Russian Hackers Testing Malware With Britney Spears's Instagram
In an impressive bit of cyber-sleuthing, security researchers have discovered that a nasty piece of malware was being…
AOL Will Let You "Play" With Your iPhone Tomorrow
Another music sharing app for the iPhone will hit the App Store tomorrow. The new Play app is an AOL creation that…
Dear Commenters, We Need To Talk...Again
We've talked about how the commenting system and those crazy tagpages work, but it seems that it's time for a different…
Discovering the Maximum Velocity of Twitter
As a kid at my local county fair, I used to ride a roller coaster that rumbled around a circular track as songs like…
100 People I Hate on Facebook
The friending, the liking, the status updating: Sooner or later we all grow to hate it, but we can't stop.
Offline Shopping is Alive and Trampling
Sixteen years since Amazon launched. Well into an era when we can buy anything with a click. Why are there still Black…
I Can’t Keep It In My Pants
On the day of the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, I headed to the corner of California and Montgomery where I…
You Write 'Bias Journalism' and I Read 'Derp'
First of all, you probably mean "biased." Second of all, journalism isn't a term that means "stories you agree with."…
From Walkman to Facebook: How Tuning Out Led to Tuning In
The Walkman is dead. Long live the Walkman.
What Happens In Facebook Stays In Facebook
It was the first time in his life Isaac didn't want to go to Vegas.
A Day In The Life Of An Internet Commenter
Somehow this illustration of an Internet commenter's daily life looks familiar to many of us. Are we really this bad?
I Just Retweeted a Kidney
The last place I imagined being was in an operating room following the minute-by-minute highlights of the significant…
Adolescence in the Age of Pay-Per-Minute Porn
It was the week my friend Mordy became a hero.
I’ve Seen Your Future and It’s Been Edited
My friends were the first two people kicked off of an extremely popular reality show. And I couldn't have been happier…
The Five Most Endangered Words on the Internet
The five most endangered words of the realtime internet era are:
Let's Tell Each Other Jokes In #Whitenoise And Reward The Best With Stars
You know the drill by now: Once a week or so, I tell you that if you need a place to gossip about shiny gadgets or have…
It's Late And You're Bored? Time To Go Into #Whitenoise!
Need a place to gossip about that shiny gadget you saw earlier? Just wanna have some off-topic conversations with…
Dear Commenters, We Need to Talk...
We've talked about how the commenting system and those crazy tagpages work, but it seems that it's time for a different…
How to Keep Commenting While Our Servers Melt
The interest in the tale of Apple's next iPhone is melting our servers and causing some technical difficulties. As a…
Our Comments May Be Down, But Our Facebook Page Is Rockin'
We had to temporarily take down the comments system because a certain post is setting our servers on fire, but there's…