Because of improvements in digital photography over the last decade, award-winning photography isn’t just for the professional photographer; now anyone can aspire to take professional-looking pictures. Relatively inexpensive cameras can take almost identical shots to $4,000 cameras. If you’re looking to make the most out of your equipment, we have tips on how you can [...]
The First Electronic Spam Message
Image by arneheijenga via Flickr Spam is everywhere on the Internet. It’s on the websites you visit, it ends up in your email, you see it on forums, and it appears on your Facebook walls. It’s so predominant on the Internet that it’s virtually impossible for an internet user to not encounter some type of [...]
Why Mac Users Love Their Macs
Image via Wikipedia In the computer world, the battle rages on between the Mac and the PC. Computer users on both sides of the spectrum defend their choice to the end and believe that their decision is the right one. Just as with any debate, it can often be hard to see both sides of [...]
The First Computer Virus
Image via Wikipedia Computer viruses are the plague that every computer user fears. To inoculate ourselves from data oblivion, we purchase increasingly more sophisticated anti-viral software. We owe it all to Richard Skrenta, who, in 1982 at the age of 15, created the first wild computer virus to infect home computers. Why would he do [...]
Technology – From the Classroom to the Business World
The revolutions that technology has caused could occupy several places. Indeed this is true when it comes to technology and online education. Not only is technology changing the business world, but it is changing how some individuals experience higher education before they get to the business environment. Technology allows students to connect to digital classrooms [...]
Social Networking Keeps Changing
Back in the day it seemed that social networking was something created for kids, like MySpace. Now you can find people of all ages using programs such as Facebook to interact with other people they know. What has happened and how is social networking changed? What is the benefit of social networking? many people are [...]