aNewDomain.net — At 11:11:11 p.m. on Nov. 11, 2011, a group of editors who served with me on the all-star journalist and IT pro team we called teamBYTE started a new domain. In fact, we called it aNewDomain, thanks to the inspiration of our editor Brian Burgess. The founding team included John C. Dvorak, BYTE legendary columnist Dr. Jerry Pournelle and many of the best tech journalists and IT pros I’ve ever worked with via BYTE and other tech publications.
Click Meet the Team to find the whole gang. And to find our ethics statement and more about us, click here. And so, on the occasion of our two-year anniversary, here are the top 111 stories we’ve run that you loved the most. Enjoy! We sure have. Watch closely as we continue to build out aNewDomain.net, our Linux site aGNUdomain.com, aNewDomainTV and other properties. We’re getting larger. See how far we’ve come. And scroll below to find out about hiring opportunities at our growing startup. The opportunities are stellar.
We know you’ll get a unique experience when you spin through the virtual pages of aNewDomain.net. Our sweet spot is tech, but we cover cutting-edge science and space stories, math, physics, music, food, you name it. Check out some of the highlights from the last two years. Whether it’s a How To gallery, deep-tech analysis piece, breaking news, commentary or a review, the content our team produces always aims to provide a perspective we bet you won’t see anywhere else. Here’s what you loved, according to the stats, but in no particular order. Mixing it up for your reading pleasure. We’ll add more stories in our celebration week to come — Gina Smith, editorial director.
Mike Elgan on Google + and Why It Rocks So Hard by Mike Elgan
Carey Head: Ubuntu for Everyday Use, How It Worked For Me by Carey Head
How To Get Your Google+ Vanity URL (gallery) by Brian Burgess
Jerry Pournelle: View from Chaos Manor and The Avengers by Jerry Pournelle
Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview: How to Fix Device Driver Compatibility Issues by Ant Pruitt
Ted Rall Cartoon: NSA? Call It the Notional Sophistry Agency by Ted Rall
Tech Travelers: How Not To Be An Ugly American Geek by Gina Smith
NASA Kepler Discovery: Three Habitable Planets? Discovery, Video, Infographic by Gina Smith
Steve Wozniak: I Never Criticized New iPad, Reporters Got It Wrong (exclusive) by Gina Smith with Steve Wozniak
Computer History Museum: First 2000 Years of Computing, Photo Gallery by Richard Hay
Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes: NASA Video by Gina Smith
Nikon Small World Contest: Microscope Time Lapse Photos by Tom Ewing
Chess You Can Rook To by Dino Londis
The Ultimate Friday the 13th Infographic by Gina Smith with Joy Ma
The Environmental Impact of Video Games, infographic by Gina Smith
Richard Hay: On Winning the Carmack Prize, How AeroPac Did It, Details by Richard Hay
TED Talks: Flying Robots with Vijay Kumar by David Street
Infographic: 13 Terrible Things That Happened on Friday the 13th by Joy Ma
NASA DTN Protocol: Interplanetary Internet, How It Works, What LEGOS Have to To With It by Tom Ewing with Gina Smith
Pi Day 2013: Partying for Pi and Pi Facts for 3.14159 by Gina Smith
Quantum Entanglement: Photons as Particles and Waves At Once (video) by Gina Smith
John C. Dvorak Chicago Hot Dog, California-Style by John C. Dvorak
Paul Bonner: Terrible Tablets or Terrible Journalism? by Paul Bonner
John C. Dvorak: On NSA Spying, Are Americans Now Our Enemies? by John C. Dvorak
Eduardo Saverin: Facebook Co-founder Renounced U.S. Citizenship to Avoid Taxes? by Gina Smith
Asus Transformer Prime: Why I Unlocked My Bootloader by Eric Finkenbiner
Apple TV Android Freeware Roundup: Review by Russ Johnson
EXCLUSIVE — Apple Founder Inventor Steve Wozniak: Why I Love My Windows Phone 7.5 Mango by Dan Patterson with Gina Smith and Todd Moore
Upgrading Your Mac in Six Easy Steps (Cartoon) by Jeremy Lesniak
Mike Elgan: The Astonishing Economics of My Nomad Life Abroad by Mike Elgan
The Anatomy of a Great Website: Infographic by Joy Ma
Google Docs: How to Use Its New Spell Check and Auto Correct by Brian Burgess
Playon.tv: Not Ready for Prime Time by Larry Press
Dear Tim Cook: Letter from an American Dad, Apple iOS Parental Controls by Alan Wallace
MS Surface Pro Rocks with a Docking Station (round up and review) by Alan Wallace
