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  • If you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything.

    Smartphone development is just a repeat of the PC evolution…

    Posted on May 14, 2012 | No Comments
    If you’ve been around long enough to remember Apple vs. IBM. Or when Commodore C64‘s were better than TSR-80 [coco's]; from there, you can reference everything I’m going to say here. I’d presume this comes around with being in tech long enough to see it circle back around and repeat itself. It started with the PC’s. There was a whole work up on operating system’s, hardware specifications and then how small can you make them, and then how cheap can you make them… Having to watch the history of tech just wrap around again is kind of boring… The only difference is this time, it has to do with small portable devices. Small devices, running small operating system’s; operating system’s that can do just about everything.

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  • A couple of weeks ago, I was in the process of scanning a bunch of documents and I realized how much work I was doing in scanning in lots and lots of documents. Doc imaging needs to be easier. In another post I talked about scanning documents in to the system; the importing of these documents has to have a good process and it has to be intuitive and easy for the users to do… The harder you make this process the less the users will want to use it. With the release of v14 for PaperPort it seems clear to me that PaperPort is just focused on the business users because no options offered at all for social sharing. PaperPort does have the ‘cloud’, but I’m not counting that; I’m referring to services like Twitter and Facebook. Anyway, so, I found this issue with PaperPort and I reported it to Nuance and I hope they do something with it…

    PaperPort 14 batch scanning and my suggestion for it…

    Posted on May 12, 2012 | No Comments
    A couple of weeks ago, I was in the process of scanning a bunch of documents and I realized how much work I was doing in scanning in lots and lots of documents. Doc imaging needs to be easier. In another post I talked about scanning documents in to the system; the importing of these documents has to have a good process and it has to be intuitive and easy for the users to do… The harder you make this process the less the users will want to use it. With the release of v14 for PaperPort it seems clear to me that PaperPort is just focused on the business users because no options offered at all for social sharing. PaperPort does have the ‘cloud’, but I’m not counting that; I’m referring to services like Twitter and Facebook. Anyway, so, I found this issue with PaperPort and I reported it to Nuance and I hope they do something with it…

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  • This is a little bit of a rant, BUT… I believe everyone is aware that copying a DVD or a Blu-Ray disc is incorrect; it’s against the law… I rented me a DVD the other night, Underworld – Awakening, and I noticed that it had this new warning on it. Thank goodness for the Internet so that you can go online and research this new ‘information’. It’s almost to the point I really miss the days of VHS; at least with VHS you could fast-forward tape, jump past the crap and watch the movie that you paid for, but with DVDs and Blu-ray it’s a little harder… Over the years, the movie companies have been taking away people’s DVD players abilities to skip past the movie trailers, special notices and various other things.  From the earliest VHS movie, I can recall seeing the legal warnings about copying the movie— I think everyone has, but now the US government has added another set of notices that can be skipped over; each one being 10 seconds.

    They continue to muck with entertainment – and pirates still don’t care…

    Posted on May 9, 2012 | 2 Comments
    This is a little bit of a rant, BUT… I believe everyone is aware that copying a DVD or a Blu-Ray disc is incorrect; it’s against the law… I rented me a DVD the other night, Underworld – Awakening, and I noticed that it had this new warning on it. Thank goodness for the Internet so that you can go online and research this new ‘information’. It’s almost to the point I really miss the days of VHS; at least with VHS you could fast-forward tape, jump past the crap and watch the movie that you paid for, but with DVDs and Blu-ray it’s a little harder… Over the years, the movie companies have been taking away people’s DVD players abilities to skip past the movie trailers, special notices and various other things.  From the earliest VHS movie, I can recall seeing the legal warnings about copying the movie— I think everyone has, but now the US government has added another set of notices that can be skipped over; each one being 10 seconds.

