On August 13, 2009 Evan Ratliff, a writer for Wired Magazine, who had written about the faked deaths and intentional disappearances of other people in past articles, began his own hi-tech game of hide and go seek when he left San Francisco that evening on a travel adventure that involved evading being found for a […]
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The Pentagon’s Darpa research agency is sponsoring a search challenge to individuals and groups in an effort to learn more about online behavior. The contest calls for people to find 10 red balloons which can be located anywhere in the continental United States. The winner of the contest will receive a $40,000 prize, and it […]
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CNBC will air a one hour documentary special on Google Thursday, Dec. 9PM ET/PT called “Inside The Mind of Google.” Maria Bartiromo will host “Inside the Mind of Google,” which tells the story of how Google became the web’s top search engine in less than a decade. The show will discuss – How Google has […]
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Can the friends you keep on social networks like Facebook and Twitter determine your credit risk? A data-mining company called Rapleaf believes they can measure your credit risk simply by simply reviewing your friend lists on social networks and without hacking into any personal accounts or violating any laws. Rapleaf is considered a social media […]
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ABC will air a preview tonight for a new television series called Find My Family at 9:30 eastern / 8:30 central time. The show centers around finding and reuniting family members that have lost contact with each other. The show relies on a team of researchers and the hosts Tim Green and Lisa Joyner help […]