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Visualizing SOPA, the internet blacklist bill

Visualizing SOPA, the internet blacklist bill

After last week's high-energy American Censorship Day flew through with amazing responses from websites everywhere, much of the buzz has...

In the Open Source Community, the Platform Rarely Matters Anymore

In the Open Source Community, the Platform Rarely Matters Anymore

In the not-too-distant past, Macs were a relative rarity in the laptop bags of those attending open source conferences. Not...

5 Ways Online Education May Improve Your Social Life

5 Ways Online Education May Improve Your Social Life

Among the perks of attending an online college is the flexible schedule and leftover time to hang out, read, play...

Chromebook failed because we’re not ready for total cloud computing

Chromebook failed because we’re not ready for total cloud computing

The future of the internet and computing might be in the cloud, but people are reluctant to give up their...

Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow

Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow

At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may...

What people are doing online right now

What people are doing online right now

The internet takes up a huge part of our daily lives. Many of us have integrated real-world activities into our...

Why negative sentiment towards Google+ is asinine and premature

Why negative sentiment towards Google+ is asinine and premature

According to the LA Times, Google+ interest is fading. According to logic, history, and common sense, Google+ is exactly where...

E-Readers: Making Readers Out of More People Than Ever

E-Readers: Making Readers Out of More People Than Ever

There's a lot of hand-wringing over the so-called "dumbing-down" of America. We don't read, we can't write except in and...

Stunning time lapse sequences from the International Space Station

Stunning time lapse sequences from the International Space Station

At first glance, it doesn't seem real. This video of time lapse sequences from the International Space Station crews of...

Diaspora Co-Founder Dies At 21

Diaspora Co-Founder Dies At 21

Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy, far left in the image above, has died. This story is developing as there is no...

Everything you needed to know about firewalls

Everything you needed to know about firewalls

The term "firewall" has one that most people know but few understand. It's often confused with anti-virus software because of...

Asimo shows how he can be our servant (and eventually our overlord)

Asimo shows how he can be our servant (and eventually our overlord)

When Honda unveiled ASIMO a few years ago, most were amazed by its human-like movements. Some claimed there was a...

The most important $15 million tech deal of 2011: Disney and YouTube

The most important $15 million tech deal of 2011: Disney and YouTube

When people talk about mega-deals in the tech industry, it usually involves hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars....

Can Wikileaks survive as a movement if the website and Assange fall?

Can Wikileaks survive as a movement if the website and Assange fall?

The founder and face of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is facing extradition and possible charges in Sweden for sexual misconduct. The...

Is Groupon IPO-ready? No.

Is Groupon IPO-ready? No.

If it wasn't for Netflix, Wall Street, and Herman Cain, Groupon would probably still be one of the biggest punching...

Automotive technology hits tipping point with record number of CES exhibitors

Automotive technology hits tipping point with record number of CES exhibitors

The world of car-tech has always remained outside of the boundaries of what most would call "Consumer Electronics". It is...

YouTube expands its exclusive-content drive with 100 new video channels

YouTube expands its exclusive-content drive with 100 new video channels

Original content is the cornerstone of most content channels, but YouTube has been conspicuous over the years as a place...

The tablet takeover of eCommerce

The tablet takeover of eCommerce

In so many things, understanding comes by following the money. It works in many criminal cases, political decisions, and societal...

Ruling the web in education

Ruling the web in education

The growth of the internet over the past two decades has sparked a dramatic increase in its use as an...

Why money is driving the virtual buying boom (and not for the obvious reason)

Why money is driving the virtual buying boom (and not for the obvious reason)

It's easy to say that purchasing anything, even virtual goods, is driven by money. It's almost a nonsense statement; of...