This is interesting:
Researchers at UC Berkeley claim they can just listen to keyboard taps and piece together a 96% accurate reconstruction of English words typed — and 90% of all randomly generated five-character passwords within 20 tries. The techniques used are “relatively easy” using a $10 PC microphone, open source spelling and grammar correction tools, [...]
If you’ve ever used a blog search engine such as Technorati, Feedster, or one of the many other blog search tools out there, you may be interested in Google’s newest offering: Google Blog Search. Unlike traditional web search services, blog search systems operate using a “push” mechanism rather than a “pull” mechanism. What [...]
Apparently eBay has worked out a deal with Skype to buy out the VoIP provider for $2.6 billion!
Company executives said Monday that eBay plans to pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock to the global communications company. It has agreed to hand over up to an extra $1.5 billion, for a total [...]
So this is apparently old news, but since I just learned of it myself, there are probably some people out there who are still unaware of it and would be just as amused as I am. First of all, as a little background for this story, the phrase “Google Bombed” is used to describe [...]
Even though I don’t always agree with everything Jayson Stark has to say, I’d have to say he’s dead on in this recent column. If you’ve been paying attention to my site, you might recall that I made a case a while back arguing that Roger Clemens should overwhelmingly win the Cy Young this [...]
It’s turning out to be quite the busy week for me. There’s a lot of activity picking up in my job search including interviews every day this week as well as many of the emails, phone calls, and follow-ups that go with them. I would say that things are looking very promising and [...]
From a recent post over at TechCrunch, I’ve come across a very neat news aggregator called Findory. In short, it is a personalized content delivery system that compiles content from various news and blog sites. However, unlike the many personalized services out there, there is no need to sign up, specify your preferences, [...]
Here’s an interesting bit of news. The state of Massachusetts has decided to completely stop using Microsoft Office products for all of its official documents. The story is also available at pcworld.com. From the former forbes article:
The state of Massachusetts is proposing to make all its workers stop using Microsoft’s Word, Excel [...]
Many recent blog posts have referenced this dated article from Popular Mechanics. It’s a bit eerie. Not only was it published on September 11, 2001, but it also accurately predicts the tragic, worst-case scenario that New Orleans is currently facing:
During a strong hurricane, the city could be inundated with water blocking all streets [...]