How To Install Adobe Flash Player on Android 4.1 and Higher by Brian Burgess
Trey Ratcliff: San Francisco Before Sunrise, Photo of the Day by Trey Ratcliff
How to Enable .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 in Windows 8.1 for Older Programs by Brian Burgess
Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview: How to Fix Device Driver Compatibility Issues by Todd Ogasawara
Amazon Kindle Fire: How To Change Your Email Signature by Brian Burgess
Amazon Kindle Fire: How To Save Images You Find Online by Brian Burgess
Ant Pruitt Invitation to Ingress: How to Play Ingress, Pros and Cons review by Ant Pruitt
Trey Ratcliff: How to Upload Photos to Google+ with Albums (video) by Trey Ratcliff
Ant Pruitt: How DLNA is Simplifying My Multimedia by Ant Pruitt
Apple TV Android Freeware Roundup: Review by Russ Johnson
Windows 8.1: Great Utilities for Data Transfer by Alan Wallace
Who is VirnetX? Apple To Pay $368 Million to IBM? NSA? CIA? Who? by Tom Ewing with Gina Smith
How to Set Up Netflix Profiles for Multiple Viewers and Manage Them (gallery) by Brian Burgess
Tim Downs: Adobe Creative Cloud Review, War on You by Tim Downs
Ant Pruitt: Hisense Pulse for Google TV Review, Real Bang for the Buck by Ant Pruitt
How To Create a USB Recovery Drive in Windows 8.1 by Brian Burgess
iPiccy for Android, iOS: Photo Editing, Gina Smith Exposed by Marc Klempf
Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch: Delete Multiple Emails at Once in iOS by Brian Burgess
CISPA: What Is It and How Is It Like SOPA? (infographic) by David Street
CrushFTP 6 Enterprise: FTP Server Packs Extra Punch (review) by Erik Vlietinck
Apple iPad: How to Use Join.Me to Remotely Share Screens Among Desktops and iOS Devices by Brian Burgess
Man Toys: What I Wish You’d Buy Me — But With Your Millions, Please by Gina Smith with Tom Ewing
Ten Mega Corporations Predict Your Shopaholic Addictions (infographic) by David Michaelis
Eurovision 2012: Who Wins First Place? Finals Today and Saturday by Tom Ewing
John C. Dvorak Super Bowl Tech: Kaepernick, Expendable QBs and NFL Futures by John C. Dvorak
R.M.S. Titanic: Video Tour of the Undersea Wreck Site and Google Map by Jeremy Lesniak with Joy Ma
John C. Dvorak: On Popular Science, Idiocy and Trolls by John C. Dvorak
San Francisco Car Race Bullitt Style: Fred’s Weekend Video (amazing) by Fred Lewis
R.M.S. Titanic Pictures: High-Res Whole Ship Image Gallery (NationalGeographic.com) by Jeremy Lesniak with Gina Smith and Joy Ma
Steve Jobs Action Figure: InIcon Halts Production Under Pressure from Jobs Family by David Street
From OS Rumors to Release: The Development Cycle (comic) by Dino Londis with Jeremy Lesniak
Star Wars Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project: Underway and Geeky by Gina Smith with Tom Ewing
Pikinis for iOS: On Rating Bikini Photos, Madison Andrews Comments by Madison Andrews
Social Media Goes Red in Support of Marriage Equality by Joy Ma
Logitech TV Cam HD Review: Easy, Great for Skype by Jeremy Lesniak
Jurassic Tech: Todd O’s Sony Mavica FD71 Circa 1998 by Todd Ogasawara
DOJ-FTC Investigation of Patent Trolls Intellectual Ventures, Mosaid, RPX in Works? Exclusive by Gina Smith with Tom Ewing
John C. Dvorak on SOPA: Don’t Get Suckered by What Comes Next by John C. Dvorak
Focal Free Irish Translator: Freeware Friday by Julie Blaustein
Detroit Auto Show 2013 NAIAS Livestream: Toyota, BMW, Corvette C7 Stingray Wows, Vids, Links by Gina Smith
Ted Rall: Ask Big Daddy, Credibility Counts (cartoon) by Ted Rall
Apple Siri: What She Might Look Like by Gina Smith
Apple iPhone 4S: Cheap Yellow Sunglasses Test Screen Quality — Really! by David W. Martin
Gmail Fun: Play the Classic Snake Game in Gmail by Chris Poirier
Apple April 1 Anniversary: History of Apple (est. April 1 1976) by Gina Smith
Steve Jobs: Macworld Keynotes Year by Year by Gina Smith
We Are One: Meet aNewDomain.net, Team Roster (LAST YEAR’S ONE-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE) by Gina Smith
Social Media Explained: In Donuts (NPR) by Dino Londis
HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Compared: Seth Heringer Deep Dive by Seth Heringer
Path for Apple iOS, Android: Mobile Social Network Review by Chris Miller
Planetary Resources Inc: Tech Billionaires Announce Arkyd Mission, Asteroid Mining by Gina Smith
How to Use Auto Awesome in the Wild, Animated GIFs by Richard Hay
Apple iPad Display Shoot-Out: Apple iPad Retina Display vs. iPad 2, iPhone 4 (Introduction)
John C. Dvorak: On Morgues and Microsoft Stores by John C. Dvorak
The Sizzling Hot Apple iPad Skillet: Caption Contest (We Have a Winner!) by Dino Londis
Google+ Redesign, App Update, Instagram for Android: Coincidence? Hardly by Staff
Northern Lights Glow in Stunning Space Images of Earth (video and photo) by Gina Smith
Android: Four Reasons To Root Your Smartphone Now by Eric Finkenbiner
April Fools’ Day 2012: Stats, Tricks and April 1 Tech Pranks by Joy Ma
Forty Year Mobile Phone Anniversary: Motorola DynaTAC, History of the Mobile Phone infographic by Gina Smith
Skype, Evernote, Fresh Paint, News Bento: Best Windows 8 Apps Right Now by Sandy Berger
Tech Time: My Mickey Mouse Watch Then and Mickey Now by Todd Ogasawara
Facebook IPO Official: Facebook Goes Public, Raise is $5B and We’re Off by Gina Smith
How To Fix Your Website: Avoid These Five Mistakes by Sarah Peters
Full Body Scan Airport Video: What TSA Officials See, Plus Tech Explainer by Gina Smith
Apple iPhone Gold: Bling Your Own Device by Jeremy Lesniak
True Tech Support Horror Stories: Part Three (Open to READERS) by Jeremy Lesniak
Android Counterclank: Android Market Trojan Debacle Unfolds by Eric Finkenbiner with Mat Lee
I Knew Gates and He Was No Steve Ballmer, MS CEO Resignation Letter, Commentary by Gina Smith
Seth Heringer: Verizon’s Dangerous New Data Plans by Seth Heringer
Isabelle Dinoire Face Transplant Before and After Images, Podcast: State of the Art by Gina Smith
Fifty Years: Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech video, Malcolm X debate, infographic by Gina Smith
Ted Rall: On PRISM and Passwords, Why Aren’t Americans Freaking? by Ted Rall
John C. Dvorak: U.S. Gathers Passwords — Dump Free Email Providers Now by John C. Dvorak
Declaration of Internet Freedom: 35K Worldwide Sign On So Far by Tom Ewing
John C. Dvorak Tech Stock Corner: NYT Drives, Tesla Dives, Who’s Buying Now? by John C. Dvorak
Apple Mobile Safari: How to Save Images To Your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch by Brian Burgess
John C. Dvorak: Bogus Einstein Quotes Don’t Prove You’re Smart by John C. Dvorak
The Big Red Button: Push To Add Drama (video) by Marc Klempf
On 4K Panel TVs: Great TVs, Rotten Monitors, Alfred Poor Deep Dive
Star Wars Uncut: Crowdsourced Fifteen Seconds At a Time by David Street
NSA PRISM: Whistle Blower Edward Snowden Nobel Peace Prize 2014 Nominee by Gina Smith
Countdown: Five Days to the End of the World infographic by Gina Smith
Ted Rall: Down the NSA Rabbit Hole, FISC News and the Death of Reason by Ted Rall
Windows 8 Parody Video Roundup, Larry Ellison Bonus Inside by Gina Smith
Quadrocopters: What Are They and Why Are They Assembling Buildings and Playing Pong? by John C. Dvorak with Gina Smith
Apple Store Public Hotspot: Wild WiFi Action by Dan Patterson
Han Solo in Carbonite: Etsy iPhone Case with Serious Geek/Nerd Appeal by David Street
Windows 7: How To Create a System Restore Point by Brian Burgess
Gina Smith: Why Google Should Dump Its Do No Evil Credo Now by Gina Smith
Strange Bedfellows: ACLU + NRA vs NSA by Gina Smith
Viral Video: Expert Shark Handler Nina Salerosa (amazing!) by Gina Smith
CES 2013 Wednesday Keynote Samsung Chief with Bill Clinton, Video Here by Tom Ewing
How to Delete Your Facebook Account (GroovyPost) by Brian Burgess
Kid Hacks in the Middle of Fox News (worth a repeat!) by Larry Press
In the last two years, our stories have been picked up by every major media outlet in the world. We thank the mainstream, tech, science, sports and popular press for its support. We’re happy to note that, while we couldn’t afford to pay anyone in the beginning, aNewDomain.net is now a healthy ongoing concern. We’re hiring. We want to hear your story ideas.
We are always looking for great writers and editors to join our top-drawer team. Contact us if you want to be a part of our group. We especially embrace the Google+ community — that service launched in beta just after teamBYTE relaunched its venerable property. We are all deeply entrenched in +.
As co-founder and edit director, I want to provide my infinite thanks to this dedicated team of writers, editors, cartoonists, video/podcast hosts and producers. The best is yet to come. Cheers! Gina Smith, editorial director and co-founder, aNewDomain.net.
