By Joshua Hill Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Towards the end of last year, when California suffered one of its worst wildfires in recent history, Twitter became a lifeline for many people. A regular stream of updates, coordinated with a simple tag so that anyone could search for them, provided people quick and vital information.
DARPA’s Fight on the Internet BeginsBy Joshua Hill Tuesday, May 13, 2008
One of a number of groups or people attributed with the creation of the internet are now intent on finding ways to protect from cyber attacks. DARPA – the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – have announced their desire to create what they are labeling a National Cyber Range.
Putting Voice to Your Text MessagesBy Jim Bray Monday, May 12, 2008
Are you a text messaging guru, with fingers flying on the keypad, managing a missive more quickly than you can voice the same thoughts?
CorelDraw X4 offers Powerful Enhancements to an Old FavoriteBy Jim Bray Sunday, April 27, 2008
Watch out Adobe! With its 14th version of its CorelDraw Suite of applications, the Ottawa, Canada-based company has once again thrown down a gauntlet in the page layout, graphics creation and manipulation application market.
Good BotNet versus Bad BotNetBy Joshua Hill Thursday, April 24, 2008
The newswires are awash with stories of hackers attacking US military sites, CNN, anti-Tibet sites. The tech wires are filled with warnings against opening unsolicited emails, and protecting against spam. All of this has a common theme, and that theme is botnets.
Panasonic Home Theater Ideal for Blu-rayBy Jim Bray Wednesday, April 23, 2008
HD discs are getting more attractive as the end of the high def format war leads to more Blu-ray hardware and software appearing, offering consumers the ultimate in picture and sound quality.
Sit in the Dark – or Power to the People?By Jim Bray Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Which is the better answer to the world’s growing energy requirements: feel good gestures or creating new energy sources that can feed our needs?
Social Networks as the new Online Search? I damn well hope not…By Joshua Hill Monday, April 21, 2008
In this day and age the internet is forever changing. People throw around terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 as if they were candy, when in reality, the former is frustrating to hear every four minutes and the latter is nothing but nonsense.
The Internet and the FutureBy Joshua Hill Monday, April 21, 2008
Hands up those who have heard the rumor that the internet isn’t capable of handling all we’re trying to throw at it. I assume that most of you have heard threats like this, and have been on the lookout for the internet’s successor.
International Technology Report sees Denmark at TopBy Joshua Hill Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Global Information Technology Report is the world’s most respected assessment of the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the development process and the competitiveness across the planet. This year, after covering 127 economies across Earth, Denmark came out on top.
Will Changing Technology Rain on Blu-ray’s Parade?By Jim Bray Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Now that the high definition disc war is over, will Blu-ray have a long and happy life in the living rooms and home theaters of consumers worldwide?
Rotel Preamp/Processor HD, Blu-ray CapableBy Jim Bray Monday, March 31, 2008
With high definition TV and discs wriggling their way into the hearts of audio and videophiles, audio manufacturers are now offering the ability to play back these next generation home theater technologies in their full HD glory.
Cable Monster Diversifies, Upgrades its OfferingsBy Jim Bray Monday, March 24, 2008
What do you do when you’re a leading audio/video cable company in an era when many of your products are being made obsolete by technological change?
Only Half of Digital Universe to be stored by 2011By Joshua Hill Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A recent study conducted by IDC and sponsored by the information management giant EMC, has provided a look in to the growth of our digital information, as well as a mind bending prediction for the future.
How the Abalone Will Help ElectronicsBy Joshua Hill Wednesday, March 19, 2008
"Abalone shells are self-assembling. What if we could make a material that is self-re-assembling? What if iPods and Blackberrys could genetically mend their own cracks? These devices get dropped; they break; what material can we make so they fix themselves?”
Thirsty Light Takes Worry out of Plant WateringBy Jim Bray Sunday, March 16, 2008
Do you have a habit of killing your house plants because you forget to water them?
Small Scanners Ideal For the Road or Home OfficeBy Jim Bray Sunday, March 16, 2008
Remember when owning a scanner meant you either had a big, flat behemoth on your desktop, or a tiny handheld device that would only give good results if you could keep your hands absolutely “shake-free” while scanning?
Blu-Ray wins the Battle, Loses the WarBy Joshua Hill Monday, February 25, 2008
If you haven’t already heard, Sony’s Blu-Ray won the high-definition video format war. If you didn’t know, then you probably don’t care; I sure don’t. But as the resident technical expert around these parts, I feel it is my duty to enlighten you to why it is I didn’t care.
By Jim Bray Sunday, February 24, 2008
High definition TV is hot, with channels and providers falling all over themselves to offer HD programming to snag viewers and subscribers.
Gaming Just Got Exciting; Brain Control HeadsetBy Joshua Hill Thursday, February 21, 2008
Apparently we’ve just arrived in the future, because coming soon to store shelves near you is a headset that lets your brain control the movement and actions in a video game.
Leading Thinkers Challenge the FutureBy Joshua Hill Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Gathering together 18 of the world’s leading thinkers to debate the challenges humanity is about to face is always going to present us with great reading material.
Computer Consoles Benefiting ScienceBy Joshua Hill Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Sony Playstation 3 has been a massive help to the people at Folding@Home, who are using distributed computing – networking multiple willing computers across the globe to complete intensive simulations – to help understand diseases such as Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s.
2029 Deadline for Robotic AIBy Joshua Hill Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The world’s greatest and most popular inventor and futurist, Raymond Kurzweil, has been a pioneer of so many fields it is not worth mentioning. He has foreseen a future for us that makes me wake up with a cold sweat; nightmares of robotic overlords still roaming through my mind.
SIRIUS Sportster, Boombox Contribute to Serious ListeningBy Jim Bray Monday, February 18, 2008
Satellite radio is a wonderful innovation for people who are tired of the “Same old same old” of most terrestrial broadcasting.
Artificial Intelligence to Man Air Traffic ControlBy Joshua Hill Thursday, February 14, 2008
I would be remiss if I didn’t start this article out preaching some sort of dire warnings about the threat of artificial intelligence and robotic overlords.
Is Fusion Reaction Coming Soon?By Joshua Hill Thursday, February 14, 2008
Nuclear fusion has long been the study of scientists looking for a cleaner source of energy. Different from nuclear fission – that which we associate with nuclear power plants today – in that the waste it produces is significantly less dangerous, and for a much shorter time, than the waste produced by nuclear reactors.
Need Affordable Headphones? You OTTO Check These OutBy Jim Bray Sunday, February 10, 2008
They may make you deaf if you misuse them, but headphones can also have real benefits in a variety of situations.
Delivering Speed of Light InstructionsBy Joshua Hill Thursday, February 7, 2008
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and the Technological Deal of the 21st Century
By Joshua Hill Tuesday, February 5, 2008
If you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, then I will excuse you some measure of ignorance concerning the possibility of a hostile takeover of web original Yahoo. It seems that Microsoft, in a last ditch effort to gain market share on Google and a semblance of internet integrity, has put forth what is loosely being described as a ‘pleasant hostile takeover.’
Affordable Color Laser for the Home/Office? Oh, Brother!By Jim Bray Friday, February 1, 2008
A general trend with things technological is that prices and sizes drop and capabilities increase. So it is with color laser printers, which have gone from stratospheric hulks accessible only to large corporations, to much more manageable sizes and prices that nearly any home office can handle.
