August 26, 2011

Tech Book Review - The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You

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The former director of MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser, shows how Google, Facebook, and other sites track your mouse clicks so they can filter res...
August 19, 2011

Tasty Tidbits of News from the Tech Front

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A Social Network for Seniors Proust.com encourages older users to share memories and life stories by prompting them with questions. Barr...
August 12, 2011

Handwriting: No longer necessary?

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Officials in Indiana have stopped requiring schools to teach third graders the art of cursive handwriting. In a few decades, no one who gr...
August 5, 2011

How to Avoid Scams on Craigslist

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When on Craig'slist be sure to deal locally, insist on cash, do some research, and pay cautiously. 1. Deal locally. Follow the same c...
July 29, 2011

Teamwork Can Outdo Brilliance

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America’s companies should reconsider the value of “a well-assembled team that may not dazzle with individual brilliance but overwhelms wit...
July 22, 2011

Planning on an MBA? Your tweet could be worth $37,000 - Apply by July 28

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The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie School of Management is offering a full scholarship worth $37,240 to the MBA program applicant wi...
July 15, 2011

Is it the end of an era for .com? The Internet faces a domain name revolution!

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The world of website names is about to be completely revolutionized. At the moment, a Web address can only end with one of 22 suffixes — .c...
July 8, 2011

Still texting while driving? Don't do it!

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In May, 2011, Indiana joined 31 other states when it passed stiff new laws prohibiting texting behind the wheel. Under the new law, effect...
July 1, 2011

How Your Web Rep can Ruin Your Job Search

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If I've told you once, I'll tell you again, you must manage your digital footprint and keep your digital doppelganger in line! Pos...
June 24, 2011

10 Smart Ways to Use Social Media in Your Job Search

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Everyone’s talking about using social media for job-hunting. But how, exactly, should you do that? Alexis Grant of U.S. News shows 10 smar...
June 20, 2011

Cybersex: It's about narcissism

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Cybersex: Will it make monogamy obsolete? Internet connectivity and online porn have opened new ways to engage in extramarital adventures....
June 17, 2011

Is Facebook's 'like' button spying on you?

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The Facebook "like" and Twitter "tweet" buttons that appear on so many websites do a lot more than just help you share ...
June 10, 2011

Talk is Cheap: Five VoIP-Powered Services

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As seen in Conde Nast Traveler , Alex Pasquariello reports on the five most popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) powered services. W...
June 8, 2011

Technology and Eroticsm: The Connection

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“As our markets discover and respond to what consumers most want, our technology has become extremely adept at creating products that corr...
June 3, 2011

Should parents get to control their kids' Facebook pages?

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A California bill would let parents prune what their kids post online. Is this a victory for parents or a strangely heavy-handed law? What...
May 26, 2011

Social Couponing Explodes in NYC

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It wasn't long ago that clipping coupons was something you'd picture your parents or grandparents doing, maybe sitting in a rocking ...
May 23, 2011

Planking: Top 10 Facebook Crazes

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A 20-year old man, Acton Beale of Brisbane, fell seven stories to his death last week while trying to lie facedown on a narrow balcony rai...
May 19, 2011

Getting Energy from a Silicon Leaf

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A silicon “leaf” that mimics photosynthesis could open the possibility of an entirely new source of cheap and abundant electricity. MIT r...
May 10, 2011

Track me to the Islands then, I may never come back

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I've been telling you this for years, and it's not like you can do much about it, but I just want you to know: the iPhone and other...
April 30, 2011

Blocking Someone on Facebook is like Blocking Them Out of Your Life

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As seen in AM New York , "Some kids definitely have a church/state feeling when it comes to Facebook, and they want to keep their paren...