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Google’s Secure Socket Layer Search: Better Privacy, But Are There Limits?

Google’s Secure Socket Layer Search: Better Privacy, But Are There Limits?

Privacy has been the buzzword all over the Techi web lately. Facebook has been stomping all over it and then...

Apple’s WWDC: WWSJD?

Apple’s WWDC: WWSJD?

Here it comes, folks - WWDC kicks off on June 7th, and Steve Jobs will be there to explode the...

Sony – Leaders in Fake 3D Since 2010

Sony – Leaders in Fake 3D Since 2010

I want to make clear that I don't dislike Sony, but you have to admit, this could be called a...

Just Like Minority Report, Only Really, Really Ugly

Just Like Minority Report, Only Really, Really Ugly

Hey, speaking of things in 2010 that feel like they came from the 80's - no, not me - check...

The Internet is Safe Again! Thank You, Cyber Command!

The Internet is Safe Again! Thank You, Cyber Command!

Keith Alexander has just been appointed chief of Cyber Command. Doesn't that sound awesome? That sounds 80's cartoon awesome. Like...

Apple’s Chicken and Gizmodo’s Egg: The Ethics of the iPhone 4G Mess

Apple’s Chicken and Gizmodo’s Egg: The Ethics of the iPhone 4G Mess

Every once in a while, the tech world undergoes something like a defining moment. The Apple-Gizmodo saga was one of...

What happens when you combine the iPad and Velcro

What happens when you combine the iPad and Velcro

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/11886557[/vimeo]If you were stranded on an island and could either have an iPad or Velcro, what would you choose? I...

Apparently, Everyone Got A Mac?

Apparently, Everyone Got A Mac?

Cute as they were, and even being a Mac user myself, I always found the Get A Mac campaign to...

Pac-Man Comes to Google

Pac-Man Comes to Google

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Pac-Man today, Google has converted its company logo over the search bar into a...

Your TV Remote Can Just Stay Lost

Your TV Remote Can Just Stay Lost

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6698128[/vimeo]With all the ballyhoo Google's brought over Google TV in the last 36 hours, it would seem that people are...

Streetviewgate – Google’s Error Might Cost Them

Streetviewgate – Google’s Error Might Cost Them

Surely by now you've heard of that Google Street View debacle, wherein those crazy cameramobiles were 'unintentionally' grabbing data from...

Japan Turns the World Cup Sci-Fi

Japan Turns the World Cup Sci-Fi

Man, you continually have to give Japan credit - now it's got its sights on the World Cup, and those...

Prevail Whale! Official Twitter Client is #1

Prevail Whale! Official Twitter Client is #1

Well, that was fast. Only a few days ago did Toby muse at the official Twitter client's imminent roll out,...

Beyond the Hype: The Future Impact of Google I/O Announcements

Beyond the Hype: The Future Impact of Google I/O Announcements

With the goal of complete and total domination in mind, internet Goliath Google has set its sights on nearly every...

Apple Eats Apple: The iPad Turns Cannibal On the Mac

Apple Eats Apple: The iPad Turns Cannibal On the Mac

Apple has hit 200 thousand units sold per week for the iPad. If you're bad at math, that's more or...

Pirate Bay Kitteh LOLS at Skynets

Pirate Bay Kitteh LOLS at Skynets

In one of its funnier nose-thumbings at the enemies of its pirate creed, the file-sharing site Pirate Bay put up...

Google Releases Free Fonts and New Open Source Tool

Google Releases Free Fonts and New Open Source Tool

Google has released 18 free fonts for the web in an attempt to leave the boring old fonts behind and...

A GPS App With a Badass Wikitude

A GPS App With a Badass Wikitude

Worst headline pun ever. I'm so sorry. But, if you can forgive me, I'll fill you in on something totally...

Google TV Officially Announced. Word.

Google TV Officially Announced. Word.

Google just dropped the bomb we were all expecting: Google TV is about to lay some pipe right into our...

The War Against Piracy: Unlikely “Evils” Named in the RIAA’s Ongoing Crusade

The War Against Piracy: Unlikely “Evils” Named in the RIAA’s Ongoing Crusade

Like an unwanted pack of rats, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has fought a dragged out battle against...