Conficker worm and other problems

http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/conflicker_returns.html
Is Conficker back with a vengeance? Not really.
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html,
http://www.switched.com/2009/01/28/what-is-the-conflicker-virus-and-should-you-be-worried

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm#Protecting_against_dangerous_computer_worms,
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/conficker.aspx,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware#Infectious_malware:_viruses_and_worms

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129972

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/computer-virus-symptoms

Neo and the A.I. Architect

For some great observations about Neo, the Architect & the MATRIX go to,
www.cyberpunkreview.com/the/matrix/reloaded/revolutions,
www.thematrix101.com/contrib/darrod_wpwyttrotb.php

The Architect of the Matrix sure has a couple of good parodies.

http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai
A.I. has a lot of potential, but there are also several concerns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence#Predictions_and_ethics

http://www.a-i.com, http://www.csail.mit.edu, http://www.kurzweilai.net

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

The Data Center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center#History ,
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/apple-and-greenpeace
Of course humanity at a certain point would want to try to record everything.

The Google_Data_Center ,

http://gigaom.com/2009/06/15/google-the-data-center-is-the-computer

MS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxA1l1pQIw&feature=related

FB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DRxqHrPrFw&feature=related

C

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exS3y6LBH94&feature=related 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-northlake-data-center-to-expand-20120418,0,3328492.story ,

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/us-government-shuttering-800-computer-data-centers/52836 ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Modular_Data_Center

How big and powerful can Data+Centers get? That remains to be seen.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/data-center.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Data+Center

Digital Money

Electronic_money & business continue to intertwine into digital_money. Already for many the coin wont be part of the-digital-currency-of-the-future. That's because the stored-value_card is much more convenient than carrying a pocket full of change. Banks & governments can select whatever form of ElectronicProperty they want & the public will just have to lump it. Eventually all money will be in the form of debit_cards & credit cards. Although it will be much more convenient, it might not be any safer.

http://www.debitcards.com.au/five-tips-to-reduce-the-risk-of-debit-card-fraud/

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/debit-card-skimming-scheme-affects-brandon-credit-union-146946365.html

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7b850a1b-6e7b-46b7-a0d1-231542e5fefe&k=23360

Its all being coordinated under the global watchful eye.

(I) http://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/digital-money.asp#axzz1rkf2dxSH (i)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card#Debit_cards_around_the_world

http://www.debitcards.com.au, http://www.visa.ca/en/personal/visa-debit-card/index.jsp

Augmented Reality (AR)

The character, Geordi La Forge provides a good example of external & internal AR Visual_prosthesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VISOR#VISOR

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Geordi_La_Forge_2379.jpg

www.cyberpunkreview.com/news-as-cyberpunk/the-first-chemical-circuit-developed-resistance-is-futile/

Augmented Reality (AR) 

http://mactonnies.com/trans.html, www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/epicenter-google-glass-ar, 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/apple-facebook-project-glass/?grcc=33333Z98ZtrendingZ0,

www.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm, 

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/google-project-glas ,  

www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/1980-1989/brainstorm , 

www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/2000-2009/minority-report

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http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2012/03/cosmic-computer-hypothesis.html 

Surrogates like the more spectacular Avatar depicts ones consciousness being linked to another body structure. www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/cyberpunk-theme/surrogates

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AR

The Cosmic Computer Hypothesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3 , 
http://www.novaspivack.com/uncategorized/is-the-universe-a-computer-new-evidence-emerges ,
SimCity,  The_Sims, SimEarth, Earth_Simulator, www.messagetoeagle.com/livingearthsimulator.php,  Welt_am_Draht, The_Thirteenth_Floor

{"As for my own collaboration on adinkras, the path my colleagues and I have trod since the early 2000s has led me to conclude that codes play a previously unsuspected role in equations that possess the property of supersymmetry. This unsuspected connection suggests that these codes may be ubiquitous in nature, and could even be embedded in the essence of reality. If this is the case, we might have something in common with the Matrix science-fiction films, which depict a world where everything human beings experience is the product of a virtual-reality-generating computer network.

