Archive for December 21st, 2008

>nice hotel near birmingham nia? (Handbag.com)

nice hotel near birmingham nia? Hi, I am travelling to Birmingham in May for a concert at the NIA, I have only ever been to the NEC before so I dont know any hotels near the NIA and google doesnt seem to be much help!

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Scientists discover new forest with undiscovered species on Google Earth (Daily Telegraph)

Conservationists have found a host of new species after discovering uncharted new territory on the internet map Google Earth.

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Google and Warner Music row threat to YouTube (Independent)

Music videos from Madonna, rapper TI and rock giants Red Hot Chili Peppers and Led Zeppelin are among those that have started to disappear from YouTube after a row between the website’s owner, Google, and the record label Warner Music.

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Love, labour and the robot armies of the future (Guardian Unlimited)

The next decade will see the world become increasingly reliant on robotic labour, according to researchers, who warn that there could also be some unintended social consequences. "Just as we depend on mobile phones and cars in our daily lives today, the next 15 years will see mass hybridisation between humans and robots," says Antonio Lopez Pelaez, a professor of sociology at Spain's ...

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Google Chrome offers poor password security, on CIS tests (Guardian Unlimited)

"Google's new web browser may be fast and slim, but the password management features it offers are full of bugs. Chapin Information Services (CIS) reported critical vulnerabilities in this software during its beta period, all of which were unfixed at release time," says Chapin . CIS identifies three problems and says these "combined with seventeen others so far identified in Chrome's ...

Sunday, December 21st, 2008