Will the internet remain open or will large corporations control access to the internet through increased pricing for faster broadband access to the World Wide…
Via: The Washington Post Macs get viruses too. For years, Mac users have been able to believe that they are safer than the average computer user and turned their noses up at antivirus software. But as Apple’s market share has grown, so has the threat to Mac users’ security. Last week, a Russian-based security company […]
In the 1980s, crack cocaine flowed through America’s inner cities in a rampant rush of enterprise and despair. As this lucrative drug trade exploded, addicts and authorities alike sought out dealers ready to capitalize. RELATED: Zuckerberg Has Grown-Up Plans For Facebook Suddenly the pager — a device developed nearly 40 years ago to quiet the […]
Gene Marks, a contributor to Forbes Magazine has written an article entitled “If I Were A Poor Black Kid.” The premise of the article is that despite economic and racial inequalities, education and technology is the new equalizer. Marks states that if he were a poor Black kid, he would utilize technology and attempt to […]
Yesterday, as I was walking back from the train station after a long day at work, I ran into someone I knew on the way home. After we exchanged greetings and we proceeded to chat, it quickly became hard to hold a conversation as we both seemed lost in our own worlds. We had both […]
Via Popsci Computer science researchers at Berlin’s Free University worked up this Chrysler minivan that can be controlled remotely by an iPhone app. The iDriver app controls steering, braking and acceleration. The system also sends a live video stream of the road ahead to the iPhone screen. The van can also drive itself. Read the […]
