Das letzte Match Mensch gegen Maschine?
in german: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,450147,00.html
Kopf gegen Chip: http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/sportwelt/577120.html
Interview with Kramnik: http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/sportwelt/577085.html
English translation: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3504
The starting fee for the world champion is 500,000 Euros. If he wins the match Kramnik gets one million Euros. Between him and the second half of the prize sum stands a machine that examines around six billion positions before it makes each move.
But it is not just about the money. If the world champion should lose this match against Deep Fritz, and lose it badly, one would have to admit that our electronic slaves have overtaken their human masters in yet another area of intellectual activity. Kramnik knows this full well. “Perhaps I will be the last top player to face this challenge,” he said.
The Future of Cell Phones
Nokia’s head of R&D discusses technology that could shape the look, feel, and function of mobile devices in the next few years.
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17734&ch=biztech
YouTube gets ‘Invention of the Year’ honor from Time magazine
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15944212.htm
YouTube, which had 27.6 million unique visitors in September, according to Nielsen NetRatings, came along at just the right time, according to Time: social-networking Web sites were hot, camcorders were cheap and do-it-yourself media was expanding beyond text-based blogs.
