From passive applications to sentient machines

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We are close to the point where new types of automated routines and software applications could operate independently of direct human control to carry out prescribed tasks. Helping us arrive, researchers have designed a model that supports the development of applications constructed from mobile sentient objects.


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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights

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(AP) -- Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos

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(AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

Making sure the internet delivers

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European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet.

Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

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(AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which ...
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