Google estimates that some 13 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Archive for December 8th, 2008
Wow! That’s it, just Wow
Posted in Internet, tagged Search engines, video on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Government Monitoring of the Internet
Posted in Internet, Privacy, tagged internet filtering, Privacy on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are all familiar with the way China monitors the internet and blocks some websites. You may also know that the Turkish government recently demanded Google block pages that it found offensive. Did you know that Australian Communications and Media Authority is also in on the game. They are currently testing a filtering system that [...]
Security Gone Insane
Posted in Privacy, Technology, tagged Privacy, security, Technology on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are in an airport be wary of where you sit, where you walk and how you talk. You may be monitored for emotional stress indicating terrorist inclinations. Claiming that targeting people on “behavioral” indicators is less instrusive than racial or ethnic profiling and body scans, several security companies are developing technologies to detect [...]
Telecommute to Green
Posted in Business, Technology, politics, tagged Green workplace on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s catch up time with the magazines: this from Information Week November 17 Green supplement. One person telecommuting for one day saves the planet 16-23 kW hours of electricity, 1.4 gallons of fuel and 17-23 kg of C0(2). That is offset by what you do in the home.
