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Is Twitter Losing Its Geek Cred?

Is Twitter Losing Its Geek Cred?

Oh Twitter, what have you become? You used to be a place of the proud few: the tech geek. But...

War Tech: Why Future Soldiers May Wear Master Chief Helmets

War Tech: Why Future Soldiers May Wear Master Chief Helmets

Anyone who enjoys the Halo series on XBox will probably recognize the design of these helmets. The similarities are striking,...

MySpace is Losing Traffic Faster than Anyone Expected

MySpace is Losing Traffic Faster than Anyone Expected

We all know that MySpace is going down quickly. Apparently, as Techcrunch is reporting, it's going down faster than anyone...

How the Web Might Redefine Capitalism

How the Web Might Redefine Capitalism

Capitalism, though a big, incredibly complex concept, can be boiled down to a few basic ideas: there should be private...

Japanese Earthquake Data Visualized

Japanese Earthquake Data Visualized

http://vimeo.com/21113436 Jona Hoier has visualized USGS earthquake activity data in Japan from March 9 to March 16. What is shocking...

Steve Jobs Is Going To Court, For Two Hours

Steve Jobs Is Going To Court, For Two Hours

In most cases, you wouldn't imagine the CEO of a company being summoned to court, unless that CEO has allegedly...

Comprehensive Analysis: Google vs. Content Farms

Comprehensive Analysis: Google vs. Content Farms

One thing that separates Google from other huge tech companies is its ability to adapt based upon mass demands by...

Sony, Toyota Face Weeks of Downtime in Japan

Sony, Toyota Face Weeks of Downtime in Japan

The aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami that crippled much of Japan is being felt by two of the...

​Why Tech’s Future Depends on Gender Diversity

​Why Tech’s Future Depends on Gender Diversity

Many people have contributed to the revolutionization of the tech industry for decades. However, women are always overlooked in this...

Why 30% of Something Is Better Than 100% of Nothing

Why 30% of Something Is Better Than 100% of Nothing

There has been incredible discussions throughout the Web about Apple's decision to take 30 percent of the revenues through iOS...

Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default

Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default

With security being a major concern for Twitter over the years, they have been continuously making improvements and securing internal...

Proof That The Game Console Is Dead

Proof That The Game Console Is Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qulUJrnriOI What happens when you take an iPad 2, an iPad game, and a 50-inch HDTV and put them together?...

Test Drive A VW Directly From A Print Magazine Ad

Test Drive A VW Directly From A Print Magazine Ad

https://youtu.be/FhbkqFdKnP8?si=UoKmtOcy2QO6lVyL You know things are getting pretty ridiculous in the tech world when you can test drive a car directly...

Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them

Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them

Matthew Rothenberg, the man who most believed ran Flickr for Yahoo!, announced his departure in a Tweet today. He was...

Google Circles: It’s (probably not) Coming

Google Circles: It’s (probably not) Coming

Update: The most recent word from AllThingsD is that the product does not exist in any form other than in...

By the Numbers: #SXSW

By the Numbers: #SXSW

This year, the popular South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, returns to celebrate its monumental 25th...

Google Going for YouTube Gold

Google Going for YouTube Gold

YouTube has always been a "nice to have" property for Google. The traffic, the domination of a segment, the feather...

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Whenever a state's tax man steps foot on Amazon's porch, they make a hasty escape out the back door. That's...

Why I Might Be Out Of A Job Soon

Why I Might Be Out Of A Job Soon

I have been blogging professionally for nearly five years — it has been my sole source of income. It isn't...

From Bits to Yottabytes: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Data Measurements

From Bits to Yottabytes: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Data Measurements

We've all heard of bytes, kilobytes, and megabytes for decades. The last couple of decades has put "gigabytes" into our...