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Blogging Update: High Risk and You Get Readers by Mentioning a G-string

April 6, 2008 - I wasn't aware that blogging is high risk until I read a story in today's paper reporting that bloggers complain of weight loss (good for a link to...

How to Avoid Ad Profiling on the Web

March 10, 2008 - Everyone's getting a little up in arms about how much data is mined every day from internet search engines and social networking sites. A survey in California (hippies...

Diablo Cody explains:
Microsoft and Yahoo

February 4, 2008 - The tech world is abuzz with news of Microsoft's $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo, in what would be Microsoft's largest acquisition ever. Such a deal could have far-reaching implications for Internet users worldwide, yet like most financial stories, the details are difficult to grasp. What...

News Odds for Monday, February 4, 2008

February 4, 2008 - Odds that... During the Super Bowl XLII-winning New York Giants' press conference today, coach Tom Coughlin and MVP quarterback Eli Manning say only ni...

Newsflash: Microsoft Acquires Yahoo!

February 4, 2008 - Redmond, WA - In a move that shook the technology sector last week, Microsoft launched a $45Bn hostile takeover bid for Yahoo. The combined giant is expected to be a formidable competitor to Google. A Microsoft spokesperson highlighted the strategic opportunity. "Google gives away software for free...

Breaking News: A New, Innovative, Do-Good Search Engine

January 3, 2008 - Everything comes under the heading, "breaking news," which is why we've become inured to it after repeatedly leaping out of the tub or slamming down the phone to turn up the volume and give full attention to a story, only to hear about another athlete accused of taking steroids...

Joy to the World, Peace is Restored

January 2, 2008 - In the supermarket, the buttermilk has reclaimed its place near the Lactaid after six weeks of being marginalized by the eggnog. At home, the relatives have left, and we can make noise again during sex. On TV, football graphics aren't strangled with holly, and the newsca...

Google: May Replace Psychics and Marriage Counselors

December 10, 2007 - For those of us who aren't intuitive about directions and become disoriented pretty much anywhere below Canal Street in Manhattan, as well as in most of the other boroughs, Google, bless their virtual souls, has come to the rescue. Using our BlackBerrys and Smartphones, we can ask where we...

How Did We Function Before Google?

November 25, 2007 - Was the woman sitting next to me on the plane for real? What's the answer to 23 Across, six letters? Which airlines fly to Myanmar? Where is Myanmar? Do I need shots? Which is the quietest dishwasher? How do I know if what I have is an irregular shaped...

Google Has Trouble Finding Its Own Millionaire

November 13, 2007 - On November 11, the New York Times published a story about Bonnie Brown, who was hired as an in-house masseuse at a tiny, 40-person start-up called Google. The story, which has become the most-emailed of the week, recounts the unpredictably predictable saga of Ms. Brown who...

World's Googlers look for sex and Hitler, sometimes simultaneously

October 18, 2007 - Need another reason to clear your Internet cache? According to the Google Trends Web site, Internet users from 2004 to the present in Egypt, India and Turkey most frequently searched for the keyword "sex" on Google search engines. Germany, Mexico and Austr...