Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Google Launches Summer of Code [Slashdot:] boosting open source projects with student coders -- BL 11:40:21 PM      Google It!.

AI Seduces Stanford Students. Researchers find that mimicry makes digital avatars more credible and persuasive. Will the discovery lead to armies of super cybersalesmen? By Kevin Poulsen. [Wired News] 12:04:41 PM      Google It!.

Coming Soon, The Google Translator [Slashdot:] 11:59:54 AM      Google It!.

The ultra-thin InfoCard. Over the weekend I needed to log in to eBay from somebody else's machine. The browser was Firefox, but it would have been impolite to install Greasemonkey and Password Composer, or even to install a bookmarklet, so instead I just used the live version of the password generator that has dramatically streamlined my online life in recent months. ... [Jon's Radio] 11:57:50 AM      Google It!.