// I’m determined to learn computer programming in my lifetime. Yes, it’s all a foreign language to me, but I so admire the work that developers do. I think they should receive Emmy awards or something. Many of them certainly don’t get the recognition (or financial backing) they ... Continue Reading

As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadgets, ... Continue Reading

When you look at a list of top 10 websites in the world, or the U.S., which site do you expect to see on top? Google. Although Google still dominates the list most of the time, with 6.7 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2009, on Christmas ... Continue Reading

When you search for a music application for Facebook, what do you want from it? Personally, I’d like some radio stations, the ability to search and listen to specific tunes, and finally, the ability to create playlists and share them with your friends. Muziic is a new Facebook app that does ... Continue Reading

With 2009 nearing its end, we take a look at the most-pirated movie titles across various categories. Aside from the usual suspects such as Star Trek and Transformers, the list also includes a few surprising entries, and some notable absentees. 2009 has been a record breaking year at the box office, ... Continue Reading

In the last weeks tens of thousands of people have been hit by a major attack that harvested not only email addresses and passwords, but also their ‘security question’ and their alternate email address and password. This meant that not only could spam email be sent from those accounts, but if ... Continue Reading

Just a few days ago, Google announced the release of the Chrome OS source code. Within less than 24 hours, the web was littered with disk images for running the new OS on virtual machines such as VMWare and VirtualBox. I even managed to put together my own ... Continue Reading

Facebook has just added a new photo uploader tool to their Prototypes directory, the "labs" section of the social network where new programs are released for testing prior to their public rollout. The uploader dramatically improves on what was previously one of the worst experiences on Facebook: adding photos. Despite ... Continue Reading

// Computers that run on Google OS may boot up in only 7 seconds, like a TV. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Google reveals new details about its upcoming operating system The OS should boot up in 7 seconds, similar to a TV The operating system, called Chrome, is due out next ... Continue Reading

The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that's notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you'll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave ... Continue Reading

Still not sure why Google is building its own operating system? It created this animated video to try to explain why the Web needs a new OS, and why that OS should be Chrome. Google just showed the video at its Chrome OS press event which MG is liveblogging.Preview Company: Google Website: chrome.blogspot.com/2009/07/goog... Google Chrome ... Continue Reading