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  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Sen. Chuck Schumer Champions Push To Protect Privacy Of Smartphone Sexters

    ​Bad news, smart phone users: those penis private pics you snapped with your iPhone aren't as private as you'd probably hoped.Senator Chuck Schumer to the rescue.Schumer today announced that he's asked the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into whether smart phone apps on Apple a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    SOPA, PIPA, and Kill Switch Bill: Are They Back? Harry Reid to Push for Cyber Security

    Late last night Anonymous tweeted that the Senate was trying to sneak in SOPA under a new name, writing: "Le sigh. US Senate Really wants to go another round with the Internet?" The hacktivist group linked to an RT story detailing Sen. Harry Reid's still secretive plans to float an internet securit ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    Holiday Guide: Today's Hot Gadgets Will Be Tomorrow's Landfill

    The fire next time

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    De Santos Goes All iPad

    ​There's been much talk of restaurants using Ipads for menus (side note: having perused the iPad wine menu at Compose, we understand the appeal), but the West Village restaurant De Santos (139 West 10th Street, 212-206-9229) has taken things to the next level: Servers use iPad 2 tablets to tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Matthias Poehm, Hero, Establishes Political Party to Destroy PowerPoint

    ​Everybody hates PowerPoint. There is no disputing this. The only thing anyone has ever learned from a PowerPoint presentation is the fact that PowerPoint is worthless. Most of us just weakly accept that we can't escape Microsoft's juggernaut and continue to live in a world where animated tran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    The iPad 2 Will Change The Way You Spend $500

    Will It Have Number Munchers?​Steve Jobs surprised the crowd and received a standing ovation at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco today. It was thought Apple COO Tim Cook would fill in for the reportedly ailing Jobs, but the Turtlenecked One was there to announce the release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    The Daily Praises iPads With Gabrielle Giffords, Gets Bootlegged on Day Two

    ​It's day two of Rupert Murdoch's iPad newspaper, The Daily, which launched yesterday to many tweets. Already, they're dominating the online media conversation, in certain circles, but not just for the 360-degree photographs. This morning, the paper-less paper teased a "touching interview" wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Everything Dying End-Times Horror May Include...Spam

    ​End times watch! Amid the creatures washing up on our shores or dropping out of the sky dead, spam -- the digital kind -- has become something of an endangered species, according to BBC News, dropping from 200 billion messages sent every day in August to a mere 50 billion daily in December.

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    U.S. Travelers Will No Longer Be Able to Travel With Their Favorite Large Ink Cartridges

    A tampered-with large ink cartridge.​Well, this is going to put a damper on things. According to the latest air cargo security regulations (following reports of suspicious packages found on UPS planes en route from Yemen to Chicago, which turned out to contain explosives), airline passengers w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Jailbreaking Dongle Freedom! iPhone Users, DVD Copiers Oppressed No More!

    ​Have you ever wanted to play video games that Apple didn't sell on your iPhone? Have you ever wanted to use apps that Apple didn't sell on your iPhone? Have you ever wanted to switch carriers with your iPhone (because AT&T blows)? Have you ever wanted to copy a copy-protected DVD? Have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Early, Frenetic Adoption of iPad Leads to Early, Frenetic iPad Theft in Brooklyn

    ​Apple reports that 2 million iPads have been sold since the device hit the market a mere two months ago. Last Friday, iPads finally rolled out for a bunch of jealous countries including Australia, Britain, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. In July, Austria, Belgiu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Digital Yankee Pankee Outlawed: No iPads at Yankee Stadium

    ​As if it weren't enough for them to tell you when to stand, when to sit, and how much they're going to extort you for the privilege of watching a World Series team phone it in on important rivalry series', the Yankees management is now telling you which telecommunications devices you can (or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    The Schnorring of America -- Obama is About to End It

    ​As if it weren't enough for them to tell you when to stand, when to sit, and how much they're going to extort you for the privilege of watching a World Series team phone it in on important rivalry series', the Yankees management is now telling you which telecommunications devices you can (or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    The Schnorring of America -- Obama is About to End It

    ​As if it weren't enough for them to tell you when to stand, when to sit, and how much they're going to extort you for the privilege of watching a World Series team phone it in on important rivalry series', the Yankees management is now telling you which telecommunications devices you can (or ... More >>

