One Wish for One Web Day 2008 (September 22nd)

If it was not for Jay Sulzberger (via PhoList) forwarding an update by Evan Korth on the New York Events, I might have missed completely One Web Day 2008 which takes place on September 22nd so if you are in a different time zone than I am (US, Eastern Standard Time), say in...

Meet Anonymous

"Meet Anonymous photo credit: Sklathill After Sarah Palin’s email was hacked, the world was introduced to Anonymous. Who or what is Anonymous? It’s a group that formed on IR channels - and starting to get recognition for it’s practice of “Griefing” or...

Google Launches Audio Indexing

Google has a new app in beta called GAudi, which is going to crawl political youtube vids and make transcripts searchable."As the Web becomes more sophisticated and audio and video becomes a more important part of our online lives, we need something that will help us sift...

Computers figuring out what words mean

They might be able to build an AI that can surf the Web for me, but no machine can replace me until it learns to pay taxes, complain, gossip and contribute to economic growth by shopping. ""We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the...

Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

CNNMoney.com reports on Disaboom. Opening new worlds: The disability boom

(From a CNNMoney.com article published 9/15/2008)(Fortune Small Business) -- Despite his wheelchair, and often because of it, Dr. Glen House has always enjoyed doing what he isn't supposed to. Take the time he persuaded his neighbor in Colorado Springs, J.W. Roth, to join him...