Kids are going to need to find some new cyber-hangout because the grownups are moving into the social networking neighborhood. And they mean business.

The other day I needed to get through to someone at a fairly high level at a major toy company to offer them a chance to participate in an event. I [...]

The next time you’re around a 12-year-old or a 14-year-old ask them what the underlying technology is behind Facebook or MySpace (relational database for starters). Ask them how a spammer gets hold of your email address (spiders and crawlers for one, contests and signups for another). Ask them to detect a phishing site [...]

Every 14.4 seconds, a burglary occurs in the United States. On average, a burglary costs an individual $1,823 according to the FBI. But, for a weekend’s worth of effort, you can install your own home monitoring system. A webcam, a few motion sensor detectors, some software, and your PC are the basic components. [...]

I’m always a bit scared of crystal-balling the future, but my good friend Dan Tynan is not. And he’s not talking about the way distant future, either. Nor is he far from wrong.
So, imagine a world where you’re connected all the time, and not just to your computer. Every machine from the gas [...]

Preschoolers can’t understand the difference between content and ads on a website and like to shop despite the fact that money is an abstract term. Parents don’t mind straightforward advertising, but they can’t abide sites that try to blur the line between the two. Those are just two of the takeaways you’ll find [...]

Everyone who’s spent hours asking people they don’t even like to be their friends, writing on walls, or reaffirming the complications of their relationships will get a kick out of this YouTube video that parodies real life. It’s making the rounds of the viral videos, but there’s more to it than a [...]

Once a year comes the payback for 364 days of “me last.” Mother’s Day has been transformed from a buy-a-box-of-candy holiday to one of those major consumer fests. And of course, technology is being hawked as this year’s equivalent of the 50s’ diamond necklace or trip to Maui.
But what technology does [...]