The Internet, sometimes called simply “the Net,” is a worldwide system of computer networks a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers.
So, for all those Facebook and Twitter junkies out there, how do you get your daily fix during a Power Outage? This dilemma was experienced by the millions who were adversely affected by Hurricane Sandy’s visit to the east coast several weeks ago. As the Sandy Survivors quickly learned, no power means any internet connection. […]
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The war against pirated content has just escalated with the latest anti-pirating initiative launched by an organization called the Center for Copyright Information(CCI). The group represents the copyright interests of organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America along with companies such as Disney, Sony Pictures, Fox,
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Google is scheduled to Unveil New Product Line at Oct.29 Media Event. According to carefully leaked rumors, Samsung leads the parade with its Nexus 10. Rumors are flying regarding Google’s rollout of its new devices along with its new Operating System, Android 4.2. Scheduled to take place next week at an announced media event on
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Emails have become THE ultimate medium for our messaging. Unfortunately, our efforts often end up having the opposite effect we are hoping for. The ability to strike a few keys and hit “send” has made many of us unaware that we are being negatively received. We’ve all composed e-mails that, in retrospect, we regret having
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In 1982, Walt Disney released a Si-Fi movie starring Jeff Bridges. The movie is called “Tron” and the plot entailed a computer programmer who is physically transported into a mainframe computer and spends the rest of the movie attempting to find a way out. Although primitive by today’s movie standards, it did succeed in giving
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Firefox– friendly- web developers are celebrating the long-awaited official imprimatur from Mozilla Firefox 16’s browser support encompassing much of its HTML5 platform. Embedded with far fewer changes than the previous release, the new version supports Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. After experiencing security flaws with the previous HTML is declared the updated release is “unprefixed”,
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Do you ever wonder why your internet speed sometimes inexplicably slows? It may be that your ISP is red flagging you as a broadband hog and is intentionally limiting your transmission speed. Known as a bandwidth cap, the practice is employed by a number of ISP’s when a channel intended to be shared by many users
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Google is whistling a different tune now they have succumbed to the Recording Industry Association of America’s demands that it cease and desist from including Pirate Bay’s domain names in their instant and autocomplete search box. Under fire from the music industry’s assault on pirated material, Google added Pirate Bay to its censorship list. Google
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Telstra continues to break the internet speed barrier on 4G mobile devices. iPhone 5’s 4G wireless broadband is faster than ever thanks to Telstra’s lightning-fast network. With more than twice the coverage of its nearest Australian rival, Telstra is growing in popularity among 4G mobile devices that are being introduced to today’s market. Now available
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Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that is global in scope and committed to providing free educational content to everyone, has recently announced the addition of a new EHUB export feature. It enables users to create an individual’s personal collection of Wikipedia-generated articles which can be compiled into a free e-Book that can be viewed on
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