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If It Is a Little Spooky That Google Knows So Much About You, Get Used To It.

If It Is a Little Spooky That Google Knows So Much About You, Get Used To It.

Google says they do not plan any massive changes to how the search engine works because of the coming of personalization. No doubt, this technology needs some time to be refined and for Google to understand what it can do. Google is so omnipresent on the internet that few of us will give up using it just because it seems that not only are you looking at Google, they are looking at you back. But just knowing that Google is getting to that point of profiling you based on your daily online thoughts can get a little spooky. I guess it is something we will have to get used to.

Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Yahoo and Twitter Kick Data Sharing up a Notch

Yahoo and Twitter Kick Data Sharing up a Notch

    For any data processing professional, the protection of client data is a high priority.  Not only is a huge amount of effort put into the integrity and usability of data, significant expense and work is done to make sure that data is not disclosed beyond the relationship between a customer and the institution.  [...]

Feb 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
The Right Way to Throw Away a Computer

The Right Way to Throw Away a Computer

    We have gotten to the point that a PC or Laptop is almost a home appliance.  The technology changes and improves so rapidly these days that it is pretty much a given that you should plan to replace your computer every three years or less.  For a business, that can mean dozens of [...]

Feb 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Capacity Planning – Friend or Foe?

Capacity Planning – Friend or Foe?

    A systems administrator has a big job.  The job description for systems administration seems to take in just about anything management can think up.  At the same time, systems administrators become very possessive of the systems they care for because every aspect of the operation of those systems is their job.    In [...]

Feb 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
When an IT Expert Needs a Job

When an IT Expert Needs a Job

An IT person must approach the challenge of finding a new job in a very particular way.  Because your skills are specialized, you are not going to apply to every job that is in the newspaper.  The approach you should take to find good jobs and then how to craft your resume and your strategy [...]

Feb 28, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
IT Management Means Speaking Two Languages

IT Management Means Speaking Two Languages

Most IT department managers or project leaders grow up out of the IT technical ranks.  That is a good thing.  For one thing, an IT manager must have the ability to talk intelligently with technical experts.  If he or she cannot sustain the respect of a staff of highly trained and talented IT developers, that [...]

Feb 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Google Pushes the Envelope with Google Voice for Small Business

Google Pushes the Envelope with Google Voice for Small Business

Google has all the traits of a company that we all are all going to hate to love but love to hate.  The more they take over big application after big application, we have this natural, and very Australian ‘tall-poppy’, instinct to look at that kind of empire building with skepticism.  We worried and were skeptical [...]

Feb 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Application Development for Mobile Computing Explodes

Application Development for Mobile Computing Explodes

Application Development for Mobile Computing Explodes   Unless you live in a cave, you already know that the huge surge of popularity for mobile applications is the next big technological paradigm shift.  The days when a mobile phone was only a phone are long behind us now.  And judging by the speed of technological development [...]

Feb 24, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
The Rise of Navigation Systems

The Rise of Navigation Systems

The Rise of Navigation Systems   Remember paper maps? You’d take them out of the glove compartment or boot, unfold them, flip them around, and it would take you some ten minutes to find where you are on the map, before you could find where you were going. Later map books were a small improvement, [...]

Jan 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
The Beginner’s Guide To Choosing a PDA

The Beginner’s Guide To Choosing a PDA

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 [...]

Jan 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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