Here is another interesting report I found while browsing the web. This report shows that US is showing very little to no growth compared to previous years when it comes to internet speed. This report includes internet speed from all 50 states and is a must read. Next time you find your internet lagging, just refer to this report and you might find the answer to why it is happening.

Please click on the image below to read the report (PDF).

The other day while on my quest to read/watch something interesting I came across a video where Kevin Kelly talks about the next 5,000 days of the web. The video is extremely engaging and interesting to say the least. He talks about how it was impossible during the beginning phase of web that anyone would have thought google, wikipedia and all would be possible. Also he gives a little insight on what we might see in the next 5000 days of web. It’s a must watch video…. a must if you are a web junkie like me.

This video is almost 20 minutes long so I suggest you grab a pot of coffee or a jug of beer before you click play . Enjoy!

Its always fun to get into something new, something that tries to break the monotony set by others. My addiction with Social Media drove me to try out Socialbrowse the other day and since then I have been going at it, nonstop. If you would like to learn more about Socialbrowse please read this article where we covered a little more on Socialbrowse.

We had a chance to talk with Dave Fowler who co-founded Socialbrowse along with Zack Garbow. Zack wasn’t available at the moment so Dave gave us a little more insight on Socialbrowse and how it all started.

Here is a short interview we did with Dave regarding Socialbrowse, Read the rest of this entry

There is not much to write here since we all know the possibilities Facebook has opened up for us all social network junkies. Please look at the images below that shows Facebook is the largest and fastest growing Social Network to date,

Its sad that I have been playing with Facebook for a while now but have yet to dedicate myself fully to tap into the massive community it hosts. This sure is a good indication that its about time.

[ source : Techcrunch ]

Earlier this week we had a guest post from the self proclaimed Social Media Jedi, MikeonTV. In that post he showed us how the relativity new microblogging effort, Plurk has taken discussion to a new heights. To compliment his post we are putting another new specimen under the microscope and comparing it to a predecessor that’s had little competition in the few years it has been around. Of course we are talking about toolbar bookmarking success StumbleUpon and it’s new competition SocialBrowse.

Like StumbleUpon, SocialBrowse requires you to install a Firefox plugin (which then activates your account) and allows you to notarize websites, news articles and blog posts at your leisure by means of new buttons in the browser. Sounds alot like SU doesn’t it? Well if you’re a regular ‘Stumbler’ then you know that eventually you’ll need to see what your friends are viewing too keep up pace. That’s a huge part and puts the ’social’ in SocialBrowse.

When you bookmark (or share) a post with SocialBrowse you are making your permanent mark on that URL. As long as any SocialBrowse user has the plugin enabled, your presence will follow that link around the Internet. It will be symbolized by your profile image and hovering over that image will present options such as other users who shared that specific page and comments made by members of the SocialBrowse community.

This expands on StumbleUpons thumbs up action in the toolbar. Instead of just having a blue thumb turn red when we like a page, now every website we visit displays how a community of people felt about the many links on that page without having to load any of them. All the comments are visible (again, by hovering over the profile image) and users are allowed to see a consensus of what’s to come from clicking that link without ever having to.

To compliment all the features available there is a button that triggers a sidebar showing a feed of your SocialBrowse friends activities. Along with that there are in-browser pop-ups, showing friend’s activity, which at times fills the screen and could make the user feel claustrophobic.

If you head to the SocialBrowse home page you can see more in depth user profiles and lists of recent popular content. What we need right now is an embeddable button to include in blogging templates, allowing users to advertise the right to use SocialBrowse and remind current users of its features. Much like the Digg it and Thumb it buttons sprawled across the web today.

In these, the days of instant gratification it is a must for many to know what people are posting, browsing and promoting right away. For that reason SocialBrowse is for the advanced users who just aren’t getting enough from their StumbleUpon accounts. Clearly the SocialBrowse plugin will better as newer releases become available, but the current feature list is enough to convince us at Nethacks that SocialBrowse is practicing innovation in social media as we speak.

So what are you waiting for? Get the plugin now!

Wow! Its just crazy. Its amazing how many people rely on gmail and how many people are actually using it at any given point in time. Today when gmail went down, the entire web was in chaos. Especially the twitter community. As soon as people found out that gmail wasn’t working Twitter got flooded with messages regarding gmail not being available.

As I write this post gmail and gtalk are both back up for me.However, I see for some its still not working. As soon as gmail went down I ran a search on twitter with the keyword “Gmail Down” and the result was just crazy…simply amazing. Check it out here.

The point of this post is to point out that it’s just crazy that we rely so much on a service ( especially google ) that even a 10-20 minute down time creates such an extreme panic among us netizens.

Anyway, hopefully gmail doesn’t go down again or else the web might just come to a halt. We will remember the day as “The Day Gmail Went Down.”

note: pretty surprised twitter has been working fine with the massive flow gmail whining.

This is what one user said about gmail being down

Hi this is Rabbit. Most people call me “The Crazy Rabbit” but I prefer Rabbit. Most of the time I either find news or informational stuff on Nethackz and tell you the truth after a while it gets kinda monotonous. So I told the editor ” hey, let me take over, I will give em’ something fun to look at. ” Well I got the chance and here it is for you guys to check it out.

Let me know what you think. Read the rest of this entry

Once again we bring you all the posts that have been featured on Nethackz this week. If you missed any news or information this week you should be able to access it all from here.

August 3rd 2008

Come on! You don’t expect us to work on Sunday, do you?

August 4th 2008

Before You Throw Your Old Gadgets Consider Gazelle

Want Extended Warranty? GreenUmbrella Might Offer The Best Solution

An Interesting Report On Internet Security

August 5th

Twitter – A Perfect Outlet To Distribute Malware

Plurk Is Filling Vacuums

25 Sites That Get Dugg The Most

August 6th 2008

Craziest Gadgets Ever

August 7th 2008

Alexa Says Goodbye To Social Media Traffic

Search Engine Popularity Growing Day By Day

Facebook Users : Beware

August 8th 2008

PC Gamers Get Ready For GTA 4

Have a great weekend. Will see you on Monday.

Cheers!

If you don’t own any gaming consoles and have been playing Grand Theft Auto 4 at your friend’s place, it’s time you stop bugging them . It has been confirmed that the PC version of GTA 4 will be out sometimes in the third week of November 08. I know this sure is going to be on most pc gamers wish list for Christmas.

I am not very big on gaming, but I think this is going to go on my list as well. It’s been so much talked about that I need to try it out. Will let you guys know what I think of it once I get into it.

We would like to warn all Nethackz readers that if you use Facebook please be careful of a new worm. Among all the security issues that Facebook has seen this is considered to be the most dangerous since it might effect your entire system.

If you see a message on your facebook inbox with titles such as ” LOL. you’ve been caught on video cam,yo:” please ignore such messages. These messages have a link to a random URL which opens up to what looks like a You Tube page.

Just a quick note to let you guys know to be careful and not click on any links that doesn’t look legitimate.

[ source : Techcrunch ]