Even though the Internet has been around a relatively short while, people often pontificate about what this digital domain says about us. And that’s a
I recently spotted an article from The Spectrum called “Keeping Tabs on Kid’s Tech” and was impressed with what one family did when it came
One of the most famous scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 sci-fi masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey involves astronaut Dave Bowman’s attempt to convince an increasingly
In the dingier recesses of our minds, there are parts of us that we probably wouldn’t want everyone around us to see. You know, those
Social media combined with Internet usage is devastating workers’ productivity and nuking students’ studying time. That’s the assessment from the folks over at learnstuff.com, who
Hey there! Great to see you again! It’s been a bit hectic reconnecting with you. Everything was ticking along just dandily—words were showing up on
The only constant in life is change, so they say. And that’s particularly true if part of your life is lived online. And now change
In our increasingly wired world, sometimes we run into really nasty things in cyberspace through no fault of our own. I had one of those
Ah, passwords. They’re our protectors. Our safety blankets. They’re good and we love them. Sorta. As we all know, nearly everything we do nowadays—from playing
I have seen the inside of Google—the very symbol of technological omnipotence—and it looks like a cross between an Orwellian preschool and the Death Star.
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