February 2011

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Adding “Internet Freedom” to the Internet Kill Switch Bill Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Adding “Internet Freedom” to the Internet Kill Switch Bill Is Putting Lipstick on a Pig

When we first started investigating the Internet Kill Switch Bill, we thought it was humorous that it was being reintroduced...

Do Companies Really Need Social Media Managers?

Do Companies Really Need Social Media Managers?

As businesses continue to get more involved with social media as part of their branding, marketing, and customer relations, most...

iPhone: Verizon for Calls, ATT for 3G

iPhone: Verizon for Calls, ATT for 3G

In a recent test using Speedtest, the AT&T iPhone proved to be around twice as fast as Verizon for 3G...

Nissan Reveals All-Electric ESFLOW Sports Car Concept

Nissan Reveals All-Electric ESFLOW Sports Car Concept

Nissan generated plenty of buzz from the launch of the all-electric Leaf, the world’s first mass-marketed family sedan EV. But...

Guys… We Just Broke Science

Guys… We Just Broke Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v2xnl6LwJE And here is a visual riddle to help ferry you into the weekend - Escher's Waterfall, come to life....

Sony’s 4-Step Plan To Destroy Apple

Sony’s 4-Step Plan To Destroy Apple

Sony was, at a time, the most well-known name in consumer electronics, but the company has lost its mojo. It...

Obama to Meet with Jobs, Zuckerberg, and Schmidt: Will the World Tilt on Thursday?

Obama to Meet with Jobs, Zuckerberg, and Schmidt: Will the World Tilt on Thursday?

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Eric Schmidt walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, I'm Barack Obama." Not funny?...

How Pirates Can Save the Home Movie Industry (And Why Netflix is its Future)

How Pirates Can Save the Home Movie Industry (And Why Netflix is its Future)

Unlike other 'old media' establishments like newspapers or the music industry, the movie business has been hit less dramatically by...

Pixels. Old School.

Pixels. Old School.

Children of the 80s, beware. This video is bound to bring back the nostalgia that only an attachment to something...

Apple Rolls Out Subscription Service on App Store for Content Publishers

Apple Rolls Out Subscription Service on App Store for Content Publishers

Apple rolled out a subscription service today that will allow publishers to put their content on apps and charge for...

IBM’s Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]

IBM’s Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]

IBM's Watson supercomputer had its first shot at Jeopardy last night, and, overall, it went well. Watson had a few...

A Guy Creates, Models, Prints, And Plays An Open Source Guitar From Scratch!

A Guy Creates, Models, Prints, And Plays An Open Source Guitar From Scratch!

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19923712[/vimeo] In a sign that the creativity of people is truly unbound, a guy named Bård has designed, printed, and...