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Is Early Adoption of Technology for the Rich and Ignorant?

Is Early Adoption of Technology for the Rich and Ignorant?

I love early adopters. They get the newest gadgets, the latest technology, the bleeding-edge widgets and gizmos that I might...

2010 Tech in Review

2010 Tech in Review

Every year is more exciting than the previous in the world of tech. It's in the very nature of progress...

What the Flock? Their Technological Distinctiveness Will Be Added to Zynga.

What the Flock? Their Technological Distinctiveness Will Be Added to Zynga.

If you haven't used Flock, one of the original "social browsers," then... Actually, that was the problem. So few HAD...

Battle of In-Vehicle Connectivity Heads to 2011 CES

Battle of In-Vehicle Connectivity Heads to 2011 CES

Infotainment has become an important area of research and development in the automotive industry. Many consumers want it, but most...

The Making of “Tron: Legacy” May Be Cooler Than The Movie Itself

The Making of “Tron: Legacy” May Be Cooler Than The Movie Itself

It's definitely a digital age in movies as more and more are trying to meld real-life with computer generated effects...

Will Cell Phones Actually Replace Wallets?

Will Cell Phones Actually Replace Wallets?

One area that could really use some innovation is the financial industry. We've already begun to see some interesting developments...

BitTorrent’s Wave Becomes a Tsunami with 100 Million Active Users

BitTorrent’s Wave Becomes a Tsunami with 100 Million Active Users

Dependent entirely on how you feel about piracy, it will either tickle you previously undefined shades of pink or break...

The Most Dangerous Website in 2010: Google

The Most Dangerous Website in 2010: Google

According to the security gurus Trend Micro, the most dangerous site on the net in 2010 was none other than...

Facebook is Worth $50 Billion (and it’s real money this time)

Facebook is Worth $50 Billion (and it’s real money this time)

Venture Capitalists and private investment analysts often throw out lofty numbers when talking about the value of a company, but...

Boardwalk Empire Proves A Television Set Can Be Made Into Anything

Boardwalk Empire Proves A Television Set Can Be Made Into Anything

The need to build elaborate sets to appease historical facts or science fiction worlds has long been on the decline...

Wikipedia Donation Goal Reached. No more Jimmy Wales Constantly Watching Us.

Wikipedia Donation Goal Reached. No more Jimmy Wales Constantly Watching Us.

It became one of the top memes of 2010. And just like that, it's gone. Wikipedia announced this morning that...

China’s Latest Internet Outlaw: Skype

China’s Latest Internet Outlaw: Skype

Skype has been outlawed in China. The popular Internet phone service is yet another Western web service that has been...

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011

The past year in technology was among the more surprising ones we've had. Even the most astute, insightful tech observers...

Can Anyone Save Delicious? Only If Yahoo Lets Them.

Can Anyone Save Delicious? Only If Yahoo Lets Them.

With Delicious in purgatory, can anything bring the trend-setting social bookmarking site back to (even half of) its former glory,...

Will VCs Be Able To “Save” On GroupOn’s Series G?

Will VCs Be Able To “Save” On GroupOn’s Series G?

Google couldn't buy them and some believe this is a good thing. As more numbers start to get tossed out...

Why The Bad Guys Win In Social Media

Why The Bad Guys Win In Social Media

If you were to go by Hollywood's logic, it is not uncommon to see the bad boy getting the girls,...

Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source

Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source

Meanwhile, in Russia... If Google translate is to be trusted, a Russian publication has claimed that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...

Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Every week, Techi takes a look at the week that was to highlight our favorite stories from the week. When...

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World’s Third Largest Website

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World’s Third Largest Website

On the Internet, size is everything. From May, 2008 to May, 2009, Facebook started knocking off established sites and moving...

Why Nobody Understands that Demand Media’s Business Model is Gold

Why Nobody Understands that Demand Media’s Business Model is Gold

The SEC doesn't get it. Most journalists don't like it. It seems that everyone from Silicon Valley to Washington DC...