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Editor's Note: This article was written by Sam Phippen, a swashbuckling hacker from Bristol, UK. He writes code. He has a website. And sometimes he tweets. Bitcoin is an incredibly strange phenomenon. It … [Read more...]
We're all marching in lockstep toward the end of yet another amazing product -- a product that is being killed off simply because it is no longer part of its creator's mission. This time, it's the Adobe AIR version of … [Read more...]
Last night on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert decided it was time to explain Bitcoin and as you would expect, it was quite hilarious. If you're not familiar with what Bitcoin is don't fret because the video will … [Read more...]
What do you do if you're diagnosed with an illness or have a strange symptom? You probably go to WebMD or another medical information site (or God forbid, Google it and find out you have the Bubonic Plague). But … [Read more...]
Remember years ago, when we had to wait – sometimes minutes at a time – for computers to dial up to the Internet? With that awful noise in tow, desktop owners everywhere had to decide between taking phone calls, or … [Read more...]
There are many companies trying to compete in the streaming music category, such as Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody. The same goes for streaming video, where Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime are battling it out. But there … [Read more...]
When it comes to web hosting, there two key components that rule them all. The first is bandwidth, how much data can you transfer and how fast can you transfer it. The second is storage, how much data can you keep on … [Read more...]
My fellow Internet users, today marks the day, after much delay that the Six Strikes System (also known as the Copyright Alert System) goes into effect. Over the course of the next several days, participating ISP's … [Read more...]
I have a small confession to make. When the Codecademy "Code Year" projected started at the beginning of 2012, I excitedly jumped on board. I had some experience with ASP back in high school, but aside from that and some … [Read more...]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski must be paying attention to efforts like Google's and the City of Seattle's Gigabit Internet projects, as he's now pushing for at least one community in all 50 states to establish … [Read more...]
The "Internet of Things" isn't a new term -- in fact, it was first coined by Kevin Ashton back in 1999 -- but it's one that is starting to be used much more frequently. It's an idea whose time has come. More objects now … [Read more...]
A big tech story at the end of last week involved CNET and Dish Network, which showed off its commercial-skipping Hopper device at CES. The Hopper received rave reviews from CNET writers and was accepted into the site's … [Read more...]
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