Xbox One was Steve Jobs’ Idea
Why you should lock your ideas until it’s patented ‘Today, I saw something very close to Steve Jobs’ dream device. ‘Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television. His fantasy device would control all the many doodads that crowd your living room—DVRs, game consoles, Blu-ray players—and […]
Another Activist Case on Facebook
Israeli blogger threatened for inciting to create ‘chaos’ against government I just learned from this case that Israel is a bit democratic domestically. Really ‘Hayun said his attorney subsequently spoke with the police, who told her that Hayun did not have to go to the police station, but that he should regard this as a […]
Most Controversial Facebook Post Yet
20 Years in Prison for a Facebook Post? And just yesterday, my post was The Danger with Facebook Pages ‘On May 1st, Cam allegedly posted some lyrics to a rap he was writing on Facebook. It contained a vague reference to the Boston Marathon bombing and political speech calling the Whitehouse a “federal house of […]
Why Fund-transfer Services Can’t Defeat PayPal
Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account ‘The consequences could be severe.’ ‘The federal health law requires most Americans to carry health insurance starting next January. The presents a particular problem for those households. Most health plans accept a credit card for the first month’s premium payment and then require customers to pay […]
The Danger with Facebook Pages
Do you have a FB page you rely on heavily? If FB bans it for some reason, you are banned from creating any more new pages Why would your Page get banned? ‘How to avoid such a situation There are many reasons for which your page can be shut down including: 1) Your Page does […]
Is Morality Without Religion Possible?
I don’t see why that has to be ‘an experiment that’s never been tried’. Isn’t it enough knowing someone who is an atheist but is more moral than religionists? ‘…de Waal’s argument, which he has been making for years, is strengthened by the fact that recent research is starting to paint a better picture of […]
Help Protect Your Kids On The Internet With DNS Angel
Reblogged from What's On My PC: Keeping our kids from being exposed to the bad sites on the internet, such as pornography, is a real challenge. There are numerous software options that a parent can install to protect their kids, but knowing what I know about software, computers and parenting; the software option often falls […]
Why Predatory Publishing is Dangerous
Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly? Because I use my netbook most of the time, I’m very grateful for mobile-friendly sites I don’t have to adjust page sizes Why Your Website Should Be Mobile-Friendly ‘In late 2012, Google conducted an independent survey titled “What Users Want Most From Mobile Sites Today.” Of the 1,088 smartphone users that […]
FBI’s Online Wiretapping and your Computer
How the FBI’s online wiretapping plan could get your computer hacked ‘The fundamental problem is that eavesdropping facilities are a double-edged sword. They make it easier for the U.S. government to spy on the bad guys. But they also make it easier for the bad guys to hack our computers and spy on us. And, […]
Genetically-modified Humans
They are already walking among us ‘According to the original DailyMail article, Jacques Cohen, a former employee at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine & Science of Saint Barnabas in New Jersey, came up with a way to blend the genes of multiple mothers into a single egg that can then be fertilized with sperm from […]
