What is The World Blogging about Today?

SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE to get a site listed with Google News? I know someone who has done this recently and can offer some of the following insights on... (More)

USUALLY EVERY YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS I expect the same things, money and clothes. I don’t mind getting clothes. I love getting money, because I can put it in the bank... (More)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! IF YOU ARE one of those generous Santas who is giving a computer this holiday season, please remember to protect it with some anti-virus and anti-spyware software. It... (More)

IN WHAT CAN BE ONLY described as a unique way to discourage drunk driving, the prosecutor of Texas County, TX plans on naming drunk drivers arrested on Twitter. The prosecutor... (More)

AFTER FOLLOWING THE SITUATION IN Washington, D.C., I can't help but be an unabashed fan of the Chancellor of the School District of our nation's capital. This woman is the... (More)

TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO talk about an app called PandoraBoy. If you're an avid lover of Pandora, then this app is for you! In order to listen to Pandora,... (More)

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY 1968

I, LIKE MANY THOUSANDS OF Americans, am a smoker.  I have chosen, of my own free will, to engage in an act that i know significantly jeopardizes my health.  I... (More)

A WINDOW ON SAVANT SYNDROME closes with the death of Kim Peek If you have not seen the PBS special on savants, you have to. Kim was a natural wonder.... (More)

IN 2001 I SET OUT to assemble my first custom gaming PC. It included a 1.6GHz AMD processor, 512MB of SDRAM and a GeForce 4 video card. This machine was... (More)

A TIMELY STUDY IN THE journal Human Factors suggests why texting while driving is riskier than talking on a cell phone or with another passenger. Human factors/ergonomics researchers at the... (More)

IN 1963 MARTIN LUTHER KING made his famous "I have a dream" speech. Two years later many of those who shared his dream rioted for six days in Watts. What... (More)

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes... (More)

READ THIS ARTICLE ON A project or paper rather, that Google released. In it, the author describes what some call advertising while others still, see it as a form of... (More)

I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT I use a combination of Linux, Windows, and OS X. I personally find that cross platform software to be ideal for me, as I don't have... (More)

IT IS THE UNWANTED GIFT of malware. There is a security breach at Penn State that may have exposed sensitive, personal information: "... Malware infections to University computers caused all... (More)

I HAVE BEEN A GENERALLY happy OpenOffice user since my Windows days. Today on Linux, I still prefer this office suite over any other paid or freely available. It just... (More)

LOOKS LIKE THE LONG AWAITED Apple Tablet is finally coming next month! According to the Financial Times, Apple has rented the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts... (More)

IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU know that they're probably beginning to have those sleepless nights because they're so excited that Santa Claus will be coming down their chimney and delivering presents.... (More)

I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO imagine a world without the internet. It's up to you whether or not I'm sad to say that I'd be totally lost without it. However,... (More)

UPDATE: AFTER POSTING THIS, THE developer of IsoWords, Opetopic, sent a note via Twitter that Leaderboards and Bluetooth/Wi-Fi multiplayer are in the works for the next update. @themoderngeek thanks for... (More)

I BOUGHT A PAIR OF those Beats by Dr. Dre, due to the fact that they sound awesome, and everyone raves about them. And so did I, for 3 days.... (More)

FOR A LIMITED TIME AND while supplies last, get a Free $4 credit at Amazon.com Video on Demand which may be used toward a rental or purchase of a Movie... (More)

CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF USING the Web for X-Mas shopping, the idea should not really be all that radical. But is there any sense in using the iPhone for X-Mas... (More)

BETWEEN NOW AND JAN 1ST 2010, Thirteen1, the entirely free-to-read Web-based gaming magazine, is giving away 50 beta keys for Cryptic's highly anticipated upcoming MMORPG, Star Trek Online. Already set... (More)

ASK MOST FOLKS UNDER THE age of fifty or so what they think of the new 2010 Buick LaCrosse, and there's a mighty good chance they'll reply that an older... (More)

SO, IN AN EFFORT TO support some local Georgia filmmakers, and also because I really haven't updated this thing in a few weeks, I thought I'd share with you all... (More)

I AM NOW TRYING TO learn Morse Code or, as it's more commonly referred to in the amateur radio circles, CW (continuous wave). While searching for resources to assist in... (More)

WITH MOTOROLA AND APPLE MAKING people spend hundreds of dollars to carry their phones, Palm carriers have tried a different approach; the low-end smartphone market. With Wal-Mart offering the Palm... (More)

THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW me know I like cars. Specifically, I like driving fast cars. More specifically, I really like driving exotic cars, as fast as possible, without the... (More)

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, but when I am watching a video, tv show, or movie, I wonder how that made it. So, this week in light of the Christmas... (More)

A BILLBOARD IN THE NEW Zealand town of Auckland is causing quite a stir, since it depicts Mary and Joseph in bed with the caption that says "Poor Joseph, God... (More)

BITLOCKER ENCRYPTION OF A HARD drive is included with some versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 but isn't enabled by default - you have to set it up. In... (More)

AS A FREQUENT DOMESTIC TRAVELER, my American Express Platinum Charge Card is my best friend. Not only is it excellent for keeping track of expenses, but also has numerous benefits... (More)

I TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH the Europe all the time, and I can say that while Jet Lag is impossible to eliminate, it can definitely be minimized. One strategy is... (More)