5 Inventions I Thought I'd Never See In My Lifetime

From self-cleaning glass to low cost air travel - my top 5 list of things I never thought I'd see in this lifetime.

Free Online Flash And Shockwave Games – An Overview

Experiencing expotential growth and refinement, hand in hand with the popularity and prevalence of Internet and computers all over the world - free online games present themselves as a happening industry, which is tempting, exciting and addictive at the user end.

Avoiding Surprises When Backing Up Your Data

Most business owners are aware that it is critical to keep a backup of their data. But how often should you backup and what type of technology should you use? As we are in the information age, it is really not that hard to find a solution for a problem, but the big question remains. Is it really was the right solution? Often this is not determined until a critical point arises and your solution fails. The same concept is true for your backup solution. The question of which solution is the right solution is a difficult one. It depends on your nature of business, your environment, your budget and of course on the amount of data which needs to be backed up. I have seen it plenty of times.

IT Security and You! Part 2 - Wireless Networks

Along almost every street and often at least once on every estate my mobile merrily beeps away at me, would I like to join an un-secured network? I never do, but I could and anyone with hardly any technical knowledge and a laptop can! even neighbours! This is the second of four articles designed to help improve IT security.

Common Terms For Compact Discs

Learn the most common terms people refer to when discussing compact discs.

Data Fiber Optics – Light Speed Transmission

Why settle for slow speed, high electricity costs and a technology invented a hundreds years ago if you can have the latest in data transmission at less the cost and many times the speed? With the use of glass or plastic threads to transmit data the fiber optics is an upcoming technology. A bundle of glass threads capable of transmitting messages that are transformed into light waves is what makes the data fiber optics. Sharing a variety of technical details in the flowing article, I hope to make you have a better understanding of the subject of fiber optics. The functions will be demonstrated by explaining how the technology uses light energy to provide information and data to a variety of sources.

5 Reasons For Owning A USB Flash Drive

There have been a number of wonderful inventions during the 20th and 21st century. Some of these creations have been both massive and minute. Very few of mankind's modern creations have revolutionized working life so much as the USB flash drive though

Read More, Learn More, Do More - Audio Book Lets You Multi-Task

Never in history has there been a time when it is so easy to acquire knowledge and information while doing other tasks. Audiobooks can really simplify your life while delivering incredible measures of enjoyment and learning.

Information Technology In Day To Day Life

Every day, people use computers in new ways. Computers are increasingly affordable; they continue to be more powerful as information-processing tools as well as easier to use.

A Quick History Of The Floppy Disk

Even though there is a lot to be said about floppy drives, these forms of data storage are mostly mentioned in a historical capacity. While you can do a data backup to a floppy disk...

Will A Business Card Scanner Make Companies More Productive?

Probably the main reason why so many sales and CRM orientated companies are using a good card scanner is in order to help speed up their transactions as well as reducing the amount of paperwork they do. A great thing about a good card scanner...

Debugging NTP Server Installations

This article describes how to debug a NTP server installation after compilation and configuration of the distribution.

Are Printer Companies In the Printer Business Or The Ink Business?

With the cost of printer ink cartridges, you have to wonder - are the printer companies in the printer business or the ink business? Find out more about what you should know about the cost of printer ink before buying a new printer.

Cheap PCs - Bargain Today, Heartache Tomorrow?

Let's take a close look at that cheap PC, and see what kind of bargain you're getting.

Near Field Optics- SNOM, AFM, Raman AFM

Combined near-field optical microscopes (SNOM/NSOM) and atomic force microscopes (AFM)