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From MSNBC: It happens all the time: You read an entry in an encyclopedia or other reputable source and think, “That’s not right” or “They forgot this!” Microsoft Corp.’s Encarta encyclopedia is testing a system that lets everyone be an editor — in theory at least. Readers can suggest edits or additions to entries, although …
From itWorldCanada: Each computer his company purchases may be as much as $30 more expensive today than they were this time last year, but you won’t hear Darren Ruhr complaining about the premium. Ruhr, IT director at Precision Drilling Corp., a Calgary-based contract drilling supplier servicing the oil and gas industry, figures it’s money well …
From CNN: From bugs to lasers to cell phones, the Vatican is on guard for high-tech eavesdropping ahead of Monday’s opening of the conclave to elect a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Intensifying the speculation — and perhaps the taste for espionage — are the lack of a clear favorite, a media …
From CNN: Britain’s Prince Harry, who is scheduled to start his army officer training next month, has been told to brush up on his computer skills after reportedly failing a test at the elite Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Col. Roy Parkinson, protocol officer at Sandhurst, said Friday that Harry underwent a series of tests, physical …
From InfoWorld: Intel is contributing to global warming, the company admitted Thursday. Not the bad kind, though. Two employees at Intel Russia have erected what may be the world’s most northerly Wi-Fi hotspot 130 kilometers from the North Pole. The hotspot was built in the Arctic Region at the Barneo ice camp, a tent complex …
From MSNBC: An infinite number of newly discovered monkeys trying to name themselves could have pounded on their keyboards a long time before coming up with this one: GoldenPalace.com. The Internet casino paid $650,000 for the right to name the foot-high primate, online auction house CharityFolks.com announced Wednesday. GoldenPalace.com won a March 3 online auction …
From TechRepublic: Most Americans believe bloggers should not be allowed to publish sensitive personal information about individuals, according to a new survey. Web hosting company Hostway this week released the results of its poll of 2,500 Americans on blogging. Eighty percent of respondents did not believe that bloggers should be allowed to publish home addresses …
From USA Today: Jacy Borlik and her sixth-grade classmates watched as a curator for the Indiana State Museum showed how a 30,000-year-old dinosaur bone is excavated and then catalogued. “It was cool,” Jacy said. But the students never left their school 15 miles southwest of South Bend and the curator never left the museum in …
From TechWeb News: “Intel is looking for a copy of the 1965 magazine where co-founder Gordon Moore first laid out his famous ‘Moore’s Law.’ And it’s willing to pay ten big ones. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker on Monday posted a $10,000 reward on eBay for a “mint condition” copy of the April 19, …
From CBC: “The songs on U.S. President George W. Bush’s iPod have been revealed, and two Canadian tunes are among them. In all, Bush has a playlist of about 250 songs, a fraction of the device’s 10,000-song capacity. Bush received the iPod as a birthday gift last July from his daughters. His songs are downloaded …