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…)

Believe it or not, free money for college isn’t only awarded to Einsteins and star athletes ‘ or those of you poor people who qualify for financial aid. There are plenty of opportunities for the ‘average’ college-bound student to take advantage of scholarship money. The biggest mistake to make, is to sit and wait, and not do anything about it in the hopes that someone will knock on your door and say, “Need some money?”

I just graduated in May, and now I am starting to pay back student loans. Let me tell you, it sucks. Having received my degree in Journalism from UCLA, I thought I would be in a good position to pay back my loans. Yeeeaaahhh…not so much. So now, after 4 years of tuition, room and board, I owe just over $115,000.

People say it all the time, but I will say it again…if I had it to do all over again…I would try to avoid the $1000 a month loan payment.

Here’s some common sense advice:

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President Works To Keep Students Happy

High Point University, a “once-sleepy institution in the hills of North Carolina” is now evidently thrumming with vitality, thanks to the efforts of its president, Nido R. Qubein, a Lebanese-born High Point alumnus and author of the books “How to Get Whatever You Want” and “Close Like a Pro: Selling Strategies for Success.”

Among Qubein’s innovations since arriving three years ago are an ice-cream truck that circles the campus, dispensing free treats (500 choices!); valet parking; a concierge (who will handle your dry cleaning); and the hiring of a “director of WOW!,” whose sole mission is to keep up the spirits of the university’s charges. [Brainiac]

16 Money Management Tips for College Students

As if paying off your student loan isn’t enough of a burden already, there are other expenses that you have to think about. At your young (but bewildering) age, finances may sound like such a big responsibility. But if you can spend your money wisely, then it shouldn’t be a dilemma. Here are a few tips for students on a budget. [Find Help America]

The Top 5 Google Tools For Students

Okay college kids, it’s time for a brief course in Googleducation. Here are the top 5 ways Google can help any student get through college. [My Name Is Joel]

With television audiences declining by the day, film and show creators are struggling to find a way to distribute their products in the 2.0 world. Increasingly, people watch their visual entertainment on a computer monitor or cell phone. But Google seems to think they’ve found the answer, and they’ve just signed a deal with Family Guy creator, Seth McFarlane to test it out.

Using Google’s Adsense advertising system, Google will syndicate video clips of the new project, called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” on Websites (like this one) geared towards younger male viewers. (more…)

In a fit of fear inspired by terrorism and Internet crime, former privacy-is-sacred country Sweden has decided to change their laws regarding digital privacy. This week, a law will be voted on that would give Swedish government and police forces the ability to fully monitor phone, email, and Internet traffic going into and out of the country.

Additionally, because Sweden is used to routing data to its European neighbors, it would give those Agencies access to the data headed to nearby countries. That means you. (more…)