Articles by Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
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Online Dating Costs You More Privacy Than You Think
Here's a heads up to the millions of people looking for love on line: Your security and privacy are probably at risk. Many of the most popular dating sites are playing fast and loose with your ro… -
Cool Skin: Ink and Multi-Threaded Coding
Since 1997, Pepper Mint -- and yes that's his real name -- has specialized in high performance multi-threaded coding, particularly in data translation and transmission layers for Art Technology G… -
Can Atari's Vintage Games Rescue IE?
How do you transcend a negative impression, especially when it’s deserved? Over the years Microsoft left users determined to do their Web surfing with anything but IE. In November, IE generated j… -
John McAfee Crashes and Burns in Guatemala
John McAfee was climbing into a unique group of eccentric, adventurous and filthy rich legends like William Randolph Hearst, Howard Hughes and Richard Branson. But unlike them, and more like Icar… -
Kink.com's CTO Shares the Tech Behind the Scenes
In 1996, shortly after he came from England to get a Ph.D. in Finance at Columbia University, Peter Acworth read about a fireman who made millions selling pornographic pictures on the Internet. A… -
Cool Skin: These Tattoos Hurt But Were So Worth It
Chris Foresman says it's all Twitter's fault. Five years ago, he answered a tweet from a friend who needed someone to do a quick post for Ars Technica. Now he's covering Apple as well as patent l… -
Elizabeth Hughes: Words, Beer and Combat Simulation
Sometimes the path to an interesting career is circuitous and a little rocky. An example is this month's Featured Geek Elizabeth Hughes, a defense industry publications manager at ACME Worldwide… -
Long Distance Relationship? There's an App For That
How do you stay intimate in a long-distance relationship? There’s always Skype and Facetime, as well as a good old fashioned phone call, or gasp…a romantic letter but what about those occasions w… -
Love, Sex and C++: The Technology Behind OkCupid
Our subject today, OkCupid, is known as the dating destination where the cooler, cuter kids hang out. With 3.2 million active users and 7.1 million unique visitors each month, it's touted for hav… -
Cool Skin: A Game Artist and Her Tattoos
Kathryn Greenbaum has a cool job in games, but we'll get to that. First let's talk about what's on her skin. Specifically her four tattoos, all in black ink, one on each arm, two on her torso. We…