Technology

YouTube Video Prompts FBI Probe of LAPD

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 The FBI has launched a police brutality investigation of the LAPD after a video surfaced on YouTube of a police officer repeatedly punching a suspected gang member in the face. Read about it, and watch the video. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Veek the Vote

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2006 Want to share your voting experience with the world via your mobile camera? Shoot a quick video vignette, upload it to veekthevote.com, and share it with the world 15 to 60 seconds later. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UTube.com vs. YouTube.com

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2006 In what may be the most brazenly frivolous lawsuit of all time, an Ohio pipe company whose website, utubecom, has been crippled by Web surfers looking for YouTubecom, is suing for damages, and is demanding that YouTube cede its domain name to the pipe company (more) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virtual News at Seven

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2006 A group of researchers at Northwestern University may have rendered TV news reporters obsolete with this completely automated and virtual newscast, in which a video game character reads news culled from RSS feed, and the screen behind her displays relevant photos and videos. Pretty cool. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Technology for Bush World

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 New on the block: A virtual reality helmet that allows users to simulate fantasy worlds, and a personal Google search engine that allows users to scan a narrow list of sites -- two inventions perfect for a president who sees only what he wants to see. Dig deeper

Bush Uses ‘the Google’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 A CNBC host asked Bush whether he used the most popular search engine on Earth. His response betrayed an unfamiliarity with the Internet not seen in a politician since Sen. Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens spoke out on the subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Maps the Election

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2006 Google will release an election tool for its popular 3-D mapping software "Google Earth," enabling users to view congressional districts and related campaign information. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Digital Darwin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2006 Cambridge University is making Charles Darwin's complete works freely available online, including the notebook the legendary scientist wrote in during the voyage of the Beagle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reuters Opening ‘Second Life’ Virtual Bureau

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2006 The news agency becomes the latest corporate brand to set up shop in the virtual online world. It will put out stories about this rapidly growing parallel universe. Amazing stuff. Earlier: a big magazine piece on Second Life Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s a Wonderful Second Life

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2006 Check out this mind-blowing story on Second Life, the simulated online world where people socialize, shop for actual products, attend legitimate university classes, even buy virtual real estate -- using real-world money. This head-spinning enmeshing of online/off-line interaction represents a new model for our Internet-addled society. It's like "The Matrix" (Version 0.1). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Friendster Rebellion: A Privacy-Concern Dam Break?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Bush's warrantless wiretapping program failed to arouse much more than a collective shrug across much of America, but when the social networking site Facebook recently began broadcasting every change a user makes to his online "friends," ("you're out of my top-50," for example), the community rebelled -- quickly and viciously. Could this be the start of something? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Diebold Voting Machine Hacked in Four Minutes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting recently got her hands on a Diebold voting machine and was able to hack it in four minutes with tools that cost $12. Harris? handiwork is just the latest demonstration of how vulnerable electronic voting machines are to vote manipulation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )