Dec 15, 2009
Twitter message could be cyber criminal at work Cyber criminals are now targeting twitter users, but Panda Security is on to them. Panda Security is a Spain based antivirus maker, and the cyber criminals are using malware for their crime. Malware is malicious software that is used by tagging hot topics so when people click [...]
Dec 13, 2009
Going to the virtual office in Second Life Remote conferencing is becoming more and more necessary in businesses today. Since travel budgets are squeezed due to the recession, companies can no longer afford to have employees fly across the country as often as they actually need. Second life has been used for some years [...]
Dec 13, 2009
China Solar Panel Maker Sets First U.S. Plant The largest solar panel installation is at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. It was produced by China’s Suntech Power, and it accounts for about a third of the 15 megawatt solar farm. Suntech is part of the largest, fast-growing global solar market due to its price [...]
Dec 13, 2009
How Green Is Apple: Cleaning the Supply Chain Apple like many companies, outsources part of their manufacturing to other countries. By doing so, it makes it harder for apple to keep track of how their products might be harming the environment. What apple does is designs the systems but outsourcing the assembly to contract manufacturers. [...]
Dec 1, 2009
To Do More With Less, Governments Go Digital The economic crisis is forcing the government to work more efficiently. Not only will they have to come up with new strategies to work better but they will also have to find new way to provide there services. I.B.M has sponsored a conference in New York [...]
Dec 1, 2009
Outsourcing in Costa Rica has become a great asset to business. When comparing call centers from the Middle East and Asia to one in Central America such as Costa Rica you can notice that the language and accent barrier is not as bad when the primary language is Spanish. Another asset is the time zones; [...]
Oct 28, 2009
“Voice Chat Coming to Facebook!” In the next few weeks Facebook users will be able to have high quality voice conversations on line. The new technology is being offered by Vivox not by Facebook; therefore the Facebook app. can be applied to almost any website and have conversations while shopping on line. Vivox voice service [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Paper record filing might be a thing of the past very soon. A new database for doctors and hospitals will be implemented and maybe mandatory by the government. The new database will allow for hospitals like the VA’s to have patient’s records immediately. Medical records will not be available only within the health facility or [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Chapter 4, Ethics and information Security, talks about how downtime can cost businesses money and they should do what ever it takes to prevent this from happening. In an article by Search Engine Journal titled, “Google’s Downtime Affected 5% of the Internet” it stresses how important it is for other business that Google prevent this [...]
Oct 28, 2009
Companies Turn To Twitter While Hiring As the internet evolves to better faster technology our “normal” way of life is changing with it. With the boom of networking sites, and the unemployment crises in the Unites States, companies and job seekers are looking for new ways to put themselves out there. Companies are now seeking [...]
Oct 28, 2009
The future is full of new inventions and new technology; we just need to familiarize ourselves with such ideas. WiTricity has a new idea, wireless electricity. Soon we will no longer need any cords to power our TV’s, laptops, cell phones, etc. The way it works is, power becomes converted into magnetic fields and send [...]
Oct 28, 2009
The competition to build the next fuel efficient vehicle is on. But the race might be over with the new zero-emission cars. There are three zero or almost zero, emission cars available in the marker. The electric plug-ins, hybrid plug-ins, and the hydrogen fuel cell, but out of these three only one can really win [...]
