Category: Tech News

‘Geek’ brings to mind a long list of traits – Glasses, obsession with science, a high IQ. Recently, however, a new trait has come to light to add to the long, esteemed list: Atheism. Despite being widely known, there has been very little in the way of explanation proposed for this phenomena. It is the… Continue reading Why are geeks often atheist?

It’s the year 2014, and Googlezon, a fearsomely powerful combination of search engine Google Inc. and online store Amazon.com Inc. has crushed traditional media to bits. Taking its place is the computer-generated Evolving Personalized Information Construct—an online package of news, entertainment, blogs, and services drawn from all the world’s up-to-the-minute knowledge and customized to match… Continue reading Is Google Too Powerful?

The Cisco versus Apple trademark dispute still hasn’t been resolved: Cisco is granting Apple’s request for more time to reply to the lawsuit filed by the networking giant. “Cisco has agreed to give Apple an extension until Wednesday, Feb. 21. Cisco is fully committed to using the extra time to reach a mutually beneficial resolution,”… Continue reading Cisco, Apple Wrestling Over iPhone Trademark

The release of Mozilla Firefox 2 further expands the capabilities and features of this highly regarded Internet browser, proving that just because you are popular doesn’t mean you should slack off. Some of the new and updated features include: a visual refresh, integrated phishing protection, browser session resuming, live Titles and JavaScript 1.7 support, among… Continue reading Firefox 2 Tweak Guide

Firefox suffers from a flaw that allows attackers to manipulate the authentication cookies of virtually any website, a vulnerability Bugzilla has deemed severe. It’s the second major security lapse for the open-source browser in as many days. The defect, which stems from the way Firefox writes to the “location.hostname” property of the document object model,… Continue reading Firefox Hands Out Cookies From Strangers