Homeland Security Digs Social Media
Big Brother metaphors are well-worn territory in an age of advanced technology, ubiquitous camera surveillance, and expanded federal power, but there is even more evidence that Homeland Security monitors more web activity than previously thought. According to a “privacy compliance review,” HSD keeps track of online activity on forums, blogs, websites and message boards. For example, an innocuous comment related to a biological strain being researched by Huntingdon Life Sciences animal testing might land you under the watchful gaze of the federal government, simply because of the word ‘strain’ apparently.
While this isn’t particularly surprising news, what is a bit unusual is that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are listed right up next to controversial file-leaking sites like Wikileaks and Cryptome.
Cheap Tablets are Soon to Be a Big Hit
The technological gap between a device such as an Samsung Exhibit 4G Android phone and the iPad 2 is getting smaller and smaller by the day. It’s this space between smartphones and mainstream tablets that some technology leaders are seeing an opportunity to turn a profit. Starting with the Amazon Fire Kindle, companies are increasingly finding niches in the mobile tech market that are mostly dug out as a result of economical consumers, cheap hardware, and open source software.
Rumors that Apple is considering coming out with an “iPad mini” only cement suspicions that the market is going to soon be headed toward the gray area between phone and mainstream tablet.
What are the most Significant Technology Trends in the World Today?
A half-dozen prominent Australian Chief Information Officers are put on the spot to predict the future of tech as part of the Robert Half CIO Masters Series
These leading Australian technology professionals should know, as they are responsible for implementing cutting-edge technologies in the enterprise for some of the region’s leading corporations and institutions. For any young technology professionals, this advice is key to getting and edge in the fast paced technology industry.
Here to grapple with the cutting-edge questions are BlueScope Steel CIO Andrew Baker, Kevin Bloch, CTO of Cisco Systems and ex Seek CIO Carey Eaton.
Google PageRank Update June 2011
A short post to let you guys know that Google did a page rank update this evening without a doubt and confirmed by Google Pagerank Update. Skidzopedia.com just went from PR4 to PR5, that’s a huge boost which I never anticipated.
Good luck to rest of you guys!
Leaked: Exclusive Apple iPhone 3.0 Screenshots Featuring Video Recording
Just got hold of some of the leaked images of a new video recording application feature that the iPhone fans are hoping to see in the final version of iPhone 3.0 which is expected to be released later this Summer.
The interface is just the same as the normal iPhone camera interface but with a switch on the bottom right which toggles between still camera photography and video recording. Other interesting capabilities found in the configuration files include “magnetometer“, “auto-focus camera” and “Voice Control“.
