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When Hackers Attack, Earthquakes Follow

Hackers of the world have gone wild, infiltrating a variety of sites such as those of the CIA, PBS, and just the other day, NBC.  Supposedly “secure” servers of companies as notable as JP Morgan Chase and Sony have been hacked to get credit card or customer information. In fact, hacking has had such a substantial ... Read more

So Many Kid Sites, So Little Time

Saying that there are a ton of sites for kids on the Internet is like saying there’s a lot of sand on the beach.  Sifting through all the sites out there to find the good and avoid the bad can be quite the daunting task especially with all the new sites popping up.  Should my ... Read more

Protecting Your Memories by Protecting Your Devices

Losing certain objects is like losing certain parts of our personal lives.   We can set stuff down and forget to pick it up, or get our entire bag stolen at a coffee shop or airport.  It seems like we had it one second and the next it’s gone.  Whether it happens through villainy or absentmindedness, ... Read more

When a Child Goes Missing, an iPhone App Can Help

According to a survey released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children not enough parents in the United States know vital statistics about their children: height, hair color, eye color, weight, etc.  Young children change in physical appearance so rapidly that it can be a challenge to keep up with this information.  And in ... Read more

The Bachelorette and Table for Two Please

Did you watch this week’s final episode of The Bachelorette?  Ashley finally chose the bachelor she wants to spend the rest of her life with…and he chose her too.  Even though the season started back in May and finished in August, the actual events that took place happened over a mere 6 weeks or less.  ... Read more

Nightmare Renters from Airbnb

Until recently, the name Airbnb was not something tossed around in the average news cycle or dinner party.  However, since a story recently broke about malicious use of rented property and Airbnb’s apparent woeful management of the crisis, the name is everywhere…and not in a good way. Airbnb describes itself as a company engaged in “unlocking ... Read more

The Bachelorette and the Creepy Masked Bachelor

Did you see The Bachelorette last night?  One of the bachelors has been wearing a creepy looking black mask under the guise that Ashley, our bachelorette, should judge him based on what is on the inside and not the outside.  She should listen to his words spoken, his statements made.  She should do everything she ... Read more

Silent Jury, Speaking Public

As the Casey Anthony trial begins to heat up, the media pushes out every word spoken inside the halls of justice to the awaiting public —  a public full of opinions on her guilt or innocence.  Lawyers on both sides have spent hundreds of hours preparing for this trial, consulting jury experts, prepping witnesses, and ... Read more

Talking About Technology, Not the Royal Wedding

There's no avoiding it, the royal wedding is everywhere. Stories of Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day have consumed every form of media from Internet news sites, gossip magazines, television programming to every major newspaper in the world. It's events like this that make us realize how much technology and the Internet in particular ... Read more

The Reality of “TRUST”

I had the honor of being asked by Millennium Entertainment to a screening of the upcoming movie “TRUST”, directed by David Schwimmer, and starring Clive Owens and Catherine Keener.  As the credits rolled at the end, I was left with a host of emotions from pain to sadness and with re-ignited memories of the Internet ... Read more

The Bachelorette and The Illusion of Reality

Did you watch this week’s episode of The Bachelorette? Ashley and the remaining three bachelors escaped to the Fiji Islands, one of the most perfect vacation spots in the world, where Ashley talked repeatedly about just how perfect everything was there. She even talked about just how perfect each bachelor was for her and just ... Read more

The Bachelorette and the Search for the Perfect Resume

Have you caught the last two episodes of The Bachelorette? Ashley has continued to talk about Bentley, and like many of you, I’ve been counting the number of times she says Bentley’s name per episode. Interspersed in all this talk of Bentley, something else very business-like about this process has emerged. Perhaps it is because ... Read more

Location Based Check-Ins: A Good Idea or a Dangerous Game?

With the increasing popularity of applications like Foursquare and Facebook Places, location based services (LBS), or check-ins, are becoming part of our everyday lives more so than ever before.  Location based services are applications that run on Internet connected devices, usually mobile ones, that use a GPS to locate the phone/user and provide the user ... Read more

Epsilon and the Disappearance of Millions and Millions of Email Addresses

Until recently, most of the general public was totally unfamiliar with a company called Epsilon.  And even if some of us had heard of it, we never would have thought that it would soon become an international focal point. Epsilon is a firm that manages email-marketing campaigns for large companies.  Managing these campaigns requires massive amounts ... Read more

Taking a Moment to Pause With Phone Hacking Scandal

For companies that can be broken if their security breaks (anything from email providers, to cell phone providers), headlines like “Phone Hacking Scandal” should garner special attention. The latest “phone hacking” scandal involving allegations that reporters at News of the World listened to or tampered with voicemails of, potentially, over 10,000 victims, has left many ... Read more

The Bachelorette and the Drunken Passed Out Bachelor

Did you see The Bachelorette season opener this week?  One of the bachelors drank a bit too much and ended up passed out drunk on a couch at the mansion.  None of the other bachelors and not even Ashley could wake him up.  Eventually, a group of the guys carried him out of the mansion ... Read more

Alert: Camp Counselor Enters Digital Age

Here's a hypothetical story. Johnny, a shy local boy of about 12, attended a sleep-away camp. His counselor helped Johnny make friends with the other kids, who seemed intimidating to Johnny. Johnny was proud to gain confidence, and his parents were grateful to the counselor for helping Johnny grow. This would be a great story if ... Read more

Scammers Don’t Need Your Charity

“OH MY GOD! That is SO sad!”, you say as you watch the tragic news on TV or read through the articles you find on Google News or MSNBC.com about the recent tsunami in Japan. Then suddenly, as if someone was listening, you get an email titled – “Help Tsunami Victims Now!” In the email, there are ... Read more

Hanging in the Clouds

The Internet is abuzz with discussion of a new technology called cloud computing. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google are leading the way in introducing this new technology to the public. With the launch of any new technology come a variety of questions. What exactly is cloud computing? Do I need it? Are there ... Read more

The Bachelorette and the Hope of Truth

Did you see The Bachelorette this week? Ashley spent the entire time talking about how much she missed Bentley, almost to the point that we were ready to hit the off button on our remotes.  But, like me, I am sure you stuck it out.  And if you listened carefully, caught between the ramblings about ... Read more