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This is one of the sites that I used for my research on my topic for my technology article project: The future of netbooks. This article shows where netbooks could be going within the next 3 years. According to the article, shipments for netbooks are supposed to quadruple by 2012. iSuppli says that netbook revenue will top $1 billion this year! And by 2012, sales will hit roughly 50 million units per year. The 7"-10" netbooks are so popular because of their portability. They are great for on the go. Netbooks are everywhere. I chose this article because it pertains to my topic for my technology article. It also ties in to our class. I think netbooks will continue to grow in their popularity because many people want that "portability" factor when they look for a new product. Netbooks are the perfect solution. The future is bright for netbooks. I expect more and more brands to begin producing netbooks. Netbooks are here to stay.

It seems like everything in the medical field is trying to go towards technology that requires less human interaction. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are working with a product called "CellScope." CellScope is a microscope that attaches to a camera-equipped cell phone and produces two kinds of imaging, called brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. This device can take images of disease samples and transmit them to medical labs throughout the world. Their goal is to use mobile communications networks as a cost-effective way for medical staff to screen hematologic and infectious diseases in parts of the world that lack access to advanced microscopic equipment. This is just another example of how technology is taking over the medical field. It seems like doctors are required to do less and less work as time goes on and technology becomes more advanced. This was very interesting to me because last week my uncle was emailing me about this. My uncle is a surgeon in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was telling me how he does still perform surgeries, but he can tell that in the future he won't be performing as many. It is obvious the medical industry relies on technology to assist them, and they will only rely on them more in the future.

A group of scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered an unusual use for scotch transparent tape. They found that it can be used to generate X-rays. They realized that tape can create enough X-rays to take a hospital-style image. There is one catch concerning the idea. It only works using a vacuum. You are probably asking yourself why does it only work using a vacuum? The full X-ray effect using a vacuum is a result of the low amount of energy being produced in the tape-peeling process. Air by itself weakens that energy to the point where its undetectable. The group of scientists are not sure whether or not the intensity of the rays are high enough to produce a usable system. They are continuing to research the subject, but they say it could be used in the future as a portable X-ray device away from electricity. This article struck me as bizarre, but very interesting in various ways. It is a strange topic, but maybe this could come up in the future as a useful tool? -Alan

The future is here! They've finally began creating games controlled by your mind. Just think... this technology is now in its infancy. Think of where it could lead! Next we will be typing our papers and working in databases by our minds alone. From there, think of video games; here you really can do exactly what you wanted. Does anyone remember the 2004 Playstation commercial?? Their add scheme was about 'the future' and there was a commercial about the PS9; an orb that connects to your mind and makes you and your whole body the character in the game. Is that where we are headed? It would be insanely cool, but we are still far from it.

This is so cool! Like it says, it explains how we all know too many video games can be harmful. Microsoft and leading scientists are trying to figure out how to use the Xbox 360 to help build a computer generated image of the human heart. Basically, while you're playing your games, you're checking to see how healthy your heart is at the same time! What an amazing break through!

This article describes how a modified game chip within an XBOX 360 can detect damaged cells around the heart to detect and prevent heart attacks. It's much cheaper and faster than using a supercomputer to create a 3D model. Video games seem to be the future of our medicine I chose this article because it can go hand in hand with our game night coming up this Friday. The fact that a video game console can save lives makes it seem as if anything is possible. When Guitar Hero is blazing and Wii Bowling is entering the final frame we can all say to ourselves yes, we are saving lives this night!

My parents use to tell me all the time how technology use to be back in their days. I always thought how hard it would have been to survive in their days without the internet, a computer, cellphone, a color tv, and numerous other things. This article lays out some ideas that the author thinks we will be telling our grankids in the future. When we are explaining how life use to be in our days, we might say how we use to only need 140 characters on a text message or twitter post. We could explain how our tv's use to be a lot bigger, and movies were only on at certain times. The author also thinks that English won't be the dominate language, but Chinese.

I chose this article because I thought it related quite well to our next project. This article discusses the IT job market lookout for 2009 and whether the field is growing or shrinking. He concludes that it is growing in certain fields including security, virtualization, and data centers. The author also stresses the competitiveness for jobs in regards to your resume. Make them professional and only highlight your strengths, preferably with numbers whenever possible. The future looks bright for us as we graduate in ~4years. Hopefully by themn the economy will have gotten to where it was before and companies will be hiring fresh out of college perspective employees. One thing that caught my eye was the phrase "must be willing to work from home". I don't know one person that would want to go into the office as compared to staying at home doing the same thing. Flexibility to work from wherever you want, now that's my kind of job!

