Are The Growing Google Concerns Fair?
With Google’s ascent to the top of not only the internet world but the entire global business world comes the expected amount of complaints about its practices. This isn’t to…
Technology Looking Forward: Smart Phones, Smart Cars, Smart…Cities?!
It has been seen in countless science fiction: a city where the LCD advertisements target themselves to your interests, where everything is wireless and automated, and knows your name, birthday,…
3D Rendering and Animation: Not Only for the Professional
In this world of ever-developing technology, we are seeing leaps and bounds of progress in the area of graphics and animation. Some of us think to ourselves, “Well, that is…
In today’s connected world, words like “blog,” “LiveJournal” and “Twitter” bombard us. They are featured prominently in the news. Co-workers, family members and friends are eager to give each other…
Crowdsourcing – what it is, and how you can use it.
It was a shocking article that appeared a few months ago, asking if the concept of regular employment itself was outdated. The issue raised from it was that, as opposed…
RFID: Old Technology Gets New Life
It begins with an old story. Someone accepts a new position, and as a part of the job, he will be issued various resources in order to do his job…
Ubuntu 11.10 – A Linux Misstep?
Ubuntu is the heavyweight champion of the Linux world. It is the most downloaded and used of all Linux distributions. Its interface is easy to use, and it allows for…
Guide to Choosing a Free Dedicated Email Client for Windows
You’ve decided that you are tired of using webmail and want to use a desktop-based email client instead. You are certainly not alone; it is often the preferred method of…
Email Encryption: Protecting Yourself and Your Information
You decided to write a steamy email to your lover late at night from your home computer. Pet names were used as well as some other language that, if anyone…
Video Streaming Beyond YouTube – They Really do Exist!
According to web ranking engine Alexa, YouTube is the third most popular web destination in existence. That’s not bad for a site that’s been around for all of 6 years. …
Securing Your Private Wireless Network
It has been all over the news lately that corporations and even government computer systems have been broken into. While this is happening, sensitive data is being stolen and leaked…
IRC: The Longest Standing Chat Protocol
On our personal computers, we have AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Skype and perhaps, if you are one of those users who has friends on all of those…