__/ [ www.1-script.com ] on Friday 16 June 2006 16:57 \__
> Paul wrote:
>
>> From : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5084870.stm
>> A system that lets your computer "listen" to your television
>> to create
>> targeted web adverts has been designed and tested by researchers at
>> Google.
>> The "mass personalization" system can identify a programme
>> from as
>> little as five seconds of sound.
I thought it was only a paper that Google researchers had published. I didn't
know there was a working implementation and it sickens me to think it may
true.
> It's either BBC wants to cash in on a controversial issue like media
> always does or Google guys are absolutely freaking oblivious to
> implication of the monster they are creating. So, it's going to be
> listening to my TV and modestly filtering out my private conversations?
...which could be logged and backed up on some tapes in one of the
datacentres around the world...
> On the other hand, of all the technology companies I can think of only
> Google that would throw money at some technology and childishly not care
> about what the outcome might be. C'mon Larry and Sergey, you are in your
> thirties already. It's time to grow up!
Maybe it's just one of those activities that are undertaken on the day when
employees toy about with "something they think is cool"...
Best wishes,
Roy
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