The on again off again potential collaboration between Microsoft and Yahoo seems to be on again. Of course, the merger of giant internet companies is nothing new to the vast world of cyberspace business. And ever since Google pretty much took over the world in regards to online activity, both these two huge companies have been playing footsie about merging, buying each other out or working together in some fashion
It is virtually impossible to operate a home computer that is connected to the internet without being aware of the dirty and damaging programs that can infect your computer that we call viruses. The term “virus” has been associated with a lot of different malicious programs that are downloaded to a computer without permission of the owner to do bad things.
Outsourcing the software development process is often the right decision for a business depending on what kind of in house technical resources you have
If you used Surveymonkey to create a poll and asked people what social networks like Facebook and Twitter are for, you would get a lot of answers. Probably the most popular answers would be for fun, to share pictures and to keep up with friends and family
There is something perverse about an attacker who would fool us into downloading a very destructive package of malware and viruses by using our desire to make our passwords more secure as a way to make us less secure.
IT workers are a notoriously technical bunch. Along with that technical expertise comes a certain “lore” about the personality of a typical technical guru who thrives in the cubicle canyons of an IT department. If you are an IT professional, you know that many of those stereotypes are just that, images that the media likes to assign to a group of people. But one image worth taking head on is the idea that IT people are notoriously unhappy.
One of the most respected and recognized individuals who seems represent the epitome of how powerful the human intellect can be is Stephen Hawking. This brilliant physicist has often been compared to Albert Einstein because of his powerful mind and because of his contributions to physics that has made huge leaps forward in the knowledge mankind has about our universe
It has been observed that many times a former president of the United States does more good after he leaves office than during his term
You don’t have to go very long watching TV before you will see an advertisement for some allegedly phenomenal software utility that is supposed to be able to make your computer run hundreds of times faster. The images they use hit home
The ability to simply speak to a machine and have it respond flawlessly has been the stuff of science fiction for a long time. Just consider the wonderful relationship between HAL and the human astronauts in the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey
