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Who Will Own The Living Room? Apple, Google, Sony or Microsoft?

Who Will Own The Living Room? Apple, Google, Sony or Microsoft?

Though recently it has been the smartphone market that has garnered the most attention in the tech world, the arrival...

Google Celebrates Chemistry and Continues to Channel Your Inner Procrastinator

Google Celebrates Chemistry and Continues to Channel Your Inner Procrastinator

Google should seriously rethink its doodles. Nobody is ever going to get anything done! This is the worst thing for...

Google Lets the Bed Bugs Bite

Google Lets the Bed Bugs Bite

Your mother used to say it all the time. “Good night honey, don't let the bed bugs bite!” And yet...

While Apple Is Busy Trying To Be Facebook, Google Is Trying To Be Apple

While Apple Is Busy Trying To Be Facebook, Google Is Trying To Be Apple

It must be identity crisis week in the tech industry. No one wants to eat their own lunch anymore, the...

Google Pitching Pay-Per-View – And Maybe This Time It’ll Work

Google Pitching Pay-Per-View – And Maybe This Time It’ll Work

So Google is pitching a YouTube pay-per-view service to Hollywood studios that would enable video rentals for five bucks a...

Net Neutrality Not Just About The Web; It’s About a Free Society

Net Neutrality Not Just About The Web; It’s About a Free Society

Net Neutrality - the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally regardless of source or purpose - is,...

Google PWNS Bell, Verizon, Skype and Every Telephone Company

Google PWNS Bell, Verizon, Skype and Every Telephone Company

The senior editor for TECHi just told me they put a bunch of money into Skype. So I want to...

Kraut Will Not Push Itself – New German Law Axes Facebook

Kraut Will Not Push Itself – New German Law Axes Facebook

This is entirely a new one. A new German law, penned by Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, will potentially disallow...

Google Comes Under Fire For Its Net Neutrality Stance

Google Comes Under Fire For Its Net Neutrality Stance

Plenty of people are up in arms about Google and Verizon's Legislative Framework Proposal, but on Friday the company faced...

12 Websites That Stood The Test of Time

12 Websites That Stood The Test of Time

Millions of websites have had to go through hell and back to survive long enough to reach profitability, but there...

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The Battle For Online Music Supremacy

The music industry, while far from perfect, is finally beginning to take baby steps in the right direction. Nowadays, “Gettin’...

Sony To Unveil PlayStation Smartphone?

Sony To Unveil PlayStation Smartphone?

There are rumours floating around, ever-increasing in intensity, that Sony Ericsson is gearing up to release an Android phone that...

Facebook to the Rescue: Zuckerberg & Co. Side With the Rest of Us

Facebook to the Rescue: Zuckerberg & Co. Side With the Rest of Us

You're a tech-savvy poweruser of most impressive internets, so I won't remind you of Google and Verizon's plans to destroy...

Microsoft Tech Advice: Hotmail is broken Sir, what do I do? Tell them to use Google Chrome!

Microsoft Tech Advice: Hotmail is broken Sir, what do I do? Tell them to use Google Chrome!

Microsoft just made a dumb move. I decided to recreate how I think the conversation went between the tech guy...

Google’s A-Comin’, and Facebook’s Locked Down for War

Google’s A-Comin’, and Facebook’s Locked Down for War

It's no secret that Google is clearly ramping up for war with Facebook in the social network sphere. Fortunately, Google...

Grad Student Attempts to Delete Humanity

Grad Student Attempts to Delete Humanity

Have you ever tried finding yourself in Google Street View? I have a friend who's found himself twice. Both times...

Eric Schmidt: There’s A Whole Lotta Android Goin’ On

Eric Schmidt: There’s A Whole Lotta Android Goin’ On

On a happier Google note: according to CEO Eric Schmidt, 200,000 Android handsets are now being activated every day. That's...

A Rolling Wave Gathers No Users…

A Rolling Wave Gathers No Users…

Well, it's about time. Google is finally taking the initiative to shut down Wave, ending the company's most heinous failure...

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

Bada-Bing: Microsoft Actually Beats Google to a Feature

This is worthy of note because honestly, it simply doesn't happen every day. Bing has actually beaten Google to a...

Google Cheat Sheet

Google Cheat Sheet

No matter how much you use Google search, or how much of an internetz pro you think you are, there's...