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A man named Paul Butler recently made a map of the world. His map is a bit different from the maps that we are used to as he made it using data graphs. He is a Facebook intern, so it was not unusual that he would use his information there to make a graph....
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For most Americans jury duty seems to be a chore. Sure, it’s their constitutional right and all, but for most people it’s not all that fun. However, there seems to be one man who can find humor within a courtroom, and that man is Steve Martin. Throughout this past week, Steve Martin has posted...
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As an internet user of today, you should be well aware of the dangers posed by URL shorteners. If you aren’t ware of them, well, the main, most important danger is their abilty to mask potentially malicious links. This means that if you click on a shortend link you may potentially be killing your...
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You may remember how in September Craigslist decided, with pressure from American lawmakers, to shut down its “Adult Services” section in the United States. That was great news to many Americans who didn’t approved of the controversial portion of the classified ads website. That was great news at the time, however, now comes even...
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Skype, one of the world’s most popular forms of video communication through the internet has crashed. This will inhibit communication for millions of users who are trying to talk to their relatives or loved ones at home for the holidays. The company has acknowledged the outage through a series of tweets. Skype also gave...
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved “high-level rules of the road.” These rules have been designed to ensure that internet service providers grant everyone equal access to the web. The vote was 3 to 2, with Democrats and Republicans on both sides, respectively. Commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat, signed off on the rules, but...
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Facebook will be rolling out some new features in the next couple of weeks. One of these new features will be the addition of facial recognition tagging suggestions. This means that when you upload photos Facebook’s new algorithm will analyze the photos to see if it finds any matches in your friends. When it...
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The long anticipated software update for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch in the form of the iOS 4.2 has been released by Apple today and is available for download. Just in time for the holiday season Apple brings Multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay® and AirPrint. “iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely...
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Firesheep is a Firefox extension that aims to show privacy vulnerabilities. Many web sites like for example Facebook do not handle personal information very good. It is very easy to access user data on open WiFi networks. Firesheep is an easy to use Firefox add on that shows how easy it is to steal...
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Blekko, a new breed of search engine launched its public beta today. Blekko tries to deliver better search results by combining technology with the Wikipedia model. That means hundreds of users evaluate the content and determine whether something is spam or not. The search engine results that Blekko delivers resemble Google results from about...
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