Anyone in an IT related field should be familiar with cloud computing by now. While its benefits and drawbacks are debatable, most businesses should, at a minimum, be evaluating potential uses of and migration to cloud computing services. Major computing and Internet industry players, like Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, are committed to the future [...]
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Google Thinks It Can Save Your Business Money
June 1st, 2010
Posted in Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, Google, Internet, Technology 
Tags: Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Google, Google Apps, Google Docs 
No Comments »Humanity’s Digital Footprint Now Measured In Zettabytes
May 4th, 2010
The amount of digital data I generate requiring permanent, secure, and redundant storage is overwhelming. From digital photos and movies from both standard and high definition sources to digitized music, software, and documents, organizing and indexing this mess of information is daunting to say the least. And realizing that this data accumulation phase [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Technology Tags: backup, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, data security, storage 5 Comments »When you need to be both a parent and Big Brother…
October 23rd, 2009
There are just some things about which you can’t be too paranoid. Who’s watching me? How safe is my data? Where are my kids? While each concern has validity, none but the latter strikes more deeply into the gut of a parent. Anyone familiar with kids understands their tendency to wander. It’s natural for young children to [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Emerging Technology, GPS, Real Time Tracking, Technology Tags: Best Buy, GPS, Insignia, Little Buddy, tracking 1 Comment »CTERA CloudPlug NAS with Online Backup
October 22nd, 2009
It’s always exciting for us to see new data backup solutions that could genuinely help the average person preserve and protect their valuable data. We’ve written about the importance of regular backups to USB devices such as Western Digital’s MyBook Elite and the benefits of moving beyond single drive devices to RAID capable network attached [...]
Posted in Cloud Computing, Emerging Technology, NAS, Networking, PCs and Laptops, Storage, Technology, Wired Tags: backup, Cloud Storage, CloudPlug, hard drive, NAS, network, QNAP, RAID, storage 3 Comments »Mobile 3D TV Coming Soon…
October 19th, 2009
It seems like 2010 is going to be the breakout year for 3D capable TV’s. A perfect storm of content production and hardware integration promises to finally lift the technology from a cheap trick to mainstream habit. Already, companies such as Sony and Panasonic are demonstrating and producing 3D capable TV’s as described here and here. As we’ve [...]
