Study guide for test2 - 2 views
It was in color and much nicer...bummer :p
The officers were unanimous in advising me to take a break from Twitter, assuming, as many people do, that Twitter is at best a time-wasting narcotic.
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Today's Apps Are Turning Us Into Sociopaths | Opinion | WIRED - 0 views
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Bill Genereux on 27 Aug 14We're observing the emergence of tech that doesn't just augment our intellect and lives, but is now beginning to automate and outsource our humanity. I talked to the makers of BroApp, which sends automated daily text messages to your significant other ("seamless relationship outsourcing"). Shared here is their rationale, which I believe goes beyond just this one app -- and captures widely held convictions in the tech community we need to pay attention to.
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Bill Genereux on 27 Aug 14We're observing the emergence of tech that doesn't just augment our intellect and lives, but is now beginning to automate and outsource our humanity. I talked to the makers of BroApp, which sends automated daily text messages to your significant other ("seamless relationship outsourcing"). Shared here is their rationale, which I believe goes beyond just this one app -- and captures widely held convictions in the tech community we need to pay attention to.
What's the Difference Between WiFi and The Internet? | TD Curran - 0 views
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This article explains the difference between the Internet and Wifi. It also highlights and defines things about routers, modems, internet service providers and ethernet.
Anonymous: Operation Defense Phase II [CISPA] - 1 views
Plans for protest of the latest threat to the free internet. Demonstrate and Boycott supporters of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Make your voice known to such ebtities ...
Online Social Networking Dangers and Benefits - 0 views
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Online Social Networking Dangers and Benefits Social Networking Site Dangers Because students often post detailed and specific information on Facebook (including phone numbers, addresses, class schedules, social plans, etc.) you can be more easily stalked by strangers (or even acquaintances). Identity theft can also be a significant risk of social networking.
The White House Is Now Taking Steps To Fight DDoS Attacks - 0 views
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Last month, attackers took down the PlayStation Network for several days, embarrassing Sony and leaving tons and tons of gamers unable to feed their Destiny addictions for almost a week. This is all thanks to what's called a Distributed Denial of Service attack, where a person or a group of people send an inflated amount of traffic to a network in hopes of overloading and crippling the servers.
Elderly users will be the guinea pigs of the Internet of Things. - 0 views
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On Thursday, March 26, Future Tense—a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University—will hold an event on medical device security and privacy at the New America office in Washington, D.C. For more information and to RSVP, visit the New America website. This past week’s data breach at health...
Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi - 1 views
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Wi-Fi is one of the most useful and important parts of using a computer, and yet it's also one of the most frustrating. If you're plagued by slow speeds, bad reception, and other Wi-Fi issues, here are 10 ways you can power up the Wi-Fi in your home.
Why is Silicon Valley silent on CISPA? (Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Act) - 2 views
In January, America's major tech companies joined everyday internet users to break the back of a reviled law called SOPA. Months later, Washington is brewing a new law that alarms many SOPA opponen...
Cloud market valued at $148bn for past year, growing 25% annually - 0 views
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Operator and vendor revenues across the main cloud services and infrastructure market segments hit $148 billion (£120.5bn) in 2016 growing at 25% annually, according to the latest note from analyst firm Synergy Research. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) experienced the highest growth rates at 53%, followed by hosted private cloud infrastructure services, at 35%, and enterprise SaaS, at 34%.
SIP and VoIP - 1 views
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What is SIP and What is it Good For? SIP Explained Practically By Nadeem Unuth, About.com Guide
CISPA Monitoring Bill: Just the Facts - 1 views
Internet activists are sounding the alarms on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, a bill that's headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. CISPA would give pri...
What Is DHCP? - 1 views
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"Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information such as the subnet mask and default gateway. RFCs 2131 and 2132 define DHCP as an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard based on Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), a protocol with which DHCP shares many implementation details." Quote from Article/Document
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Thanks Brock sometimes I get the DHCP and DNS mixed up. I say DNS when I mean DHCP this article should help me keep the difference frresh in my mind. -
You are welcome, Shane. You posted a lot of good articles as well.
Graphene sees your optical fibre network and makes it 100x faster - 0 views
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Summary: Researchers at the Centre of Graphene Science at the Universities of Bath and Exeter have demonstrated a 100x improvement in optical-fibre broadband speeds. Researchers at the Centre of Graphene Science at the Universities of Bath and Exeter have demonstrated a drastic improvement in optical-fibre broadband speeds via the use of the miracle material: graphene.
LED lightbulbs create wireless networks wherever they are installed - 0 views
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Engineers at the University of Virginia have come up with a way to make almost any device fitted with standard visible light LEDs able to communicate with other equipment with similar LEDs. This could reduce the use of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections, and increase available bandwidth.
Sweet new smart phone that does cool tricks - 1 views
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You can plug your cool little phone into this machine and enjoy your phone experience with a bigger screen a traditional keypad and trackpad.
Real History of Twitter - 0 views
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This tells the real story and background and launching of Twitter which was originally called Twttr.
Directors of IT Solutions Integrator Envisian Acquire Computer, Networking & Server Res... - 0 views
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MELBOURNE, Australia - 13 August 2014- Specialist Australian solutions integrator and FlexPod Premium Partner, Envisian, today announced that its current directors are acquiring Australian IT hardware, accessories, networking and business software reseller, Digiworld. Digiworld will continue to operate under the same brand, and will maintain exceptional service to existing and new customers, once the acquisition takes effect on 25th August 2014.
Women aren't welcome on the Internet - 0 views
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Pew found that from 2000 to 2005, the percentage of Internet users who participate in online chats and discussion groups dropped from 28 percent to 17 percent, “entirely because of women’s fall off in participation.
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Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman draws a distinction between “tourists” and “vagabonds” in the modern economy
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An eye opening essay on the challenges of being a woman online