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The Google 2-Step: Security, Squared

The Google 2-Step: Security, Squared

With online security filling the news, even becoming a government issue with the National Internet ID on the horizon, Google...

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

I have a question: how did you arrive to this article? Did you find your way here from Google Search?...

HP/Palm Announce “TouchPad” WebOS Tablet, Looks Impressive

HP/Palm Announce “TouchPad” WebOS Tablet, Looks Impressive

Though WebOS never really got much traction, HP/Palm are looking to change that with today's announcement of a new tablet...

Justice! Sony Do Something Evil, Pwn Themselves

Justice! Sony Do Something Evil, Pwn Themselves

Oh, Sony. The venerable old company - who have actually done some smart things lately - have gone and shot...

WSJ: iPad 2 In Production, But No Retina Display

WSJ: iPad 2 In Production, But No Retina Display

In the grand, glorious world that we call 'Apple Rumors', we have become accustomed to certain rules. For example, when...

The Quest for Power in Africa

The Quest for Power in Africa

Despite it's vast size, tremendous population, and abundance of natural resources, Africa still has the lowest per-capita use of power...

Most Car Ads Sucked During Super Bowl: But Not These Three

Most Car Ads Sucked During Super Bowl: But Not These Three

As I witnessed my Pittsburgh Steelers fall to the cheese heads, I couldn't help but be sullen throughout the night....

You Mean People Still Buy Music, Seriously?

You Mean People Still Buy Music, Seriously?

A man much more brilliant than I once said that you must adapt or die to succeed in business. Warner...

How We Are Tracked Online

How We Are Tracked Online

The news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, "do not track," and Internet security issues. With proposals for a...

Why the Groupon Superbowl Ads are a Symptom of a Sick Culture

Why the Groupon Superbowl Ads are a Symptom of a Sick Culture

Groupon's Superbowl ads have already generated a firestorm of controversy. The spots, which variously made light of endangered whales, rainforest...

Why The Future of Blogging Starts Now

Why The Future of Blogging Starts Now

So, once again, we are hearing about the end of blogging. This time in comes in the form of a...

Quadriplegic Earns Guinness Typing Record By Way of Mouth

Quadriplegic Earns Guinness Typing Record By Way of Mouth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1tNXWpmA5I Technology can amaze, inspire, and shock us all. In this story, though, technology helps one quadriplegic do all three....

It Could’ve Been Worse: Intel’s Billion-dollar Blunder

It Could’ve Been Worse: Intel’s Billion-dollar Blunder

You don't make it to a billion-dollar blunder without making a few mistakes along the way, or so should be...

Egypt: Why the Web is Broken (And Why We Can’t Fix it)

Egypt: Why the Web is Broken (And Why We Can’t Fix it)

The recent events in Egypt have, among other things, been inspiring, terrifying and remarkable. But though the political situation is...

Xserve: The Short Goodbye

Xserve: The Short Goodbye

In case you just can't get enough of Apple's Xserve, you'd better take some time out to order a few...

Why the Internet Kill Switch is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

Why the Internet Kill Switch is a Really, REALLY Bad Idea

There are certain things, particularly in politics and technology, that seem to make sense on the surface. Take, for instance,...

How Technology has Changed the Tax Dynamic

How Technology has Changed the Tax Dynamic

The phrase "file your taxes" is quickly becoming obsolete. Technology is becoming the driving force behind the yearly process that...

Philips Introduces First Wireless HDMI Blu-ray Player

Philips Introduces First Wireless HDMI Blu-ray Player

Everything seems to be going wireless, and that trend was obvious at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas....

Ray Kurzweil’s Tech Predictions Have Been Eerily Accurate

Ray Kurzweil’s Tech Predictions Have Been Eerily Accurate

The Wall Street Journal called him “the restless genius." Forbes said he was “the ultimate thinking machine.” by Forbes magazine....

Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don’t Censor

Google Censoring Torrent Search Suggestions: 7 Terrible Things They Don’t Censor

Google's war against torrents is being kept quiet. No announcements. No press releases. You will only find the story in...