If that sounds crazy to you — well, you could be right. It is certainly possible to overstate mathematical links between different systems: as the physicist Eugene Wigner pointed out in 1960, just because a piece of mathematics is ubiquitous and appears in the description of several distinct systems does not necessarily mean that those systems are related to each other. The number pi, after all, occurs in the measurement of circles as well as in the measurement of population distributions. This does not mean that populations are related to circles.
Yet for a moment, let us imagine that this alternative Matrix-style world contains some theoretical physicists, and that one of them asks, "How could we discover whether we live inside a Matrix?". One answer might be "Try to detect the presence of codes in the laws that describe physics." I leave it to you to decide whether Wigner's warning should be applied to the theoretical physicists living in the Matrix — and to us. James Gates is a theoretical physicist at the University of Maryland, US, e-mail gatess@wam.umd.edu "} http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2012/codes-for-reality/gates-symbolsofpower.shtml

The cosmic-computer-hypothesis 

Metaphorically, each galaxy is like its own BD or DVD. http://thefutureofthings.com/site/7895/galaxy-zoo.html

In ancient times the crystal-ball wasn't considered to be a form of augmented-reality. There was just a natural concept that cosmic information could be transmitted & perceived in the world.

1863 Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century

To The_Observer, reality is a big interactive recording of space & time. He & they are able to skip through time & occasionally do more than just observe. 
www.fringebloggers.com/explore/the-fringe-timeline

www.fringebloggers.com/fringe-4-22-brave-new-world-part-2-observations

Crossrail

The Crossrail & Thameslink projects are certainly much needed improvements for London.

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/media_centre/crossrail_select.htm

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-03/16/crossrail-tunnels

PBG & LED

http://ab-initio.mit.edu/photons

Direct_and_indirect Band_gap

Light-emitting_diode http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/led.htm

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-03/09/230-percent-efficient-leds

www.physics.utoronto.ca/~john/p2418_1.pdf

Quantum Vision

www.livescience.com/humans-spooky-quantum-entanglement.html

http://www.livescience.com/12910-twisted-physics-top-findings.html

http://www.livescience.com/11345-top-ten-unexplained-phenomena.html

Stuxnet

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/son-of-stuxnet-in-the-wild

Netp191.pnf

191, 119 & 911, these numbers show up in the most peculiar points in time & space.

Possible_origin of Stuxnet

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology, www.cbsnews.com/stuxnet-computer-worm-opens-new-era-of-warfare, www.pcworld.com/was_stuxnet_built_to_attack_irans_nuclear_program

www.wired.com/threatlevel/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/04/recorded-future-concept.html

Person of Interest (The Super)

Person of Interest episode-11 (POI)  

www.hollywood.com/news/Person_of_Interest_Recap_Super/13637170, 

www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/tvguide/article/Person-of-Interest-s-Reese-and-Finch-Welcome-a-2489899.php,

www.tv.com/shows/person-of-interest-2011/super-1740868, www.sidereel.com/person_of_interest

Its fascinating to observe when various things start & end throughout history. The supercomputer depicted in POI is an intriguing part of this entertaining TV series. Of course, such special computers are essential for massive surveillance. 

Taraji_P._Henson is one of the main people in POI & was born on 9-11 in 1970.  

The Kryptos Mystery, the movie, Enemy-of-the-State & the Recorded-Future-Concept  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Person+of+Interest

Smart TV, PC, etc.

A Smart TV is the quintessential two way communication device for entertainment & business & that's just the beginning. www.smarttv101.com

http://www.pcworld.com/article/240403/the_5_best_smart_tv_platforms_of_2011.html

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/smart-tv/smart-tv-with-intel-inside.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/showcase/Samsung-televisions/

http://www.samsung.com/ca/smarttv/smarttv.html

Eventually every new smart gadget will have its own personal_digital_assistant featuring an A.I. logic program.

www.forbes.com/samsung-smart-tv-at-the-oscars

Such a program could eventually become a standard part of even the most affordable products.

http://www.zdnet.com/news/indias-47-aakash-tablet-tops-14-million-sales-in-two-weeks/6335693

The - and + of RFID

People need to see various perspectives on this stuff for the mind to fully register the implications of such gadgets. 

