"I still can't believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! ... I want something new! I want them to think differently! Why oh why would they do this?! Continue reading »

Spotted this evening on the U.S. government's public data web site, Data.gov. A Republican programmer at captcha provider reCAPTCHA having some fun? Hat-tip ReadWriteWeb's Marketing manager Elyssa Pallai, who stumbled Continue reading »

Twitter's default URL shortening service Bit.ly announced steps today to stop phishing and malware attacks from being passed around online through its service. If effective, the effort should help a Continue reading »

Employers all around the world are wrestling with whether employees should be able to access Facebook and Twitter at work - but some businesses are explicitly requiring that job applicants Continue reading »

Centuries of struggling by artists and musicians to make a living have come to this. While the rest of the music industry is fighting to figure out how to stay Continue reading »

Comedy website The Onion has released an iPhone application called The Onion Microfiche Reader. It's pretty cool. The app lets you flip through very short joke-headlines in an interface that Continue reading »

There's no end of talk about the benefits of the real time web these days, but what's going on behind the scenes? What do the nuts and bolts look like? Continue reading »

Web 2.0 is pretty cool - so cool in fact that it's got its own buzzwords and lingo that not everybody knows. Everybody has a lot to gain from participation Continue reading »

You've been good all year. But did you make the official "nice" list? If you celebrate Christmas, you'll no doubt be wondering when the big man will be swinging by Continue reading »

Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving is considered an important day by most Americans; a time to take stock of all the things we are thankful for. So Continue reading »