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  • It’s not bad enough that citizens of the Internet have to deal with new technology, new standards and new fires dodge everyday; but it seems lately the archenemy of the Internet is going to be censorship. Governments seem to think that the Internet has been unregulated for too long and it’s time that the dimwitted mines of the world, but have no idea how the Internet works, need to put restrictions on what the Internet can and can’t do. Everyone was aware that the US House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) this week [Friday / 4/27/2012], but because of other bills that were strongly opposed, such as SOPA/PIPA and ACTA, the U.S. Congress decided to sneak in a few additional amendments and then pass the bill in haste. It’s pretty obvious that Congress was trying to avoid the cyber backlash of Internet citizens that believe snooping/censorship of the Internet, of any kind, should not be permitted.

    US Congress Votes Early on CISPA to avoid Cyber-Backlash

    Posted on April 27, 2012 | No Comments
    It’s not bad enough that citizens of the Internet have to deal with new technology, new standards and new fires dodge everyday; but it seems lately the archenemy of the Internet is going to be censorship. Governments seem to think that the Internet has been unregulated for too long and it’s time that the dimwitted mines of the world, but have no idea how the Internet works, need to put restrictions on what the Internet can and can’t do. Everyone was aware that the US House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) this week [Friday / 4/27/2012], but because of other bills that were strongly opposed, such as SOPA/PIPA and ACTA, the U.S. Congress decided to sneak in a few additional amendments and then pass the bill in haste. It’s pretty obvious that Congress was trying to avoid the cyber backlash of Internet citizens that believe snooping/censorship of the Internet, of any kind, should not be permitted.

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  • Over the past couple days there’s been a lot of traffic and a lot of articles written about the Apple Mac being attacked by a backdoor Trojan. At last count, it was indicated that roughly 600 to 700,000 Mac users were infected with the virus. since early April, the reports of the viruses have been coming in and for Mac users I’m sure the idea is very troubling, because Apple has always had a loyal group of users who account the operating system as the most secure, and most Mac users don’t even use antivirus or malware software because of this… Those same users are now scrambling to find software that can protect their system. They’re now finding that their systems are not impenetrable; there’s flaws in the operating system that can be exploited. What’s funny is the response from Apple in regards to the Mac’s being infected by malware and viruses; there’s not one.

    Apple MAC users learn that they’re not untouchable…

    Posted on April 20, 2012 | 2 Comments
    Over the past couple days there’s been a lot of traffic and a lot of articles written about the Apple Mac being attacked by a backdoor Trojan. At last count, it was indicated that roughly 600 to 700,000 Mac users were infected with the virus. since early April, the reports of the viruses have been coming in and for Mac users I’m sure the idea is very troubling, because Apple has always had a loyal group of users who account the operating system as the most secure, and most Mac users don’t even use antivirus or malware software because of this… Those same users are now scrambling to find software that can protect their system. They’re now finding that their systems are not impenetrable; there’s flaws in the operating system that can be exploited. What’s funny is the response from Apple in regards to the Mac’s being infected by malware and viruses; there’s not one.

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  • We all know the iPhone can do amazing and wondrous things, but one of the coolest features of the iPhone is the fact that it takes its own internal functions and expands on them. Your GPS, for example, is oh so much more than your every-day GPS that you can plop up in your car. No, your GPS on your iPhone is a magic wand in and of itself that can do amazing and mystical things. Well, maybe not quite – but it can be used in some pretty cool ways you never knew about. All you need are these apps.

    5 Apps that Use Your Phone’s GPS in Ways You Never Knew

    Posted on March 27, 2012 | No Comments
    We all know the iPhone can do amazing and wondrous things, but one of the coolest features of the iPhone is the fact that it takes its own internal functions and expands on them. Your GPS, for example, is oh so much more than your every-day GPS that you can plop up in your car. No, your GPS on your iPhone is a magic wand in and of itself that can do amazing and mystical things. Well, maybe not quite – but it can be used in some pretty cool ways you never knew about. All you need are these apps.

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  • Today’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices.  

    Organize Your Technology to Organize Your Life

    Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments
    Today’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices.  

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  • Using the fax machine is a method of communication that has been around for a long time and is still prominently used in the business world today. If you need to send a fax, you don’t necessarily have to use a traditional fax machine to get the job done. Instead of using a fax machine, you have the option of sending a fax online. This process is sometimes much more convenient than having to use a regular fax machine.  

    Are You Really Into Online Faxing?

    Posted on March 20, 2012 | No Comments
    Using the fax machine is a method of communication that has been around for a long time and is still prominently used in the business world today. If you need to send a fax, you don’t necessarily have to use a traditional fax machine to get the job done. Instead of using a fax machine, you have the option of sending a fax online. This process is sometimes much more convenient than having to use a regular fax machine.  

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  • In many cases of the futuristic fiction genre (especially Sci-Fi), we hear stories where an advanced technology has evolved or has been created, and said technology plays a huge catalyst to the plot or memorable scene in the film. An example of this would be in the 80s and 90s, when we had the internet and super computers making us speculate what technology was around the corner. With it came many films where breaking technology played a huge part to tie in with topical trends and the market. Examples would be films like 2001: A Space Oddessy where a super computer called HAL 9000 evolves to consciousness and goes on a mission to wipe out anyone who tries to shut it down, Jonny Mnemonic where Keanu Reeves plays a man with a large percentage of his brain replaced with computer memory, and The Matrix in which it turned out that all of reality as we know it was actually a computer generated simulation.

    Three Fictional Films 3D Printing has made a Reality

    Posted on March 18, 2012 | No Comments
    In many cases of the futuristic fiction genre (especially Sci-Fi), we hear stories where an advanced technology has evolved or has been created, and said technology plays a huge catalyst to the plot or memorable scene in the film. An example of this would be in the 80s and 90s, when we had the internet and super computers making us speculate what technology was around the corner. With it came many films where breaking technology played a huge part to tie in with topical trends and the market. Examples would be films like 2001: A Space Oddessy where a super computer called HAL 9000 evolves to consciousness and goes on a mission to wipe out anyone who tries to shut it down, Jonny Mnemonic where Keanu Reeves plays a man with a large percentage of his brain replaced with computer memory, and The Matrix in which it turned out that all of reality as we know it was actually a computer generated simulation.

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  • Imagine that you are an IT Manager for a large company.  You are responsible for ensuring every employee has a working computer equipped with the right hardware and software programs to do their jobs.  Each hardware and software program requires a license — and they are expensive.  When a new employee is hired, you must make certain they are covered by your company’s existing licenses.  If not, other licenses may have to be purchased.  As you can see, all of this is not only very costly, but difficult to organize and very stressful. Relax.  There are big changes on the horizon.  Instead of setting up multiple programs on each employee’s PC, wouldn’t it be easier to simply install one program instead?  This program is designed to allow each employee to securely log onto website that hosts all of the programs required to get their jobs done. This website offers what has come to be known as cloud computing.  Cloud companies offer services as varied as word processing and email to complex analytical and design programs.

    The Many Benefits of Cloud Computing

    Posted on March 16, 2012 | No Comments
    Imagine that you are an IT Manager for a large company.  You are responsible for ensuring every employee has a working computer equipped with the right hardware and software programs to do their jobs.  Each hardware and software program requires a license — and they are expensive.  When a new employee is hired, you must make certain they are covered by your company’s existing licenses.  If not, other licenses may have to be purchased.  As you can see, all of this is not only very costly, but difficult to organize and very stressful. Relax.  There are big changes on the horizon.  Instead of setting up multiple programs on each employee’s PC, wouldn’t it be easier to simply install one program instead?  This program is designed to allow each employee to securely log onto website that hosts all of the programs required to get their jobs done. This website offers what has come to be known as cloud computing.  Cloud companies offer services as varied as word processing and email to complex analytical and design programs.

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  • Media companies are the worst when it comes to being progressive with technology. Using a few short examples, DVD shrink and RealDVD are just two packages of software that were shut down by the media industry as forms of pirating; this is back in 2008. The problem the media companies had with software packages like this was that private individuals to take their DVDs and make copies of them, and do whatever they wanted to with the digital copies. But even though the studios went after companies that made software like this, the practice kept going; just about everyone has the ability now to insert a DVD into their computer, ‘rip a copy’, and then play that disc/DVD anywhere. Now Wal-mart and their VUDU video service wants to get some cash for you going digital…

    ‘Disc-to-Digital’ — you’re kidding right?

    Posted on March 15, 2012 | No Comments
    Media companies are the worst when it comes to being progressive with technology. Using a few short examples, DVD shrink and RealDVD are just two packages of software that were shut down by the media industry as forms of pirating; this is back in 2008. The problem the media companies had with software packages like this was that private individuals to take their DVDs and make copies of them, and do whatever they wanted to with the digital copies. But even though the studios went after companies that made software like this, the practice kept going; just about everyone has the ability now to insert a DVD into their computer, ‘rip a copy’, and then play that disc/DVD anywhere. Now Wal-mart and their VUDU video service wants to get some cash for you going digital…

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  • When you’re looking for a job, an apartment, or an obscure piece of farm equipment, where do you go? If you answered Craigslist, you’re not alone. Craigslist is the most popular free classified ads website, and there are thousands of listings for you to browse. But when you’re really searching for something in particular, don’t stop at one site. Here are the four other sites you should try after Craigslist, and the one site you should avoid.

    Four Best (and One Worst) Alternatives to Craigslist

    Posted on March 14, 2012 | No Comments
    When you’re looking for a job, an apartment, or an obscure piece of farm equipment, where do you go? If you answered Craigslist, you’re not alone. Craigslist is the most popular free classified ads website, and there are thousands of listings for you to browse. But when you’re really searching for something in particular, don’t stop at one site. Here are the four other sites you should try after Craigslist, and the one site you should avoid.

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  • The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has given all of us a much clearer picture of what Microsoft has in store for its next-generation operating system. This time around, it truly is “next-generation;” in fact, it’s the biggest change since DOS grew a GUI. Already, the spectrum of responses have ranged from gushing love to seething hatred — with plenty of room for gray-area confusion in the middle. Let’s take a quick look at five of the biggest reasons why Windows 8 is (or will be) a success, followed by another five indications that Redmond has made a terrible mistake. And keep in mind we’ve still got at least half a year before the finished product.

    The Best and Worst of Windows 8 Consumer Preview

    Posted on March 12, 2012 | No Comments
    The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has given all of us a much clearer picture of what Microsoft has in store for its next-generation operating system. This time around, it truly is “next-generation;” in fact, it’s the biggest change since DOS grew a GUI. Already, the spectrum of responses have ranged from gushing love to seething hatred — with plenty of room for gray-area confusion in the middle. Let’s take a quick look at five of the biggest reasons why Windows 8 is (or will be) a success, followed by another five indications that Redmond has made a terrible mistake. And keep in mind we’ve still got at least half a year before the finished product.

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  • In the realm of technology, there’s always something involving, something always changing like every six months; and every once in a while you get something really big. With the Internet and social technology, there’s always something new happening. Big players like Google+, Facebook, twitter, and now a newcomer called Pinterest. Pinterest has enjoyed a humble rise to popularity over the past couple of months, if you look at the statistics from compete.com, the popularity of the website really started shooting up from September of 2011, and now Pinterest is drawing in about 11 million users monthly. It was also named one of Time Magazine’s 50 best websites of 2011.

    Who is and What are the benefits of using Pinterest?

    Posted on March 9, 2012 | No Comments
    In the realm of technology, there’s always something involving, something always changing like every six months; and every once in a while you get something really big. With the Internet and social technology, there’s always something new happening. Big players like Google+, Facebook, twitter, and now a newcomer called Pinterest. Pinterest has enjoyed a humble rise to popularity over the past couple of months, if you look at the statistics from compete.com, the popularity of the website really started shooting up from September of 2011, and now Pinterest is drawing in about 11 million users monthly. It was also named one of Time Magazine’s 50 best websites of 2011.

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