The Day The Web Went Dead

The heart of the Internet is utterly unregulated. Is that dangerous--or desirable?LOS ANGELES--Imagine life without the Internet. Hard? Just ask state officials in Maine to tell you about the ugly sur...Full Article

Why can't Microsoft make money online?

(Fortune Magazine) -- Struggle? You dont normally think of that word applying to the company Bill Gates founded. But there it is: Microsoft, one of the most aggressively competitive, brainiac-attracti...Full Article

Are Our Brains Becoming “Googlized?”

Are our brains being rewired by using the Internet? The evidence tends to be pointing that way.As somebody interested in how the mind works, I read with interest the results of a recent study at UCLA ...Full Article

Back Up Without Breaking The Bank

A couple of months ago, I ran into one of my friends sobbing her eyes out. Her computer hard drive had died and she’d lost three years of graphic design work. Of course, it wasn’t backed up — she’d th...Full Article

How to Find Friends Over the Internet

Looking for friends has never been easier than with surfing on the internet. With millions active members I am positive most people will find someone to chat too on the the many sites.There are approx...Full Article

20 Useful Bookmarklets

Bookmarklets are useful tools. Simply put, they’re bookmarked links you keep in your browser toolbar that perform a useful function when you click on them. There are about half a million of the things...Full Article

Create Your Portable Office

Portability is one of the many joys of modern computing technology. If you look back not so long ago in the history of the personal computer, the thought of lugging a laptop to Starbucks was unthinkab...Full Article

7 Habits Essential for Tackling the Multitasking Virus

I recently wrote an article about a heartbreaking new trend in our classrooms. In Universities throughout the US, students are surfing the internet, shopping online, Facebooking, and emailing while th...Full Article

Trustworthy Sites Are Worth A Mint

The internet is full of lies. Without plenty of effort, you can’t even prove my name is Thursday Bram. So why should you hand over your bank account numbers, passwords and other financial data to me?T...Full Article

11 Ways to Detect and Solve Internet Addiction

Today when I tweeted a call for topic requests, Vered from MomGrind asked me if I could talk about internet and computer addiction. This is a serious problem these days and a lot of people from all wa...Full Article

The Productivity Family Tree

Famous families are all around us, from the Clinton dynasty to Mylie and Billy Ray Cyrus. They evoke in us so many things because we can relate, on some small level, to them. Not that many of our daug...Full Article

Top Three Weight Loss Websites

Advice and guidance to help you lose weight, get fit and live healthy!The following blog post is from an independent writer and is not connected with Reuters News. The opinions and views expressed her...Full Article

10 Simple Tips for Using Email

         We all use email, but, sometimes we use it too much or use it inappropriately. To get the most out of email we need to use it carefully and judiciously. The...Full Article

Your Telecommuter’s Toolbox

Telecommuting has been suggested as a cure-all from everything from the stress of your morning commute to that high carbon footprint you want to reduce. And odds are you have a whole list of what you ...Full Article

11 Top New Web Apps of 2007

I’ve been on something of  web app kick  a lately.  I really like  the idea of creating,editing, and sharing documents and computing power “in the cloud”, accessible by whomev...Full Article

Make Money on the Internet: Part 2

A few of you may remember our October 2006 post regarding the multiple ways of making money online. In that message and in the comments I think we actually came close to naming 75 ways (which is prett...Full Article

The Secrets of Effective Networking

Before we talk about specific networking tips I want to addressa critical aspect of networking that is often overlooked. Sometimes we are so eager to network that we dont stop toconsider whether or no...Full Article

How to Shmooze

Definition: talk idly or casually in a friendly wayValue: pricelessGearheads like me have trouble understanding that great ideas and hard work arent enough... you gotta shmooze too. Every day we deal ...Full Article

Networking: Is Your Approach Too Self-Centered?

Its a classic mistake by networkers: their approach is focused on their own needs rather than on the needs of their contacts.Fortunately, a popular new book by Bonnie Lowe makes it easy to solve this ...Full Article

Make Money on the Internet - The Lifestyle Advantages of Professional Marketers

Some of the most successful businesses in existence today started in a box room, bedroom or garage. It isnt how you start out to make money at home that is important. What really matters is that you h...Full Article