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A feisty group of young entrepreneurs (are there any other kind in this digital age?!) has launched Pebble an attractive smartwatch that connects to iPhones and Android devices. Check out The Pebble Watch for full details. …
Presidential Cybersecurity OrderPresident Obama has signed an executive order that eases the way for the government to share information with private corporations about cyberthreats and attacks. The objective is to make the process of discovering and combatting cyber attacks easier at a time when the Internet is where World War III is already happening on a global scale. …
The Wild West…nature of the Internet has made fools journalists and journalist look like fools. Never has this been more apparent that the recent rise of the Poisoned Pundits. They are tech writers with an ax to grind, typically fanboys or girls of one brand or another. Most often their stories seem written for their headlines and less for the well-researched content of their article. I raise the issue due to recent responses to Poisoned Press about Apple and Microsoft.
The Macalope is an anonymous blogger who takes on all subjects Apple with an ironic and often disturbingly accurate pen. His latest targets are the authors of a survey that shrieked “iPhone 5 rated 5th in U.S. user satisfaction” . He/she merrily shreds the survey and its purveyors by pointing out all sorts of fallacies in the research which ultimately acknowledged, “On an aggregated level, Apple is top for mobile device satisfaction followed closely by Google, with Samsung coming much further down the list.” Full Macalope Post
Microsoft’s new PC laptop/tablet Surface Pro has been treated with a mixture of admiration for quality, revulsion for lack of storage and incredulity. Most tech pundits, headline hounds …
After new details emerged about an Apple smart watch on Sunday, Mashable was wondering what such a timepiece might look like. Read full Article. …
Whether a high-speed rail system ever gets built in the United States is still up in the air, but if it is, artist and activist Alfred Twu has figured out exactly where those speedy rail lines should go. Map …
by: Lee Koo (ADMIN) January 31, 2013 3:48 PM PST
by waytron – 2/8/13 4:01 AM
In Reply to: Why do all Window systems slow down over time? by Lee Koo (ADMIN) 
A computer slowing down over time is pretty much a fact of life and it is not just a PC problem, Mac’s have the same issue but often not usually as bad or as quickly. There are many, many reasons this happens ranging from simple clutter to real physical problems such as a failing hard drive. There is also the issue of perception too. I remember when I first got my new motorcycle. Wow what acceleration… What speed… but after a few weeks, it just did not seem so fast anymore. Why? Was it getting slower? No, of course not, I was just getting use to it. The very same thing happens with a new computer, it always seems so fast when you first get it and starts to feel slow as you get accustom to it. A computer can never be too fast … Putting perception aside, there are also
Shane Hamelin, Gamer Extraordinaire & Zach Wigal from “Gamers 4 Giving 2013”
Rich Jaroslovsky, Bloomberg News comments on: Microsoft Surface Pro launch, Dell Goes Private, Chromebooks and more.
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Pingdom profiles the Internet in 2012 with lots of statistics
Have you been wondering how to describe the Internet in 2012 in numbers? We have and we think we have at least some of the answers. How many emails were sent during 2012? How many domains are there? What’s the most popular web browser? How many Internet users are there?
As we have done for a number of years now, we’ve gone to the ends of the web – wherever that is – and back again, and compiled a list of truly fascinating facts about the year that was. Some of the numbers are snapshots taken during the year; others cover the entire period. Either way, they all contribute to giving us a better understanding of Internet in 2012.
You can find the complete article here:
http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/16/internet-2012-in-numbers/
Here are some examples about the Internet in 2012 you might find especially interesting :
A couple of weeks ago it was discovered that it’s possible for viruses to quickly spread among unsecured or WEP-encrypted Wi-Fi routers in densely populated urban areas. The FBI has Strongly Recommended that all users Immediately Disable Windows’
Universal Plug n’ Play Support. Steve Gibson is a noted security expert and has been featured on Internet Advisor in the past. He has a simple one step, free test to see whether your computer/network are vulnerable. …
i9 Sports is the first and fastest growing franchise of youth sports leagues, camps, and programs in the United States. With over 500,000 members since 2003 and 275 locations in 30 states, i9 Sports offers the most popular team sports for kids with a focus on fun, safety, and good sportsmanship. I9 Sports just released survey results and the timing couldn’t be better with the Super Bowl tomorrow. Chris Cristian is the owner of i9 Sports Ann Arbor.
About i9 Sports®
Based in the Tampa Bay, Florida area, i9 Sports® is the first and fastest-growing youth sports franchise company in the United States. With more than half a million members from New York to Hawaii, i9 Sports offers leagues, camps, and clinics for boys and girls ages 3-14 in today’s most popular team sports such as flag football, soccer, basketball and baseball.
A privately held company, i9 Sports was founded in 2003 by CEO Frank Fiume on the principle that the number one reason kids play organized sports is to have fun, not to become a draft pick. Reinventing the industry, customers enjoy the i9 Sports Experience which emphasizes fun, safety and convenience as well as teaching the …