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Twitter isn’t the only one with abirthdayin June. The Mozilla Foundation is also celebrating its 8th anniversary today as it was ‘born’ on July 15, 2003. The milestone was trumpeted by the Mozilla Drumbeat twitter accounttodayas it exclaimed “Happy Birthday,#MozillaFoundation! Born July 15, 2003.” Mozilla, of course, makes the free browserFirefox, which many of us came to know and love as an incredibly fantastic alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer back in the evil days of IE6....

On August 30th, 1982, 29 years ago, 16-year oldV. A. Shivacopyrighted “EMAIL” along with the GUI we still use today with the fields “To: From: Cc: Bcc: Subject: Reply, Reply All, Forward” and Email body and attachment. “When I first heard the word ‘electronic mail,’ I literally felt it was sending electricity through paper. Those two words juxtaposed together in 1978 were absolutely new,” says Shiva. While many claim to have “invented email” the issue isn’t just one of semantics....

At the same time when online stars, like“Shit my dad says”,“Bed Intruder”and“Angry Birds”leverage their fame to gain a spot in TV’s landscape, brands seem to be making their move from traditional media to digital. In doing so, brands have transformed from entertainment sponsors to creators. Branded video in particular often grabs the leading role in digital campaigns. Brands have invested big in the know-how of making a film and collaborating with A-list actors and directors....

We tech junkies, we’re a fickle bunch. Why it was only a few weeks ago thatwe were gushingover Moto’s latest baby, saying that there were “tons of tablets, but only one Xoom”. Not long after, though, the harsh reality set in. What we saw at CES was just a video of what Honeycomb should look like on the Xoom. It wasn’t the real deal. That brought us from the high to the inevitable low....

Plans for next summer’s London Olympics are kicking off and a big part of the planning involves the nominations for the Olympic Torch relay. Perhaps very telling of our time, James Law, a computer scientistat Aberystwyth Universityhas nominated a robot to be part of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. Specifically, the 3ft tall iCub robot, has been nominated by Dr. James Law from the Department of Computer Science to mark the centenary in 2012 of the birth of Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science....