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It's here! NetLingo has a new iPhone app and it's called: The List: Text & Chat Acronyms (this link will launch iTunes) Whether...

iPhone users are the most active social networkers of all the smart phone users, according to the quarterly Smartphone Intelligence survey r...

The Internet is facing a mid-life crisis. It’s impossible to set an exact date for the birth of the Internet . According to Stan Schroeder, ...

You know you are living in auspicious times when you get to ring in the year 2000 and technology such as the Internet changes your daily rou...

It's a good week for patience, as seen in The Week, after an Australian website started transmitting text messages to Gliese 581 d, the...

Actress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search for in cyberspace . According to Internet security f...

Did you hear about the massive cyberattack that shut down Twitter for several hours last week and also interfered with Facebook ? Maybe yo...

Many of us have done it, many of us still do it, and many of us will keep on doing it even though there are now laws against it. But this vi...

According to one of my favorite journalists Eric Effron, Executive Editor of The Week , it was disturbing enough when scientists developed c...

Having recently been named one of the Top 30 Female Internet Entrepreneurs , I am continually intrigued by women who are self-proclaimed gee...

A research report by a 15-year-old intern at Morgan Stanley's London office "has generated a flurry of interest from media executiv...

Anyone who Twitters knows the value of short URLs . But unfortunately, as is the case with email, spammers intent on spreading malware are...

The Associated Press reported on Monday that Microsoft took the rare step of warning everyone about a serious computer security vulnerabili...

Surfing the Internet is great exercise for the aging brain, says a new study according to The Week . Physicians and scientists have long adv...

It's another installment of "Lessons from the Online Dating Front." That's right, real life stories again from the good, t...

OMG!!!! WSJ's Andy JORdaN witnesses the crowning of AmErica's top txtr. LOL! CUL8R , Erin

Last week I talked about 10 Tips for Safer Chatting and I received dozens of emails from parents saying "my kids tell me they don'...

In the 21st century online cyber safety has become just as important as personal safety in the real world. Don't believe me? How about t...

Sending short text messages from mobile phones have become arguably the most popular method of instant communications among teenagers and yo...

It was recently reported in Time magazine that in 10 short years, more than 40% of the work force will be Independent Contractors. Not only ...