Image Origins
Posted on August 18, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Online Tools, Photos | Leave a Comment
Kind of like Copyscape for the written word, a new visual search engine has been released in Beta that could help photographers keep up with their works online by tracking when and where they may appear on the web.
Read More..>>News Sources
Posted on August 17, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Newspapers, Television | Leave a Comment
What are yours? New studies show, not too surprisingly, that fewer USians are reading newspapers and more are getting their dose of news online. In spite of that, TV is still the prime source for news.
If you look at it demographically,
Internet Radio’s Last Stand
Posted on August 16, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Radio | Leave a Comment
It may really be this time. After a reprieve, time seems to be the enemy of Internet radio stalwarts like Pandora.
Pandora is one of the most popular Web radio services, with about 1 million listeners every day. It’s a really great idea that I have used since its very beginning.
Password Prompts
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under General, Internet, Security | Leave a Comment
It’s been drilled into us for ages about password uniqueness and strength. Some sites now have an indicator to show how good your password is while creating it.
Read More..>>Broadband Slows Down
Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under AT&T, Broadband, Internet, Verizon | Leave a Comment
Broadband signups have slowed to their lowest point in seven years in the US. You would think that every year would show significant improvement over the previous year indicating widespread availability and widespread acceptance.
Read More..>>Gmail Down…Again
Posted on August 11, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Google Gmail, Internet | Leave a Comment
Though it seldom used to occur, the outages at Gmail are beginning to make one wonder about the reliability of home in the cloud.
There was some problem with Google Apps last week and now a system-wide outage has occurred today that left users pondering…
Search or Email?
Posted on August 10, 2008 - Filed Under Google, Internet, Online Tools | Leave a Comment
Which one do you do more frequently on a daily basis?
According to a new study, almost half of all Internet users use search engines on an average day, though I can’t imagine a day without searching or researching.
I Was Working…
Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under General, Internet, Site News | Leave a Comment
Is that what you tell your boss?
Do you need to prove it or like Dilbert’s Wally can you just slough your way through with meaningless drivel aimed at your pointy-haired boss?
Firefox vs. Windows
Posted on August 2, 2008 - Filed Under Firefox, Internet, Microsoft | Leave a Comment
Microsoft has shrugged off the presence of alternative browsers over the years, including Firefox. While all the rest have made minimal impact in the way users browse the Internet (lots of people have tried lots of different browsers but inevitably seem to return to IE for one reason or another), Firefox has been the one […]
Read More..>>More than 1 trillion…
Posted on July 26, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Internet | Leave a Comment
McDonald’s announced in 1963 via signs at all their restaurants — ‘more than 1 billion served.’
Google has just announced an almost unbelievable figure as well. They have now discovered