Despite its current invite-only status, the new hottest thing in social networking (and pretty much everything else) is Google Wave. This new technology combines email, IM, social networking, file sharing and chat rooms to provide internet users with a comprehensive communication device more thorough than anything else the world has ever seen. The uses are so vast, people lucky enough to have Wave invites have started creating some pretty incredible things. Like this Pulp Fiction scene recreation, which will have any avid internet user salivating for a coveted invite.

Since 1998, Google has grown from a minimalistic search engine to the single biggest Internet force in the world. (And, because of that, arguably one of the most powerful organizations on the planet.) Some of Google’s new features, however, are less like that of a big Internet multinational and more reminiscent of…well, the United States.  (more…)

Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are social networks we use every day without realizing it. It’s become a part of our lives, almost second nature but we never stop to think about the minds behind these sites. We’ve compiled a list of all the genius masterminds behind the creation of the some of the most used and talked about social websites. Read more…

At Harvard, Carrie Grimes majored in anthropology and archaeology and ventured to places like Honduras, where she studied Mayan settlement patterns by mapping where artifacts were found. But she was drawn to what she calls “all the computer and math stuff” that was part of the job.

Now Ms. Grimes does a different kind of digging. She works at Google, where she uses statistical analysis of mounds of data to come up with ways to improve its search engine.

Ms. Grimes is an Internet-age statistician, one of many who are changing the image of the profession as a place for dronish number nerds. They are finding themselves increasingly in demand — and even cool.

Read about this unique 21st century major!

Anytime you need to ask yourself why it’s good to be American, just remember all the freedoms you enjoy, that people elsewhere are less fortunate. Freedoms like being able to look at whatever porn you want (within reasonable boundaries), whenever you want.

See, if you lived in China, that wouldn’t be the case, as Google has agreed to remove all the porn from Google’s searches! All of it.

According to Google’s communications director, John Pinette, Google is “undertaking a thorough review of our service and taking all necessary steps to fix any problems with our results.”

Check out the whole story, here!

Early Thursday morning, Google News shutdown for hours before coming back online with a new feature – little YouTube thumbnails next to news stories. When clicked, users were taken to YouTube news videos. Cool, I guess. But it seems as though these changes caused a worldwide Google sh!tstorm never before seen – Google search wouldn’t load, nor YouTube, nor any Site running Google ads. Basically, half the damn Internet was down for the count. It’s like their servers caught the Google flu.

Needless to say, we started freaking out – along with everybody else. It was so bad, we even used Yahoo search for the first time in years. And while the outages only lasted a little more than an hour, it made us realize exactly how totally and completely f**ked everything would be if Google really went down for any significant amount of time. Kinda makes that whole ‘Internet monopoly’ investigation seem a bit more important, wouldn’t you say?

This week, Microsoft announced the official release of their latest internet travesty: Internet Explorer 8. Honestly, I’m impressed. I would have never guessed that in 2009, Microsoft would still be attempting to improve one of the worst, most bug-riddled, ass-backwards and incomprehensible web browsers in the history of the Internet.

For the millions of dollars and man-hours they no doubt threw into this idiotic project, couldn’t they have just bought out another company and raped an already working product into the babbling, disjointed mess we’ve come to expect from Bill and his boys? It probably would have at least improved profit margins. But I suppose this is what they call “Perseverance.” I bet Bill’s got one of those inspirational posters hanging up right beside his desk.  (more…)

Gmail has just received a major update as users will now have an option to video chat with friends.

If your Gmail doesn’t already have the feature fear not. According to Mashable, Google will begin “gradually rolling out the new feature to all users starting today.”

It’s a sure bet that cyber sex cases between long distance lovers will now increase, so if you are interested in getting down digitally check out this helpful How to Guide to Cyber Sex!

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It’s become pretty obvious that Firefox is the best browser available on the Internet. And that’s partly because there are hundreds of Firefox add-ons available. So we’ve rummaged through the clutter to come up with the Top Firefox Add-ons For College Students.

These add-ons will make research more effective, offer innovative ways to harness media online and make make your general surfing experience better.

Check out the Top Firefox Add-ons for College Students after the flip! (more…)