Popular web hosting service and domain registrar, Go Daddy, reverses their initial stance supporting SOPA, after losing over 21,000 domains on Friday alone. Angry customers flocked to other registrars in droves over the weekend, when word got around that the company officially supported the proposed legislation. Other high-profile customers threatened to leave, including Wikipedia’s co-founder […]
In a stunning display of bowing to what just about everyone else wants, AT&T has announced they won’t merge with T-Mobile USA. This isn’t too much of a shock after the FCC tutted at them last month. Don’t cry for T-Mobile though. Thanks to a clever agreement, they’re walking away from the table with four […]
Whether you want to go DIY to aid an ailing pocket book, add some sentimental value to your gift, or create the truly perfect present, here are some projects to satisfy all the techies in your life, both givers and receivers. If the idea of DIY tech gifts gives you shivers of apprehension and shadows […]
Back when I attended Stern College at Yeshiva University there was a whispered secret in the computer lab: “Check out SternGirls.com.” Thanks to a complete lack of filters, students could verify that the website that carried our name was indeed a porn site. Over a decade later, Yeshiva University is cutting off access to porn […]
Looking for the perfect gift for the health conscious fitness freak in your life? Look no further. Here’s a handy list that’s sure to solve at least one of your gift-giving problems and make sure that eggnog doesn’t win this year. In no particular order: Tocky: Wanna go to the gym but can’t stop hitting the […]
Google Shoot View was the brainchild of Dutch advertising agency Pool Worldwide, and it allowed you to virtually fire an M4 machine gun superimposed over any of Google Street View’s maps. The past two sentences have been written in the past tense, because Google has shut down Google Shoot View. According to a post on […]
Do you have a child who is happy to play alone while you watch TV or read a book? Would you like to feel closer while still maintaining that important bond of ignoring him or her? Are you looking for a way to get in more of that all-important playing-with-apps development time for your baby […]
People would like to think that Yeshiva University is a Jewish haven in a modern world where influences of the outside world haven’t taken hold. During my time there, we didn’t have high-speed internet connections in the dorms, (I was using 56K dial-up to connect to the schools UNIX modem pools and used PINE for […]
You want accountability for your exercise, eating, and weigh loss goal? You got it. This past week I tested out the BodyMedia armband. BodyMedia claims to improve weight loss three times by tracking calories burned, calorie intake, physical activity level, steps taken, and sleep habits. The armband doesn’t in any way actually burn calories or […]
There is a long and ugly history of society dictating to women what our bodies should look like. In ancient Greece, women were supposed to be lithe and muscular with small breasts. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, fuller bodies were considered ideal, as captured by Rubens. Ads from the past century in America showed an aversion to […]
