Monday links
- How to Spot Truth in the Sea of Lies, Rumors, and Myths on the Internet
The internet is full of crap. For every piece of reputable information you’ll find countless rumors, misinformation, and downright falsehoods. Separating truth from fiction is equal parts a mental battle and diligent research. Here’s how to make sure you never get duped— Thorin Klosowski at Lifehacker - Google needs to get serious about solving the Android upgrade mess
While reports suggested that 60 percent of iPhone owners had upgraded to iOS 6 within days of its release, Google is still struggling to get 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ over the 2 percent mark after almost three months. Google needs to work harder—Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet - Computer Viruses Are “Rampant” on Medical Devices in Hospitals
Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to participants in a recent government panel. These infections can clog patient-monitoring equipment and other software systems, at times rendering the devices temporarily inoperable—MIT Technology Review - Talk is cheap: Cell phones hit six billion worldwide
According to new figures published by the International Telecommunications Union, the global population has purchased 6 billion cellphone subscriptions. Fully a third of those, for a total of two billion, are from China and India—Ars Technica - A Computer Lesson Still Unlearned
What it did signify was the beginning of the destruction of markets by dumb computers. Or, to be fair to the computers, by computers programmed by fallible people and trusted by people who did not understand the computer programs’ limitations. As computers came in, human judgment went out—New York Times financial columnist Floyd Norris says that even 25 years after the stock market crash of 1987, Wall Street still doesn’t understand how computers have changed trading in markets
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