Google, Facebook Should Screen User Video — UK
July 31, 2008
The UK House of Commons’ Culture Media and Sport Committee has made the insane recommendation that web service companies, including Google, Facebook and others, should SCREEN ALL USER VIDEOS before they go online. Google says the proposal wouldn’t work, as 10 hours of video are posted on Google’s Yo…
‘Direct Deposit’ Now Available for Any Check
July 31, 2008
Earth Class Mail solves the problem of how to get your paper snail-mail while traveling the world. They receive your mail, scan it and put it online. You can chose to have it forwarded, scanned or shredded. But now, the service will even DEPOSIT YOUR PAPER CHECKS!Orginal post by Mike
Japanese Advertiser Tests Smell-O-Vision Billboard
July 31, 2008
The Japanese Recruit Company is checking a machine developed by NTT Communications Corp. that “broadcasts” the SMELL OF FOODS advertised on its 42-inch screen. The machine, called the Commercializer, advertises restaurants in the mall, and additionally dispenses coupons. (props to Fareastgizmos.com)…
Shoe Knows When You’re About to Keel Over
July 31, 2008
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology researchers have invented a SHOE THAT KNOWS whether YOU’RE ABOUT TO FALL OVER. The shoe’s sole has sensors that monitor balance, and the documents are passed wirelessly to a nearby computer, which could report balance problems to a doctor. It’s perfect for …
Can Apple Break China’s Great Wall of Counterfeits?
July 31, 2008
Apple has now opened a retail store in China, and is reportedly close to a deal with China Mobile to sell iPhones through the carrier. But can the company “break through China’s GREAT WALL OF COUNTERFEITS?”Orginal post by Mike
10% of Americans May Be Addicted to the Internet
July 31, 2008
Kimberly Young, clinical director of the Center for Net Addiction Recovery and author of the book “Caught in the Net,” says that within 5 AND 10 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET. Up to 30 percent of all Chinese, Korean and Taiwanese may be addicted. Most of these addictions are rela…
Google Says ‘Complete Privacy Does Not Exist’
July 31, 2008
In a lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania couple against Google by their house appearing on Google’s Street View feature on Google Maps and Google Earth, Google’s lawyers filed a brief that restricted the following stark truth: “Today’s satellite image technology means that even in today’s desert, co…