January 25, 2012

Escaping Online in 2011

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The sputtering economy in 2011 left us feeling fed up and disengaged, but at least we could escape online. So how exactly did we enjoy our...
January 19, 2012

The 4 Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011

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From neutrinos to new planets, a look at some of the most important scientific discoveries in 2011. 1. Upending the laws of physics Research...
January 18, 2012

Websites Go Dark Today Over Piracy Bills

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Need to look something up (other than an Internet term)? You won't find it on Wikipedia--for today anyway. The popular online encyclope...
January 11, 2012

The 3 Worst Tech Predictions of 2011

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When it comes to digital prognostications, some guesses actually stick — but not in these cases. What would we do without the rumor mill? ...
January 4, 2012

Is Apple losing its 'cool factor'?

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One critic says the mighty Apple will lose its "cool factor" in 2012, as sexy new Android smartphones steal the spotlight. A new y...
December 30, 2011

What We Googled in 2011... really?

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In a short video and an extensive data site, Google Zeitgeist takes us back... and shames us with what we have searched for in 2011. This ...
December 24, 2011

Let’s Talk Tech: News in Review - Dec, 2011

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What a month in tech it’s been! Here are some of the top stories… Tech News Stories of the Month Occupy Everything on the Web There's a...
December 19, 2011

Issue of the Year: High-Tech Burnout

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Tech workers are beginning to object to the grueling hours and outsize expectations that are characteristic of start-up companies... reall...
December 13, 2011

Can You Imagine Life at Work without Email?

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Is email obsolete? Atos, Europe’s largest IT firm, thinks so. The company last week announced that it was banning internal email, as CEO ...
December 6, 2011

Should I Shut Down My Computer or Put It in Sleep Mode?

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The Answer? Shut it down. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, running a computer at night is akin to leaving on about 10 lig...
November 29, 2011

For the Love of Funny, Clever Words :-)

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The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to supply alternate meanings for common words. Here are the hilario...
November 23, 2011

The 99% Movement: Discover what Occupy Wall Street is all about

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As a resident of New York City, I'm frequently asked about the Occupy Wall Street movement. In short, I think it's fabulous that peo...
November 9, 2011

15 Startups With $100 Million+ Valuations That Hardly Existed Last Year

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As reported by Alyson Shontell in Business Insider , many of the world's most valuable startups haven't been around for very long. ...
November 1, 2011

Cleaning Up the Space Junk

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The Earth is surrounded by an ever-growing cloud of space junk . Is it too late to take out the extraterrestrial trash? How much space junk ...
October 24, 2011

Twitter Reveals Humanity’s Mood Swings

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People everywhere tend to feel chipper at breakfast, get grumpier over the course of the day, and brighten again before going to bed. That ...
October 17, 2011

10 Words That Describe How the Internet Empowers Us

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The existence of the Internet has had an immeasurable effect upon how we, as a society, view and access the world. No other device, service...
October 7, 2011

Why Reading is Better in Print

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Print, it seems, better enables editors to perform an “agenda-setting function,” said Jack Shafer at Slate.com . "I canceled my subscri...
September 30, 2011

I'd wear a computer on my wrist would you?

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We may soon be wearing our electronic gadgets —from heart monitors to cell phones—as a second skin. Researchers have discovered a way to ...
September 23, 2011

Evidence Suggests that the Internet Changes How We Remember

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MIT’s Technology Review’s Kenrick Vezina writes on a recent study that says we augment our memory with the Internet. The flood of informa...
September 16, 2011

Pentagon Wants a Social Media Propaganda Machine

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You don’t need to have 5,000 friends of Facebook to know that social media can have a notorious mix of rumor, gossip and just plain disinf...