The multimedia aspect of computing has taken off like never before. Online video has taken off thanks to the spread of broadband internet access and sites like Youtube. People are now communicating visually over the internet. Webcams play an important role in this whole thing. If you have a webcam, you have a tool which [...]
It’s called Infotainment (entertainment and information) and the WWW has much in store for the whole world. With the omniscient Internet around, you don’t have to worry about getting entertained and informed at the same time. There are several websites that offer a lot for the discerning reader. Here are a few culled from the [...]
The use of ad blockers by web surfers has apparently increased a lot over the years. But, is it really the right thing to do? I want to shed a little light on it from both sides and offer up an opinion. It’s a bit of a tough issue, actually. It seems more and more [...]
The internet is very separated in the way it works. What I mean by that is certain things require you to login to different places. If you centralize, your overall internet experience will be easier to manage. To centralize what you do on the internet means to use one service provider to do most of [...]
Make no mistake. I am addicted. To Facebook. Not because it’s another social networking group that allows me to show off my photographs and say ‘hi’ to all the beautiful strangers roaming around the web, but because it’s better than all the other social networking groups that I have been a member of (Ryze, Orkut, [...]
Chances are you probably use AOL Instant Messenger (a.k.a. AIM) and/or Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Every single user ID that exists for either has a profile web page. Yahoo Viewing a profile page for a Yahoo! ID is done by typing in the web address http://profiles.yahoo.com/YOUR_YAHOO_ID Many people have a Yahoo! Profile that’s really old and/or [...]
First of all, this is going to be an opinion piece. It may rile a few feathers of people who just adore Apple. And, that fact is only proof that the title of this piece is 100% accurate. However, YES, this is subjective opinion. And what is that opinion? That Apple’s marketing is so damn [...]
The Skype chat client is the latest Windows application to be targeted by hackers. The computer virus, called “w32/Ramex.A”, takes advantage of Skype to spread itself. An infected computer will use the Skype client to send messages to friends with a link that, if clicked, will infect the friend’s computer. The link looks to be [...]
The internet has advanced like crazy compared to what it used to be. Sometimes its fun to take a “vintage” look at the internet. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, you can do exactly that. According to Alexa, the web’s top 5 websites are: Yahoo Microsoft Network Google Youtube Microsoft Live Let’s take a look at [...]
I gotta be honest with you. In 2007, I have turned into a huge Google whore. I (like most people) have been a long time user of the search engine. But, this year, I am now owned by Google (in spirit). Why? Because I have ditched Outlook in favor of Gmail. I am now a [...]
Google has managed to surpass all other search engines and make it’s way into the dictionary as a word synonymous with search. And for good reason. Google is a seriously powerful search engine. But, what many people DON’T know about Google is that it has a lot of special search functions which really bring out [...]
For those of us that remember a time when most people used e-mail with a client rather than the web-based way, a very popular e-mail app back in the day was Eudora. Eudora was slick. It ran smoothly and was one of the few of its time that did e-mail attachments properly and the interface [...]
The above image (click to enlarge) is a YouTube spam I received today. Spam? On YouTube? Yeah, this is getting to be a problem. It’s bad enough there’s video comment spam everywhere on YouTube. Now it’s found its way into YouTube inboxes aplenty – including my own. Your only option to combat spam concerning your [...]
In order for the automotive industry to get more of the stuff we use on the internet into cars, that stuff must by design assist us with doing the one thing we do most in cars: Driving. Mercedes-Benz is doing just that. A new feature in Mercedes-Benz cars is called “Search and Send,” and said [...]
In many ways, the internet today resembles a digital version of the wild, wild west. There are a lot of ways that you can potentially open up your computer and allow “bad guys” in. Then you have companies like Symantec that turn all this into a game of “cops and robbers”, with your PC as [...]
