Netflix has (apparently) entered a scheduled maintenance window and as a result the site is down until 11:45 PM Pacific Time tonight. This seemingly comes with bad timing as Netflix has been getting a decent amount of positive press lately. Sony PlayStation3 and Nintendo Wii Netflix streaming apps were improved on Monday. In addition, earlier this week Netflix CEO Reed Hastings … [Read more...]
Google Launches Site Called Demo Slam To Make Tech Demos Cool
Google introduced, from The Official Google Blog today, a new website from its Creative Lab called Google Demo Slam. The site is supposed to make tech demos entertaining and exciting, grabbing people's attention by adding a competitive element. Demo Slam features two videos going head to head. Each video shows off a technology in a creative and entertaining way. Visitors … [Read more...]
Pillbox – A Legitimate Pharmacy Site For Identifying Pills
I know it's hard to believe with all the Canadian pharmacy pages and scams out there, but here's a legitimate site run by the National Institutes of Health that can help you identify a pill should you not know what it is or where it came from. Come up with any scenario you'd like (randomly found pill, spilled different bottles together, cleaning out a passed-on loved one's … [Read more...]
WSJ Catches Facebook Apps Sharing Identifying Info With Advertisers; Is There A Story?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting from their series What They Know that, as a result of investigation, found Facebook apps sharing and selling information to advertisers that could identify users. The series has an alarmist tone but different factors are leading others to questions the authenticity of the article that focuses on Facebook. Here are some selections from the … [Read more...]
Webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del Old RSS Feed Gets Hijacked and Thousands of Followers Instantly For “Lil Boosie”
Ctrl+Alt+Del, the high quality and popular webcomic, changed the URL to its RSS feed at the end of July this year. Many people, including myself, left the old RSS feed address in their RSS feed readers which lay dormant for the past two-plus months. Tonight, causing some confusion, the feed came back to life with 14 posts and counting with content completely unrelated to the … [Read more...]