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Google Street View walks through parks so you don't have to, CAPTCHA security weak on popular websites, and Linden Lab CEO: enter the bot armies!
• Google Street View walks through parks so you don't have to.
 Need to take a walk through the park, but hate all of the fresh air, foliage and sunshine that comes with it? Good news: Google has added a number of parks to Street View, including New York City's High Line.
 Read » [engadget.com]
• CAPTCHA security weak on popular websites.
 The spam-blocking, distorted numbers and letters that Website visitors must decipher in order to signup for services are ineffective on eBay, Wikipedia and other popular sites, research shows.
Read » [crn.com]
• Linden Lab CEO: enter the bot armies!
Over the next few months (with testing most likely starting in December), we will be rolling out a series of more advanced features. These will make the creation of artificial life and artificial people much smoother. For starters, we'll unveil a new, robust pathfinding system that will allow objects to intelligently navigate around the world avoiding obstacles. Imagine being able to create advanced pets, creatures or even a living town where non-player characters are walking about. Combined with the experience tools I mentioned above, it should soon be possible to create more advanced MMORPG's or interactive experiences which use AI right within Second Life.
Read » [metaversejournal.com]
Author: Regular Expression, for AZ10.com ~ 2 Nov 2011
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