As a budding web publisher, I am learning about the ins and outs of supporting myself online. One thing that I came across for determining the ranking and/or value of a site for advertisers and such, is an Alexa rating. Apparently this rating is based in part on the number of times your site is […]

Please put your “Irony Detectors” in a safe place before reading further. They just might explode. If you believe in free speech online, read further.
India, like many nations in the world, has many deeply religious groups. Often times, these groups believe they have a monopoly on morality, to the extent that they believe theirs is […]

Mozilla is funding Democracy Player to the tune of $100,000. This is a nice boost for the open source streaming media player.
Democracy Player, soon to be “Miro”, is a media player with many uses. It plays many file types, allows you to subscribe to an play video blog and podcasts, supports downloading and storing videos […]

Peter Fleischer has posted an opinion piece covering personal search using Google. It addresses the benefits of using this technology, including keeping a history of your searches that can be used to keep searches more relevant to your interests. This is an undeniable advantage to someone looking to get better results.
Of more interest to me […]

Straight out of the “Gee, really?” department is the news from Consumer Reports that extended warranties are rarely worth the cost to consumers. I’m sure that most of us have been there. You buy a new gadget and are asked about purchasing an extended warranty. They quite often promise the moon in terms of coverage […]

I am sure that most of us have heard the gloomy words by the various recording industries. Statements such as “lost output for U.S. industries of $20.5 billion per year, thwarts the creation of about 140,000 jobs and accounts for more than $800 million in lost tax revenue” (Washington Post) are quite common from those […]

Microsoft is no stranger to controversy regarding its products. This time, one particular part of the Windows Vista EULA is garnering some negative press. Scott Granneman and Ed Foster both raise some interesting points.
The particular part in question is regarding how benchmarks may be used by licensees of Vista. Microsoft states that licensees may not […]