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From TechRepublic: Dartmouth Professor Hany Farid already devised software tools to detect when someone has tampered with digital photos. His next challenge: determining whether video or audio files have been retouched. “I thought, ‘This is going to be so much easier,’ but it turns out to be much harder,” Farid said. “In a minute (of) …
From Mediacaster Magazine: Free Wi-Fi access is now available in the central Toronto downtown core, following the launch of One Zone, the wireless network from Toronto Hydro Telecom. Available in a six-square kilometre area, bounded by Front St to the south, Bloor St to the north, stretching east/west from around Bathurst St to Parliament St, …
From CNN: Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone. Two of every three white students — 67 percent — use the Internet, but less than half of blacks and Hispanics do, according to federal data released …
From TechRepublic: Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them. Now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy. Rupert Sheldrake, whose research is funded by the respected Trinity College in Cambridge, England, said on Tuesday he has conducted experiments that …
From BusinessWeek: The guy from Bentonville, Ark., surely isn’t on any of Hollywood’s leading man lists. A 23-year Wal-Mart Stores veteran, David Porter is the person at the retail giant who orders DVDs and slashes prices to move them. But this summer, Porter has been one of Hollywood’s hottest acts, taking meetings with top studio …
From eWeek: The high-powered StopBadware.org coalition has slapped a “badware” label on the free version of the AOL 9.0 software program. The group, which is funded by Google, Lenovo Group and Sun Microsystems, accused AOL of installing additional software without telling the user; adding components to the browser and taskbar without disclosure; automatically updating software …
From Reuters: Google Inc will supply eBay Inc with Web search advertising outside the United States, and the two will join forces on “click-to-call” ads that link online shoppers to customer service operators, the companies said on Monday. EBay said that for international online text advertising it had agreed to rely exclusively on Google instead …
From Vnunet: AOL has announced an agreement with a number of major film studios to offer movie downloads through its AOL Video portal. The partnership with 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros will allow visitors to AOL Video to download full-length movies from the site. Popular films from recent DVD releases …
From SecurityFocus: Searching for free stuff on the Internet? Beware what you find. That’s the message form Web safety firm SiteAdvisor. Building on a Wall Street Journal analysis of the 20 million search queries leaked by America Online that found “free” to be the most popular search term, SiteAdvisor warned that the results produced by …
I received this press release this morning: Microsoft on Top of Its Game With Launch of Exciting New Gaming Peripherals Company boosts gaming offerings with top-of-the-line gaming mice and wireless controller  LEIPZIG, Germany — Aug. 23, 2006 —  Today at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Microsoft Corp. unveiled several new products to enhance …