Legacy Archive

Some day in the (very) near future, we may no longer need a traditional backpack at school. Rather than carrying around a laptop and textbooks, we will be...

It may not be the first time Microsoft has tried to use humor and aggressive attacks to go after Google, but this time it hits a little closer to home...

As terms of classification of humans goes, hipsters and geeks have been battling for the title of the "coolest of the uncool." For hipsters, the phrase...

Optical illusions are often fanciful diversions that keep us keen to the fact that our own minds can not only be tricked, but often tricks itself. Some...

Four Twitter accounts critical of French President Nicolas Sarkozy were suspended yesterday, just a week after the many started his own account to help...

When we first covered Ericsson's Networked Society Project, we called it beautiful and terrifying. Their latest video shows that beauty can prevail when...

For nearly a decade, the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition has put the sharpest minds in high school and undergraduate institutions...

When Facebook started rolling out their plan to put online stores on their platform in November, 2010, many believed that "F-Commerce" was the next big...

If you torture numbers long enough, you can make them say anything. In this case, it's Chitika, Techcrunch, and others who are raising alarms about...

Over the years as Microsoft Windows has evolved since the late 80s, the logo associated with each major release has changed. Initially, it was a very...

If you ask a non-gamer about steam, they'll describe boiling water or the stuff that comes out of an iron. If you ask a gamer about Steam, there's only...

The long hair. The mustache. The lack of a turtle neck. 32 years ago, Steve Jobs gave a presentation that wasn't like the ones he has been famous for the...

The online video world is dominated by YouTube with others such as Vimeo and Metacafe picking up the scraps. They are free, convenient, and practical for...

It has been just over 4 months since Steve Jobs died. Since then, Apple continues to head in the right direction financially and has seen very little in...

The over-$500 tablet war was, for all intents and purposes, over once the iPad 2 came out with a front- and rear-facing camera. It was the missing feature...

Pinterest is starting to enter into the social media in ways that most sites only dream about. Other than Google+, it's the fastest growing social site in...

Speed is relative. Internet speed is extremely relative, which is why Verizon has been touting the impressive speeds that their network is providing to...

For the last three of decades, Apple has separated itself from the various competitors through company culture, innovative technologies, and stellar...

More US adults bank online than use social networks (for now, at least). It has become such a common activity that despite the risks of identity theft,...

If this is the future of retail, I'll be shopping online more often. Takashimaya, a department store in Tokyo, is working with Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro from...

There are definite distinctions between users of various social sites. They're often easy to spot based upon their look (Tumblr), activities (FourSquare),...

It’s a problem that students have dealt with for generations. How do I best study and retain information in an efficient and timely manner? The...

Has Western culture grown too attached to their social networks? It's possible, according to a recent study led by Wilhelm Hofmann at the University of...

As more offices become virtual and more employees work from home or on the go, the logistics of keeping devices and computers secure can be a nightmare...