10 Stories by Kole McRae

Is Illegal Filesharing Getting Less Popular?

My girlfriend used to ask me to download music all the time. She’d ask: “Can you get me the new Fall Out Boy album?”...

December 12, 2010 7 2 min read

Intel to Malware: “You Shall not Pass!”

You may have heard that Intel bought McAfee a few weeks ago. Well that decision had a lot of people scratching their heads. Personally, I thought...

September 15, 2010 7 58 sec read

Google Lets the Bed Bugs Bite

Your mother used to say it all the time. “Good night honey, don’t let the bed bugs bite!” And yet Google can’t handle that...

September 3, 2010 4 34 sec read

Tickets to Space now Available for $200,000

I was bored and decided to check out the Virgin Galactic site earlier. I ended up accidentally swallowing an entire ice cube and giving...

August 29, 2010 3 34 sec read

Google PWNS Bell, Verizon, Skype and Every Telephone Company

The senior editor for Techi just told me they put a bunch of money into Skype. So I want to take this once in...

August 25, 2010 6 46 sec read

Samsung: Helping Overprotective Parents Become Even more Obsessive

This is how it works. The parent tells the kid “you must be home every day by 9pm.” The kid then says “Yes, mom.”...

August 19, 2010 5 53 sec read

That $35 Tablet Might Actually be Real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok4z9Xpapzc&feature=related A few weeks ago India’s Human Resource Development minister, Mr Kapil Sibal was throwing words around the tubes known as the internet about...

August 16, 2010 2 35 sec read

Microsoft Tech Advice: Hotmail is broken Sir, what do I do? Tell them to use Google Chrome!

Microsoft just made a dumb move. I decided to recreate how I think the conversation went between the tech guy and his boss. Tech...

August 10, 2010 10 35 sec read

A Dating Site for Virgins. What’s Next, a Dating Site for Unicorns?

The Internet is a beautiful place. Filled with almost limitless information on any topic imaginable, chances to connect with huge groups of people that...

August 9, 2010 5 39 sec read

Pack your Bags and Update that Passport, Europe Finally has a Universal Cell Phone Charger

As of next year, almost any cellphone will work with almost any charger. (In Europe)

August 5, 2010 5 47 sec read