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Relational databases
The relational database is becoming increasingly less useful in our current data driven world.
Data War
We have met the enemy and it is our smartphone
Don’t smile for the camera
Does your tablet use facial recognition technology when you log on? It is designed to combat fraud, but could it be doing other things …
Afraid of losing your Internet?
Is losing your Internet connection an irrational fear, similar to heights, spiders, snakes, and nuclear war
Big Data
We’ll look back at “Big Data” as a time when machines dredged massive amounts of data without a clue
Why do computers torture their users?
Do millions of interconnected computers conspire to torture you, or did yours just get lucky?
Etch A Sketch file extension
When saving your Etch A Sketch document as .etch file extension, don’t shake it.
Psychic Tech Support
Hyperweb beta 3.0 has been released. Just one problem, it causes a psychotic disturbance.
Killer App
A new Killer App so disruptive that it terminates the human-computer relationship.
Making the Killer App
When technologies and products converge in radical, creative new ways, a killer app can emerge.
Microsoft’s Resurrection
If you’re an early adopter willing to forget everything you know about navigating a windows computer, the extensive marketing campaign for Windows8 will convince you of Microsoft’s resurrection.
Google Earth Aliens
When you search for area 51 in Google Earth, and then scroll a bit to the left and zoom in… you can see aliens next to the Google logo. Really, the aliens are actually there.
Windows 8 is a punching bag
The Metro-style interface of hubs and tiles seems to be imminently confusing for users, especially those computer savvy folks that have been using the Microsoft Windows OS for years.
Annoying Spam
Who in their right mind would buy something from a spammer? Is some spam is legit?
Search and Destroy
Though its name sounds like bad dialog from a 60’s flick about desperate hustling and big money, Search and Destroy software is good to have around when you think someone is lurking behind the browser, tracking your Web moves. Wait, could that be the search engines themselves?
The Data Tsunami
Data, Data, Data… lots of it to store and analyze. Twitter has gone from zero to over 200 million tweets per day. Facebook uploads more than 250 million photos per day. If Facebook were a country (based on population), it would be the third largest country in the world after China and India.
Apple Maps runs too hot
Unfortunately, Apple iPhone and iPad owners are experiencing an iOS code glitch that the engineers couldn’t figure out.
How to Easily Fix Windows Surface Freezes
In computer talk, a freeze is a term used to describe an event in which the computer stops responding to a human. What do you do when your Windows SURFACE tablet freezes?
Microsoft has cut the cheese
The new Windows UI is confusing, it is an awkward mishmash that cuts the interface in two. Users that like the new touch-friendly Metro GUI will not like the old touch-hostile desktop underneath. Users who rely on the old Windows desktop will not like having to navigate Metro to find settings and apps they can locate in the older version.
Facebook wants to control your privacy options
If you thought people were already sharing too much on social networks, your friend Mark Zuckerberg says that this this rate of sharing will double every 10 years. At the same time, Zuck consistently changes the rules of Facebook, giving you less and less options to control your privacy.
Does your loss of online privacy bother you?
Get the Mobile App
As the popularity of self loading mobile applications continues to rise, downloading is becoming a thing of the past. A May 2012 comScore study reported that during the previous quarter, more mobile subscribers used apps than browsed the web on their devices.
Is yelling better than damaging expensive hardware
Why do people vent their frustration with technology by yelling at the computer and calling it evil?
Could the concept of “Upcycling” help with software and data incompatibility?
Upcycling is the new trend of converting useless products and materials into things of better quality. It’s designed to work in opposition to the disposable consumer culture, encouraging people to think of new and innovative ways to develop things.
Post-PC era means mass extinction for personal computers
Business professionals will be transitioning from desktop PCs and business laptops to small and extremely power efficient tablets. What will the extinct computers be used for?
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Expansion Set
You’ve turned the tide against the King. Now, doze off for a few minutes before you power through new quests and dungeons.
Is it true that ABACUS is more expensive to upgrade than SAP or Oracle?
ABACUS’s standard licensing model is made up of two separate components: Bead licenses (which includes stick maintenance) and support services.
Collecting “Big Data”
As data collectors, we have reached our capacity to collect, store, manipulate and analyze “Big Data” information. There is no going back.
Virtual Uninstall for Windows 8
> Go to the folder of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software.
> Locate Blow-Up 5.0.1 and select file.
> Right click to delete computer.
We have lots of data, can we do something intelligent with it?
The world’s data is doubling every 18 months. Everyone is talking about the concept of Big Data, and how this new technology will transform the way we all live. Will it really?
I’m trapped in a tsunami of tweets!
Twitter has the ability to reflect the political and economic mood in a particular geographical area.
Litter on twitter
Who’s littering twitter with crappy images? Twitter images have transformed the web, but unfortunately, people share mostly mundane crap.
Cleaning does not extend the life of a mouse.
Properly cleaning a mouse will help prevent it from “jumping around” on the computer screen.
Is technology making us stupid?
Are technologists missing the old-fashioned analog pleasures in life, like the joy of reading a real book?
No more Lucky Searches
Frustrated with my internet search, my computer (Hexogle) was sending me to sites to buy things instead of sites that have information.