July 2011
77 Stories
Meet the microbes living in our beds
In the 21st century, most people are aware that there are little creatures living in or on everything that we...
Google asks people to have an “email intervention” with their friends
In one of the most aggressive attempts Google has made to promote one of its products, the "Email Intervention" campaign...
How things would change if every roof had solar panels
Solar power has long been perceived as the answer to many of our energy woes. It is relatively efficient, extremely...
TED gives a first-hand glimpse of the Festo SmartBird in action
Man has possessed the power of technology-assisted flight for over a century now, but the way that birds are able...
Apple has more cash than Uncle Sam
As Congress squabbles over the debt crisis, it has been reported that Apple has more cash in reserve than the...
Microsoft goes after Google with humor (that actually worked)
When it comes to funny competitive attack commercials, many have tried and failed to capture the magic of "I'm a...
Is the “daily deals” phenomenon just a fad?
The easiest way to get people to use a service is to save them money. That fact has been the...
One more feather in the Google+ cap: Themes
It's not that big of a deal, really. It's just a Chrome extension that someone made to add some spice...
If your web pages are slow, Google will rewrite them for you
Google has been on a rampage over the last few years promoting the cause of increasing internet speed. They are...
Knowledge management, the evolution
There is a well-known transition of thought that has been singularly clear since the beginning of human existence: Data becomes...
YouSendIt launches new services to take on Dropbox
In the world of cloud storage and file sharing, few companies are growing faster than Dropbox. Since January 2010, the...
If tech news is boring, blame the free market
"Tech news is so phenomenally boring!" said Gawker's Adrian Chen, in the classically confrontational, controversial style of the site.And oh...
Why Comic-Con is not the place to build buzz about movies
When Scott Pilgrim vs. The World hit Comic-Con last year, many declared it a hit before it made it to...
The Apple Store allows nearly anything, even goats
It seems like there are two things without limits: Mark Malkoff's ability to pull of crazy stunts in New York...
Facebook readies an official iPad app
After downplaying the importance of having an iPad app, images of Facebook’s upcoming iPad app have finally been exposed via...
Open source wars: WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla
Every IT person, developer, and programmer has an opinion when it comes to the various open source content management systems...
How to move your Facebook photos over to Google+
Here is a quick tutorial on how to transfer your photos from Facebook to your Google+ account. It's possible that...
Do we even need to ask how Facebook is making money?
With Google+ ramping up (and in some cases recently, ramping down) in its battle against Facebook, many are looking at...
The Google+ honeymoon is over
It was fun while it lasted. Something new and shiny popped into our social media lives in the last month...
Deleted scene from the Lost season 1 finale would have explained a lot
Had this "deleted scene" been aired during the season 1 finale of Lost, it would have answered a lot of...
Duke Nukem Forever whiteboard drawing is epic
Most modern games offer in-game features that add to the overall experience in ways that have nothing to do with...
The skinny on Silicon Valley salaries
Many who have graduated from college and headed towards to the promised land of Silicon Valley in the last few...
Browser Wars
Apple vs PC. Facebook vs Google+. Digg vs Reddit. There are always going to be wars that happen as competition...
Google+ hits 20 million users in just in 3 weeks
The launch of Google+, Google’s new social network, has gone off without a hitch. After only three weeks, Google+ has...
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