The Search Engine Decision

It seems there has been a recent surge in search engines fighting for our attention. They all claim to serve information via their own unique approach. 
Google vs Bing vs Wolfram Alpha vs Hunch - You be the judge, which search engine is for you?

Mass audio instruction: A Social Experiment by Improv Everywhere

Recently, a group called Improv Everywhere performed their Sixth Annual Mp3 Experiment. This one involved over 2,000 people of all ages downloading the same mp3 and pressing play at the same time.  As seen in the video, they responded to a creepy instructional voice (think SAW) and were mindlessly led (think cult) through a series of goofy [...]

Cure Depression by Embracing the Caveman within

He doesn’t care for the term “caveman therapy.” But Stephen Ilardi, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Kansas, has turned to our hunter-gatherer ancestors for clues about how to best combat major depressive disorder.
Further, Ilardi fingers our modern, industrialized lifestyle as the key culprit behind the burgeoning depression epidemic, which continues to [...]

Designing the Palm Pre: An interview with Michelle Koh

By Bradley Hebdon
It’s the question on everyone’s lips these days. Is the Palm Pre going to make an impact large enough to save both Palm and Sprint? We shall see how this plays out once the anticipated savior descends to earth on June 6, 2009 AD.  But launching alone will not a savior make. Rather, [...]

Google Earth reveals North Korean secrets

Started by Curtis Melvin – a PhD student at George Mason University – the “North Korea Uncovered” project set out to reveal North Korea’s secrets. While it started in April 4 2007, he has already amassed a wealth of information by leveraging a community of amateur spies. While risky, it turned out to be very [...]

Spymaster, Twitter game or Twitter spam?

For those of you who are familiar with Facebook’s social networking games like “Knights” and “Mob Wars”,  Twitter’s Spymaster is in the same mold.  It’s the typical social networking game where you recruit members to build up your clan, and simultaneously purchases weapons, buildings and revenue streams to grow stronger. And then there’s the standard mode [...]