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| Posted: 24 Jan 2011 02:36 AM PST  1. The evolution of computer displays Current computer graphics are fairly well known and understood. But how did we get here? The evolution of computer graphics is intertwined with textual display, and it is difficult to consider the two separately. More @ ArsTechnica2. Google search and search engine spam January brought a spate of stories about Google's search quality. Reading through some of these recent articles, you might ask whether our search quality has gotten worse. More @ Googleblog3. The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks It was on Christmas Day that Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan first noticed strange things going on in Tunisia. Reports started to trickle in that political-protest pages were being hacked. More @ TheAtlantic4. Cracking a manipulation-proof, million combination safe 5. Linux Geeks and Tablet Temptation If "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" summed up all that was wrong in Jan's world on "The Brady Bunch" all those many decades ago, an equivalent for today's computing world might be, "tablets, tablets, tablets!" More @ LinuxInsider6. Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google? Was Eric Schmidt pushed or did he jump? Both. According to close advisors, the Google C.E.O. was upset a year ago when co-founder Larry Page sided with his founding partner, Sergey Brin, to withdraw censored searches from China. More @ TheNewYorker7. Pirate Bay Thumbs Nose at IFPI, Planning "Music Bay?" The latest salvo between the organizers of the popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay and their arch-enemies—organizations trying to quash piracy in its many formats—reached new levels this week. More @ PCMag8. Hackers disguise phone as keyboard, use it to attack PCs via USB 9. The Genius Dilemma A chair crashed on the tile floor as a skinny young man rushed over to our table at Michela's, a hot restaurant in Cambridge, Mass. It was Steve Jobs, then just 29 years old, and his haste was not to meet me but to salute my guest, Polaroid founder Edwin Land. More @ Newsweek10. Top 10 Unusual Borders Most of the time, a border is an imaginary line that isn't remarkable in any way, usually not even readily visible. More often than not, the only indication you'll get when you're crossing one is a sign that says "Welcome to Oregon" or "You are now leaving California", while you're driving on a highway where nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. More @ Listverse |
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