By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] What the hell? No sooner have I gotten my bed up the stairs and my bachelor pad all set up, Google has decided to pull the plug on its Second Life-like set up, Lively. As of the end of the year, they are killing it. It’s history baby. What is it with […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Claiming to be tired of all the rip off Monty Python videos uploaded to YouTube over the years, the Monty Python members have decided to put a stop to it once and for all – by uploading the clips themselves. They have created their own YouTube channel and they […]
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Here’s some proof that industry self-policing actually works. The Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division released a a statement yesterday giving Cardo Systems a very public scolding for their YouTube videos that suggested that the heat coming from cell phones could pop popcorn kernels. (The implication being, of course, […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Out of all the things I’ve wondered about in life, one of them is whether Presidents, Prime Ministers and other heads of State can do private email and correspond privately with friends and family online. Putting aside whether they have the time to do it, the bigger questions are […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Remember when Sierra ruled the PC world? At least, that’s how it seemed to me in the nineties. Most of the my favorite games were from Roberta Williams (King’s Quest & Laura Bow), and when I was in high school and finally ventured past the white picket fences of […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] YouTube is finally monetizing their video clips – and the adverts are not bad at all. Not really obtrusive or “in your face” as many users had feared they would be. I was looking at the current Chad Vader video (which wasn’t that funny so I didn’t bother posting […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you go to Help and then Check For Updates in your Firefox browser, you will find that the Firefox 3.0.4 update is now available for downloading and installation. But 30 minutes after clicking on it, I am still waiting for it to be downloaded. It seems like the Mozilla […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] So 22-year-old Peter Eastgate has become the youngest World Series of Poker champion ever. It was also the longest final table in the history of the series, 274 hands in 15 hours and 28 minutes. Though a $9.1 million payday isn’t bad for 15 hours of work. Like most […]
Google’s PageRank algotrithm certainly has its detractors, among them people who feel that using links as ‘votes’ for a site’s importance isn’t the smartest way to get the best content. Unsurprisingly, librarians fit within this group, and they set out to determine what Google would look like if the weight of search results were powered […]
by Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Are you too shy to attempt to pick up women at bars? Too scared of rejection? Worried that if you buy a woman a drink she’ll throw it in your face? Or better yet–just can’t tear yourself away from your computer long enough to go to a bar? Well, […]