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Air Force Colonel Wants Friendly Botnet
When you hear of spam or cyber attacks taking place, you can bet your bottom dollar that a botnet is at the bottom of it. Simply put, a botnet is a collection of computers – totally unaware of their involvement – being enslaved to do the bidding of someone. From there these zombie computers are […]
MIT Students Demonstrate the Power of Android
The second half of this year is going to bring with it one of the most highly anticipated technology releases, paralleling last year’s release of the Apple iPhone. Google, the internet search and advertising giant, will be releasing its Android operating system for mobile phones.
Google is billing Android as “a software stack for mobile devices […]
Jack Thompson = Monumental Douchebag
There are many things in my life that I dislike and hate. I am not the most peaceable of fellows around, and I do not care in the slightest. However, close to the top of my list – and thus, of a hatred and dislike that surmounts the everyday dislikes such as peas, hot weather […]
Wikipedia: Fight!
Wikipedia has created more controversy than O.J. Simpson and Bill Clinton put together in its short history. The online encyclopedia, open to editing by the general public, is both an invaluable location for research, and a minefield of badly backed up opinions.
A recent article from Lawrence Solomon, of the Financial Post, at the National Post […]
Social Networks as the new Online Search? I damn well hope not…
In this day and age the internet is forever changing. People throw around terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 as if they were candy, when in reality, the former is frustrating to hear every four minutes and the latter is nothing but nonsense.
As the resident Daily Galaxy Geek (ooh, that’s should be my title), […]
Microsoft Office to Blame for Entry in Pro-Tibet Group Hacks
There have been rumors and slices of information trundling around the internet for the past few months suggesting that China has been covertly attacking computers in the US. The Pentagon has revealed that its servers have been hacked numerous times, and defense contractors are likewise blaming China for hacks in to their systems.
Furthermore, in the […]
Only Half of Digital Universe to be stored by 2011
A recent study conducted by IDC and sponsored by the information management giant EMC, has provided a look in to the growth of our digital information, as well as a mind bending prediction for the future.
Using a complex mathematical formula, the study was able to estimate the size of the “digital universe.” In other words, […]
Gaming Just Got Exciting; Brain Control Headset
Apparently we’ve just arrived in the future, because coming soon to store shelves near you is a headset that lets your brain control the movement and actions in a video game.
The neuro-headset will pick up the interaction of neurons in your brain, allowing you to control the game you are playing simply by thinking about […]
Conspiracy Theorists Loving Unfolding Middle Eastern Internet Drama
If you haven’t been listening or watching or reading the news the past week or so, then we might forgive you’re ignorance. But the majority of people will know that there have been several internet-cable snaps over in the Middle East. The number keeps growing; first 3, then 4, now its 5! Needless to say, […]
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and the Technological Deal of the 21st Century
This article originally seen on Canada Free Press, located here.
If you’ve been living under a rock for the past week then I will excuse you some measure of ignorance concerning the possibility of a hostile takeover of web original Yahoo. It seems that Microsoft, in a last ditch effort to gain market share […]
Google’s Android to Premiere on a Dell?
It wasn’t all that long ago – look back to November 5, 2007 – that Google finally unveiled what it hopes will be its iPhone killer; and it looks like they have a winner. At least, that is my definition of a winner; a powerful and financially safe company backing a top product and […]
Have You Been Photonapped?
This article will be published on the 30th of January, 2008, at Daily Galaxy.com. I am the author of both however, and thus no copyright or reprint issues exist. It also explains the duplication of information in this post, and the following (preceding?) post.
In a day and age where the internet has provided ease […]
the culture of ownership
Molly Wood, from Cnet.com and their insanely popular podcast Buzz Out Loud, has finally gotten around to creating the long awaited Culture of Ownership website. As defined by the Urban Dictionary (a succinct description, OK’d by Molly, written by a BOL listener) describes the culture of ownership as thus;
The general feel in todays society […]
Commodore SX-64 vs. Macbook Air; Telling Summary!
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