A few weeks ago I made a diigo on the Verizon AT&T lawsuit over the Verizon commercials. According to a note we just received from AT&T, "Verizon and AT&T have dismissed the litigation between them in Georgia and New York." Here is the note: "IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless") and Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff AT&T Mobility LLC ("AT&T") that pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: (a) Verizon Wireless's claims against AT&T in the above- captioned action are hereby dismissed without prejudice, and (b) AT&T's counterclaims against Verizon Wireless in the above-captioned action are hereby dismissed without prejudice." With the back and forth battle between AT&T and Verizon commercials have been less directed to the phones, and more directed to the service provided. I personally rather hear about the new phones and great applications, rather than in No Where, Nevada if I will be getting 3G YouTube goodness. What clearly defines 3G is more important to me. AT&T should target their commercials on how much faster the 3G network is compared to Verizon. I hope that in the near future we can find much more informative commercials than bickering.

I found this website while doing research for my CIT IS project. This is a government website that can provide people with the option to use an Occupational Outlook Handbook to look up a job or field he/she is interested in. It seems like it has every job I can think of. This is a great source I found. You can look up statistics of jobs and whether they are growing or not. I found it to be a big help with my project when I was searching for Network Administrators. It gave me a lot of insight into that career field. This is a great article for our class because we have all been working on our CIT IS projects. Most of us have been researching different jobs within the CIT field. This website will have what you are looking for. This Occupational Outlook Handbook can give us a good idea where each job is now and where that job will be down the road. This goes perfectly with our project. I think this site would be useful for any of us. It is a great way to research what you think you are interested in, and maybe decide whether you like that job or not. The amount of detail on this website for each job is incredible. This website was useful for me. It helped me out with my CIT IS project, and I think I will be using it in the future.

This is Google's preview page for Google Wave. Google wave is an up and coming collaboration technology that is being developed by Google. It allows for conversations to occur and grow in a nonlinear fashion. Conversation members can converse and add information to the wave as if they were instant messaging. They can also add images, links, and videos to further enrich the content. Then members can go back to old content and edit or correct it. This is just the basic premise behind Google Wave, there is a lot more information on this website. Personally, I think this is the future of conversational technology and will soon become the new standard. It appears that this will just be another phase in the evolution of human literature. Because of this it seemed natural to include this page on my Diigo bookmarks. I'm looking forward to seeing how writing and human speech adapts to this new technology.

This article was a report from NASA that water was found on the moon. Apparently they found up to 2 gallons in the shadowed regions of the moon. NASA crashed a satellite into the moon in hopes of finding life or anything new that is normally not found in the normal surface of the moon. The $79 million project was a success adn will be researched much more in the future. I chose this article because it seemed like a large impact into what we think the solar system is like. First we excluded Pluto as a planet and now we are discovering water on the moon, what else will happen in the future?

This is an old video from the 1990's about the Internet. With the Internet just being established at the time, I found it very funny how Tom Brokaw made this new phenomena sound like it would never come true. The things it talks about are outdated for our times, but the ideas claimed to be in the future actually came true. At the time it seemed like a bold claim to say that every store would be at the click of a button on the Internet, but it definitely wasn't. It makes me wonder how our new inventions will potentially evolve in the future.

Once just a fad, Twitter is developing into a powerful form of communication. What its growth says about us - and the future of American innovation.

I think the first part of this articles explains my feelings for twitter very well. It describes how silly twitter seems to be for a large majority of people. It then leaks into how it can be used to create deep conversations. They like to mention a couple of times how insignificant the choice of someone's breakfast cereal can actually be more interesting than you'd like to believe.

Oddly enough, this article is about another article that will be displayed in entertainment weekly. This article is unique because it is going to contain "embedded" video ads. What this boils down to is an awesome video recording in the middle of your magazine displaying what otherwise would have to be read. This is a bold leap in technology and media displays. I know that I am personally waiting for the day when magazines are just a collage of floating images. This use of technology gets me psyched because it means that people are still trying to be innovative in this form of media. I hope everyone likes the idea as much as I do... maybe then it will become more widespread!

This article shows a graphical description of how the technology of data storage has developed over time. The statistical facts in this article are mind boggling. When comparing music storage, the first-generation ipod (4 inches tall) held 117 hours of music, which equates to 159 12-inch records or 117 cassette tapes. Hulu, a website gaining its popularity for being able to watch tv-shows streamed for free, holds the same data as 259 VHS tapes. On youtube, there is approximately 20 hours of video content uploaded every hour, which is the same as 343 tapes uploaded every hour. These digital storage technologies are improving the way people live their lives. What is in store for us in the future of this technology?

This article discusses how Twitter has become an American necessity as with Myspace and Facebook. Businesses are now using Twitter to get their advertisements and promotions for their products. Anyone who follows their page will get these updates. I chose these articles because it relates to our Twitter usage all throughout the semester. It's amazing how much twitter has grown, 32 million users. It's projected to grow to 50 million by the end of the year, growing by 50%-100% each month. I think soon Twitter will soon pass pop-ups for a mainstream advertising on internet webpages. Just follow someone and they have all the power in the world to give you coupons, promotions, and flyers.

Small Robots perform as faries in a Midsummer Night's Dream. This is an interesting look into the future of performances and the capabilities it can have.