November 2011

40 Stories

5 Ways Online Education May Improve Your Social Life

5 Ways Online Education May Improve Your Social Life

Among the perks of attending an online college is the flexible schedule and leftover time to hang out, read, play...

Apple protects brand from porn by taking over domains

Apple protects brand from porn by taking over domains

When you have a brand like Apple, you're always going to be a target. They have people watching for trademark...

Amazon wages all-out war on Apple with penny smartphones

Amazon wages all-out war on Apple with penny smartphones

The Kindle Fire was just the start of Jeff Bezos' and Amazon's "Holiday Gadget War 2011" against Apple (and everyone...

Buffy the Facebook Phone will Fail

Buffy the Facebook Phone will Fail

In the next year or two (anyone's guess is valid at this point) Facebook will be releasing a smartphone by...

Chromebook failed because we’re not ready for total cloud computing

Chromebook failed because we’re not ready for total cloud computing

The future of the internet and computing might be in the cloud, but people are reluctant to give up their...

Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow

Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow

At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may...

What people are doing online right now

What people are doing online right now

The internet takes up a huge part of our daily lives. Many of us have integrated real-world activities into our...

50,000 year-old Sim City, “Magnasanti”, holds 6 million Sims

50,000 year-old Sim City, “Magnasanti”, holds 6 million Sims

When people spend too much time on a game, they are often ridiculed. In the case of Vincent Ocasla, he...

Why negative sentiment towards Google+ is asinine and premature

Why negative sentiment towards Google+ is asinine and premature

According to the LA Times, Google+ interest is fading. According to logic, history, and common sense, Google+ is exactly where...

Ketchup container, only better

Ketchup container, only better

These have been around for a while, and every time I see one I thank the innovator who came up...

4Chan is back up after 3 day DDoS attack

4Chan is back up after 3 day DDoS attack

It isn't the first time that 4Chan has gone down and it won't be the last, but this one is...

E-Readers: Making Readers Out of More People Than Ever

E-Readers: Making Readers Out of More People Than Ever

There's a lot of hand-wringing over the so-called "dumbing-down" of America. We don't read, we can't write except in and...