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New Web Game Encourages Citizen Spying

Posted on 09 October 2009 by admin

A private business called Internet Eyes encourages citizens to roam through live video clips taken from an extensive CCTV network in the UK and report crime. The website makes the process of video voyeurism into a game–awarding it’s top users cash prizes of £1,000 for catching criminals.

Source: Ironpaper: Current “Internet Game That Uses Surveillance To Stop Real UK Crime”

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Google Chrome Frame To Lure Away Explorer Users As They Experience Advanced Apps

Posted on 25 September 2009 by admin

Google Chrome Frame speeds up Internet Explorer 8 by about 9.6 times. It also provides Explorer users with the experience of HTML 5 and advanced web applications. Chrome Frame is essentially a functional “cloak” that wraps IE in the experience of Google’s Chrome browser. This may hopefully lure Explorer users away from the Microsoft browser to Chrome.

As posted in Ironpaper’s Current: Google Chrome May Speed Up Your Internet Explorer 8

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Idaho Tops The List Of Most Spammed States

Posted on 25 September 2009 by admin

Idaho has become the top, most spammed state in the US. For instance, for September 2009, Idaho exceeded global spam rates by 7.4%. Global spam rates were 86.4 percent, and Idaho’s rate was 93.8 percent. This study was conducted by MessageLabs, a Symantec company.

It is worth mentioning that global spam rates have soared since the global credit crisis in 2008.

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Google and Apple Truce – No Stealing Workers From Each Other

Posted on 09 August 2009 by admin

Apple and Google have created an unofficial agreement not to compete for each other’s employees. Supposedly no formal written agreement exists for the deal.

The Justice Department has looked into whether companies such as Apple and Google have violated antitrust laws by arranged the recruitment of each other’s workers.

Human capital is a prime resource for tech companies–perhaps the most important resource tech companies possess. That is why Microsoft sued Google in 2005 after it hired Kai-Fu Lee away from Microsoft.

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