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Written by J. C. Donnelly
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 03:40 |
 With the upcoming Proposition 19 vote in California—the vote
that would determine whether marijuana should be legal in the
state—Reddit, a social bookmarking site, thought it might be
appropriate to sell ads on their site. However, their mother
company, Conde Nast, said that they couldn’t sell the a [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 05:29 |
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Written by J. C. Donnelly
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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 19:14 |
 In the constant struggle between North Korea and South Korea
with propaganda, North Korea has taken it a step farther with their
implementation of Twitter and YouTube. In their efforts to portray
South Korea as the true evil between the two, the North Koreans
have created videos and Tweets that argu [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 05:48 |
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Written by Daniel Memenode
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 07:05 |
 When I first read about the Google Verizon deal, in
this highly hyperbolical article, I had to laugh at all the
outcry about Google betraying the net neutrality cause to follow
its own corporate interests. The naiveté of some people is just
extraordinary, and perhaps deserves to be laughed at. Who [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 05:52 |
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Written by J. C. Donnelly
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Monday, 09 August 2010 17:36 |
 It was announced today that Skype had filed for an Initial
Public Offering (IPO). An IPO is the important step where a company
registers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go
public and therefore, trade stock on the open market. Skype is
hoping for people to buy their shares once t [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 06:09 |
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Written by Naweed Chougle
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Friday, 06 August 2010 13:32 |
 “Our policy is we try things”, was Google CEO Eric Schmidt's
diplomatic response to the failure of Google Wave to make an
impact.
Google was pretty unruffled at the prospect of pulling the plug
on its real time communication and collaboration tool, which was
initially aimed at making users “forget t [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 06:18 |
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Written by Daniel Memenode
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 22:24 |
.jpg) Wall Street Journal recently posted a series of articles, called
"What
They Know", exposing the user tracking practices of top US web
sites. In their investigation they found that more than 100
tracking tools are being installed into the computers of people
visiting them.
In addition to standard coo [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 06:42 |
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Written by Daniel Memenode
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Friday, 30 July 2010 00:25 |
 According to FOX News,
for Apple followers it's a matter of faith. The article talks
about Apple as a religion, even going as far as suggesting, albeit
probably tongue in cheek, that they register as a religion, for tax
benefits.
I think the article borders on just being plain silly, but it does
b [ … ]
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Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 00:51 |
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Written by J. C. Donnelly
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:22 |
 As reported in the news yesterday, WikiLeaks.org released
thousands of secret documents pertaining to the War in Afghanistan.
This site, started in 2006, has become a nuisance for the U.S.
government and has grown to become a place where anyone can see
these secret documents. Once posted, there is l [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 07:09 |
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Written by J. C. Donnelly
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 17:35 |
 Most people who use their Facebook for more than just the random
“who is online” feature know what Zynga is. And, while you might
not know who the company is, you definitely know what properties
they own. Chances are, you’ve been harassed with the, “sign up for
FarmVille” or the “Jacob just saved a [ … ]
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 07:13 |
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Written by Daniel Memenode
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 20:35 |
 According to some religious myths it is the "word of god" that
created "the heaven and the earth". Ironically, there may be some
truth to the idea that "words" have so much power.
There is a source code to the universe. Science is the process we
use to reverse engineer it. Every new piece of the so [ … ]
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 23:35 |
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