Radio-frequency_identification has many benefits, but it also means that people can be tracked like a bit of livestock.

www.kevinwarwick.com /ICyborg.htm, www.reading.ac.uk ,

www.spychips.com /blog/2006/04/kevin_warwick_one_scary_dude_1.html ,

http://www.rfid.org, www.rfidjournal.com

The Global Surveillance Industry...

Things like GPS & RFID certainly have a good side, but the dark side of using data & digital-security can be challenging. https://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html
As the Web grows, personal_privacy is tougher to maintain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks

The TV drama, Person-of-Interest provides a fascinating depiction of a supercomputer that can record & access almost anything.

The Get Smart-phone

The days of talking into a phone the size of a shoe or a boot are long gone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_phone  

The mobile phone use to be as big as a shoe & didn't boot up. It was a basic on & off device & a simple transmitter & receiver. Star Trek gave people in the 1960s an idea of what it could be like to have a personal communication device that's smaller than an apple & orange. A pocket size phone couldn't happen until the technology started to get small enough to allow for the gradual development path into pocket computers. That process took from the 1970s to the early 21st century.

https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/slideshow/225264/10-get-smart-phones-can-actually-get

Shoe Phone featured on Get Smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWhljf7tY_c  

The 1960s version of Get Smart never had to worry about boot up speeds because the technology was so slow & bulky. www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/get-smart.htm
Today there are so many kinds of phones & choosing the best one is a matter perspective, objective & how you want to access the net.

Eventually an artificial arm might have a standard bionic phone included.

Jules_Verne was one of the few people to realize the long term potential of Telegraphy & made several interesting predictions about technology. Long before the Internet, newspapers like The Daily_Telegraph, realized that they could transmit & receive information from around the world.

A bionic arm or a robotic limb would have to have its own Bluetooth & nano-fiber optic_communication system. In order for bionic limbs & other parts to fully mimic natural limbs, the proper signals need to reach the brain.

http://www.iceaustralia.com/medicalbionics2011 ,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2049423/Liver-transplants-thing-past-scientists-grow-working-cells-correct-genetic-mutation.html

So the phone eventually became like a TV & the TV a phone, because of smaller & faster computers.

Robots & the Aandroid operating_system

List_of_fictional_robots_and_androids

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/07/military-developing-half-robot-half.html

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The Tablet_PC and the iPad have the potential to become a mobile intercom, but hopefully not shoe size phone. 

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/01/etch-sketch-pad.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Android+Phones

Digital Security Technology and Maps, etc.

The website, unknowncountry.com has a good post on digital security & mentions Kevin Mitnick.

Cyber_security is essential but electronic-tracking of the public has the potential to get outrageous. Several books & movies have provided warnings of how things could get.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/category/movie/cyberpunk-theme/security-surveillance-state

Kevin Mitnick is one of several people that can find there way around computers & the Internet.

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The Concept of The Global Data System goes back quite a ways.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/3881/

Once a Hypertext_Editing_System was established then there had to be a World_Wide_Web. Eventually the development of locating each web_page became a goal for Larry_Page who became a key component in creating the algorithm for the PageRank. Although Vannevar_Bush didn't have the same level of technology that was available to the founders of Google, he was already realizing the potential for a global library or database that would become The Internet.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/10/get-smartphone.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_Eighth_Avenue,
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/09/14/111-8th-avenue-carrier-hotel-is-for-sale,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/111_Eighth_Avenue#Google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fiber#Future_expansion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Exchange_Point,
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/domestic_taps,
http://www.telegeography.com/telecom-maps/global-traffic-map

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Modular_Data_Center,
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/en/it-services/it-facilities-assessment-design-and-construction-services-portable-modular-data-center.html

http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/m.dodge/cybergeography/atlas/more_isp_maps.html 

http://www.telepresenceoptions.com/2008/04/att_first_service_provider 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

