NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Digital Revolution

Unravelling the Web with a very presentable presenter

Have you been watching this series? You should – it’s a corker.
Dr Aleks Kotoski takes a look at the history, development and global impact of the Web and once you learn to ignore the numerous 2-minute filler shots of Dr Aleks staring wistfully out into the distance from [...]

February 11th, 2010 by admin
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Siri Launches Voice-Powered iPhone ‘Assistant’

A new app invites you to command your iPhone in the same way that Captain Kirk addressed the Enterprise’s computer.

Siri's visual interface displays a transcription of what you say, then hands the data off to an appropriate web service or search engine.

Siri, an artificial intelligence-based voice-recognition startup, launched an iPhone app incorporating its technology on [...]

February 6th, 2010 by admin
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NEWS: Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

In competition against Russian and Chinese dissidents

The Internet has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the editor of Wired magazine’s Italian edition. The Web, which is routinely employed by activists in repressed countries for getting their message out, was called a “weapon of mass construction”.
The Nobel Committee keeps its nominations secret for 50 [...]

February 4th, 2010 by admin
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NEWS: The secret ?20 per month iPhone deal on O2

Bags of minutes, tonnes of texts and some shifty work to get them

Word on the web is spreading that O2 is doing a ?20 per month SIM-only iPhone contract. Now before anyone passes out, there’s a bag full of circumstances and it won’t be available to all but it does indeed seem that it’s an [...]

January 6th, 2010 by admin
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