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links for 2011-04-15

BBspot – Turing Test Proves 2-Year-Olds Not Human Boston , MA – Researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have used the Turing Test to determine that most 2-year-old children are not human. (tags: TuringTest MIT RogerMason CaoLi 2yearold AlanTuring … Continue reading

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links for 2011-04-13

Google Clarifies URL Shortening’s Impact on SEO | Search Engine Journal As social search has become more important, so has understanding how SEO works for shared links. In a new Google Webmaster Help video, Google’s Matt Cutts explains exactly how … Continue reading

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links for 2011-04-09

Franchisees face legal battle | Angus & Robertson | Borders | REDgroup The administrators to the collapsed REDgroup Retail announced this afternoon that they have initiated court proceedings against the breakaway Angus & Robertson franchisee group that this week purported … Continue reading

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links for 2011-04-06

Czech Constitutional Court Kills Data Retention – Falkvinge on Infopolicy In a verdict today, the Czech Constitutional Court killed the Czech implementation of the detested Data Retention Directive. Ubiquitous surveillance of every human being is not compatible with fundamental rights. … Continue reading

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links for 2011-04-03

Coping with a low-bit future. Report by Public Knowledge about the bleak future when all the bandwidth runs out. Look forward to 'Peak Bandwidth'. (A parody) (tags: bandwidth PeakBandwidth internet AT&T ISP broadband AprilFools humour PublicKnowledge JohnBergmayer) Report: ‘Peak Bandwidth’ … Continue reading

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links for 2011-03-22

Robot Suits Transform Humans Into Super Strong Cyborgs | Fast Company Cyberdine has just shown the next iteration of its HAL robots–strap-on exoskeletons that boost the user's strength with electric motors. Could they be used after the next large-scale disaster? … Continue reading

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links for 2011-03-21

It's not over yet, that's AFACT – Twisted Wire – Blogs While there have been lofty discussions about who was right and who was wrong in the court stoush between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet, it … Continue reading

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links for 2011-03-16

Apple copyright case over iPhone application from production company | Crikey Apple is back in the Federal Court tomorrow, facing a copyright infringement claim from Australian TV production company Jigsaw Entertainment. If Apple loses, it and every other software distributor … Continue reading

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links for 2011-03-14

U.S. Government Wins Access to Twitter Accounts of WikiLeaks Supporters A federal judge today granted the U.S. government access to the Twitter accounts of three of WikiLeaks’s strongest supporters. (tags: USA government WikiLeaks court TheresaBuchanan DepartmentofJustice Twitter BirgittaJonsdottir RopGongrijp JacobAppelbaum … Continue reading

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links for 2011-03-12

Anonymous emails show cyber weapons of corporate America | Crikey Some time back I suggested the online “group” Anonymous was worth keeping an eye on. This suggestion was subsequently vindicated by the remarkable HB Gary saga involving cyber security consultant … Continue reading

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