Better More Recent Google Results

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Need better search results on Google? Need more recent results for Google searches? Want to reduce irrelevant Google search results? Consider using the More Search tools menu located in the left toolbar on the Google search website. I’ve noticed a lot of Google search users arriving here on Best Hubris and other websites are trying … Read more

Firefox Personas Preview Feature

When you spend a lot of time in the world of technology it is easy to get jaded. New features that are promoted (self-promoted, and then echoed by lazy writers) are almost never as useful as they are supposed to be, and half the time, they are not even new. I almost ruined my eyes … Read more

Google Command Line Tool

Google announced today, and that announcement was re-broadcast via unofficial Google spokesman Matt Cutts to make sure people actually noticed, that the company had released a long-awaited command line tool for accessing Google. Well, sort of. If by accessing Google, you mean accessing everything except for the core Google service of search. Ready made for … Read more

Facebook Ad Revenue Growth Real?

Facebook is not a publicly traded company. Although there are many people speculating that Facebook will go public in the near future. As a privately held company, Facebook is not required to release any financial information to the public. Furthermore, the company does not have to have its finances audited either. That doesn’t keep financial … Read more

Facebook Like Google Killer ?

Is Facebook’s new Like Button really a Google killer. Will the Likes of social networking prove more desirable and powerful than Google’s search engine rankings based upon number of links?

MediaFire Takedown Notice Threatens Mozilla Over SkipScreen

MediaFire, a file sharing website loaded with copyrighted files, has sent a hypocritical takedown notice to Mozilla over Firefox plug-in SkipScreen. Since Mozilla has no control over SkipScreen, and since Mozilla itself is not violating MediaFire’s terms of service, there is only one reason they sent the takedown notice to Mozilla, legal extortion. MediaFire hopes that Mozilla will be too afraid of the cost of litigation and simply comply with the request even though it has no merit.

A Question of Greatness

Pondering the questions that make the Internet move. What do Technorati, WordPress, Google, and more do right or wrong to make my life better or worse?

Brower Privacy Mode and Small Minded Fools

Nothing says "simple minded" like calling the latest privacy innovation built into browsers "porn-mode". Seriously?  You can’t think of a single reason other than surfing porn that you would want a privacy mode for?  If so, you are either too naive or too obsessed with porn. Let’s start by saying I don’t want other people … Read more