I was always taught that two wrongs don’t make a right. I still believe that. But when governments and law enforcement agencies are allowed to lie, cheat, deceive, ruin reputations, and otherwise violate the rights of private citizens, shouldn’t we all be concerned. It’s hard enough to find the truth on the Internet today… when you search a… Read More »
Google Will Soon Know You Better Than Your Spouse Does, Top Exec Says Ray Kurzweil, the director of engineering at Google, believes that the tech behemoth will soon know you even better than your spouse does. Kurzweil, who Bill Gates has reportedly called “the best person [he knows] at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,” told the Observer… Read More »
The following is from TechRadar… Microsoft extends Windows 7 shelf life as Windows 8 struggles It seems that Windows 7 will remain on sale to business users until at least early 2015, if not longer, following a change to Microsoft’s Windows lifecycle. As spotted by ZDNet, the updated lifecycle indicates that Microsoft has not yet decided on an… Read More »
The following article comes from the February 13, 2014 edition of The Verge. We thought some of you would find it interesting, especially in light of the recent demise of what we all once called Net Neutraility. Microsoft and Google reportedly partnering with cable companies to expand Wi-Fi access Some of the biggest cable and technology companies in… Read More »
Does Windows 8 continue to get worse with each update? Apparently one of the world’s most well known Microsoft fans thinks so. It’s really hard to find non-Microsoft blogs and articles which rave about Windows 8 — but it is very easy to find articles and blogs critical of Windows 8. And it’s not so much that Windows… Read More »
With the NSA, FBI, CIA, and who knows whatever other acronymic agencymay be snooping around out there, we can at least find some solace in the fact that no matter how much spying the U.S. government does on its citizens, it’s a heck of a lot better than Russia. Yes, Russia has us, the U. S., beat. Let’s… Read More »