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How the internet has changed the scope of advertising

How the internet has changed the scope of advertising

Poor television, radio, and print. What has the Internet done to you? Over the past several years, things have changed...

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

When Microsoft purchased Skype last month for $8.5 billion, we viewed it as a step forward for both companies in...

Why Groupon needs to fail to save the internet

Why Groupon needs to fail to save the internet

There is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes before they can do real damage. That opportunity is Groupon, and...

Windows 8 user interface

Windows 8 user interface

After reading some of the thoughts and speculations about Windows 8 over the past few days, it's possible that Microsoft...

Twitter hops into bed with iOS 5 for some ‘deep integration’

Twitter hops into bed with iOS 5 for some ‘deep integration’

Monday is going to be an interesting day, to say the least. Rumours surrounding WWDC '11 concern all sorts of...

Who cares about privacy on smartphones?

Who cares about privacy on smartphones?

It's been a hot topic lately, but does anyone really care? We now know that Apple, Google, and Microsoft are...

Ford’s “talking” cars could mean fewer crashes, reduced congestion

Ford’s “talking” cars could mean fewer crashes, reduced congestion

Ford has an innovative solution to reduce car accidents and curb congestion. Combining technologies like WiFi, GPS, and radar-based safety...

Unmatched Revenues: Why we really are in the middle of another online tech bubble

Unmatched Revenues: Why we really are in the middle of another online tech bubble

The numbers are completely off the charts. In case you missed insane valuations in recent months for companies such as...

Personal jetpack breaks 3000 feet

Personal jetpack breaks 3000 feet

Despite dozens of designs and millions of dollars spent over the decades on engineering a true, usable personal jetpack that...

Blue Army: China’s 30-strong commando unit of cyberwarriors

Blue Army: China’s 30-strong commando unit of cyberwarriors

What many have believed for a long time has been confirmed. "Blue Army", a Chinese military unit of highly-skilled hackers,...

PBS hacked, posts that Tupac is still alive

PBS hacked, posts that Tupac is still alive

PBS was hacked today by LulzSec, a notorious group of hackers who attack for "fun and infamy" rather than for...

The evolution of spam (not the luncheon meat)

The evolution of spam (not the luncheon meat)

Pork, salt, water, sugar, and sodium hydrate. Those are the general ingredients for Hawaii's favorite meat substitute. Unfortunately (or fortunately,...

Twitter officially acquires TweetDeck

Twitter officially acquires TweetDeck

TweetDeck, a groundbreaking dashboard for monitoring what people are saying in real-time, has officially been acquired by Twitter. After months...

E3 2011: What do Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have up their sleeves?

E3 2011: What do Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have up their sleeves?

E3, the gaming world's biggest show, is almost here. The annual event has become the place for a large portion...

Apple tells Lodsys to lay off iOS developers, but its impacts are minimal

Apple tells Lodsys to lay off iOS developers, but its impacts are minimal

Lodsys is a company on a mission. They have been determined to sue iOS developers who are, in their eyes,...

How apps are affecting big business

How apps are affecting big business

In the enterprise, technology often moves slowly. It's not what most would expect - big business was once the first...

Lenticular lenses guide pedestrians to the right

Lenticular lenses guide pedestrians to the right

The same technology used in 3D postcards and glasses-free 3D televisions is being used by a Japanese research group at...

RC Ironman is an ultimate geek toy

RC Ironman is an ultimate geek toy

Most geeks have had a longing at one point or another for some sort of remote controlled flying toy. We...

Google abandons newspaper scanning project

Google abandons newspaper scanning project

Google has announced that it will shut down its News Archives project, an initiative aimed at digitizing the world’s newspapers...

From railroads to Facebook: The evolution of networks

From railroads to Facebook: The evolution of networks

Since the beginning of organized communication and transportation, networks have been embedded as an easier way to make things happen....