The Portable Technologicology
>>> Grassroots organizers are petitioning the presidential candidates to debate science and technology at the Franklin Institute in April. The group is supported by a list of science and technology advocates which basically equates to a complete roster of the industries. Sounds neato, right? Then Dan Gross went and screwed the whole thing up with his Democratic debate rumor. Yeah yeah, it’s not really his fault. But, I make no promises not to shoot the messenger when it comes to technology. [ScienceDebate]
>>> Comcast is rumored to have bought themselves some Plaxo, a service dedicated to syncing your Web 2.0/social network/fake-ass-relationships at once, for $175 million Washingtons. With no other reasonable explanation for the purchase, the only thing I can come up with is that Comcast is hoping that the combination of your personal and professional networks might make it remotely possible to figure out what the hell is going on in Lost this season. [ValleyWag]
>>> SEPTA is looking into the possibilities of possibly maybe moving into the 21st century with the introduction of a bank card system. They are looking for interested vendors to begin the project in March according to spokesman Jim Whitaker. Traditionalists hope the tokens will still be backed by silver or gold bullion, but the rest of us look forward to never having to break a $20 bill to buy a token, ever again. [GloucesterCountyTimes]
>>> In fear of having to change the name of the column to Comcastolicology, which sounds an awful lot like an annual medical check-up, BitTorrent developers banded together to introduce an encryption technology that surpasses ISP torrent throttling. Let the downloads flow, and uh, basically forget all that other stuff we said. [TorrentFreak]
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