From the (Crimson) Sky Down and into the U2 MATRIX

Before people got to see the first MATRIX movie in 1999, U2 transitioned into their cyberpunk ZOO TV entertainment phase. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-12-tm-34172-story.html , 

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1993-09-12-0000004850-story.html , 

https://www.wired.com/1995/01/neuromancer-speaks , https://www.u2interference.com/forums/f288/neuromancer-zooropa-179635.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtung_Baby 1991

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa 1993

"the tour began in Lakeland, Florida, on 29 February 1992 and ended in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 December 1993." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV_Tour 
From_the_Sky_Down : //www.u2.com/news/title/from-the-sky-down ,

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/09/09/u2-from-the-sky-down-trailer-showtime ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzeR0hV0ZTU ,

http://mrns.u2.com/secure_api/u2player.php?vendor_id=692&media_id=13791&channel_id=6088&e=1235095378&h=3381bb2f515d02a70946d13cfc7e47f8

We’re free to fly the crimson sky...

https://www.u2songs.com/songs/even_better_than_the_real_thing_-_studio_341

http://www.u2.com/discography/index/album/albumId/4010 ,

http://www.u2.com/stream/article/display/id/1958

"And I have no compass and I have no map" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooropa_(song)  

https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/no-maps-for-these-territories-1200465308 ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Maps_for_These_Territories#Background_and_premise ,

https://www.u2songs.com/discography/william_gibson_no_maps_for_these_territories_documentary_various_artists , 

https://vimeo.com/18438593 , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269629 , 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/william_gibson_no_maps_for_these_territories , 

http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/archive/2003_01_28_archive.asp#90244012 

https://www.u2.com/news/title/edge_bono_original_music_new_william_gibson_flick_729

William Gibson has had some key influence for U2 over the years.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/apr/26/computingandthenet.books

Thus, its not surprising that there was some collaboration.

https://www.u2.com/news/title/exclusive_clips_from_new_william_gibson_movie_730

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer#Literary_and_cultural_significance ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberspace#Origins_of_the_term ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk#Style_and_ethos ,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#Influences , 

https://www.wired.com/2005/08/u2-2

William_Gibson was born on March 17, 1948. Is it that surprising that a famous band from Ireland would eventually cross paths with him? http://people.loyno.edu/~hobbs/bib/wgibson.htm

U2 ZOO TV Tour

ZOO TV 1st leg: North America

1992-02-29: Lakeland Arena - Lakeland, Florida, USA

https://www.u2gigs.com/show110.html , https://www.u2.com/tour/id/54 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oKYjeKkuP4

There happens to be a Lake_Gibson in Lakeland,_Florida. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Lakeland_FLA_lake_Mirror , 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland#Through_the_Looking-Glass

Of course 1992-2-29 was a leap-year and that was perfect for U2 to symbolically venture down The_Rabbit hole.

"U2 started the Zoo Tv Tour on February 29, 1992 with a sold out concert with a total of 7,400 people."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP_Funding_Center There is a W. Lemon Street near by.

Zoo TV Live from Sydney 1993-11-27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8bnSQ8mR0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_TV:_Live_from_Sydney

There is a lot of synchronicity between, W.Gibson, U2 and The_Matrix, that should be revealed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis#Science_fiction_themes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ZOO+TV

It's all about exploring, The Nature Of Reality. (TNOR) 

The Recreation Room & Games Room

Home_theater_PC & Recreation_room, etc.

www.ambx.com, www.soundandvisionmag.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIX9wRUCY_0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF9xAb41FaA&feature=related

www.youtube.com/DJwipspeed

http://www.youtube.com/user/PCProReview?feature=watch

www8.hp.com/home.html

Electronic Tracking Chips and Tattoos, etc.

Its good to see that spychips.com is still online to provide valuable information from a different perspective.

http://www.spychips.com/media/liz-mcintyre.html

Digital tracking and data-mining are a big business.

http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/15/can-a-tiny-electronic-tattoo-to-measure-your-vital-signs

Katherine Albrecht & Roger Tolces offer some interesting perspectives on technology & its potential for abuse.

