Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) have released a draft of OPEN: Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade Act, intended as an alternative to SOPA/PROTECT-IP.  Unlike SOPA’s blatant ways, which was such an over-the-top abuse of the legislative process that it did not support a principled or even intelligent conversations about it, OPEN provides a useful starting point for a sensible conversation...

It’s time to get started with your New Year resolution this year, and Gympact is here to motivate you by giving or taking your money.  It will help motivate onlt if your New Year’s resolution is gym related. At the beginning of each week, users set a goal for the number of times they’ll visit the gym and name a price they’re willing to pay for not meeting that goal. If they miss their goal, they pay the price. If they...

Their is only mere hours left in 2011 we have been taking a look at what we have gotten done in 2011. Tomorrow we will be another year older. We first opened up on Jan. 1, 2009. This is our third year running with 846 post and 591 comments and still counting. We have slowly been growing and expanding what we offer and how our staff writes. I personally have become a better writer, and now am able to put my voice into what I write. The site...

Over the past years I have not have the best of luck with technology. I have recently had both my tablet and laptop suffer from it unable to charge. I called up for my tablet, which was a Dell Streak 7, and they told me to ship it to them and they would repair it at no cost. I sent the device in with the prepaid shipping and box they had sent me. I got the device back in about 5 days after it was sent out. Next I had to and still am dealing...

The Kindle Fire from Amazing has reportedly sold over 4 million units so far. Everyone has been asking wither they should  purchase on or go for an iPad. The price point is what has had many everyday consumers buying the tablet, for $199 its hard not to look at it and then comparing what it can do to an iPad and thinking for half the price is a deal. The Fire has a very clean and minimal design. It has a only one button on the whole...

Beidou, Chinese for “compass,” is China’s  independent satellite navigation system announced Tuesday their GPS alternative is available to the public. China began work on Beidou in 2000 in order to become less dependent on the U.S.-owned Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) infrastructure. Before launching Beidou, the Chinese relied on American GPS for military and domestic use. Should China have gotten involved in a military...

SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which GoDaddy briefly support has now caused user backlash that may or may not spell trouble for GoDaddy. The bill impairs the everyday person freedom of speech and infringes on privacy. The very openly against SOPA domain registrar, NameCheap, has been fighting for users to move their domains to their servers. Many users have done so, though there has also been hundreds of millions new domains...

2011 had its highlights, but this year had the iPad and Kindle Fire as the must have gadgets everyone was talking about. The lose of Steve Jobs hit the tech tech world, while the united states killing Osama Bin Laden blew Twitter up with reports of his death before it was even confirmed but Obama. 2011 may have been a great year with somber moments but still was great for the companies that went public. 2012 will have a hard time...