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During a keynote at the IFA in Berlin, Eric Schmidt topped off presentations on Voice Powered Search, Street View Search and Google TV by emphasizing how much Google values being fast and that current technological advancements are nearing the realm of science fiction, or what he called, “The age of augmented humanity.”
The IFA stands for International Funkausstellung, which roughly translates to International Radio Exhibition. In a press release, IFA Director Jens Heithecker explained the interesting choice of keynote speaker.
“Google today connects people to the Internet and opens the world in the same way radio did 80 years ago. [Schmidt's keynote] echoes the 1930 keynote by Albert Einstein, Einstein was talking about radio, the new technology at the time. He said ‘technology enables communication and communication connects people.”
Whether or not Schmidt will go down in annals of history ala Einstein, his keynote did provide a some interesting “big think” quotes, including a couple that may come back to haunt him “Everyone should have the right to change their names” style.
“Ultimately, search is not just the web but literally all of your information – your email, the things you care about, with your permission – this is personal search, for you and only for you.”
“We can suggest what you should do next, what you care about. Imagine: We know where you are, we know what you like.”
“A near-term future in which you don’t forget anything, because the computer remembers. You’re never lost.”
Uhh. While I’m sure Schmidt has the best intentions here, it’s probably time he got a PR person or maybe even a friend that can clue him into the fact that statements like “We know where you are, we know what you like” can come off a little creepy, especially when you consider that Google is currently under antitrust investigation by the State of Texas and just settled a $8.5 million dollar law suit regarding privacy.
Coincidentally, Schmidt referred to his previous name change gaffe while at IFA, “I was making a joke when I was saying that, and everybody who was present burst into laughter.”
Perhaps the Google CEO just suffers from the world’s worst case of “foot in mouth disease”?
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Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that Google Inc's purchase of airline ticketing firm ITA Software Inc will cost rivals access to data they need to compete with the search giant as it moves into the travel market, sources familiar with the probe said.
Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that Google Inc's purchase of airline ticketing firm ITA Software Inc will cost rivals access to data they need to compete with the search giant as it moves into the travel market, sources familiar with the probe said.
AP - NASA says two small asteroids discovered just days ago will zip harmlessly past Earth on Wednesday, a double flyby that should be visible through a telescope.
Reuters - A dearth of big Hollywood stars, Venice's notoriously high costs, fierce competition from Toronto -- this year's film festival on the Lido is fighting to keep its place on the map as one of cinema's most prestigious events.
AP - U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly, frustrated health officials reported Tuesday.
A new firmware update is due out in October that will support 3D Blu-ray movies. The update will also include the Music Unlimited service.
In honor of the release of the real-time-strategy game, R.U.S.E., which hits stores today, Ubisoft has released a new trailer.
Often appearing on lists of "must have" Mac software, the open source FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV client Cyberduck announced a new version yesterday that gives the tool even more file management features, including support for Google Storage and file versioning in Amazon S3.
New features include integration of Access Control List editing for Amazon S3 and Google Storage so that permissions can be granted to different users. Using Cyberduck alongside Google Storage, for example, one can limit access to files based on whether a user is logged in to a Google Account and authenticated against the ACL.
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File versioning support for S3 is also available in this version. You can show hidden files to display all revisions to a file, which allows you to revert back to a previous version. Versioning can be enabled per bucket, as can S3 Multi-Factor Authentication Delete, which secures files from deletion by requesting a one-time passcode.
Although Cyberduck is currently only available for Mac, a Windows version is now in private beta. A Windows version will bring Cyberduck into competition with CloudBerry, which offers many of the same features but does not currently support Google Storage, Google Docs or Rackspace Cloud files (but does support Windows Azure).
As tools like Cyberduck and CloudBerry move to support different cloud providers, interoperability is proving to be a major selling point - and a crucial feature.
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TRI-EDRE has launched two software updates, Back-in-Time 2 and Trash Magic 2. Back-in-Time provides access to all of the data backed up by Time Machine, organizing it with a visual record. Files and folders can be copied to any location via drag and drop. A specific item's backups can be traced by dragging it to the Back-in-Time item list, where earlier versions can be accessed by means of a date slider....
Consuming more calories than you use makes you fat. That’s a fact, Jack. Figuring out where these calories come from, OK, that’s a noble endeavor, but let’s not pretend there’s anything secret going on here. Like, you see this graphic here? It’s the winner of some Michelle Obama-headed design contest to help folks figure out how to best fight childhood obesity. And you’ll see the PlayStation completely demonized, as if Sony itself is somehow responsible for little kids packing on the pounds.
AP - The Energy Department said Tuesday it was awarding $575 million for carbon capture research-and-development projects in 15 states.
Earlier today, we posted some photos of the new fourth-generation iPod shuffle, showing off the unboxing and some comparisons to other iPod models.
Unsurprisingly, iFixit is close behind with a detailed teardown of the diminuti...
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Privacy advocates have sued the Obama administration over its practice of seizing laptops, cell phones, and other devices at US borders and copying their contents even when the owner isn't suspected of wrongdoing.…
Jake Shears having an affair with Adam Lambert? Check out the footage of them making out here — as Katy Perry looks on.LiveScience.com - After spending almost a week in Chile, a team of NASApersonnel sent to provide nutritional advice and psychological support to 33trapped miners reported Tuesday that the efforts of the Chilean government havebeen outstanding so far, and the focus needs to be on long-term strategies thatwill allow the men to live sustainably underground as a community.
McClatchy Newspapers - FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.
A large number of screen captures of a beta 1 build of webOS 2.0 have been leaked thanks to a Chinese website. The images reveal a slightly different interface, including an icon spread of three columns by four rows. There is also evidence of a built-in Dropbox file management hook and, unusually, MobileMe file syncing support....Dutch clothing chain C&A has always traded on its bargain prices. But the bargains come at a hidden cost: the risk of appalling working conditions for the people who make the clothes.
AP - With clean energy legislation trapped in a political deadlock, renewable energy advocates called big business the new leader in the nation's green revolution at a national summit meeting Tuesday.
