Australian student patents new search method
Move over Google, Yahoo! and MSN Orion is coming. Australian PhD student, Ori Allon has patented a new way of searching the web and this new method could dramatically change how search results are provided. Got to love Australian ingenuity.
Estonia allows online voting for local elections
A fine example of the global village, the small Baltic state of Estonia is allowing its citizens the ability to vote in the upcoming local elections via the internet. The elections take place on October 16. I will be following it to see how it goes and hope that someone does not try and hack […]
Multilingual web search taking a step up in Scandinavia
A multilingual web search project has received a research grant of DKK 2.5 mio ~ 335,000 EUR to research the options of multilingual web search covering Scandinavian languages including Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Icelandic. Receiving the grant will enable the university research group to work (part time) on the project for a while without […]
Yahoo! accused of helping jail reporter in China
The story that information given to the Chinese government by Yahoo! is getting major coverage right now. The story initially broke by Reporters Without Borders has been picked up by most new services. The BBC News gives a good recap of the situation as well as explores the implications of doing business in the rapidly […]