December 2010
117 Stories
China’s Latest Internet Outlaw: Skype
Skype has been outlawed in China. The popular Internet phone service is yet another Western web service that has been...
11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011
The past year in technology was among the more surprising ones we've had. Even the most astute, insightful tech observers...
Can Anyone Save Delicious? Only If Yahoo Lets Them.
With Delicious in purgatory, can anything bring the trend-setting social bookmarking site back to (even half of) its former glory,...
What Does USB Stand For?
Just discovered an offbeat comic series that I'd never seen before. Extra Ordinary artist Li Chen has posted 160 comics...
The Walls of Professor Ernest Albright: “Fiat Lux”
Every now and then you come across a piece of art (in this case, a very elaborate drawing) that makes...
Will VCs Be Able To “Save” On GroupOn’s Series G?
Google couldn't buy them and some believe this is a good thing. As more numbers start to get tossed out...
1000 Core “Proof of Concept” By Intel Stirs The Imagination
It's a thing that the imagination can hardly conceive and the most avid gamer could only wish for. Intel has...
Android Surpasses 200k Total Apps, 100+ Downloads Per Second
The trends are pointing north. The developers are developing. The devices are flying off shelves. With over 200,000 Apps available...
Why The Bad Guys Win In Social Media
If you were to go by Hollywood's logic, it is not uncommon to see the bad boy getting the girls,...
How Did Call of Duty Get So Huge?
Between "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II", sales totaled over $1.2 billion... in the...
Grab Windows 7 Family Pack Now. They May Disappear in 2011
They never said it would last forever an if unless it's just a last-second push to get tech blogs to...
Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source
Meanwhile, in Russia... If Google translate is to be trusted, a Russian publication has claimed that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...
Facebook iPhone App Exploded on Christmas
So, you open your Christmas present and there's a new iPhone or iPod Touch. You want to do two things...
ATT Pushes “Don’t Text While Driving” Campaign To A New Level
"I sent one stupid, meaningless text - 'LOL' - and killed a man." When AT&T launched their campaign against texting...
Can the Samsung Galaxy Player Really Compete with the iPod Touch?
The mobile phone and tablet markets are ripe battlegrounds for Android-based gadgets to make their mark. Apple is the leader...
Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters
It's no secret that many of us who work in an office with a computer spend a good portion of...
Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010
Every week, Techi takes a look at the week that was to highlight our favorite stories from the week. When...
1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World’s Third Largest Website
On the Internet, size is everything. From May, 2008 to May, 2009, Facebook started knocking off established sites and moving...
Apple Attempts Avoidance of Antennagate 2 with New Patent
Antennagate sure was a mess, wasn't it? Maybe 'mess' is the wrong word. All things considered, it was pretty tidy...
What To Expect From Nintendo, Xbox and Playstation in 2011
From an industry perspective, 2010 was a fascinating year in video games. We saw both Microsoft and Sony successfully release...
Is the Internet Hurting the Environment?
Being online is part of our lives in civilized cultures. Most of us are online at some point during the...
Why Nobody Understands that Demand Media’s Business Model is Gold
The SEC doesn't get it. Most journalists don't like it. It seems that everyone from Silicon Valley to Washington DC...
Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmK8ec9MruM As a Canadian, I am well-versed in the art of snowcraft. The frozen North tempers us with flakey hides...
Obama Name-Drops Jobs As ‘Incentive’
In a speech yesterday, Mr. President took a moment to give Big Steve some props, citing him as an example...
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