The Internet: A Warning From History [Video]
The internet was one of the greatest disasters to befall mankind. Now its survivors share their experiences of the tragedy. [The Poke]
Category Archives: Web
EA Facebook SimCity Shutdown Means No More Diamonds
If you (or your loved ones) are currently playing Electronics Arts/Maxis games on Facebook, make the most of any cash you’ve spent on it. Come June 14th that money will be worthless. In a move that’s hardly going to dampen down claims that it is the “worst company in the country”, EA has decided to […]
10 Things On The Internet That We Don’t Understand
Here are the links to help you guys get quickly to the sites: Jim Carrey’s Website: http://www.jimcarrey.com Nic Cage: http://www.niccageaseveryone.blogspot.com/ Instant Cosby: http://www.instantcosby.com Emergency Yodel: http://www.emergencyyodel.com Steven Seagal’s Energy Drink: http://www.lightningdrink.com Pipe Guy: http://www.youtube.com/smokersofcigarspipes Facebook Likes on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com Toy Story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G0j_Huv2Fg Boohbah Zone: http://www.boohbah.tv/zone.html Amazon: http://www.amazon.com
Facebook a one-stop shop for April Fool’s gags
Over the past few years, we’ve become accustomed to the tech world presenting plenty of April Fool’s Day gags, many of which involve brilliant-sounding products that turn out to be too good to be true. This year thought, it seems many firms have decided Facebook advertising is the best way to spread the gags. It’s […]
Game of Internets House Sigils [Pictures]
Presented without comment. [Source: Caldwell Tanner – College Humor]
Lessons to learn from the Spamhaus-Cyberbunker battle
Believe some media sources and yesterday saw the entire Internet ground to a crawl by a spectacular cyberfight. It’s a story that’s been overhyped, but the incident does highlight a technical flaw that’s very open to abuse. The story involved a sustained attack of Spamhaus, an organization that maintains a blacklist of servers believed to […]
Goodbye Google Reader: A Musical Ode to the Soon to be Defunct RSS Reader [Video]
http://youtu.be/RC9hbVe7r4s That’s it, I’m going to cry now. No more Google reader starting July 1st. I felt like I should do something to say Goodbye to Google Reader so I decided to make this song. Hope you enjoy it :) [Hitreach | Via MUO]
Internet Party: Why Nobody Gets Anything Done On The Web [Video]
LOL @ Google + Youtube and Bing forwarding its search requests to Google. [Cracked]
eBay: Google advertising largely a waste of money
Research by eBay suggests paying to advertise on Google only works in limited circumstances and even then the effect isn’t massive. It also suggests that for established brands at least, slashing the ad spend causes little damage. The company intentionally suspended its advertising for a trial period, save for in several regions used as a […]
Facebook Likes more revealing than you think
What you “like” on Facebook can predict your demographics and personality according to a Cambridge University study. The authors go as far as to say these links could be misused by oppressive regimes. The study involved asking 58,000 US volunteers to provide their demographic information, allow access to the list of pages they had “liked” […]