A new search engine that promises to find people in photos on any web site is currently in the alpha testing phase of development. The new people search engine is called Polar Rose and is the brainchild of Swedish mathemetician Jan Erik Solem. The search engine will recognize people and faces in digital online photographs, […]
Are metasearch engines a better and more efficient way to do people searches, public record research and web searching? A recent story on RawStory.com seems to think so. The article discusses the advantages of using metasearch engines and discusses some of the web’s best metasearch engines that people may want to try for their online […]
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Pocket-Lint is reporting that Google is making their internet phone and messaging service, Google Talk, free for everyone. From the article– Google has announced that it is now making its Google Talk instant messaging service free for all. Previously the search engine had restricted its use to Gmail account users only, however from today anyone […]
Google Earth satellite images have become notorious for capturing images of ancient ruins, military installations as well as missile sites. In yet another bizarre example of the spying power of wired technology in the hands of the public, the UK’s Daily Mail is reporting that Google Earth’s satellite images have caught nude sunbathers in the […]
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On September 29, 2006 a US House Congressional Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on “Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who Has Access to Your Private Records?” The hearing is scheduled to begin @ 10 AM EST. You will be able to watch the hearing through a live web cast and get […]
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