It’s pretty obvious that humankind has a considerable impact on the world around it. It’s also fairly clear to anyone with observational skills that said impact isn’t always a positive one. Ever since the development of heavy industry, we’ve been polluting our environment. At first, we didn’t really understand that we were doing...

It’s pretty obvious that computer savvy criminals are the sole owners and proprietors of malware’s rampage through the annals of the Internet. It’s also fairly clear, through simple logic, their reasons for doing so – they’re either looking for illicit personal gain or the creation of chaos. The question, though, is how they pull it...

Apple’s been making a fairly consistent effort to portray itself as an environmentally efficient organization… a brand which puts the environment first (much to the dismay of Greenpeace, which has been hounding them every step of the way). One cannot deny that they’ve made progress, at least in the data center field. That’s just a small...

Lately, I’d been having a problem with Skype. It was nothing to do with the application itself, curiously enough – the IM platform still worked like a charm, and I was able to chat with my contacts pretty much flawlessly. The issue actually had to do with another user, known only as IMPORTANT SYSTEM NOTIFICATION. See, they decided they’d start...

I’ve something very cool to share with all of you today – if not all that practical. It’s known as IOGraph, and it’s an app that lets you create something that resembles modern art simply by using your PC. Developed by a fine fellow named Anatoly Zenkov; the application works by actively tracking your mouse movements. It translates mouse...

I’d like to talk to all of you about something known as ‘foistware.’ Essentially, this is when an otherwise legitimate application attempts to force a bunch of bloatware, spyware, and possibly even malware on its users, hiding unnecessary toolkits and addons with every download, every installation; every update. It’s something we’ve...