The Pros and Cons of Bitcoins

Around 2009, Bitcoins became a new way of digital currency that came into the picture to the public.  The first concept of using a cryptocurrency happened around 1998 with a better way of making new money using cryptography.  It was the idea of Wei Dai from cypherpunks mailing list that gave way to the new idea.  Then by 2009, a pseudonymous "staged" name, Satoshi Nakamoto came up with proof  and specification of the concept to...

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Humor Sites to Make Your Day!

 Engrish.com As a person who was born from an Asian family, this site pretty much makes me laugh a lot lol.  I noticed in many different countries that there are mistakes when writing out signs for the public a lot.  It's all being lost in translation, but at the same time it's all entertaining when you have the chance to travel out and see these signs!  The site overall is just a simple layout of daily photos posted by...

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Google Maps and Google Earth

Two of the best things that has ever come to Google, is Google Maps and Google Earth.  Each of the two work together and have paved a new view on finding directions easily.  Google Maps/Earth makes traveling a little easier and viewing the world up close giving way to exploration.  I have always used Google Maps before a trip besides using a GPS to know where I'm going street by street view, so I don't miss the specific destination....

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Feedly vs Digg Reader

Feedly is a news feeder reel that that is available for web browsers, mobile phones, and is even included on the cloud.  It combines any news feeds from other websites providing a variety of articles to read.  As Google Reader closed down, Feedly was one of the top options for users who need their daily dose of news.  You can integrate it into your web browsers as well as just using the web based site and it is now cloud-based. Digg...

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Tor and Darknet: World of Anonymity

TOR first began as a provider for the Naval Research Laboratory to help protect communication with the government.  It it used now among everyone in order the protect their privacy from rigorous marketers and identity theft.  Millions of people's information are being sold to other marketers every day.  I can see that such as in my email comparing it to the things I have searched.  Private data is kept from being public to...

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Online Music Players: Spotify, Grooveshark, Slacker, and Pandora

Spotify Out of all the music players that I have to blog about, Spotify I have used a lot for 3 years.  The one thing I really liked and noticed with Spotify is how you can connect with your friends on there through Facebook   As if having your own little social network through music.  You can see each other's playlist and share it.  Follow one another and see the music playing live on Facebook.  I use the desktop...

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Top 10 IT Related Halloween Costumes

10.  The Oregon Trail Floppy Disk  9. Umm yeah..keyboard keys  8. Lazy costume, but it works 7.  Your Facebook Profile...    6.  Google Maps! 5. Android OS mascot  4.  Instagram 3.  The Cloud - Storage 2.  Digital Dudz Costume - You use your smartphone to download the app and it's placed safely in a pocket with the...

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