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Emil Dudek, a South Wales, U.K., technology enthusiast has for eight years been acquiring calculators made in the 1970s, deconstructing them, photographing them, analyzing the technology and posting them to his website with specs and comments. In all, his site features five hundred eighty-three calculators and 128 brands. “Calculators were what we drooled after as [...]

U.S. District Judge Patti Saris sentenced convicted computer hacker Albert Gonzalez to 20 years in prison for stealing 40 million debit and credit card numbers that resulted in an economic loss of US$200 million. The sentence actually closes what was the largest credit and debit card theft in U.S. banking history. Gonzalez might have been [...]

The iPhone community has given a strong reaction to the news that some app review sites have pay-to-play policies. More than a few developers responded by promising to avoid sites with these kinds of policies. Paid reviews are not against-the-law, although critics of the practice say requiring money in exchange for reviews creates an inevitable [...]

Were you wondering why I hadn't posted on this yet? Wonder no more. Online Marketing has the final, or so we think final, scoop on Google's standoff with the Chinese government. I am sure that you've all heard by now – Google is ending its Communist-mandated censorship of search results and directing queries to its [...]

Facebook, due to its 400 million status-updating asparagus-farming, link-sharing, party picture-posting denizens, has risen to the top of the Internet heap once again, surpassing — at least according to one ranking, Google, in total U.S. visitors for the third time this year. Facebook accounted for 7.07% of all U.S. Internet visits for the week ending [...]

For those who have not heard of it, RankSpeed is a search and ranking tool which helps you find the best Websites and products by doing a sentiment analysis on the Twitter/blogosphere. It analyzes the data in social media to rank results by any item or query entered as a keyword, plus a sentiment about [...]

Shoppers are increasingly turning to e-tailers for their product needs and wants instead of wandering through the mall, hoping that they find the right product, and that it's the right size, color, price, etc. If you have been reading this blog, then surely you realize this. Recent figures from the Department of Commerce show that [...]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet on Saturday, and demanded that authorities crack down on a critical news Web site which he accused of spreading false information. In a televised speech, Chavez said: "The Internet can't be something free where anything can be done and said. No, every country has to [...]

For IT, cloud computing is as significant a development as the invention of the PC! Apple made the iPod a success by changing people's perception of music from a product to a service, a single song to download as needed, as opposed to a physical CD to buy in a store — and the cloud [...]

It seems like everyone has a blog these days. It's become a household word for sure. It's fun, easy and free. The difficulty is due to the plethora of information available on the net which can make it tricky to attract a solid group of readers. But according to Tamar Weinberg at Techipedia, there are [...]

Hindering the adoption of Your Products and Services in an Online Forum. Forcing immediate registration – Requiring a new user to register is a reasonable request, but after you have got them sucked in. The sites which require registration as the first step are putting a barrier in front of adoption. Having a Long URL [...]

The question is this: Is search engine cost effective enough to increase profits for business to business marketers? The answer is this: Yes and here’s why: Everyone knows that the fastest and most efficient way to research products and pricing is on the Web. Business to business transactions differ from other consumer transactions because the [...]