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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.

What Does USB Stand For?

What Does USB Stand For?

Just discovered an offbeat comic series that I'd never seen before. Extra Ordinary artist Li Chen has posted 160 comics...

The Walls of Professor Ernest Albright: “Fiat Lux”

The Walls of Professor Ernest Albright: “Fiat Lux”

Every now and then you come across a piece of art (in this case, a very elaborate drawing) that makes...

ATT Pushes “Don’t Text While Driving” Campaign To A New Level

ATT Pushes “Don’t Text While Driving” Campaign To A New Level

"I sent one stupid, meaningless text - 'LOL' - and killed a man." When AT&T launched their campaign against texting...

Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters

Online Games, Social Networks Lead List of Biggest Office Time-Wasters

It's no secret that many of us who work in an office with a computer spend a good portion of...

Is the Internet Hurting the Environment?

Is the Internet Hurting the Environment?

Being online is part of our lives in civilized cultures. Most of us are online at some point during the...

Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!

Happy Holidays, from SCIENCE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmK8ec9MruM As a Canadian, I am well-versed in the art of snowcraft. The frozen North tempers us with flakey hides...

Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse

Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQpL4BhtAI Alright, before you read too far into that headline, let me immediately reassure you that we're not talking about...

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

The Good, The Bad, and the Mobile

From the file labelled 'stuff you didn't expect to hear about today' comes this puzzler: LG has announced that it's...

Black Friday was Strong, But Mondays Ruled Shopping on the Web

Black Friday was Strong, But Mondays Ruled Shopping on the Web

Cyber Monday broke the $1 billion mark for the first time as online shopping grew across the board in 2010....

Blogging is Serious Business

Blogging is Serious Business

Everyone knows that the Internet is serious business. Many are starting to understand that blogging is now serious business as...

Memes 2010: The Year in Review

Memes 2010: The Year in Review

Memes have been a staple of the Internet since emails were sent out with subject lines that started with "RE:...

If Web Browsers Were Celebrities

If Web Browsers Were Celebrities

What people use as their favorite browser is often a tell-tail sign about their personality and understanding of the Internet....

Where CNN Goes, Other Mainstream Media Sites Will Follow. Yesterday, it was Tumblr.

Where CNN Goes, Other Mainstream Media Sites Will Follow. Yesterday, it was Tumblr.

CNN may not be the first mainstream media outlet to create a blog on Tumblr, but their entrance there yesterday...

First Kinect Sex Game Announced – And Yes, We Have a Video

First Kinect Sex Game Announced – And Yes, We Have a Video

Hands-free just got hands-on, as Microsoft's would-be Wii-killer, Kinect, is the first to get its own sex game. Though the...

Tron Legacy Keeps the Internet At Bay

Tron Legacy Keeps the Internet At Bay

Welp, Tron: Legacy is out on Friday, and if you currently exist, chances are you're going to see it. In...

Coffee Printer Takes Latte Art to the Next Level

Coffee Printer Takes Latte Art to the Next Level

One could argue that it takes latte art up five levels. In this video by rnzohar, the concept of putting...

The Evolution of the Blogger

The Evolution of the Blogger

What started as an online diary for lonely people to express their thoughts to nobody in particular (or in some...

Abuse of Power: The Rise of Social Media Blackmail

Abuse of Power: The Rise of Social Media Blackmail

Social media blackmail. When called anything other than blackmail, it's something that people normally talk about with a positive sentiment....

Electronics Inch Closer to Clothing as the Top Christmas Gift

Electronics Inch Closer to Clothing as the Top Christmas Gift

Remember the days when nearly all of your Christmas gifts were clothing or accessories. Sure, there were a few household...

George Lucas Has a New Hobby: Necromancy

George Lucas Has a New Hobby: Necromancy

Star Wars creator George Lucas has been busy of late, pulling together the makings of his grandest special effect to...