Happy (belated) birthday, World Wide Web! In the above cartoon, Odd Todd looks back on the infamous day back in August of 1991 that started it all.
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‘Spam King’ Sanford Wallace Could Face 16 Years in Prison
Sanford Wallace’s claim to fame as the Spam King dates back to the late ’90s, when his company, Cyber Promotions, became notorious for sending unsolicited junk emails to the masses.
Flash forward to 2011, and Wallace is now facing criminal charges for allegedly sending over 27 million spam messages through illegally phished Facebook …
Augmented Reality Lets You Try On Clothes from Online Shops
Up to this point we’ve seen maybe 2% of augmented reality’s latent potential. For the most part, applications of the technology have ranged from utterly useless, to transparently gimmicky, to “oh hey, that’s kind of cool.”
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But now, web retailers might want to start …
Mark Zuckerberg Somehow Wins Worst-Dressed Geek over Steve Jobs
So GQ has a gallery called The 15 Worst-Dressed Men Of Silicon Valley and—SPOILER ALERT—Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg took the top spot. Apple’s Steve Jobs came in second place.
Yes, Zuckerberg dresses like he’s still in college but, hey, two quick things: 1. He changes outfits and 2. He’s actually put on a jacket and tie …
Google Voice Open Outside U.S., Now Available in 38 Languages (Updated)
Updated: A Google representative writes in:
“Thanks for covering the calling from Gmail news. Just a clarification – this is actually an expansion of the calling from Gmail feature, not an expansion of Google Voice. Call Phones from Gmail allows you to use your computer to call any phone number. Google Voice is a separate product that
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Please Witness the Best 404 Error Page in Internet History
Ah, the lowly 404 page. Always unwanted, sometimes humorous, but most often a dumpy-looking page like this one:
And as far as funny and creative 404 pages go, this one may very well be the most elaborate in the history of the internet:
Nosh.me‘s 404 page is actually an embedded video featuring two soldiers of fortune (or …
Defense Department Initiative Seeks to Analyze Social Media Patterns
It’s no stretch to imagine that cyberspace will likely serve as another front in the wars of the future. But now, the Pentagon is reportedly kicking things into high gear with a new initiative which sets to track intel across social media. The program could cost up to $42 million and is currently soliciting research proposals.
The new …
How to Tweet Like a Man (Sort Of)
Fair warning: We’re defining “man” here in a much more nerdy way than, say, the tree-chopping, Dos Esquis-swigging sense. Here, we’ll be talking about male tweeting tendencies when computed from raw data through a field of study called sociolinguistics.
The study here was originally uncorked by Fast Company and is taken from a paper …
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Breaks Silence on Google+
Nearly a month after famed Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei was released from government detention, he’s finally broken his silence—on Google+.
It was a short message that Ai first posted in Chinese, announcing, “Greetings, I am here.” It was the first public message Ai has sent since he was released from three …
YouSendIt Now Offering Cheap, Unlimited Dropbox-style Storage
Despite a smattering of bad press thanks to some security loopholes, Dropbox remains one of the most widely used services on the web, now with over 25 million users. The way they got there is simple, really: Not only were they one of the first to offer free cloud-based storage, but they streamlined the process to make storing and sharing …
Study: Attacks Against Websites Attempted Every Two Minutes
Security company Imperva released the results of a study that found “web applications, on average, experience twenty seven attacks per hour, or roughly one attack every two minutes.” The company monitored 10 million attacks between December of last year and May of this year “targeting 30 different enterprise and government web …
Chrome Extension Lets You Port Facebook Events to Google Calendar
Facebook has been exceptionally restrictive when it comes to interfacing with Google, from privatizing search to its non-allowance of friend importing to Google+. Simply put: There isn’t much cross pollination between the two web companies, which, at times, can be a bit of a pain for users.
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