Friday, February 21, 2003

Is Google too powerful?

e.p.c. posted this at 06:39 GMT on 21-Feb-2003 . Archive Link

A cunning plan

So, here’s the plan for next week’s little trip:

	BROOKLYN, NY
	Erie, PA
	Downers Grove, IL
	Champaign, IL
	Denham, IN
	Coraopolis, PA
	Brooklyn, NY

e.p.c. posted this at 09:29 GMT on 21-Feb-2003 . Archive Link

Hackers Run Wild and Free

Hackers Run Wild and Free on AOL:

Using a combination of trade tricks and clever programming, hackers have thoroughly compromised security at America Online, potentially exposing the personal information of AOL's 35 million users.

e.p.c. posted this at 15:08 GMT on 21-Feb-2003 . Archive Link

Spam Kills

Nigerian Slain Over E-Mail Scam

According to police reports, the suspect was a victim of the 419 scam, a thriving industry that employs thousands of people around the world. The scammers successfully manage to extort money from thousands of victims by promising them compensation for assistance in moving funds from foreign countries to banks in the United States.

e.p.c. posted this at 15:14 GMT on 21-Feb-2003 . Archive Link

Word Bursts Could Help Refine

Word Bursts Could Help Refine Web Searches:

A besieged e-mail inbox prompted Kleinberg to design the new system. While trying to filter his mail, he theorized that whenever an important topic arose, keywords related to it would show up in messages with increasing frequency. As a result, searching for words whose usage increased dramatically and quickly—or "burst"—could help identify significant topics and provide a way to categorize messages. Kleinberg devised a search algorithm that analyzes both the number of times words appear and the rate of increase in their frequency over time.

e.p.c. posted this at 15:16 GMT on 21-Feb-2003 . Archive Link