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Submission + - Google Acquires Metaweb (blogspot.com) 1

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eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: "A startup called Metaweb (looks like an ontological entity-based approach to Web 2.0 tagging) has been acquired by Google. You can find out what they're about from a super marketing fluff video they put together. The neat thing about Metaweb is that the database of entities it has is free. Will Google be able to make Metaweb work on their omniscient scale or was this just Google making sure a startup doesn't become yet another player in search?"
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows XP SP2 support ends tomorrow (microsoft.com)

Submitted by Vectormatic
Vectormatic writes: As can be seen on the product page for windows XP, support for SP2 ends tomorrow, while the majority of windows XP users still havent upgraded to SP3, this potentially opens up milions of users/businesses to exploitation as security updates for SP2 will stop comming in, yet will clue in potential hackers by patching up the same holes in SP3
Science

Submission + - Things you drink can be use to track you (sciencemag.org) 1

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Science reports: Have you lapped up any lemonade in Laramie? Downed a daiquiri in Denver? Knocked back a microbrew in Boston? New research suggests that your visits to such places can be tracked by analyzing chemical traces in your hair. That's because water molecules differ slightly in their isotope ratios depending on the minerals at their source. Researchers found that water samples from 33 cities across the United State could be reliably traced back to their origin based on their isotope ratios. And because the human body breaks down water's constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen to construct the proteins that make hair cells, those cells can preserve the record of a person's travels. Such information could help prosecutors place a suspect at the scene of a crime, or prove the innocence of the accused.
The Courts

Submission + - Russian spy ring needed some serious IT help (networkworld.com)

Submitted by coondoggie
coondoggie writes: The Russian ring charged this week with spying on the United States faced some of the common security problems that plague many companies — misconfigured wireless networks, users writing passwords on slips of paper and laptop help desk issues that take months to resolve.
Australia

Company Protects Australians With Its "Portector" 18

Posted by samzenpus from the webbing-for-the-web dept.
jalovick writes "With all the talk of Internet filtering in Australia and the high cost to implement the filter, an Australian technology distributor has come up with a cheaper solution to the government's Internet filter: The Kogan Portector."

Comment Re:I'm always bewildered... government contracts (Score 2) 92

by JansenVT (#32699102) Attached to: UK Gov't To Review Hundreds of Websites, Axe Many of Them

If only it worked that way. Potential clients often come to us with demands and whacky ideas, There is often no talking them down from them, either.

They just don't seem to understand that their gas station doesn't need an interactive photo gallery with 940 photos and a library of virtual tours of the bathroom, all in 1080p streamed to their brand new iPhone app

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