February 2011

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Everything You Need to Know About the Death Star

Everything You Need to Know About the Death Star

One aspect of geek credibility is knowing random facts and figures pertaining to the most powerful weapon in the universe:...

iPad 2 in White? Here We Go Again…

iPad 2 in White? Here We Go Again…

It's pretty safe to say at this point that the white iPhone 4 will never see the light of day...

Gmail Bug Compromises the Cloud

Gmail Bug Compromises the Cloud

If you don't already believe in the poofy white safety of the cloud... keep disbelieving. A Gmail bug has deleted...

Singing Banner Ads Were Only The Beginning…

Singing Banner Ads Were Only The Beginning…

If Google has AdSense, let's just call this NonSense. A new advertising campaign for people-what-make-cars Alfo Romeo is (we desperately...

Why the Facebook Like Button Change is a ‘Bait and Switch’

Why the Facebook Like Button Change is a ‘Bait and Switch’

Sunday, Facebook rolled out a change in the functionality of the Facebook "Like" button on websites across the Internet, essentially...

Why IPv6 Matters

Why IPv6 Matters

Simply said, a protocol is a set of rules governing how things work in a certain technology, so that there...

Demand Media Lives On: The Moral of Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change

Demand Media Lives On: The Moral of Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Change

When the Demand Media witch hunt started a few months ago, journalists and bloggers called for action against what they...

The Cost to Connect: What Small Businesses Should Expect to Pay for Staying Connected

The Cost to Connect: What Small Businesses Should Expect to Pay for Staying Connected

Nearly every small business in the United States relies on broadband Internet connections in one way or another. Even those...

Gaming Sites Across the Internet Fall for Modern Warfare 3 Hoax

Gaming Sites Across the Internet Fall for Modern Warfare 3 Hoax

Over 60 major tech and gaming publications announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 would be announced next...

Cyberbullying: By the Numbers

Cyberbullying: By the Numbers

The digital age has not necessarily increased the amount of cruelty performed by kids and young adults. It has simply...

Thunderbolt. Light Peak. Wow.

Thunderbolt. Light Peak. Wow.

When it comes to speed, you put the minds at Intel together with the hardware at Apple and Thunderbolt is...

Why the Automotive Industry is Shifting to New Media

Why the Automotive Industry is Shifting to New Media

There is a shift happening in the automotive industry when it comes to marketing from the dealers up to the...

How LASIK Works

How LASIK Works

One of the most profound medical technologies that has emerged in recent decades is the ability to surgically improve eyesight....

The iPad 2: How Will Apple Stay Ahead of the Pack?

The iPad 2: How Will Apple Stay Ahead of the Pack?

Now that we have a firm date for the announcement of the iPad 2, it's hard not to set one's...

Amazon’s Prime Instant Video Goes Live: Netflix Need Not Worry (Yet)

Amazon’s Prime Instant Video Goes Live: Netflix Need Not Worry (Yet)

Amazon Prime subscribers have received a bit of a treat, as Amazon just flipped the switch for Prime subscribers to...

Apple Wants To Please Audiophiles: Wants Higher Quality Music

Apple Wants To Please Audiophiles: Wants Higher Quality Music

If you have ever downloaded a music track from Apple iTunes, a few of you might be shocked to know...

Mario Kart Is Getting Real… Real Life, That Is

Mario Kart Is Getting Real… Real Life, That Is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4zTEwgCpQ I am quite fond of Mario Kart. I played it way too much as a kid. And I still...

Porsche’s Awesomely Expensive Thank You To Facebook Fans

Porsche’s Awesomely Expensive Thank You To Facebook Fans

Porsche has come up with a unique and expensive way to thank its Facebook fans. They took a GT3 R...

No Flash and a Bagful of Coffin Nails for Xoom

No Flash and a Bagful of Coffin Nails for Xoom

Feels like only yesterday we were all rooting for Motorola's Xoom to deal some damage to (or at least share...

Angry Birds Birthday Cake Will Put Someone’s Eye Out

Angry Birds Birthday Cake Will Put Someone’s Eye Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwVRzaQNkA Perhaps you have a cell phone. Perhaps you've heard of Angry Birds. With appeal untold, Angry Birds has somehow...

Egyptian Father Names Daughter ‘Facebook’… Yeah, For Real

Egyptian Father Names Daughter ‘Facebook’… Yeah, For Real

Talk about gratitude. According to Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, a twentysomething father has named his newborn daughter 'Facebook' to pay homage...

Solowheel: What The Segway Should Have Been

Solowheel: What The Segway Should Have Been

The Segway was going to revolutionize the way we travel medium distances. It didn't. Now, there is a new personal...

Google Chrome Concept Would Kill the URL Bar

Google Chrome Concept Would Kill the URL Bar

As browser wars continue to heat up, Google Chrome finds itself trailing IE9 in one of its most compelling attributes...

How the Human Brain Retains Information

How the Human Brain Retains Information

The manner by which humans retain and retrieve information is an area widely explored and as of yet not completely...