Another April Fools’ Day has come and went. If you were like myself, you stayed away from the Internets and all the shenanigans that come with the date. Here are a few highlights (lowlights?) of what you missed:
Google’s gDay with MATE technology searches into tomorrow
Toshiba announces HD DVD+
Google and Virgin tag team on Mars exploration [...]
US intelligence agencies are using Google’s technology to help its agents share information about their suspects. But what of “don’t be evil” I wonder?
It wasn’t too long ago that Google put it’s full attention towards cloud-computing, targeting businesses and universities to utilize Gmail and other Google Apps as their core infrastructure. Eighteen months ago, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada did just that - saving millions and months up front and hundreds of thousands in annual [...]
CNET News.com has a somewhat startling report on the FBI posting fake hyperlinks in order to snare child porn suspects. The sting operation utilized a webboard called Ranchi, an alleged hot bed for illicit porn. FBI Agent Luders posted links to supposed indecent underage material hosted at upload.sytes.net, likely controlled by the FBI. As [...]
Google has teamed up with astronomers at a number of observatories to bring us their latest webapp, Google Sky. Similar to the notions behind Google Maps & Earth, Google Sky provides a way for everyone to explore the universe, whether or not E.T. is hiding in your closet. Unlike traditional telescopes, Google also projects [...]