AT&T has experimented with Second Life-like virtual environments to test its response to attacks. Its researchers, who are scattered around the country, create avatars that “visit” labs and run experiments. “We invented it because we were trying to cut down on travel,” he says. “We weren’t doing it to be cute. We were doing it [...]
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Diggnation and Jimmy Fallon: The New Convergence
Woz and a Pink Boa Hit the Dance Floor
The results showed that greater Internet use correlates with a greater acceptance of “Internet harm,” which included threatening others over email and reading other people’s emails without asking. And overall, while the findings indicate that real-world morality hinted at how [...]
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As recent graduates, several of Hung Truong’s classmates will be headed for typical next steps in their technology careers: working as programmers or pursuing master’s degrees in computer science.
But the 23-year-old, who received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico, instead plans to study the growth of social-networking sites like Facebook and why [...]
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With the simple swipe of a card, students at Pennsylvania State University can unlock doors, pay for meals and borrow books from the library. Some students also link their IDs to a bank account and use them like debit cards at local stores. For others, the cards are virtual time slips, recording hours logged at [...]
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