Finding how your site is being ranked by Google
I always visit Google and search on several keywords that I know will bring our site to the top of the list. This is to insure the parsing is correct and also find out how old the archives of the…
Google Indexes Scholarly Literature
Google Inc. has released, to beta testing, a scholarly literature search platform scientists and academic researchers. Google Scholar, is a collaboration of the Internet information company and scientific and academic publishers and will include access to peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and reports.
Tracking schoolkids with RFID comes to America
Using RFID tags to keep tabs on schoolkids isn’t just for the Japanese anymore! As much as I hate to hear this kind of thing happening in America my bet is that this will be a huge hit with parents…
MSN knows its algebra
Here’s something cool from Chris Pirillo – type in an algebraic equation into MSN Search with a missing value ‘x’ and it will solve x for you. Observe what happens when you type in ‘2+4x=10’: [via Scoble]
PubSub rocks harder!
PubSub is one of the best RSS filtering tools out their. It has changed the way I read news I am interested in. [pubsub.com]
Microsoft cracking down on suspected Xbox crackers
If you game online with a modified Xbox beware Microsoft is looking to kick you off their servers. I guess this is Microsoft’s way of leveling the playing field and making sure that no artificial handicaps existed. I am not…
Military Internet for Battle Management
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is developing its own, private, computer network and web, a la the Internet and World Wide Web. The new computer network web, called the Global Information Grid (GIG) will provide military commanders a "God's-eye view" of the battle. The GIG will enable real-time digital communication and data dissemination through a familiar technology, similar to the World Wide Web, anytime and anyplace, under any conditions, with requisite security.