Thursday: March 11, 2010
- A list of ten useful website analytics tools for your analytical pleasure.
You may not have known but Google isn't the only game in town for getting some decent web statistics. This post covers some of the non-Google tools you can try out to gauge performance of your beloved web site or web apps.
Monday: March 8, 2010
- Announcement from Cisco on Tuesday promises to 'forever change the Internet'.
Cisco has clearly stated is designed to bring the company's highly acclaimed enterprise Telepresence video system into consumer living rooms, there may be enough of the sewing done to talk now about exactly how Cisco will deliver new end-to-end Web 2.0 capabilities...
Friday: March 5, 2010
- Funeral for Internet Explorer 6 held yesterday over in Colorado.
Internet Explorer Six, known to friends and family as 'IE6,' is survived by son Internet Explorer Seven, and grand-daughter Internet Explorer Eight. To better accommodate the overwhelming response, we're changing the venue.
Thursday: March 4, 2010
- Samsung pulls the curtain back on Internet-capable fridge.
A fancy new Internet-enabled refrigerator will set you back about two grand according to this Yahoo article. Your cold cuts can finally have their very own spot on the information superhighway. Welcome to the future.
Tuesday: February 16, 2010
- Microsoft pulls the curtain back on their brand new Zune-like Phone.
That's quite an interesting user interface that Microsoft has come up with for this device and I wonder how useful it will actually be in day-to-day use. Also, I appreciate their underlying message/tactic of designing the gadget to be the complete opposite of the iPhone.
Monday: February 1, 2010
- Google decides to start dropping support for Internet Explorer 6.
All it took was a couple of cyber attacks from the aging browser to warrant Google's position to drop support. Seriously, if you still use IE6 (or IE7 for that matter) - upgrade your browser. Your making the Internet cry.
Monday: January 25, 2010
- Internet access finally comes to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
And what did the astronauts do first with said brand new Internet access capabilities? Why they sent the first tweet from space of course. NASA expects this newly announced capability to 'enhance morale and productivity.'
Monday: December 28, 2009
- Ford would like to turn your automobile into a wifi hotspot on the highway.
Great, so now you wardrive for wifi by actually wardriving for wifi. 'Quick, follow that blue car, they've got a good signal!' Something about this whole thing tells me that all roads will be a little less safer.
Wednesday: December 23, 2009
- Six predictions regarding the future of the Internet.
A great writeup with some interesting thoughts on what the future might hold for the glorious place that is the Interwebs. Your Minority Report interface just may be hiding around the corner.
Tuesday: December 1, 2009
- A glimpse into the evolution of web design just for you.
The original table markup in HTML was meant for displaying tabular data, but designers quickly realized they could utilize it to give structure to their designs, and create more complicated, multi-column layouts than HTML was originally capable of.
Monday: November 23, 2009
- Always wondered just how heavy the entire Internet would actually be?
The answer? About 498,438,559,990kgs according to CNET's UK site which would be about 1,098,868,920,000 pounds or roughly 549,434,460 short tons. That's heavy stuff, Doc.
Thursday: November 19, 2009
- Microsoft spills some details to developers regarding Internet Explorer 9.
We’re looking at the performance characteristics of all the browser sub-systems as real-world sites use them. Our goal is to deliver better performance across the board for real-world sites, not just benchmarks.
- The top ten Internet moments of the decade according to the Webby Awards.
A collection of Internet events that, if you're anything like me, will make you feel older than usual having actually lived through all ten of the events. Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when Napster fell? Do you?
Monday: November 16, 2009
- The grand history of the Internet, in a nutshell.
While the complete history of the Internet could easily fill a few books, this article should familiarize you with key milestones and events related to the growth and evolution of the Internet between 1969 to 2009.
Tuesday: November 3, 2009
- A handy tutotial on how to browse the Interwebs without leaving a trace.
A comprehensive guide from the folks at Lifehacker regarding how to surf the web and then make a successful attempt at covering your tracks. Not that you have anything to hide, right?
Monday: November 2, 2009
- A list of the top Internet memes of 2009 thus far.
You'll recognize this little gem as well as several others that have probably been emailed to you at some point during the course of this year. Thank you, Interwebs.
Wednesday: October 21, 2009
- Turns out that Verizon's CEO is not a big fan of net neutrality.
He argued that imposing stricter regulations would pit network providers against application providers in a way that would ruin the Internet's potential for economic growth and societal change.
Tuesday: October 13, 2009
- A look back at fifteen years of web browsers.
Navigator was the first commercial Web browser to be wildly successful, rapidly achieving 90 percent market share before Microsoft entered the fray and took over the market. By 2000, Netscape's market share would fall under 1 percent...
Monday: September 28, 2009
- Want to know which ten states get the most spam?
'Interestingly, the top three most spammed states were among the 10 least spammed states in 2008,' the company said in the report.
Thursday: September 24, 2009
- Internet Explorer runs ten times faster with Google Chrome Frame plugin.
Something tells me that Microsoft won't be too happy about this little bit of news.
Wednesday: September 23, 2009
- Google offers up a solution for Internet Explorer users.
This free plugin from Google will allow you to turn your version of IE into Google Chrome complete with all of today's great open web technologies. Bravo Google, bravo.
Tuesday: September 22, 2009
- Facebook teams up with Nielsen to gather up advertising statistics.
While Facebook has been growing in prominence as a digital ad destination, it's still had to do some convincing to combat the industry attitude that social-media advertising doesn't work.
Monday: September 21, 2009
- A video gallery of Internet memes that made their way into Scribblenauts.
Keyboard cat and Rick Astley both make guest appearances. Yea, I'll be adding this one to my Christmas list this year.
- Ten revealing infographics concerning the Interwebs.
A collection of interesting graphs covering a variety of Internet related stuff from social networking popularity to the use of submarine cables for Internet access. Quite revealing indeed.
Tuesday: September 15, 2009
- The top five web trends of 2009 according to ReadWriteWeb.
It's been a fun year so far hasn't it? Now please go back to enjoying your personalized linked data that may or may not be portable on your mobile web which may or may not be capable of augmenting your reality.
Monday: September 14, 2009
- A handy tutorial regarding how to fix a busted Ethernet plug.
Another common techie problem solved with the aid of Instructables.
Friday: September 11, 2009
- Some interesting factoids regarding what would happen if you printed the entire Internet.
Yes, you'd be killing quite a few trees in the process.
Tuesday: September 1, 2009
- The Internet Channel for your beloved Wii is now available for free.
Nintendo is also going to compensate those who actually purchased this channel in the past. Now, please update the version of Flash that's bundled with it so I can watch Hulu.
Friday: August 21, 2009
- Movie theaters decide to scale back on printing show times in newspapers.
This probably doesn't bode too well for the newspaper industry what with recent declines and all. Cancel your subscriptions! Abandon ship!
- Have an Internet Addiction Disorder? There's a clinic for that over in Washington.
The mission of this innovative program is to help adults, addicted to video games and the internet, detach from their high-tech distractions, find balance, and reconnect to the real world.
