Like most knowledge workers, I spend hours reading articles, blog posts, and research online. For years, this felt like pouring water through a sieve. I'd read something fascinating, bookmark it, then ...

I just migrated onto a newer, bigger server (read that as “more expensive”, of course, but because my traffic's justifying it, I'm good with the change). To make matters more interesting, I also just ...

The web relies on random numbers to keep data secure The data scrambling systems used by millions of web servers could be much weaker than they ought to be, say researchers. A study found shortcomings ...

The free AntiPhorm Lite program conducts random Web sessions in an attempt to confound behavioral ad networks and other Web spies. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

Want to browse the Web at random? We've got a small selection of tools that let you do it with speed and true unknowing. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Just how wide is the World Wide Web? A statistical survey has measured the Web’s “diameter,” finding that there’s an average of 19 clicks separating random Internet sites. The findings have ...

Today brings some added conspiracy surrounding the all-too-infamous Tom Cruise Scientology video. A recent item published on OnlineAthens.com, the Athens Banner-Herald’s official Web site, claims that ...

It is, perhaps, the world’s most curious lucky dip. A counterfeit designer shirt, a box of firecrackers and a Bitcoin “mining” device have all been dispatched at random from across the world to a ...

The data scrambling systems used by millions of web servers could be much weaker than they ought to be, say researchers. A study found shortcomings in the generation of the random numbers used to ...