Vampire woman, who prefers to be called Jaguar Woman, got her first tattoo at 14
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Maria Jose Cristerna, a mother of four, tattoo artist and former lawyer, poses for a photograph in Guadalajara March 8, 2012. Cristerna, dubbed “Vampire Woman,” prefers to be identified as “Jaguar…
March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems
By Priya Ganapati, wired.com1955: Computer pioneer Doug Ross demonstrates the Director tape for MIT’s Whirlwind machine. It’s a new idea: a permanent set of instructions on how the computer should operate.
Six years in the making, MIT’s Whirlwind…
Dropbox revamps its Web-service with a more intuitive design and support for photos
Jon Russell, thenextweb.comHugely popular file-sharing service Dropbox has announced a redesign of its Web-based service, as it looks to provide a more intuitive service and better accommodate the increasing amounts of photos stored there.
The company says…
Why are companies defecting from Google Maps?
March 8, 2012 By Geoff Duncan, digitaltrends.comFirst Foursquare and now Apple are scaling back their use of Google Maps. Why are major players starting to back way from Google’s nearly ubiquitous mapping service?
In recent years, Google Maps has transformed itself from an…
Toshiba builds scanner that can identify fruit without a barcode, yup (video)
Daniel Cooper, engadget.comDuring our hurried supermarket sweeps, we’re aiming for the Granny Smith, yet somehow always come away with French Jonagold. That’s why we’re in awe of this new supermarket scanner from Toshiba-Tech that can identify individual speci…
Apple offers few a bite at employment
Patrick Collinson, guardian.co.ukApple employs just 47,000 people in the US, compared to General Motors’ 600,000 at its peak. Does that mean the knowledge-based economy is a jobless one?
Apple is the embodiment of the knowledge-based economy. It is America’s biggest stock-marke…
Billionaire Newcomers 2012
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With $1 Million On The Line, Chrome Finally Cracked In Hacking Competition
Andy Greenberg, forbes.comIt took four years and possibly the biggest reward a software company has ever offered for information about its own security flaws, but Google finally got what it was asking for: A few hackers willing and able to dismantle its…
With $1 Million On The Line, Chrome Finally Cracked In Hacking Competition
Andy Greenberg, forbes.comIt took four years and possibly the biggest reward a software company has ever offered for information about its own security flaws, but Google finally got what it was asking for: A few hackers willing and able to dismantle its…
