Recently many users have been finding out something incredibly shocking: apps were not only accessing user information, but they were uploading ENTIRE address books (phone numbers, contact info, etc) and saving that data on their servers. The knowledge that your personal contact information is on a server just being “stored” […]
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Is ACTA treaty worse than SOPA and PIPA ?
As ACTA treaty, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, gains more and more government support, the internet world is revolting against it. This agreement is set to establish a new ruling body that would be responsible for targeting online piracy and was drafted/signed by a variety of countries. As of October 1, […]
Facebook historical IPO marks the beginning of this year
Almost eight years ago Facebook was in its beginnings stages being developed and nurtured by CEO Mark Zuckerburg. Despite its humble beginnings in a Harvard dormitory room, Facebook soon exploded past everyone’s expectations and has become an integral part of people’s social lives. Facebook has made news and headlines many […]
Google fined for aiding illegal drug companies online
Google, that witty, funny, and unwaveringly supportive search engine that has continued to bring us novel ideas and products, has, quite frankly let their greed overtake them. If you heard that Google employees were actively helping a man advertise illegal drugs online you’d be shocked right? Well what if you […]
IPv6 is nearly here to stay: World IPv6 Launch Day set for June 6
IPv6 is an extended addressing system for networks. It provides 3.4 x 1038 addresses (about 670 quadrillion addresses for every square mm of the entire surface of our planet), compared to 4.29 x 109 for IPv4, the existing protocol (not even one single IP address per person on Earth). Herein […]
The US never needed SOPA or PIPA
On the 18th of January 2012 the world banded together in an effort to show their opposition to two acts being proposed in the United States congress. These acts, as you may already know, are the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act and aim at culling the […]
A recent study revealed that half of the Computing Device Sales are Mobile
Some say that the fact that you can access your PC’s computing power remotely via mobile devices, that the PC already has one foot in the grave. Let me tell you, that the PC started smelling like road kill around 2005. It is long past burying. There will always be […]





