Tag: TURKEY

According to a new study from research firm TNS, Japanese social networkers are the loneliest people on Earth. As the BBC reports, the study found that the average Japanese Web surfer has just 29 online friends -- the lowest average among the 46 countries under examination, well behind even China's average of 68 friends. At the other end of the spectrum, Malaysian online consumers have the most ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The Web's biggest sites get visualized and weighted by this search-able square of favicons. Ego check: yes, Switched is in there. [From: Nmap.org, via: The Daily ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Oyl Miller describes the joy of Photoshopping: "We'll drag that sparkly little jewel that is about to become Mr. Chuck Norris's forehead eye onto our desktop and ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Saudi Arabia has apparently executed its planned boycott of BlackBerry messaging services, prompting both U.S. and Canadian governments to intervene. With Turkey, India and the United Arab Emirates all considering similar bans, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly hopes to broker a resolution because residents have "a ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. The entire Switched team was too busy sitting face-first in front of the AC this weekend to attend Vice Magazine's and Intel's 'Creator's Project' exhibition -- a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The cyber storm brewing between Google and China could inspire its own network television tale of international Internet espionage. The most recent revelation concerning the Google hack has shown that China employed a familiar technique to lead Google employees to malware-infested sites: social network stalking. By posing as ...

Any fool knows that the centerpiece of a perfect Thanksgiving dinner is a giant, moist, whole turkey. But while anybody knows that fact, it takes a special kind of anybody to actually cook a bird to perfection. There's temperature and time to worry about, and you absolutely can't skimp on the basting, let alone the dressing. Lucky for us, there's a plethora of gadgets out there to help make up ...

Animal rights activist group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has never been known for its subtlety. Actually, that's an understatement. PETA has long been known for its over-dramatic publicity stunts. It's not that we always disagree with PETA's goals, it's just that their methods make us so uncomfortable we start to think that maybe Ted Nugent isn't such a bad guy after all. ...