 - 12:40pm

The Mummy Online MMORPG Teaser Trailer And Game Site Released

Bigpoint Inc. today released a teaser trailer and game site for its upcoming action-adventure title, The Mummy Online. Developed in collaboration with Universal Partnerships&Licensing, The Mummy Online brings the blockbuster film franchise to the fre ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2012 - 11:03am

World IPv6 Day: New Opportunities For Every Thing To Have A Unique IP Address

LEEDS, England, June 7, 2011 -- June 8th is World "IPv6" day, a day when many ISP's and internet access providers make the 'compatibility pledge' or actually 'turn on' IPv6 services. The day is all about sharing the ch ...

Article - Newswire - Jun 17 2011 - 11:38am

Authorship Markup And Web Search- Value For Science 2.0?

Othar Hansson, Software Engineer at Google.com writes: *** Today we're beginning to support authorship markup-- a way to connect authors with their content on the web. We are experimenting with using this data to help people find content from great au ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 7 2011 - 2:47pm

I4i Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Microsoft

TORONTO, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- In Washington D.C. today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously in favor of i4i in the long-running i4i v Microsoft patent infringement lawsuit. The Supreme Court did not accept Microsoft's requ ...

Article - Newswire - Jun 9 2011 - 8:16pm

For Content, The Internet Is Not The Great Equalizer?

Everyone is a journalist due to the modern Internet, we are told. Not so, says a University of Georgia analysis. Instead, 2 percent of people who start discussions attract about 50 percent of the replies and that is good news for traditional journali ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2011 - 10:48am