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Websites October 31, 2015

4 ways to spot a fake online review

I was poking around Amazon a while back and saw an 85-inch Samsung TV that cost $45,000. Just for fun, I checked out the reviews and saw these gems:

Websites October 22, 2015

Slovakian artist creates stunning map of the Internet

Do you live near Googolplex Gulf, by the MS-DOS Sea, or closer to the South Datastream? Or do you spend more of your time on eBay Island? 

Security October 22, 2015

World's greatest hacker calls Healthcare.gov security 'shameful'

Security expert -- and once the world's most-wanted cyber criminal -- Kevin Mitnick submitted a scathing criticism to a House panel Thursday of ObamaCare's Healthcare.gov website, calling the protections built into the site "shameful" and "minimal."

Google October 22, 2015

Google list reveals what we sought in 2013: Death, devices and celebrities

Death, devices and celebrity drove the quest for more information on Google's search engine this year.

Security October 22, 2015

Yahoo expands security measures, promising to encrypt all personal data by end of March

Yahoo is expanding its efforts to protect its users' online activities from prying eyes by encrypting all the communications and other information flowing into the Internet company's data centers around the world.

Science Education October 22, 2015

Digital natives: The most & least wired countries revealed

While it may seem like young people are always using the Internet, it's perhaps surprising that only 30 percent of people ages 15 to 24 worldwide are "digital natives," meaning they've been active on the Internet for at least five years, new research shows.

Health care October 22, 2015

Glitch-filled launch of ObamaCare site decried as 'train wreck'

More than a week into the glitch-littered launch of the ObamaCare insurance "exchanges," critics are decrying the roll-out as a "train wreck" that should give everyone pause about requiring individuals to use the new system -- or obtain insurance elsewhere -- by early 2014.

Budget October 22, 2015

Gridlock may force Congress to take down its own website

A potential government shutdown one minute before midnight tonight would make basic information about the information about the status of the government itself inaccessible.

Websites October 22, 2015

Pew survey finds that 15 percent of Americans don't use the Internet

The Internet has become so entwined in their lives that many Americans might have trouble coping without it. But a new survey found that some 15 percent of Americans -- about 1 in 7 -- don't use the Internet at all. Most of them prefer it that way.

Websites October 22, 2015

Wikipedia wars: the most controversial pages revealed

A behind-the-scenes look at the so-called edit wars on Wikipedia has revealed the topics people argue about the most across the globe.

Twitter October 22, 2015

Yes, you’ve chased your kids off Facebook—here’s where they went

Has your Facebook feed become quieter lately? Where are the kids, the ones who are supposed to set the trends for all of us in technology and style?