From the looks of it, 2014 will be a great year for new technology. Below are six new tech items that are sure to have the Internet buzzing with plenty of attention in 2014. 1. Mac Pro The new Mac Pro is likely to hit the stores in the first quarter of 2014. Regardless of the price, there is a big demand for the high-end Mac. The more creative type of people such as film editors and musicians will be more than ready to get their hands on them. 2. Google Glass The full launch of Google’s new wearable Google Glass device is expected in early 2014, and the wait list is growing. This is a wearable computer that looks like eyeglasses doing just about anything and everything. The predicted prices at launch range from $250 to $1500, so it’s hard to know how mainstream the device will be, but it’s going to be one of the biggest tech developments in 2014. 3. The Reversible USB The USB Type-C connector is going to be more about what it allows businesses to do. Releasing in mid 2014, the USB connector will be reversible and small, but it will also comply with the faster USB 3.1 specs. It will give a faster data transfer and help manufacturers build more compact mobile devices. 4. Samsung Galaxy Round The Samsung Galaxy S5 is just one of the many exciting smart phones being released in 2014. What’s interesting about the Galaxy S5 is the curved display that gives buyers something different to choose from after years of seeing the same forms on their phones. 5. WOWee ONE SLIM This is a compact portable speaker unit offering a full range of frequency response. It can be used as a portable or fixed solution for all mobile phone, mp3, mp4, computer, iPod and iPad applications. It has a lot of the same technology as the WOWee ONE and has an amazing bass sound. The system delivers up to 10 hours of playing time per charge. You can recharge it on a computer USB or power adapter. 6. Fancy Microscopes For the science techie, microscope.com has plenty of exciting microscopes to make life easier in or out...
Read MoreHi everybody. How do you connect to the Internet: DSL, Cable or Satellite? There are many options at our fingertips but which one is the fastest and which one is the most reliable? That will be our dissuasion today in our column. I can still remember my very first Internet connection. I had with AOL. It was a 56k dial up connection that at the time we thought was fast. Everybody was offering dial up and some plans were even free. Soon after, companies like Bell South began to offer broadband DSL. The speeds at the time were super fast but the ability to surf the Internet and talk on the phone at the same time was a real luxury! No more second phone line. It was just a short time after that all the companies started offering higher speeds like the Extreme 6. At the time, Bell South was one of the biggest suppliers of DSL service. While on the topic of DSL, I would like to add that through the many years that I have used this service, the downtime has been next to zero. During Hurricane Wilma, I lost power cable and telephone but my DSL line kept blinking and never went dark. By generator power, I was able to surf the web and do just about everything I normally would do with my computer as though nothing had happened. I would have to rate DSL service as extremely reliable and rock solid. But it is not the fastest solution. Your local cable company provides today’s fastest Internet service. Cable can offer speeds that are unmatched by almost any other method. Cable is relatively reliable and usually only goes down after a major storm. In our area, cable appears to have more outages then the DSL counterpart but that might not be the typical scenario in all locations. For a gamer, cable would be a must. All in all for the price and the speed you get, it’s a great deal. I would also like to talk a bit about satellite Internet connections. If you live in a rural location the only choice you might have for Internet is satellite. Satellite offers different speed packages but...
Read MoreWhen you browse the internet, spyware programs lurk and you never know when they will invade your system. They will usually silently creep into your system and without you knowing it, they have started to wreak havoc, destroying some applications and intruding into your privacy. They will also bombard you with unwanted pop-ups or redirect you to websites that you don’t want to go to. Worst, spyware may even steal your personal identity and use it maliciously. Computer experts disclose that 90% of computers are infected by spyware programs with the users not knowing that their computers are infected. This happens because one needs a separate uitlity to be able to detect spyware infections. Spyware are hardly detected by anti-virus programs. Here are some of the things that will tell you that your computer has spyware: You see frequent pop-up windows containing advertisements whether you’re online or working offline; Your computer slows down; the performance has been dramatically reduced; Frequent website redirects especially to websites that are considered as affiliates or with marketing content; Frequent unauthorized changes in your home page and searches; Unauthorized and unwanted toolbars like Mirar toolbar that are added to your browser. Don’t fret. You can do something about these spyware and prevent them from attacking your computer. Here are useful tips to prevent and delete spyware from your computer: You need a reliable anti-spyware program that will be able to scan your computer and detect and remove the spyware from your computer. There are many programs to choose from when your browse the internet. It is essential that you choose a reliable program. As much as possible avoid the freeware anti-spyware as they have limited capabilities and some are even used as a disguise by spyware. The moment you download these spyware in disguise, they will bring more harm than good. After you have downloaded the anti-spyware software, you need to run a full system scan of your computer to detect spyware that may have entered your system already. Once detected, these spyware will be removed from your system. For maintenance and prevention, you need to enable the real time protection and run a full system scan from time to time. For more effective...
Read MoreDo you remember the very first time that you sat at a computer and could “search” the internet? I can remember it like it was yesterday, and in some sense it really was. It was in the early 90’s and I was visiting a friend and they were in the process of setting up a Chicago branch office for their company. There in the corner of the room was a brand new computer and it was hooked up and online. I sat down in front of it and my friend opened a new “window” for me and said, here use this “search engine”, it’s the best. That was one of the first times that I had ever heard the phrase “search engine” and I remember just how odd the term sounded. Until then when I thought of search I thought of physically looking for something, like a lost sock or favorite book. The word engine just confused matters all the more as engines belonged in lawnmowers and cars didn’t they? Not in a metal box on the desk? Before me on the screen was an empty white box where I was to type something to “search”. I suddenly remember feeling completely overwhelmed. I was staring at a tiny box on a screen but I may as well be looking at an endless ocean. What should I type? What should I search? I took me a minute or so to even think of one thing that I wanted to learn more about. The concept of being able to change my mind and search on something else wasn’t present at the moment. I almost felt that I had only “one chance” to pick something so I better make it good. My friend said, “go ahead, search something”. So I took the leap and typed into the little box and have never looked back… What did we do before the internet? For most of my young adult life I didn’t own a computer, surf the web or even have a cell phone. Homework was completed using an old fashioned typewriter and notes to friends weren’t via text but rather folded up pieces of paper that you had to somehow pass across a...
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