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Newsletter October 8, 2008

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Have you ever been in a situation where you stumbled in after an evening of merriment (where drinks were served) and sat down at your computer to begin typing out emails that you normally wouldn't send in your normal condition? Are you an E-Mail addict who can't go for ...

Digital Privacy Threatened Again

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The US Supreme Court recently ruled that when entering the country, customs agents have the right to search all of your electronic equipment. Of course, their excuse is so they can ensure that there is no terrorist information, porn, or other illegal material on your computer, but what is ...

Are Computer Manufacturers Hurting OSS Chances?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Open source seems to be the new buzzword of the day. It seems like every company that can get their hands on open source software to distribute is doing just that. I think this is a great trend, but are these same computer manufacturers actually hurting the chances ...

$199 Desktop from Wal-Mart

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

There is a new player in inexpensive desktop computing. They're name is Everex, and their computer can be purchased from Wal-Mart. The computer uses components that in today's high speed world, sound rather slow, but they use an operating system that can work with the components more efficiently ...

HP joins in Mini Laptop Market

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

HP has decided to join Asustek and Intel in the production of a mini laptop geared for students and people who are constantly on-the-go. This laptop is a miniature laptop which will have a 1.6ghz processor and start at just under $500 for the Linux based model. Prices ...

11 Year Old Manages School Network

Monday, March 31st, 2008

When the network administrator at a small private school in Alabama suddenly left his job, the school was aching for a network/computer support administrator. Why not look in the direction of your own students? Jon Penn, son of an employee of the school, was just a sixth grader known for ...

The Internet gets a Human Touch

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Ever get frustrated that you couldn't find exactly what you need on Google. Sure, Google knows everything but sometimes it doesn't want to tell you. Well, many companies have realized this and decided to take a more human approach to the internet. They are "curating" Google's index, ...

Google Finally Realeases a Sync Tool

Monday, March 10th, 2008

If you are like me, and have been looking for an inexpensive, easy, and non-invasive way to sync your Google calendar with your Outlook calendar, then today is your lucky day. I logged into my Google Calendar account today to find that that they added a link at the top that ...

Apple Announces “App Store”

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Yesterday, Apple's Software Development Kit (SDK) was released to developers who want to develop software for the IPhone. With the announcement, they also added that any software for the IPhone would either be downloaded through the App Store, which resembles the Music Store already on the IPhones, and the ...

Virtual Study Groups Attacked

Friday, March 7th, 2008

A freshman at Ryerson University in Ontario is awaiting his committee meeting to discuss a possible expulsion for... brace yourself... using Facebook to run an online study group. This group had 147 members (including himself), and he is being charged 146 charges of academic misconduct (one for every student ...