News tagged with world wide
Analysis of Flickr photos could lead to online travel books
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have downloaded and analyzed nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by more than 300,000 photographers from around the globe, using a supercomputer at the Cornell Center ...
Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...
www@20: How the techies tamed the cyber zoo
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Huddled around a vintage computer, four of the creators of the world wide web were blissfully unaware of the audience as they demonstrated how, some 20 years ago, they spawned the exponential growth of the ...
Web founder fears 'snooping' on the Internet
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Tim Berners-Lee, one of the founders of the World Wide Web, said Friday that he was concerned about the emergence of user profiling on the Internet and "snooping."
www.20yearsold -- World Wide Web feels its growing pains
Mar 13, 2009 |
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The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday marked its 20th anniversary and its founders admitted there were bits of the phenomenon they do not like: advertising and "snooping."
The search -- computers dig deeper for meaning (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. Europe is poised to reap the benefits of the new age of semantic search thanks to the work of European researchers.
World Wide Web conference opens, 20 years after its invention
Apr 20, 2009 |
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A global conference on the World Wide Web got under way in Spain Monday, 20 years after the invention of the global information medium that has changed the daily lives of people around the world.
Too much YouTube? Lock it up
Feb 18, 2009 |
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We all love to waste time at work checking out a YouTube video or updating our Facebook profiles, but if you can't control yourself, there's keepmeout.com, a free service that lets you set limits on your Web browsing.
Old fashioned bartering in a high tech world
May 20, 2009 |
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I'm curious to see how something like this works out. TheSmarterBarter.com is launching a new Web-based bartering system that pledges to help people who want to trade things find other like-minded people.
New online tool keeps track of medical bills
May 07, 2009 |
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A new online tool may make it easier to keep track of medical bills and streamline the process of resolving questionable physician charges.
Sensoring the World Wide Web
Apr 15, 2009 |
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CSIRO scientists will lead an international initiative to develop standards for sharing information collected by sensors and sensor networks over the Internet.
Foundations for the World Wide Grid
Nov 20, 2008 |
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The dream of using the internet to allow people to access as much computer processing and storage power as they need, when they need it, is a step closer thanks to European researchers.
Star Count Goes Global
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Schoolchildren, families and citizen scientists around the world will gaze skyward after dark from Oct. 20 to Nov.3, 2008, looking for specific constellations and then sharing their observations through the ...
