People frequently complain that they can’t remember things — and they wish their brains had more storage capacity, like today’s ever-expanding computer hard drives and RAM. If we could just improve the sheer size of our memory, we’d be able to retain and manipulate more data, and we’d become smarter and smarter — right?
Category: Tech News
Bill Gates gives $600m more to stop tuberculosis
The Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis has received a $600m (£337m) boost from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. The campaign, backed by more than 400 organisations worldwide, aims to treat 50 million people in the next 10 years. Launching the plan with UK Chancellor Gordon Brown and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Gates said it was… Continue reading Bill Gates gives $600m more to stop tuberculosis
BigDaddy means big changes at Google
One of the most popular forms of exercise among many search engine optimizers—both the third-party firms that do it for others and the advertisers who spiff up their own Web pages for better natural search rankings—is a periodic workout called “chasing the algorithm”. The race begins when Google or Yahoo! updates some portion of the… Continue reading BigDaddy means big changes at Google
Google.com gets make over
Some Web users are reporting seeing a reformatted Google Inc. results page that has the links to specialized search pages listed in the left-hand column instead of placed horizontally across the top of the search box. In addition, these links to the image, groups, news, Froogle and local search pages are each accompanied by a… Continue reading Google.com gets make over
Digg’s sister has been born – Qoosa!
In short Qoosa is a digg clone – A community news site where the users votes determine which articles go on the frontpage. However the difference is Qoosa only has around 5 members (at the time of this post) which means that unlike Digg, any articles submitted won’t be scrutinized by over 100 thousand picky… Continue reading Digg’s sister has been born – Qoosa!