Archive for 2008/08


Comcast set to begin bandwidth capping come October 1st

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

You hear so much tough-talk and blustery grand-standing these days over data capping that it’s hard to take any of it too seriously. A recent announcement by Comcast, however, is sending chills down the collective spine of Engadget (and seriously threatening to put a crunch on Thomas Ricker’s… er, “movie” downloads). The […]

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2’s (Familiar) New Features [Beta Beat]

Six months after Beta 1 hit the streets, Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 to brave testers. The new beta includes features that make it look like a viable choice of modern browser, like a smart address bar (sound familiar?), tab grouping, private browsing, find in-page, suggested sites related to the current page, […]

Social networks and “psychological profiling” in real time

Sometimes technology can be put to really great use. Sometimes it can just be used to spy on us.
Researchers Nitesh Dhanjani and Akshay Aggarwal are developing a tool which allows them to create a real time picture of how an Internet user is feeling, based on their profile on a series of social networking sites.
“It […]