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Aleph Molinari Bridges the Digital Divide

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Written By: Amy Prtichard Economist Aleph Molinari has set out to save the world. Much like the healing benefits of one acupuncture needle in the correct spot, technology can be inserted into various locales to heal the world. He professes that technology isn’t going to save the world, we are. Human energy can use technology [...]

First SOPA, now ACTA?

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Written by Elaine Zuo Say you’re the owner of a thriving website that you’ve been working years to maintain. Your homepage displays a short video clip from a movie that you thought added punchy dialogue to your site’s message. Upon the passage of ACTA, your domain is completely taken down due to copyright infringement and [...]

Anonymous Shuts Down FBI Site Following Arrest of MegaUpload Founders

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Written by: Alexandra Paskulin In response to the Jan. 19 arrests of Megaupload founders in New Zealand, major US websites are shutdown by hacktivist group Anonymous in protest of anti-piracy laws.  Following the mass protest of SOPA/PIPA legislation by prominent websites including Wikipedia, Google and Craigslist, the widely used file-sharing site Megaupload was shut down [...]

Pending anti-piracy bills stir debate and protests

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Written by: Shauna Bannan Proposed anti-piracy laws SOPA and PIPA have yielded protests and debate among Internet activists and the media industry as the House and Senate move closer to a decision. Thousands of Internet sites and activists have recently come together to oppose two anti-piracy bills. The two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act [...]

‘Computers of the Future’ as envisioned by Americans.

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Computers are penetrating more and more in our everyday lives and becoming a necessity. Tablet Pc’s are bridging the gap between smart phone devices and heavier bulkier laptops. Operating system is coming to the web with Google Chrome on Cloud, changing the desktop dynamics with a cost effective and portable solution. The most intriguing question [...]

Think Multitasking pays! How about a Million Dollars?

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Less than twenty four hours to the announcement of the fourth version of iPhone, with a highlight on its most sought after ‘multitasking’ feature, a New York Times story shockingly reveals how multitasking is affecting our everyday lives. Not in a good way that is. In a series of articles by the New York Times, [...]

When a Computer Virus attacks Human Body….

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We are all aware of virus attacks on our computers but imagine a time when these same viruses start attacking human beings on our planet. No, that’s not a plot for some upcoming sci-fi movie, though if this article meets a discerning Hollywood director’s eyes, it might eventually be made into one. Cybernetic Intelligence Research Group [...]

Samsung Partners with James Cameron in 3D Television Venture

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Samsung partners with James Cameron to create more 3D content for its new 3DHD Televisions

Nintendo Continues to Evolve with Gamers

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Nintendo is a revolutionary organization that has evolved its consoles to meet the needs and desires of gamers for over 25 years.

Bloom Box to End Energy Woes

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Though this seems to deviate from regular stuff that is posted here, it still needs to be mentioned due to its implications on computer world. We are talking about Bloom Box, a fuel cell like device invented by K R Sridhar of Bloom Energy is expected to get rid of all our energy woes in [...]