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Banning Twitter at NFL Football Games

by Dave on September 8, 2009

It’s fourth and goal on the one yard line. Twitter is driving for the go-ahead score. The ball is hiked and Twitter is stopped short. The NFL wins the game!
Or do they? The NFL recently promised to crack down on fans Twittering play-by-play action during NFL games. We can certainly understand why they would impose the bans [...]

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The Day Google Stopped

by Dave on May 15, 2009

It happened on May 14, 2009. The day the world stopped spinning and people sat with empty gazes at the computer screens, their mouths slightly ajar, their fingers frozen over the keys. Phones rang, babies cried, dogs barked, but no one could do anything about it. Google had stopped working. Search queries hung in the [...]

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Twitter is Officially Cool

by Dave on March 2, 2009

Twitter has officially become cool. While this might be good news for most people, this is certainly not good news for geeks. It’s the Geek Way to stay on the bleeding edge of technology, to sit there in the corner grinning as cool kids ask “What are you typing, dork?”  It’s what we do, what [...]

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How to Avoid Phishing Scams

by Dave on July 7, 2008

Phishing is an attack that attempts to trick a user into divulging personal information, such as bank username and passwords. This attack is typically initiated through email and will contain links to fraudulent websites that look exactly like the legitimate site. A user that is not aware of these schemes will believe they are on the real [...]

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Spore | A “Burst” of Creativity

by Dave on June 27, 2008

Don’t read this.
And whatever you do, do NOT watch the video at the bottom of this page.
So you ask, “why are you even bothering to write this if you don’t want anyone to read or see it?” Well, I simply don’t know. But just stop reading, close your eyes and run away.
With that said, you [...]

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How to Organize Your Internet Favorites

by Dave on June 21, 2008

How to Organize Your Internet Favorites
Don’t be an Internet slob.
You may not be the type of person who leaves your socks on the floor or drinks directly out of the milk carton, but I bet if I were to open your Favorites menu in your web browser, I’d be horrified to find it littered with [...]

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