Acxiom Corp: Some are saying it’s the The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’ When you think of the surveillance state, what comes to mind is usually government agencies like the FBI, IRS, DEA, NSA, or TSA, . But there’s a company you’ve probably never heard of that “peers deeper into American life,” and […]
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ARGENTINA: Even Penguins Know It
As she had often done before since the Falkland Islands were taken from her in 1833, Argentina last week officially called upon Britain to return the bleak, strategic archipelago thinly stocked with hardy sheep and hardheaded Scots. Britain was not expected to reply
The genius brothers behind Google Wave
Lars and Jens Rasmussen were broke and jobless — with only $16 between them — when they made it big in the Web world by selling their idea for Google Maps.
Snow maps from space aid reindeer herders
Arctic reindeer herders in northern Scandinavia are getting a view from space to help them look after their herds as the region copes with climate change. Using satellite-based snow melt maps supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) backed program Polar View, herders are able to view the depth of snow and judge where the best foraging spots are to take their reindeer