Less than two weeks ago, we brought to your attention 10 unique and fun easter eggs within Wolfram Alpha, the new computational knowledge engine that calculates answers based on your queries. You the readers though did your own sleuthing and found ten even better Wolfram easter eggs. And while that may have seemed like the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Analysis: Compelling announcements from both Microsoft and Google are on the wrong side of two technology-design battles raging in the industry. Read more…
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The size of the web isn’t the problem for search, Google co-founder Sergey Brin claimed at the Google IO conference this week. Instead, the problem is the kind of questions search users want answered. Brin says adding intelligence to search is the way to solve the problem. Read more…
The Eclipse Foundation has published the findings of its latest user survey. According to the results, the number of developers using Eclipse on Linux workstations and deploying their applications on Linux servers has increased. The results also show an increase in the number of respondents who say that their companies are contributing to open sour [...]
Digg has hired Federated Media co-founder, Chas Edwards as chief revenue officer. Chas will manage all revenue generation for the company. Read more…
President Obama unveils plans for a US cyber security tsar, saying digital infrastructure is a “strategic national asset”. Read more…
The British economy is losing tens of billions of pounds to illegal file-sharing, government advisers say. Read more…
Sky has struck a deal with Microsoft that will see its live TV and film content brought to the Xbox 360 console. Read more…
President Obama announced Friday he is creating the post of cyber security coordinator to oversee “a new comprehensive approach to securing America’s digital infrastructure.” Read more…