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  • Apr 20, 2011

    2012 online

    As Obama gets ready for his Facebook town hall this afternoon, The New York Times writes today that the political left doesn't own the Internet -…

  • The Air Force has awarded a contract to Soar Technologies to develop drones " that not only think, but anticipate the moves of human pilots." The…

  • If you're staying at a nice hotel and really like the big fluffy towels they have, you might be tempted to "accidentally" drop one in your suitcase…

  • Facebook rolled out some new features designed to improve security and address the ongoing issue of cyberbullying. Some of this stuff we talked…

  • According to the latest round of rumors. This comes from Reuters, though, not some random blog so I tend to give it more weight. Reuters says the…

  • Google announced yesterday that it will soon roll out a feature that crowd sources the Google Maps feature. It's called Google Map Maker and it…

  • The security company AVG, which specializes in internet and mobile internet security, says Facebook and Android are seeing an increase in malware…

  • Amazon just announced a new program to facilitate the "lending" of Kindle books through 11,000 libraries. No word yet on how long you'll be able to…

  • On April 29, an expected 2 billion people will get online to watch Prince William and Kate Middleton get married. There will be an integrated…

  • Dish Network, which acquired the smoldering remains of Blockbuster Video earlier this month, said that it plans to keep the leases of about 500…