Archive for October, 2007

Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)

In recent years, Apple could almost be described by two things: turtlenecks and iPods. This year, the iPhone was added to the mix, and we saw another addition to their family of felines, Mac OS X 10.5, better known as Leopard. The family of Apple felines has now reached six, starting with Cheetah, moving to Puma, […]

Top Tech Blunders

Technology has helped us in many ways, but at the same time, Technology has been the source of many-a-headache, too. And because of those headaches that we’ve all endured over the years, it’s nice to see the professionals run into some of these same problems. Computerworld has come up with a list of Technology’s Most Mortifying […]

Do You Need A Dedicated Server?

You may already know what dedicated hosting is but may be trying to decide if you need it or if shared hosting is enough. While there is a 3rd alternative; virtual private servers, they are simply an upscale, more flexible version of shared hosting.
For those who are not clear about the difference. Shared hosting […]

Spam Fast, Die Hard

Everyone has heard the expression ‘crime doesn’t pay,’ but spam used to seem so different; from the comforts of their home, spammers send millions of unsolicited E-mails hoping to get a bite from a small percentage of them and cash in on the results based on the numbers. Using a common affiliate program, they get paid […]

Internet2 Coming For You?

One of the problems that plagued the late-90’s Internet and played a major role in the eventual bust of the Industry was the lack of speed to deliver the next generation web applications that were so highly touted by the up-and-coming development companies (remember, this was just one of the problems). With so many users […]

The Process and Benefits of Viral Marketing through Social Channels Like Digg

 
Here are my notes from the Social Marketing segment of the SEOmoz training session that was held on October 1st.
 
First, a good blog article is written following these 4 blogging guidelines.
 

Quality Content - Is your story on topic? Make sure your story is appropriate for the topic you are submitting it to.
Link Directly to the […]

Holy Datacenters, (Batman)!

There are always new (and exciting) challenges facing IT professionals, and there are always new (and intresting) ways to address these challenges. With land and construction costs always increasing, especially in the more densely populated areas, building new datacenters is becoming less and less cost-effective. However, it’s not always easy to retrofit an existing site […]

Web 2.0 is Dead

That’s right. Finished. Over. End of Life. Move over Web 2.0; the next phase in the web, Web 3.0, the new “Semantic Web or the Intelligent Web” is here. Or is it? There is definitely a lot of blogging and articles being written on the subject. Articles about the Semantic Web, a term coined by […]

MSNBC Acquires Citizen Journalism Site

Citizen journalism or participatory/public journalism is one of the more popular forms of user generated content. From hobby writers to professional bloggers, this form of journalism allows the general population to play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information and  provide independent, reliable, accurate, wide-ranging and relevant […]

Last 10 Years: Apple’s Dell-ivered

Ten years ago, Dell was virtually the king of the computer Industry, and from that throne, Michael Dell made a brash remark at ITxpo97. He was asked what he would do if he were the CEO of Apple:
“What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” (link)
Obviously making […]