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Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Have you ever wished you could simply put Google in your mind? You could search for whatever information was out...

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNN4Oo0KhZo If there's one thing the Kinect is good for, it's facilitating interesting and downright clever hacks. Obviously. If you...

Sixteen Uses For Your Wrist Now That Your Phone is Your Watch

Sixteen Uses For Your Wrist Now That Your Phone is Your Watch

In the age of the pervasion of mobile devices, it would seem traditional wrist-mounted chronometers have fallen by the wayside....

25 Countries Compared: Does Education Lead to Happiness?

25 Countries Compared: Does Education Lead to Happiness?

It isn't hard to draw a few basic conclusions. Better education leads to better employment. More employment options leads to...

Tweeners: Why Engadget, Mashable, and HuffPo Shouldn’t Be Called “Blogs”

Tweeners: Why Engadget, Mashable, and HuffPo Shouldn’t Be Called “Blogs”

When AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million, I had to chuckle at the news reports calling it a...

By the Numbers: #SXSW

By the Numbers: #SXSW

This year, the popular South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, returns to celebrate its monumental 25th...

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Amazon vs The Tax Man (with Roger Ebert caught in the crossfire)

Whenever a state's tax man steps foot on Amazon's porch, they make a hasty escape out the back door. That's...

From Bits to Yottabytes: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Data Measurements

From Bits to Yottabytes: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Data Measurements

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

Net Neutrality Rules Voted Invalid by House Panel

Net Neutrality Rules Voted Invalid by House Panel

A Republican-led House subcommittee voted 15-8 to invalidate the FCC’s net neutrality rules. The rules will likely stay in place,...

Three Things The Web Can Learn from Old Media

Three Things The Web Can Learn from Old Media

It has become common wisdom in the tech world that old media represents an obsolete mode of thinking that should...

You’re The Beast Around

You’re The Beast Around

Straight outta the 'Things You Probably Don't Care To Know' department comes Mark Zuckerberg's new dog, Beast. Now, you might...

Why Netflix Will Control “Big Telecom” (or die trying)

Why Netflix Will Control “Big Telecom” (or die trying)

There are only two viable scenarios that will come to pass in the near future when it comes to home...