Anyone who has been on the interent for any length of time is aware of some of the dangers that lurk in cyberspace. The kind of malicious software that gets the most attention are viruses and other destructive internet attacks. These kinds of invasions over your internet modem can destroy your computer or seriously hinder [...]
When your computer starts acting up, it is something to worry about because you don’t know if there is something fundamentally wrong with it or if it is something easy to fix. What not many people know is that a computer that is acting up may not be showing any signs of a serious problem [...]
The iPad Took the mobile computing market by storm in the last few months. So it stands to reason that there are plenty of big internet and mobile communications companies that want a piece of the pie. The announcement that Google and Verizon were working on their own version of a pad style technology should [...]
In a conversation with a friend about the ongoing sophistication of television, he once remarked to me, “It won’t belong before all TV will be done with holograms so the characters will be right in your living room interacting with your family.”
We all like to know what we are getting into. Whether you are buying the latest and most sophisticated hardware product on the market, a new phone or a new laptop, the last thing you want to have to deal with is buying a lemon. When you see advertisements for a new gadget that has just hit the market, you would think that new technology was the beginning of the Star Wars age and that you just have to have it right now! But anyone who has been buying into new technology knows that the promises of the marketing of new technology often does not live up to what the gizmo will actually do once you get it home
The Beginner’s Guide To Choosing a PDA For everyone thinking of buying their first PDA, this guide’s for you! A gentle introduction to these devices should be all you need. PDAs aren’t like other computers – they’re compact, user-friendly, fast, featureful, and even fun! The first thing you have to do is figure [...]
Things You Can Do With Bluetooth Sunglasses Let us not be shy about it: When you use Bluetooth-enabled sunglasses and eyewear devices, you are officially living in the science fiction era. It’s no joke, you really have joined the era of *Star Trek*. We’re only a holodeck and transporter away from exploring the galaxy [...]
What Accessories Are Available For a PDA? In light of the explosion in PDA’s popularity in the past decade, it’s kind of surprising how many people are still running around with just the bare unit. They might keep the AC adapter/charger that came with the unit, and might even drop it into a leather [...]
What Can You Get in Bluetooth Devices? Information technology kind of hit a jackpot with Bluetooth. For once, we have an extremely useful telecommunications protocol which became an open standard, and to this day enjoys an open existence while not being owned by any company in particular. That is, the Bluetooth special-interest-group is actually [...]
Is Open Source Just For Do-It-Yourselfers? We blame Richard Stallman. Stallman, God bless him, is the Godfather of the Free Software movement (and by extension, the God-uncle of the Open Source movement), but he projects this image of the world’s oldest hippie. Add to this that many of the original Free Software founders and [...]
