In a world of technology openness is often treated as an imperative, something that has to be preserved or promoted as something inherently good. I've been a long time believer in this idea myself, but as I watch the evolution of technology I'm beginning to question its value and underpinnings. What
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Anyone who has ever looked for alternatives to Microsoft Office probably knows about OpenOffice.org, a full featured competitor that is completely free. It started out as a proprietary StarOffice suite developed by a German StarDivision company until it was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2000 which
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In my previous article I pointed out how technology could take over all jobs which involve reproduction of what was already invented, all tasks that follow a particular predictable and programmable process, eventually leaving humans only job of discovering or creating new things to improve existing
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AT&T announced on March 20th, 2011 that it had agreed to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom from $39 billion. If the acquisition is approved, then AT&T would become the largest wireless provider in the United States by adding more than 33 million T-Mobile subscribers to its current
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Cloud computing refers to a computing paradigm which involves a "thin client" and a "cloud" whereas a thin client acts merely as an access point to content and applications within the "cloud" representing numerous Internet servers. In a perfect cloud computing set up y
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A tsunami is a series of long ocean waves that can last up to 15 minutes and cause significant flooding, damage, and loss of life in coastal areas. Thanks to technology, many countries and areas that are susceptible to tsunamis are able to alert their respective populations when the danger of a tsun
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Language is something we take for granted, but when I start thinking about it it's a challenge just getting to define it, not to mention the very definition of language depends on language and the intricate relationship it has with our thinking and perception of reality. Language is actually a
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Social network gaming became a billion dollar-a-year business in 2010 and helped further revolutionize how people interact with their friends while on the Internet. Over the past year, the industry has seen Zynga to continue to experience significant growth, Kabam and CrowdStar become major players
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After significant hype and discussion, Apple introduced the world to the iPad 2 on March 2nd, 2011. The next generation of the highly successful, original iPad, will go on sale March 11th, 2011 and includes almost all of the features that were not included on the original model. Apple beats fellow t
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OpenDNS, which says to be the largest global DNS service for consumers, schools and businesses, recently released a report on content filtering on the web including top ten blacklisted and top ten white listed web sites. The data they released can be all kinds of curious, so we've decided to create
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