Between Wikipedia’s and Reddit’s blackouts on January 18 along with Google and other websites posting statements against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the legislation that would destroy the internet as we know it has been a popular topic. Millions of Americans protested these acts last week, which led to both […]
The U.S. Justice Department shut down commercial file hosting service Megaupload today, accusing them of copyright infringement in excess of one billion dollars. Founder of Megaupload, Kim Schmitz (known as “Kim Dot Com”), was taken into custody along with co-founder and CTO Mathias Ortmann, chief marketing officer Finn Batato, and programmer Bram van der Kolk. […]
The internet’s back on. Everybody okay? No lost limbs? Good. A lot has happened in the last 24 hours since Wikipedia, Reddit, and many other powerful websites went dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. Let’s take a look at the developments, but first a new short video released by New Left Media explaining why PIPA […]
Ah, January, when a young geek’s thoughts turn to Vegas and the International Consumer Electronics Show (commonly known as CES). If the San Deigo Comic Con is Nerd Prom, then CES is Geek Cotillion. It’s your chance to find out what’s coming in 2012 and the best part is that Techcictement is there! Writer […]
Live hot sweaty teens are ready to get it on just for you! Assuming that you happen to be a sociologist working for Ericsson, anyway. The Sony-affiliated cell phone manufacturer has released the results of a study focusing on the dating habits of American teenagers and how their romantic entanglements intersect with technology. It turns […]
Every company needs an email system, right? Wrong. At least according to French tech firm Atos who launches an initiative to eliminate corporate email within the next year. CEO Thierry Breton claims only ten percent of the emails his employees receive each day contain any useful information, and eighteen percent is simply junk mail. Middle […]
Topeka, Kansas high school senior Emma Sullivan found herself in uncharted territory last week when she posted a tweet to her fifty-odd followers during a visit from Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to her school. “Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person,” she tweeted, adding, “#heblowsalot.” The governor’s communications […]
I’m an idiot. And I know I’m an idiot because I’m on Facebook, and I’m supremely confident that my data is safe. That confidence is purely based on having dodged every other major data bullet that’s come our way. But the fact I have to face is that Facebook makes money by having access to […]
Earlier today, Techcitement published part one of what some of our staff is thankful for. More of the staff has their say on what tech items and ideas make them particularly happy in this second installment. Paul Hurwitz: Dropbox and LogMeIn I’m grateful for LogMeIn and LogMeInRescue for allowing me to do the same amount […]
We here at Techcitement are thankful for a lot of things like friends, family, jobs, and pie. Oh, so much pie. What we’re most obviously thankful for is how technology has affected our lives. Here is the first part of a two-part series on what the staff of Techcitement is thankful for. Matt Algren: WordPress […]
