DNSChanger Malware And Internet Doomsday

Lock the doors! Hide the children in the root cellar! Stock up on canned food! DNSChanger is coming and it’s Internet Doomsday! If you see any of this coverage – which is now distressingly widespread – you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is actually...

Google News Badges And The Decline Of Western Civilization

When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog: “On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics...

Tech Tips And Tricks From David Pogue

Everyone might get something useful out of David Pogue’s column today for the New York Times, a collection of tips and tricks for cellphones and computers. Some of them are basic, some won’t apply, but I’ll bet you find a pearl or two that give you an “A Ha!” moment....

The Dark Side Of Search Engine Optimization

Previously: Google Spam Google Spam – Google Responds If you are interested in Search Engine Optimization and the business of running web sites, the New York Times has published a must-read article, “The Dirty Little Secrets Of Search.” The paper launched an...

How The Egyptian Government Turned Off The Internet

As internal unrest in Egypt worsens, the government has cut off nearly all Internet traffic into and out of the country. A few days ago the government cut off access to social networking websites, including Facebook and Twitter. Today the entire country is offline...