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• Cyberculture & the Net

  Top 20 websites

  12.10.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Check out this research done by Compete Inc. which outlines the top 20 websites ranked by unique visitors (U.S. Traffic only).

  I was surprised by some of the domains that were on this list and equally surprised by some that weren’t. Read/Write Web makes some comparisons to Alexa’s top 20 websites, along with some other [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  The Google OS

  11.22.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This is a really good article from read/write web, laying out the three most viable scenarios for the Google OS, and they predict we could see it within the next six months.
  Here’s the break down:

  A web based desktop (i.e. operating system)
  A full featured Linux distribution
  A lightweight Linux distro and/or BIOS

  Personally, I think the first [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Jason Calacanis resigns

  11.17.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Jason Calacanis of AOL/Netscape has resigned. In case you don’t know who he is, let me refresh your memory. He is this guy.
  Though he may be despised by a good chunk of the digg community, he is still arguably one of the most respected business men in the internet world. This news will surely send [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Amazon’s Unbox service launched

  09.08.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  With Amazon’s Unbox service, you can purchase (or rent) movies and TV shows online and have them downloaded directly to your computer. Services like this will be the final blow to companies like Netflix and Blockbuster, not to mention the last surviving video store chains hanging on by a thread. These types of companies will [...]

• Humor

  How the internet works

  07.17.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Okay, I know this is a bit old, but I still had to post it. I originally heard Senator Ted Steven’s speech on an episode of TWiT a couple of weeks ago, but this clip from the Daily Show really sums everything up. Thanks for the link Channa.

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Internet Freedom Preservation Act

  05.20.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Senators Olympia Snowe(R) from Maine and Byron Dorgan(D) from North Dakota propose an Internet Freedom Preservation Act.
  ISPs would not be allowed to “block, interfere with, discriminate against, impair or degrade” access to content or to prevent users from attaching devices of their choosing to the network. They would also be barred from making special [...]

• Computers & Technology

  The Skyecade Pack

  01.31.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  This month, Google released the first version of their highly anticipated Google Pack. The Google Pack is supposed to be an essential set of software, hand picked by Google to make your computing experience safer, easier, and more enjoyable. It was also designed to give the user a free set of alternatives to the prepackaged [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  O’Reilly: What Is Web 2.0

  09.30.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  O’Reilly on what is Web 2.0
  This is a very interesting article about Web 2.0. Definitely worth a read. In fact, I would go as far as to say it should be mandatory reading for any self-respecting geek or business entrepreneur.
  The article goes into the origin of Web 2.0 and the difference between the new version [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Online and ready to go

  09.15.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  After about a week straight of tweaking the style sheet, I’m finally happy with the outcome. None of the static pages have content yet, i.e., about, contact, links, but I’m working on it. That is the next project on my ever growing list of projects. I will eventually get around to getting coldspell and phrostbyte [...]