Lauren Weinstein is quite an expert consultant on security & privacy.

Digital Memory Crystals and Robert Vamosi

www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/Supermans-memory-crystals-may-become-reality-in-computers.html,

www.energydigital.com/news_archive/sectors/other-energy/crystal-computers-not-just-superman-anymore,

www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2608,

www.scientificcomputing.com/news-HPC-Tiny-Crystals-could-Hold-Key-to-Massive-Computer-Memory-102609.aspx,

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071019123619.htm
Technology is becoming very ubiquitous.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com /holographic-memory2.htm

Eventually once computers are fast enough, total immersion VR worlds could be created. Perhaps even an entire universe when enough data storage is available. A simulation of a city, world or galaxy. Some people already liken the universe as being like a vast OS.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/vr-disc-holographic-data-storage.html
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Robert Vamosi of whengadgetsbetrayus.com, has a lot of fascinating things to say about technology & its potential dark side.

Fringe-science & biology-robotics & other machines continue to merger & advance.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2011/03/logic-named-joe.html 

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https://thehangover.fandom.com/wiki/The_Monkey

 Crystal the Monkey EPIC Red Carpet Adventure "The Hangover Part 2" Premiere 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeZSo5Bxm_8  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+monkey

A Logic Named Joe (1946)

A_Logic Named_Joe provides a fascinating glimpse into an automated_online_assistant or personal A.I. program.

See the transcript at baen.com & bestsciencefictionstories.com for another perspective on the story. Some more interesting observations at markbernstein.org & sfsite.com .

From As_We_May_Think to Machines_That_Think

Hypertext on a Smart TV is a commonplace feature & eventually most machines will be somewhere in between Siri & HAL.

A Smart-TV, along with a tablet computer & smartphone might be considered as an inanimate form of A.I. Of course laptops & phones are designed to be portable devices, but don't travel under their own power. Animated A.I. is basically self propelled robotics & the movie A.I. provides a glimpse of various possible robots. There is even one A.I. bot called, Joe.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

FB, Big Data, Tracking and Entertainment...

When you have a lot of money to invest sometimes you just have to invest in metadata. 

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/129398/bonos-share-facebook-now-worth.html

The Facebook_effect continues to grow in popularity and so much more data continues to be tracked and stored. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accidental_Billionaires , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg#The_Social_Network

You start out in a rock band in your teens & a few decades later the big money just keeps piling up. That's what has happened to a few of the world's most popular and successful bands like U2. 

http://billionaires.forbes.com/topic/Bono of the band U2.

Elevation_Partners#Founding

http://www.it-director.com/technology/data_mgmt/content.php?cid=3517,

http://www.u2.com/tour/news/tours_u2360_tour/76 ,

http://u2.evenko.ca/en/news# ,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQQ5wfYAZDY ,

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/what-to-do/u2-at-the-montreal-hippodrome-july-8-9 ,

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98495.U2_by_U2 ,

http://www.amazon.com/U2/dp/0060776757 ,

http://www.amazon.com/U2-End-World-Bill-Flanagan/dp/0385311575/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Since the early 1990s, U2 has always been big on technology, as well as good showmanship.

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/10/u2-360-tour.html

The more data, the more places it needs to be stored.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/12/03/wsj-google-has-bought-111-8th-avenue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#Criticisms_and_controversies ,
http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-admits-tracking-user-data-319518 ,
http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/how-stop-facebook-google-and-twitter-tracking-you-174549 ,

Data, information and entertainment are all part of the mass marketing industry ZOO.

https://www.u2gigs.com/show646.html , https://www.u2gigs.com/show206.html , 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoMExbDR-Ng

U2 in Montreal.

Tron: 1982 and 2010 Legacy, etc.

