DARPA Challenge Competitors Already Mobilizing Social Networks

Tweets and status updates have been buzzing for weeks about DARPA's Network Challenge , even though the event does not officially kick off until 10 A.M. Eastern time Saturday when hundreds of technophiles will compete in an effort to be the first to track down the locations of 10 large red weather balloons positioned across the U.S. throughout the day (pdf) . [More]

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