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Apple vs. Microsoft: Round 2.0
Today Microsoft launches Windows 7, the latest and much-anticipated version of its popular Windows operating system. Microsoft hopes to build buzz for the new release by offering it on the same day...
View ArticleFact and Fiction About the Apple Tablet
Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a new Apple product that's scheduled to be unveiled next week. The legions of Apple rumor-mongers suspect the company is about to launch a new tablet device,...
View ArticleApple Passes Microsoft: A Geek is Vindicated
If you had told me, 13 years ago, that Apple would one day be deemed more valuable than Microsoft, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed. I wanted it to happen, mind you, but knew it would only...
View ArticleChina Could Lose its Character(s)
One of the oldest written languages in the world is in danger of being forgotten. People in China send text messages more than any other population in the world, and many experts believe that this...
View ArticleOn Cyber Security and Cyber War
In what is becoming an annual tradition, news of a targeted cyber-attack from China has once again made headlines. Commenting on the attacks targeting the Google email accounts high-level US...
View ArticleLulz Security Collective: A Return to Old School Hacking?
UK authorities have arrested a 19-year-old under suspicion for his potential connection to the hacking group LulzSec. The group has claimed to have pulled off attacks on PBS, Sony and the Senate.The...
View ArticleSteve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple, Dies at 56
Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic co-founder, died Wednesday at age 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Widely credited with transforming the way people use computers, listen to music, and...
View ArticleComputers Affected by DNS Changer Virus Could Lose Connection Monday
Thousands of internet users in this country and around the world could lose their connection on Monday, the result of the so-called DNS Changer virus. The malware has been around for several years and...
View ArticleWant to Survive in the Digital Age? Learn to Code.
According to Alasdair Blackwell, everyone should be bilingual. He's the director and co-founder of Decoded, a company that offers workshops that teach people to code in one day. He proposes that...
View ArticleAverage iPhone Announcement Begs the Question: What Now?
The highly-anticipated iPhone 5 was unveiled yesterday at an Apple event in San Francisco. The world’s slimmest smartphone, the new model is 20 percent lighter than the iPhone 4S, and boasts a number...
View ArticleA 12-Year-Old Tech Prodigy's Mission
Quin Etnyre wanted to make tech education more fun. So he became a teacher and he started his own company called Qtechknow, which sells DIY electronic starter kits.He has plenty of his own experience...
View ArticleCoding Literacy is The Way of the Future
When kicking off Computer Science Education week last month, President Barack Obama called on young people to not just be good at using technology—but to take interest in creating it, too."Don't just...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Consider Free Speech and the Internet
This week, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the case Elonis v. United States in its next term, which starts in October 2014. The case examines the intersection between free speech and criminal...
View ArticleThe History of the Future: Walter Isaacson on The Democracy of The Digital...
Walter Isaacson's passion lies at the intersection of American culture and technology. Most of his biographies—of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs—examine the innovators behind the...
View ArticleInternet at the Speed of Government? The Case Against Net Neutrality
Net neutrality—the idea that internet providers should treat all searches and traffic equally—gained a major advocate this week: President Barack Obama.In a taped statement released online, President...
View ArticleYou Might Hate Your Password, But It's A Part Of You
One of the most intimate pieces of our digital lives are our passwords: a secret that our fingers rehearse hour after hour and day after day. It's something that we whisper to only our closest and most...
View ArticleRevenge Hacks: Sony Debacle Puts Companies on Offensive
When news surfaced that Sony's networks had been breached by hackers days before Thanksgiving, an internal corporate crisis quickly escalated into a media frenzy that shuttered theaters out of fear of...
View ArticleThe CentCom Hack & The Age of Cybervandalism
During a week where President Obama is pushing out a series of initiatives to protect American cyber security, the U.S. Central Command's Twitter and Youtube accounts came under attack.U.S. Central...
View ArticleSlow Computing: The Conscientious Guide to Tech
The small frustrations of everyday technology are everywhere—we see it when our iPhone freezes up, when the MacBook rainbow spins and spins, or when the "Escape" button just won't do its job.Nathan...
View ArticleCardinals Investigated for Hacking Astros
Deflategate, meet hackgate.News of the latest big-league sports scandal broke on Tuesday when the FBI announced that it is investigating whether St. Louis Cardinals officials hacked into the computer...
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