TRON: Legacy 3D-Blu-ray , http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com , http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1339119/The-real-Tron-Lightcycle-hit-120mph-costs-55-000.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TRON_Legacy_Light_Cycle.JPG , http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3822028288/tt1104001 , http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com/2009/07/tron-2-lightcycle.html - Tron:_Legacy#Development & Tron:_Evolution#Plot

Tron & the origins of the story. Rogerebert.suntimes.com/REVIEWS of the plot.

http://disney.go.com/tron, http://www.tron-sector.com ,

http://tron-legacy.movie-trailer.com/2008/12/tron-20-movie-bruce-boxleitner-back-as.html , Tron:_Legacy#Development ,

Rogerebert.suntimes.com , Tron:_Legacy#Graphic_novel & links - http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/12/tron-guy-reviews-tron-legacy , http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/12/critical-mass-tron-legacy.html , http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/12/16/tron-legacy-review.html , http://io9.com/5714411/tron-legacy-is-a-colossal-failure-of-movie+making , http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=6011 , http://www.sify.com/news/tron-legacy-leaves-you-spell-bound-ians-film-review-rating-1-2-news-national-kmso4eieddg.html

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http://tron.wikia.com/wiki/Identity_Disc ,

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/12/14/tron-legacy-identity-discs-explained-no-theyre-not-just-frisbees ,

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=identity+disc+in+the+tron+2010+movie

Tron is basically another version of the Humans vs A.I. theme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_consciousness#Testing_for_artificial_consciousness

In the TRON movies, the consciousness of the protagonist is transferred or downloaded into a digital body. In Avatar, a genetically engineered body is grown for the user to temporarily link to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3
Eventually a person will be able to link to their digital avatar and enter something like SimCity for an hour or so. If you are in the game for a day or 2, you might get thirsty & hungry & certainly will have to go to the bathroom. A lot of people can regularly sleep for 7-9 hours & not have to go to the bathroom. So there could be a form of digital dreaming. The movie, Vanilla_Sky depicts a very advanced version of a digital dream program, where elements of the real world are integrated into the experience program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory#Many-player_and_population_games ,
http://www.gametheory.net, http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/econ-159

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Floor ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation#Computer_science ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_simulation#Types ,
http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/whatis.htm

http://www.realitysandwich.com/what_are_akashic_records ,
The concept of the akashic_records has been around since ancient times.
http://www.crystalinks.com/akashicrecords.html,
http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/spiritualGrowth.aspx?id=2078
TUS is a fascinating book & website that explores the nature of reality.
http://www.theuniversesolved.com , http://urlm.co/www.theuniversesolved.com 

People will continue to gather & store as much data as possible, on everyone & everything within reach.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/12/03/wsj-google-has-bought-111-8th-avenue

The Earth Simulator will eventually become a super-program matrix. http://www.top500.org/system/167148
The various religions & belief systems of the world already imply that this world & universe is some kind of an interactive construct of space & time.
http://www.futurict.eu/the-project

A global resource & population management system might eventually become general public knowledge.
http://www.breathingearth.net
For now, most people remain unaware of such a global control program. At a certain point someone or something might determine that there are too many people on a limited planet. An advanced A.I. system might eventually see humanity as a herd that needs to be reduced or eliminated. The Matrix provides depictions of runaway A.I. technology.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/seo/the-matrix-4-and-the-matrix-5-are-on-the-way

Bill_Joy wrote a cautionary article in the year 2000 about the possibility of runaway A.I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_Future_Doesn't_Need_Us ,
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/terminator-judgement-day-cameron

616 & 666, etc. can be a common theme in various Sci-Fi stories. However for some, this isn't just Sci-Fi entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_beast#616
1,911-6-16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM#History
 6-16-1977 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation#Overall_timeline

The cover of this book shows, 666/66/666 from a company that started up on 6-16 in the year 1,911. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
Tools & technology have been used throughout history to capture & kill people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust#Company_response
Obviously, most people hope that nothing on the scale of WW2 ever happens again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II#Germany

As technology progresses, digital transactions to buy & sell things becomes more commonplace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Payments#Competition
People are already tracked in so many ways.
http://www.av1611.org/666/whatis.html, http://biblehub.com/revelation/13-17.htm

http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-13-17
Its important that people study various religions & philosophies to gain a wider perspective of things.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/world.htm
Many people are atheist or agnostic, but still might be curious about various patterns that supercomputers can reveal about symbolism, coincidence & synchronicity. Especially if this world might be part of an interactive cosmic recording and projection of space-time.

