computers & technology

No Linkup for You!new

In the world of online community, one authoritative man can dictate your social life.

SF Weekly | Lauren Smiley | 12-12-2007 | Tech

SF Ad Exec Zach Slow's $50K Online Marriage Contestnew

The 28-year-old hopes to get 500,000 internet voters to pay $2 each to select his and his friend's bride in a web reality show, The 2 Husbands (www.the2husbands.com). The lucky ladies chosen to walk the two down the aisle will take home $50,000 each.

SF Weekly | Lauren Smiley | 11-28-2007 | Tech

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Are You My Genome Friend?new

Home genomics: just another self-help scam?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Annalee Newitz | 11-28-2007 | Tech

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Russell Fish Hopes to Redefine the Computer Industrynew

His current project promises to top them all: a new "computer architecture" enabling applications like cell phones that translate languages and computers that reduce the time it takes to sequence DNA from months to days.

Dallas Observer | Glenna Whitley | 11-21-2007 | Tech

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Mapping the Unmappable: Visualize Global Censorshipnew

The weirdest (and saddest) map mashup ever is the Access Denied Map. This ever-growing online map highlights countries whose Internet-filtering governments won't let their citizens access the Access Denied Map.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Annalee Newitz | 11-21-2007 | Tech

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Nerd Words Go Mainstreamnew

Technology has inspired vocabulary that's now in use every day.

NOW Magazine | Joseph Wilson | 11-16-2007 | Tech

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The Unbearable Plight of Wireless-less-nessnew

WiFi Philadelphia was supposed to be the best thing ever. So far, it's not. Is there hope?

Philadelphia City Paper | Katherine Silkaitis | 11-13-2007 | Tech

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Tim Bray: Father of XML, Uncle of Search Enginesnew

"I haven't done any work on XML in a few years," he says. "The other things I work on are important and interesting too. Chances are, XML will lead my obituary."

The Georgia Straight | Alex Waterhouse-Hayward | 11-12-2007 | Tech

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Open-Source Tools Open Democracy's Doorsnew

The Vancouver open-source guru Scott Nelson has paired the knowledge he has acquired with a strong desire to promote social change and the greater good.

The Georgia Straight | Matthew Burrows | 11-12-2007 | Tech

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