BackTalk
Listeners Reject, Accept New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
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Digital Life
The Wild And Wooly World Of Bulletin Boards()
These days, if you want to find a fling, a friend or a cheap used sofa, you might check out Craigslist. But decades before Craig Newmark posted his first list, computer users all over the country were connecting through electronic bulletin boards.
Technology
Tracking A 'Missing' Man By Virtual Bread Crumbs()
Evan Ratliff eschewed his identity and picked up a new one, challenging Wired readers to find him in 30 days in a contest sponsored by the magazine. Lured by a cash prize, readers mobilized online in a mad dash to locate Ratliff — who got a little too cocksure for his own good.
'Googled': From Brainchild To Behemoth()
November 19, 2009 How much do you know about the company that knows so much about you? In Googled: The End of the World as We Know It, Ken Auletta chronicles the growth of Google, from the brainchild of two computer science graduate students, toiling in a California garage, to the multi-billion dollar, multi-nation corporation it is today.
The Two-Way
AOL Cutting One-Third Of Staff()
November 19, 2009 Internet icon AOL plans to cut about a third of its staff, or about 2,500 jobs. Time Warner, the New York media conglomerate, said this week that it will spin AOL off to investors Dec. 9.
News Analysis
Was Internet Complicit In Fort Hood Shooting?()
November 18, 2009 From what is publicly known about Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 in a rampage at Fort Hood, he had no accomplice — unless you count the Internet in which he communed, exchanging sinister thoughts with an extremist cleric.
All Tech Considered
Can IPhone App Interpret A Baby's Cry?()
November 16, 2009 A new iPhone application, called Cry Translator, claims that it can help parents interpret the many subtleties in their babies' cries — from hungry to tired to needs a diaper change. Melissa Block puts the app to the test with the help of All Things Considered producer — and new mom — Melissa Gray.