Unless A.I. has specific instructions not to harm humans, there could be trouble. If A.I. can't understand why its OK to kill some people, but not others, it might not see any reason for people to exist in general.
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2011/03/logic-named-joe.html

Battlestar_Galactica is another cautionary story about intelligent machines that no longer seeing any value in the existence of humans. Thus, the A.I. units eventually want to destroy most people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)#Plot
People die in car crashes all the time, perhaps some day with A.I., there might be less crashes. Technology has always been a double sided issue.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=A.I.

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The Face Behind The Social Network

The_Social_Network:

http://gizmodo.com/5530178/top-ten-reasons-you-should-quit-facebook

Do you have a Facebook? It has been quite a convenient tool for so many, but on line privacy & Facebook just might not be possible. Social_networking sites require a lot of personal and general data by design. So its up to the individual user to try to determine how much of their personal data they wish to have on line. Its always good to read the fine print about anything.

http://desertshapes.blogspot.com/2011/10/lauren-weinstein-privacy-security.html

Titanium Foam (TiFoam)

http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue28/porousmetals.html ,

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/rebuilding-bones-stronger-and-faster-with-titanium-foam ,

http://www.gizmag.com/tifoam-titanium-bone-implants/16453 ,

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19493-titanium-foam-builds-wolverine-bones.html 

As strong as Wolverine, WTF?

http://io9.com/5647345/titanium-foam-could-make-your-bones-as-strong-as-wolverines ,

http://www.tcetoday.com/tcetoday/NewsDetail.aspx?nid=13155 ,

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/24/titanium_foam ,

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/projects/imi/biomaterials-innovation.html ,

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/nrc/2008/07/08/titanium-foam.html ,

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/09/titanium-foam-builds-wolverine-bones ,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17252551 , http://www.titaniumhotcoils.com ,

http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2010/09/titanium-foams-replace-injured-bones.jsp ,

http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/about-fraunhofer/excellence-research/science-prizes-distinctions/bionic-handling-assistant.jsp

Bone fusing to metal foam & artificial limbs.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/news-as-cyberpunk/bionic-limb-breakthrough-no-more-infections

Ideal for cyborgs & robots.

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/movie/decade/2000-2009/beyond-human/

Japan takes another step in replacing humans with robots

http://www.physorg.com/news203756368.html

Of course AI in Japan keeps advancing at a rapidly growing rate.
http://www.physorg.com/tags/robot , 
http://www.physorg.com/tags/mimicry , 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPIO 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan

Internet Explorer 9, etc.

Internet Explorer 9 & the Beta: UI Smackdown

http://www.pcworld.com/article/205500/internet_explorer_9_beta_ui_smackdown.html

Changes_from_previous_versions ,

http://ie9.discoverbing.com/intl/en_ca/index.html ,

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-8/welcome

Usage_share_of_web_browsers ,

http://www.apple.com/safari

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/09/before-after-inception-of-bing.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Internet+Explorer

Before and after the Inception of Bing

"The first public beta of Windows Live Search was unveiled on March 8, 2006, with the final release on September 11, 2006 replacing MSN Search."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_(search_engine)#Windows_Live_Search

- "REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 11, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release from beta of Live Search and of Live.com in 47 markets worldwide, and final availability of Live Local Search in the U.K. and the U.S. Microsoft also announced that Live Search will now power the Web search capability on MSN®, the company’s media and entertainment portal, attracting more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month."

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/sep06/09-11WLFinalVersionsPR.mspx ( http://www.live.com/ )

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http://tekkieblog.com/hackers-of-all-time/comment-page-1

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/09/internet-explorer-9.html , 

http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2010/07/data-center.html , 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Internet+Explorer