Monday, April 14, 2008

Making the TURING point

A very interesting link via Random Thoughts on Digital Identity.

It's game on Kurzweil v Kapor. And of course, we will all know for sure in 2029.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Googling out the bad 'uns in Brazil

The Associated Press reports that Google will take steps to "stop chid pornography and hate crimes" on Orkut.

It is estimated that approx 90% of paedophilia complaints are prompted by material on Orkut and a Brazilian Senate Panel has ordered Google to permit it access to nearly 3000 profiles containing suspect material.