March 2011
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Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web •... →
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Untangling the semantic web Southampton is pushing to be the go-to place for expertise on linked data in the UK, and researchers at its main university launched a site earlier this month containing no less than 21 “non-confidential” datasets that underline that semantic web desire. The University of Southampton (UoS) is one of the first academic institutions in Blighty to follow...
Microsoft switches off privacy for Hotmail users... →
Big Brother is watching you!
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For reasons unknown, Microsoft has changed the settings on Hotmail to disable HTTPS for users in several countries including Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Congo, Myanmar, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Hotmail users in those countries can now be readily spied upon by ISPs...
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Speech Recognition: Your Smartphone Gets Smarter →
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PCWorld have put together a brief history of what voice recognition is, where it started and why smartphones are the current best use for it.
The most interesting bit has to be where it is heading in the future…
Future directions
Ask almost anyone involved in engineering speech technologies what the next big step is, and they will typically give you one answer:...
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Download to Donate Japan →
Music for Relief is responding to 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 by compiling a digital album of amazing songs from different artists. Donate $10 to gain access to a growing collection of songs, including a brand new song from Linkin Park. 100% of proceeds go to Save The Children to help alleviate the suffering of children and families in Japan. Thanks :)
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Desert Flower - Theater Listings - Now Playing →
Help end female genital mutilation worldwide by supporting the movie!
Desert Flower tells the true story of supermodel Waris Dirie, who escaped a childhood nightmare in Somalia and became a global supermodel. After years of living a glamorous life, her past trauma comes back to haunt her.
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P.J. Crowley's top 10 tweets - By Josh Rogin | The... →
When State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned on Sunday afternoon, the U.S. diplomatic establishment didn’t just lose its top spokesman — it also lost one of its most prolific, entertaining, and sharp-tongued tweeters. Since Crowley began tweeting in May 2010, he’s told off dictators, criticized Congress, and talked some baseball as well, 140 characters at a time.
The SXSW Panels, Illustrated →
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International Women’s Day Timeline →
International Women’s Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe.
