Morning Xtra: Kanye-Vision, Zombie Ants, Steve Jobs Hack?
See the Web Through Kanye-Vision
Wish you could see the Web like Kanye West? Check out this bookmarklet that lets you see the Internet through the rapper's trademark slitted shades. This bit of digital goodness comes to you fresh from art and technology blog F.A.T., where it's officially 'Kanye Webst Week.' Wander yo ass on over for some more Yeezy-related hilarity. [From: F.A.T. , via Gizmodo]
Hacker Claims To Have Hacked Steve Jobs' Amazon Account
Okay -- before you get too riled up -- we're going to go ahead and call "BS" on this one. According to Cult of Mac, a hacker is claiming to have successfully phished Apple CEO Steve Jobs for his personal Amazon account information. The hacker has been e-mailing journalists trying to sell the info, which supposedly includes Jobs' purchase history and credit card number. Check out the full story at Cult of Mac, but yeah... this is definitely bull. [From: Cult of Mac]
Flies Turn Fire Ants Into Brain-less Zombies
Haven't we learned enough about introducing non-native species into our ecosystem to try to solve a "problem?" Apparently not. According to the AP, researchers in Texas are experimenting with using parasitic South American flies to combat and control Texas fire ants. But wait, it gets way cooler -- the flies lay their eggs on the ants, and then the eggs hatch into maggots that feed on the ants' brains. As their gray matter is munched away, the ants apparently get up and wander around like zombies until their heads fall off completely and the new flies emerge. It's like 'Alien' for the insect world... we all remember how well that worked out. [From: USA Today]
Travel Sites Allegedly Owes San Francisco Millions in Unpaid Taxes
The city of San Francisco is going after online travel sites, claiming that the companies refused to pay the city millions of dollars in hotel taxes. Expedia Inc. and Hotwire Inc. have both filed suits against the city, claiming that they are not liable for hotel taxes and that the tax is "unauthorized, unconstitutional, and excessive," according to SF Gate. Interested? Read more about the case, here. [From: SF Gate]
Who Has the Most Web Servers?
Ever wonder how many servers (definition) your favorite Internet company has in its employ? Data Center Knowledge recently dug into public records and came up with a list of companies with particularly high server counts. Germany's 1&1 Internet leads the pack of companies who publicly report their server counts, with a stout 55,000 servers -- to give you a little perspective, AT&T uses 20,268 servers. We know what you're thinking: "What about Google?" Tack on another zero... Although Google doesn't report its server count, Data Center Knowledge estimates that the search giant operates well over 500,000. [From: Data Center Knowledge]
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