  • People

    January 22, 2008

    Dan Savage Sells His Column (For Charity) This Week

    ​As if it weren't enough for them to tell you when to stand, when to sit, and how much they're going to extort you for the privilege of watching a World Series team phone it in on important rivalry series', the Yankees management is now telling you which telecommunications devices you can (or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2007

    How $2 Million Could Derail Open-Source Voting Machines in NY Elections

    ​As if it weren't enough for them to tell you when to stand, when to sit, and how much they're going to extort you for the privilege of watching a World Series team phone it in on important rivalry series', the Yankees management is now telling you which telecommunications devices you can (or ... More >>

  • Screens

    June 20, 2006

    All Hail

    With its new spreadsheet application, Google continues on its path toward world domination

  • Screens

    December 13, 2005

    Thousand Eyes

    Why is the Korean military mad at Google? Also: 50 Cent's old and new house.

  • Music

    November 15, 2005

    Tales From the Crypt

    As Sony dabbles with CD host-busters, a virus programmer remembers the bad old days

  • VLS

    November 1, 2005

    You've Got Wail

    As Sony dabbles with CD host-busters, a virus programmer remembers the bad old days

  • News

    August 17, 2004

    Tracks of Your Tears

    Don't cry when an iPod breaks a big house mix into a jillion pieces

  • News

    June 22, 2004

    Go For a Drive

    Backing up your system should be fast, cheap, and totally under control

  • News

    June 8, 2004

    Screwdriver Solution

    If your laptop heads for the beyond, be brave—try a hard-drive switch

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    Chip Shot

    Get real cash from Pentium suit? Get real.

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    Viral Marketing

    McAfee or Norton? Take the blinders off and say hello to Trend Micro.

  • News

    January 27, 2004

    Centrinomics

    Do You Really Need Intel Centrino Technology?

  • News

    December 16, 2003

    Battle Chips

    How to Choose the Right PC Microchip

  • News

    November 4, 2003

    Laptop Dancer

    An Audiophile's Guide to Sound-Card Upgrades

  • News

    October 28, 2003

    Screeching Halt

    Do Weird Computer Noises Point to Imminent Meltdown?

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Read, Write, Retouch

    The Best Ways to Learn Photoshop

  • News

    September 9, 2003

    Despise 'Ware

    The Best Ways to Learn Photoshop

  • News

    August 5, 2003

    Mac Daddy

    Is the G5 a Must-Have for Apple Fans?

  • News

    April 22, 2003

    Great Walls of Fire

    How to Keep Ruffians Out of Your Computer—for Free

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    Card Tricks

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    March 11, 2003

    Bugsplat

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    January 14, 2003

    Gator Bait

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    November 26, 2002

    Vinyl Resting Place

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    November 5, 2002

    Barely Legal

    How to Replace Your Outdated Video Card

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Virtually Helpless

    The threat of cyberwar looms large. Our best homeland defense may be surprisingly small

  • Books

    June 25, 2002

    Happy Hacking

    The threat of cyberwar looms large. Our best homeland defense may be surprisingly small

  • Film

    February 12, 2002

    Code Warriors

    The threat of cyberwar looms large. Our best homeland defense may be surprisingly small

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    Hacking the Future

    Why Code Crackers Will Lead the Digital Age

  • Long Island Voice

    January 11, 2000

    Searching in the Dark

    Why Code Crackers Will Lead the Digital Age

  • News

    October 19, 1999

    Talking to the Machine

    Finally, Software That Gets My Dichotomy — Or Is That Dike Hot to Me?

  • News

    June 15, 1999

    My Own Private Y2K

    Finally, Software That Gets My Dichotomy — Or Is That Dike Hot to Me?

  • News

    March 16, 1999

    Code Free

    Unleashing Progressive Politics on the Technopoly

  • News

    July 7, 1998

    Smashing Windows

    Linux, the David of Operating Systems, Poses a Threat to Microsoft's Goliath

  • News

    June 2, 1998

    Opening Windows

    Linux, the David of Operating Systems, Poses a Threat to Microsoft's Goliath

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