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Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, Future Tense brings you the latest technology topics in daily five-minute capsules. From electronic privacy and digital democracy to spam and computer worms, Future Tense keeps you up to date on the rapidly changing world of technology.
Future Tense is heard in the United States during broadcasts of the CBC's As It Happens.
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A team of scientists at Yahoo Research studied the time of day that 125,000 students at U.S. and European universities sent e-mail. Yahoo research scientist Duncan Watts says people fall into one of two groups -- "day laborers" and "emailholics."
Also mentioned today:
Baiting Nigerian Scammers For Fun (Ars Technica)
10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media (Mashable)
Some newspapers and magazines have abandoned their print operations as a way to cut costs -- most notably the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Christian Science Monitor and Blender magazine. What are the consequences when publications move to online-only? Some clues can be found by looking at Taloussanomat, a financial publication from Finland that stopped printing to focus on digital operations in December 2007.
Other stories mentioned today:
Searching for Silicon Valley (New York Times)
The Internet's Librarian (Economist)
Five Best Screen Capture Tools (Lifehacker)
One of the most talked-about features in Google Voice is voice mail transcription. To get a sense of how well the machine transcription works, we asked listeners to leave messages at our Google Voice number. Here are some of the results:
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Other stories mentioned today:
Conficker FAQ (F-Secure.com)
The evolution of an extraordinary globe-spanning worm (lastwatchdog.com)
Over the past several years, profit motive has become one of the primary reasons for carrying out Internet attacks. But according to the new Web Hacking Incidents Database Report, the number one motivation for Web-based attacks in 2008 was defacement targeting political parties, candidates and government agencies.
Other items mentioned on today's show:
Read Me A Story, Mr. Roboto (Slate)
Amazon Releases Kindle App For iPhone (TechBlog)
New Kindle Better But Still Pricey (Houston Chronicle)
Surveillance Self-Defense (EFF)
A study conducted by computer forensics firm Kessler International found four in ten used hard drives for sale on eBay contain sensitive information.
Also mentioned on today's show:
Why More Megapixels Isn't Always Better (Gizmodo)
30+ Websites To Visit When You're Laid Off (Mashable)
A group that represents authors is urging its members to be wary of the text-to-speech feature on Amazon's updated Kindle electronic reading gadget, saying it could violate copyrights.
The Author's Guild says the Kindle 2's "Read to Me" feature presents a significant challenge to the publishing industry because it could eventually undermine the market for audio books.
Guest: Nilay Patel, Engadget
Also mentioned on the air: Amish Hackers
