« If Google were an artist what would it paint? The Google eye view of the world would be of a vast landscape of connections; in the words of William Gibson in Neuromancer, a world of: “Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding.” But this is a world we never see other than in fleeting glimpses through the narrow portal of our web browser’s window…until now ». (via HOME – Data Portraits)
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NETHERLANDS FROM ABOVE 2 – herding sheep through a busy urban environment (par 422 South)
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail. The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop. Fortunately, the FBI was able to identify a suspect: her high school classmate, a man named Jared Abrahams. The FBI says it found software on Abrahams’s computer that allowed him to spy remotely on her and numerous other women.
« Google’s Chrome OS is typically found in inexpensive Chromebook laptops, and occasionally a Chromebox desktop as well. At next month’s Consumer Electronics Show, however, LG will put it into a desktop computer monitor ». (via LG announces Chromebase, a Chrome OS all-in-one computer | The Verge)
Je me sens parfois comme un petit mammifère du Crétacé, juste avant que la météorite géante ne vienne mettre un terme au triomphe écrasant des dinosaures.
We found that implicitly activating the construct of time, rather than money, leads individuals to behave more ethically by cheating less.
The agency’s internal presentation slides, provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, show that when companies follow consumers on the Internet to better serve them advertising, the technique opens the door for similar tracking by the government.
Bienvenue dans le plus grand incubateur numérique au monde. (via 1000 Start-Ups)



