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Google Glass app uses 'fashion fingerprint' to indentify individuals

Google Glass app uses
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • A new project being developed for Google Glass aims to identify people based on the clothing and accessories they wear. Once a familiar person has been spotted in the crowd, Glass will then overlay their name above them on the…

Weekend tech reading: Is password security inadequate today?

Weekend tech reading: Is password security inadequate today?
  • Posted November 18, 2012, 1:53 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • You have a secret that can ruin your life. It’s not a well-kept secret, either. Just a simple string of characters -- maybe six of them if you’re careless, 16 if you’re cautious -- that can reveal everything about you. Your email. Your bank account. Your address and credit card number...

YouTube to cut spam by asking you to comment with your real name

YouTube to cut spam by asking you to comment with your real name
  • Posted July 24, 2012, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • YouTube has begun “encouraging” users with pop-up boxes asking those commenting on video uploads to do so using their real name, rather than their online handles. In addition to this, Google is offering the option to link accounts with Google+,…

YouTube offers face blurring in one click

YouTube offers face blurring in one click
  • Posted July 18, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Heeding input from human rights activists and this 2011 Cameras Everywhere report, YouTube has added a feature which aims to protect the privacy of individuals involved in controversial video footage. The new feature, "Blur All Faces", now appears in YouTube's…

Identity of Zuckerberg's hacker unknown, Facebook fixes bug

  • Posted January 28, 2011, 11:55 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • The hacker or group of hackers that managed to post on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's fan page has still not been identified; nobody has claimed to have done it and nobody has managed to figure it out for themselves. Facebook,…

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