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Multitasking And User Interface As Explained In 1982
It's quite funny how we don't reflect on the interface pretty much all of us are using on today's computers anymore. We're more focused on what has to be done during the day rather than marveling over the fact that we can actually do all that by multitasking. User interface and multitasking are word ...
10 Signs That You Need A Social Media Detox
I think anyone who is into social media would agree with me that things are moving faster and faster. Whatever it is that we have to do, it has to be easy, fast, and it will hopefully increase our influence on the Internet. All the people who are stuck in their Lazy-Boy (La-Z-Boy) chair trying to ju ...
A Fantastically Creepy Steampunk Mouse Design
Wow, I love this! It's like science fiction meets Freddy Krueger meets Dr. Evil. It's Hannibal Lecter meets Mr. Hyde. Ok, maybe I should stop telling you what it's like, and just show it to you.
Peter Balch, a designer from Scotland, created this spooky looking steampunk mouse hack from wood and ...
WTF: Bikini Woman Freaks Out At Burger King
People are freaking crazy. There, I said it. No really, they are. No wonder I stay in my house on my computer surfing the Internet all day, it's the only safe place to be. Oh, you think hanging out on the Internet is dangerous? Um... have you been to Burger King lately?
I don't know why I love wr ...
Future Internet Cafe: Your Privacy Apparently Goes Transparent
All the fuss about new cell phones, new laptops and new gadgets in general has made us block out the very world we're living in. I mean, we're looking too hard at what's being released to consumers to accessorize our every day chores. And at the same time, we're missing out what's being done to our ...
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Working From Home: Facts vs. Fiction [Infographic]
I work from home, and I have for so long that I don't know what it would be like to drive to an office each day. Most of my friends; however, still do that morning and afternoon commute to and from their job. Whenever we talk about our workdays with each other, there seems to be a disconnect. I noti ...
The Twitter HTTPS Setting In Plain English
We've all seen the tweets over the past few days about the new "HTTPS Only" checkbox in our settings menu in Twitter, but a lot of people still don't understand what that box means and why it's there.
Bottom line, I think everyone should go in and check that box, and this is why. One of the most ...
evoMouse Pet: The Cute Hand Gesture Controlled Mouse
We've seen a lot of creative yet gimmicky computer mice get released over the past few years, but this one might have enough steam behind it to get moving. Maybe. The easiest way I know to describe it to you is that it's like a mini version of the Kinect. In other words, your finger is to this mouse ...
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Future Gaming Technology Will Blow Your Mind [Video]
If you want to see how fast technology is evolving, one of the easiest ways to visualize it is to follow the developments in gaming. Just a few days ago, we saw articles released everywhere about how Microsoft Kinect set the new Guinness World Record for the fastest selling gaming system ever. Kee ...
Protect Your Password With Help From A Geeky Stripper
As we all know, computer hackers are getting better at what they do each day, thus becoming a daily annoyance that many of us think about. Just this past week, the hacker group Anonymous was all over the news again, freaking everyone out with their coy calculated cyber threats and mind-blowing skil ...
![Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Hackers-Vs-Adobe-Malware-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]")
Hackers vs. Adobe: How File Types Cripple Security [Infographic]
Every day we see new malicious malware spring up, and our virus software captures thousands of new and old attacks on our computers. We're constantly trying to shield ourselves from the attacks but hackers continuously find new ways to get to our information. Adobe has been a target now for about ...
iPad 2 Window: Put An Outside View Wherever You Want
It's not an understatement to say that the iPad 2 had quite a successful demo launch. First we saw Steve Jobs demo it, which in itself is a huge plus considering all the horrible reports about his health, but it also features so many cool new things that will make it one of those must-have products ...
7 Steps: The Evolution Of A Social Media Friendship
I remember back in the day (2009), I wrote many articles about how to build real friendships in social media. Back then; people were skeptical that it could be done. However, since then, we've grown as a whole in our knowledge about the complexities and the magic of social media. By now, most peo ...
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The History Of Mobile Operating Systems [Infographic]
I remember back in 1996 when nobody even knew what a mobile operating system was. I had just graduated from University and moved to Atlanta that year to work at the Olympics. I specifically remember all the bulky heavy computers we had to set up just to access the Internet and make everything run ...
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Mobile Theft: Why You Should Secure Your Phone [Infographic]
With all the new technology being released left and right, it's important to remember that just because we are now able to store everything we ever created on a computer on our smartphone, we are still subject to a high degree of data loss. Just because you have that phone with you in your back poc ...