10 Reasons You'll Never Quit Facebook. Rant: If You’re Not On Facebook, It’s Time To Get Over Yourself. Oh, yeah, I’m not on Facebook.
Like, it’s so invasive. If you’ve said anything like this, I feel bad for you. Facebook has over half a billion users. Almost everyone I know uses it. Predicting the Present, First Five Years of Wired. Image from Mark Higgison I was digging through some files the other day and found this document from 1997.
It gathers a set of quotes from issues of Wired magazine in its first five years. I don’t recall why I created this (or even if I did compile all of them), but I suspect it was for our fifth anniversary issue. I don’t think we ever ran any of it. Reading it now it is clear that all predictions of the future are really just predictions of the present. Better Than Free. [Translations: Belarusian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish] The internet is a copy machine.
At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it. In order to send a message from one corner of the internet to another, the protocols of communication demand that the whole message be copied along the way several times. IT companies make a lot of money selling equipment that facilitates this ceaseless copying. Every bit of data ever produced on any computer is copied somewhere. Our digital communication network has been engineered so that copies flow with as little friction as possible. This super-distribution system has become the foundation of our economy and wealth. Untitled. All The News Fit to Write: Liberia’s Analog Blackboard Blog. (image via: Neatorama) Imagine not being able to check your favorite blogs or even read the news every day.
Whether because you can’t afford the newspaper or because the local government doesn’t allow access to the news, it would put you in the dark permanently. It’s a fact of life for countless people in the world. Coolest Gadget Magazine. With this G-PAD, a slide-on silicone sleeve which turns your smartphone into a Game Boy.
Created by Aws Jan who's currently trying to raise $16,000 on Indiegogo to put it into production, the G-PAD is designed to work with an iOS Game Boy emulator called GBA4iOS that doesn't require iPhone users to Jailbreak or hack their hardware to install. The sleeve slides up and onto an iPhone so that it perfectly covers the emulator's on-screen controls. There's no additional software needed and no Bluetooth connectivity. Cell Phone Spying: Is Your Life Being Monitored? It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is awry. Long gone are the days of simple wiretapping, when the worst your phone could do was let someone listen in to your conversations. The new generation of tools provides a lot more power.
Eavesdropping is easy. All it takes is a two-minute software install and someone can record your calls and monitor your text messages. Product reviews and prices, software downloads, and tech news - CNET. 15 Outstanding Tools to Collect, Organize and Share Your Web Experience. If you’re a blogger, journalist, or simply have a desire for more knowledge, you’ve most definitely faced information organization problems.
Sometimes being able to access and find information quickly is crucial. Nowadays the web is enormous and it’s a big advantage to have a place where you can store all your bookmarks, pictures and links, access them anytime, anywhere and be able share them quickly. Popgadget Personal Technology for Women. Jeff Saltons profile. Many Muggles, fans and aficionados of the Harry Potter franchise would no doubt be aware that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park and Resort opened last June.
Richard Stallman. American free software activist Richard Matthew Stallman (; born March 16, 1953), often known by his initials, rms,[1] and occasionally upper-case RMS, is an American free software movement activist and programmer.
He campaigns for software to be distributed in a manner such that its users receive the freedoms to use, study, distribute, and modify that software. Software that ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote the GNU General Public License. Stallman launched the GNU Project in September 1983 to create a Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software.[2] With this, he also launched the free software movement.
In 1989, he co-founded the League for Programming Freedom. Early life[edit] Stallman was born March 16, 1953,[12] in New York City, to a family of Jewish heritage. Harvard University and MIT[edit] GNU project[edit]