Dennis Schooley

New zodiac sign confusion continues

Users warned of FB survey scams Floods are ravaging Australia. The U.S. job market continues to struggle. The Tunisian president has been ousted and the army is clashing with his bodyguards and armed gangs. World fuel prices are going up. If the reacti... Read >

Steve Jobs is Financial Times’ Person of the Year

Britain’s Financial Times has named Steve Jobs, the brains behind the most influential company in the consumer technology world, Apple, as Person of the Year. The distinction of being chosen as the most fascinating figure for 2010 by a key influence dr... Read >

Privacy Issues over Facebook Group

If Facebook had a last name it would definitely be Controversy. Its revamped Groups feature, released a few weeks ago, has spawned a new wave of outcry from users and privacy advocates alike. Actually, practically all features of Facebook are under sc... Read >

School ‘WebcamGate’ woes not yet over

Federal prosecutors may have decided not to press criminal charges against school officials accused of spying on students using a webcam but the Lower Merion School District is not yet off the hook. Two civil lawsuits are still pending against the sub... Read >

Americans would rather play games on Facebook than reply to emails

Social networking currently ranks number one as Americans’ favourite online pastime. A recent study by Nielsen reveals that U.S. Internet users spend more time on social networks and less on email, Web surfing or instant messaging. The Nielsen study, “... Read >

Computer Hacker Revealed

Be careful what you store on your personal computer. Even if you use a password to prevent your roommate or parents from being able to access your files, you could unwittingly allow a stranger from the other side of the globe to access your computer and u... Read >

Hackers Exploit New Adobe Flash Player Bug

Cybercriminals can get into users' computers via a new security flaw in Adobe Flash player, Adobe Systems Inc. warned Friday. The attack is not yet widespread. Adobe spokeswoman Wiebke Lips said they had received only two reports of attacks, the fir... Read >

Microsoft Ditches Bing Cashback

Due to poor reception, Microsoft is getting rid of Bing Cashback, a publicity stunt meant to encourage web users to use Bing search engine by giving them rebates on products searched through it. The decision did not come as a surprise to many consideri... Read >

International Roaming

The terms, Atlantica, Atlantic Gateway, and Pacific Gateway are representative of a more structured method of moving goods and services globally. The infrastructure resulting from these trade corridors will provide huge opportunities for businesses, big a... Read >

Protests Mount Against Facebook "Instant Personalization"

How does it feel to have a petition page right within your own website and lambasting your own policy? MoveOn.org wants to give the social networking giant a dose of its own medicine. The advocacy group has created a Facebook group petition page, Face... Read >

Federal Communications Commission’s Broadband Plan

The court's decision to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's sanctioning of Comcast's management of its Internet traffic for lack of mandate is a major blow to the agency's net neutrality efforts, but the FCC is plodding ahead with the plan. ... Read >

National Broadband Plan: a Boon to Telecommuting

Making high-speed Internet available in every nook and cranny of American soil will pave the way for increased access to high-quality video conferencing, cutting out the need for workers living in rural areas to travel long distances to attend meetings. ... Read >

Browser Fingerprints Shatter Myth of Web Privacy

A new web tracking system called browser fingerprinting may offer a definitive answer to the question: Is it possible to identify you among the sea of unknown users on cyberspace? The answer is yes, and contrary to popular belief, cookiesâ€"small piec... Read >

The Psychology of Social Gaming

They say don't measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away. Well, anyone who has ever been addicted to FarmVille or Mafia Wars on Facebook would rather measure life by the number of hours before they can harvest the... Read >

Parents, Privacy Watchdogs Up in Arms Against Google Buzz

The latest buzz about Google Buzz is that it makes children especially vulnerable to loss of privacy. Google Buzz already tweaked its privacy settings yet parents and privacy watchdogs are still concerned that the new social networking service, which ... Read >