Three Laws of Robotics

clipped from www.nytimes.com Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man

No worries about machines outsmarting women or children... it can't be done.

Microsoft vs Google War of the Worlds

clipped from www.businessinsider.com 10 Ways Google Is Trying To Kill Microsoft (GOOG, MSFT) Perhaps the most exciting tech battle to watch: Google's (GOOG) intensifying clash with fellow titan Microsoft (MSFT), as the two square off in almost every major line of business. It looks like Microsoft is close to finally signing a search and advertising partnership with Yahoo Microsoft is attacking Google's biggest business, search. Its most recent product launch, Bing, is a good product that's been just a modest success so far But Chrome OS -- starting with cheap, mobility-focused netbooks -- promises to be fast, simple, and -- important -- free to gadget makers, which are already facing paper-thin margins on netbooks, and pressure to cut costs. If Google can make a great user interface and link easily to cloud services like the Web, Google search, GMail, and Google chat, then the Windows juggernaut could be at risk. Click here to see 10 ways Google is trying to kill Microsoft →

What is Twitter? Asks 69% of All Adults

clipped from www.businessinsider.com 69% Of Adults Don't Know What Twitter Is 69% of adults surveyed have little knowledge of what Twitter is, the LATimes reports, citing a LinkedIn Research Network/Harris Poll. Only 12% of consumers surveyed said Twitter use would grow in the coming years, and an equal percent felt only young people used Twitter. 'Twitter Answers' Could Make Twitter Gobs Of Money clipped from www.businessinsider.com People, step away from your damn screens. This world has truly gotten sad.

69% Don't know or don't care to know?

Firefox 4.0 The future is now...

clipped from mashable.com Firefox 4.0: Early Screenshots Released They’ve posted mockups of the new Firefox 4.0 design (included below) on their wiki. Firefox warns that they are just for brainstorming, but they provide the world’s first real glimpse into the next edition of the Firefox browser. The Firefox Screenshots: Tabs on Top or Bottom? Tabs on bottom is the current norm in Firefox, while the tabs-on-top looks almost exactly like the Google ChromeGoogle Chrome browser. Here is the tabs-on-bottom version And here’s the tabs-on-top design: Positives: Shorter Mouse Distance to Page Controls Negatives: - Breaks Consistency/Familiarity – Moving things confuses existing users. - Longer Mouse Distance to Tabs – Takes longer to mouse to a tab. With the space removed from the titlebar you only get the truncated version in the tab. New Firefox 4.0 Feature: Combo Stop/Refresh/Go Button they’re all integrated into one button sneak peek of Firefox in 2010 Firefox 3.5 Now Available for Download

Some of the best reading on Wikipedia

clipped from www.metafilter.com Best of Wikipedia: A twice-daily updated collection of some of the best reading on Wikipedia. Created and maintained by avinash.vora. posted by nickyskye (8 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite