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Jona Hoier has visualized USGS earthquake activity data in Japan from March 9 to March 16. What is shocking is the unbelievable amount of earthquake activity…

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

When the Demand Media witch hunt started a few months ago, journalists and bloggers called for action against what they termed the biggest "content farm."…

The recent events in Egypt have, among other things, been inspiring, terrifying and remarkable.

It was never quite certain when Verizon would get its hands on the iPhone, but we recently learned that it would on February 10.

Twitter has been known to push the envelope on social communication and interaction. Twitter is even credited for heavily influencing things like the Iranian…

We already know that Facebook is huge , but now we have true visual feedback to how impressive the Facebook empire really stands. It is massive.

For years now, what web sites do with our data has become a serious problem in the online world. From confusing settings on Facebook - like their recent...

Greedy providers. The mobile industry is all about squeezing as much money from the consumer as it can. But with AT&T’s move to a tiered pricing for...

Microsoft's MIX online lab actually contains some pretty cool stuff. Take The Archivist, for example. Microsoft's newest MIX online project is still in...

I can't bring myself to use Google Latitude - the fact that my phone is not a smartphone is besides the point. It just has always felt a little Big...

Privacy has been the buzzword all over the Techi web lately. Facebook has been stomping all over it and then promising to do better, and now Google has...

There are some pretty awesome phone features and apps out there lately but it doesn't seem like much can...

(Image Credit: "Evolution of Storage" by Curtiss Spontelli | CC) We consume an amazing amount of data, but we also store an equally impressive amount of...

When Bing first launched, we all treated it a little like the little engine that couldn't; why, we all asked, would anyone switch from Google to Bing? As...

Looking for a neat way to take notes and read bits and pieces on that brand new iPad you’ve already busted your credit limit to buy? Seeking out an...

We all know that when it comes to back-up, everyone knows they should and few manage to keep a strict back-up routine, so what better than this all-gold...

Apple has begun selling the iPhone 3GS contract-free in the US as it prepares to introduce a new model iPhone, perhaps in June. An internal Apple memo...

It looks like the iPhone, already a kind of digital swiss army k***e, will someday have walkie-talkie capabilities and be able to serve as a kind of...

MySpace? What's MySpace? Oh just a website that we can social network with each other. Instead of calling me, you can now send me a message or post on my...

Parents may at last have a winning argument to kick their youngsters off their Xbox, Wii or PlayStation - too much video gaming can inhibit learning in...