“For the nature of man’s heart is evil from his youth,” the Bible tells us – and to that we may add, perhaps, the internet’s, too. We gave it life – and what did it give us in return? Pop-up ads, viruses, and unlimited supplies (or at least offers) of viagra.
It doesn’t even know how to say thank you:  America (not necessarily Al Gore, however) invented the internet – for defense purposes, no less – and now that same internet is being used to leak confidential cables and documents that …

The world is full of stars these days – movie stars, that is! Thanks to the internet, everybody and his cousin can now star in their own production, using techniques straight out of the Hollywood playbook. And not just plain-vanilla Youtube videos, either; the sites I have in mind will let you assemble your video and photos into a smart-looking production, accompanied by music or voice, and interspersed with special effects. These are the kinds of videos you see at friends’ weddings and Bar Mitzvahs, the kind you’ve always wished …

It’s a busy world, and all of us, bar none, have busy lives. So, we’re looking to cut time spent on errands wherever possible. When we’re able to save a few minutes a day on one of the myriad tasks we’re faced with, we feel as if we’ve really accomplished something. That’s how busy we are today!
One of the must-have skills for busy people is being organized – knowing what you have to do, when it’s got to get done, and planning how you’re going to do it. Throw a …

Google just isn’t doing it for me anymore. Am I the only one out there who’s noticed? I don’t think so!
Like everyone else in the world, I’ve traded in the web search engine(s) I used to use for Google – to the extent that it’s now pretty much the only search engine we use (to the extent that it seems as if the “old” engines, like Altavista, are no longer there – but they are). And the reason everyone dropped their former search engines in favor of Google is because …

The pundits tell us that the future of computing is bright and sunny – but in reality, the weather isn’t as clear as they would have you believe. In fact, it’s downright cloudy – and that’s a good thing!? Nowadays, the internet buzz is all about the clouds. There’s “cloud computing,” which will put all your favorite applications and/or services on the internet, while you log in and access them on a remote server from your home or office. And there’s the “tag cloud,” a visual representation of the “weight” …