With Darpa’s ‘Transparent Earth,’ Underground Doesn’t Mean Out of Sight
This year, military science has more of an “all-encompassing” goal for global mastery. As part of its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, Pentagon extreme research agency Darpa is launching the “Transparent Earth” project. They’ll invest $4 million into the creation of real-time, 3-D maps that display “the physical, chemical and dynamic properties of the earth down to 5 kilometer depth.”
via With Darpa’s ‘Transparent Earth,’ Underground Doesn’t Mean Out of Sight | Danger Room | Wired.com.
Posts Tagged: Google
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Feb 10
Hack the Planet. Literally.
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Feb 10
Google Buzz
Apparently, Google is rolling out its new social media platform. You can check it out at google.com/buzz
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Feb 10
HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features
I wonder how this will work with enterprise GMail.
Gmail is set to become Google’s next major push into social media. According to The Wall Street Journal, the popular webmail service will soon launch a new feature for sharing content and status updates with friends. [Update: We think Google might announce these features on Tuesday]
via HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features.
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Feb 10
AFP: Violence in N.Korea as hunger woes mount: reports
Angry North Koreans have attacked security agents as hunger woes mount following a crackdown on free-market trade, according to reports on Tuesday from groups in Seoul with contacts in the communist state.
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Jan 10
Chuck Norris Finds You
- Go to Google
- Enter Chuck Norris as the search box
- Click the “I’m feeling lucky button”
- ??????
- Profit
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Jan 10
Interactive LA County Homicide Map
The Los Angeles Times has done a great job at providing this informative mashup using Google maps. The map details homicides that have been recorded in Los Angeles County going back to 2007. Check out the Homicide Report at the LA Times website.
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Jan 10
Feel Xenu’s Touch
Want to help the people of Haiti but not actually help them at all? The Church of Scientology’s got you covered. Volunteers from the organizations outreach program are visiting patients at Port-au-Prince’s General Hospital and healing them with the power of touch.
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Jan 10
Google’s Brin And Page To Sell Off Shares; Give Up Majority Voting Power Over Five Years | paidContent
Whoa. This is a big deal.
Say goodbye to the coolness as control of Google passes from the founders to the institutional super-rich.
I guess maybe they didn’t have the stomach for what “don’t be evil” did to their stock price.
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) just put out an SEC filing indicating that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will soon begin to sell off some of their holdings in the company, as part of a predetermined trading plan. The men intend to sell about 10 million shares in the company over the next five years, representing about 17 percent of their holdings. According to the filing, that would mean that they would control about 48 percent of Google’s voting power, down from 59 percent, effectively giving up majority control of the company, although they of course would continue to wield significant executive power given the amount of stock it would take to overrule them.
Kyle Hayes