By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you would like the country of “Tibet” to be part of your new Hotmail email account name, then you are out of luck. The New York Times is reporting that anyone who tries to enter “Tibet” into a new email account application is told that they have entered […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] A 16 year old girl has successfully managed to have her fine for file sharing reduced after she argued she was too young to understand that her music downloading was unlawful. Which raises the question – is ignorance a valid legal defense? Whitney Harper will now only have to […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] This will probably go down in journalism history as one of the classics and Google will never live this down. Plus you’ve probably still got the crazies in Georgia, USA hiding in the bushes with their shotguns waiting for the Russian tanks to come rumbling past muttering to themselves […]
Liveplace.com has recently released a clip presenting their yet-to-be-launched online world, CitySpace. Check it out in the following video: What is really great about this online world is that the environment it features can be accessed via a conventional browser and is fully rendered server-side, allowing relatively weak devices such as phones and PDAs to […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] If you are a regular Twitter user, you might have noticed a surprising number of “hot babes” have started following you. On top of this, your new follower has only have three tweets in her profile and one of them is a link to a rather shady site. Yes, […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] A Spanish office worker has been jailed for two years after he “hacked” into the computer of his ex-boss, retrieved hundreds of emails that the man had deleted and then sent them on to lots of other people. The emails were said to be “highly personal” and contained details […]
By PatB Contributing Writer, [GAS] The Internet, and especially blogs, are quickly becoming recognized as a great source of debate and opinion on controversial topics. Stories that begin in the mainstream media often spill over to blogs for discussion, and more and more often now, people form their own opinions after reading both sides of […]
By Jimmy Rogers Contributing Writer, [GAS] It’s hard to imagine that Barack Obama got sucked into something like this, but clearly even he isn’t immune to the ravages of the internet. If you were going to vote for him, I’m sorry but all hope is now lost. Just watch, spoilers after the jump:
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] Chris Brogan has some great ideas on how to pitch the concept of “social media” to your boss. This can be particularly useful if your superior is a Pointy-Haired Dilbert-like boss whose mind is still in the Medieval Ages when it comes to business. Back in 2002, when I […]
By Mark O’Neill Contributing Writer, [GAS] For those of you who are addicted to Friendfeed (and I’m sure there’s quite a few of you), there’s a hot new Greasemonkey script in town, and once you’ve installed this one, you’ll be living permanently in Friendfeed and refusing to come out. This little baby allows you to […]