Within the last month, yet another technological marvel hit the market in the form of the Ipad. While the device has been a hit, doesn’t it seem that we are getting to the point that we are expecting a miracle to hit the market almost every month in the form of a technology gadget? You [...]

In a utopian world the government will keep its nose out of what is going on in cyberspace. But quietly and without notice, the government often approaches Google and asks them to remove content from their service. That doesn’t mean that the website the government doesn’t like isn’t out there. You just won’t find it [...]

One of the few areas of commerce that the government has had trouble getting their fingers into is online purchasing. Right now, if you buy something form Amazon, Overstock.com or many other big online retailers, you don’t pay sales tax. That is because sales tax is largely leveraged on local purchases made face to face. [...]

The Launch of the Ipad was expected to be a big deal and it was. As has happened with other new and exciting "toys" from Apple, when the Ipad hit the retail market, there were people lined up for hours to buy one. At $500 a pop, these unusual devices took off passing even Apple’s [...]

After 911, it seems the US were running around declaring war on everything that moved. They have an idea that somehow because we have big bombs and big tanks and a big army that we can easily beat the snot out of anyone in the world. That is why it should come as a huge [...]

The panic over online security for teenagers is one that gets to the point of hysteria pretty easily. All you need is one story hit the news about a poor teenage girl that was victimized from a chat room and the whole of the internet community goes into the panic mode. Of course, those stories [...]

Who would have ever guessed but a volcanic ash cloud has grounded flights across the UK. As  @sirjester so eloquently put it, seems as if the UK aviation authority know all too well the hidden dangers of the cloud.
But the real question of the day is, how many business executives are kicking themselves today and [...]

Over the last few years Twitter has carved it’s way amongst the Facebook’s and Linkedin’s of this world as a social media tool attracting millions of users a day. It’s probably one of the most polarising of social network applications with people either embracing it, or thinking it’s a complete waste of time. The marmite [...]

In the world of cybercrime, hackers and creators of malware and viruses that infect our computers and destroy them are the super villains of cyberspace. Now the US government is finding ways to turn that evil against hackers with a program where they authorize former criminals to turn their powers to do good for mankind [...]

The culture of Facebook is a busy place. If you have an active Facebook account, you know that between being poked by your hundreds of friends, playing Farm Town and surfing profiles, you can blow a lot of time having fun on the site. Part of that culture are the many applications that people love [...]

If you wanted to somehow estimate how much "information" is floating around on Facebook alone, that would be a huge task. But Facebook is just the tip of the iceberg of an avalanche of information that floods the internet every day. Have you ever have asked yourself, "Do we really need this much information at [...]