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Entries Tagged as 'Network Services'

Searching the Internet B.G. (Before Google)

May 7th, 2012 · Comments Off

When I started using the Internet in the 1970s, it didn’t look anything like it does today, and our search tools were primitive. But when all you have is stone knives and bearskins, you make do. Before I began writing for a living, I put myself through graduate school by doing research on the very [...]

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Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Network · Network Services · Search · Web Services

Star Trek’s Wil Wheaton thinks Google+ is becoming an annoying mistake

May 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off

Google is increasingly using its social network Google+ as the glue that binds its other Google services together. Wil Wheaton, the writer and actor probably best known for his role as Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation, recently wrote, “I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I’ve ever read are on [...]

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Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Network · Network Services · Social Networking

A walk through Google Drive (Screenshots)

April 25th, 2012 · Comments Off

Google Drive is much, much, more than just another storage option. Let’s look it over shall we? A walk through Google Drive (Screenshots) More >

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Tags: Business · Cloud Computing · Desktop · Google · Infrastructure · Internet · Network · Network Services · Web Services

IPv6: It’s the end of the Internet as you know it, and I feel fine

April 23rd, 2012 · Comments Off

On June 6, many Web sites and Internet providers will start supporting Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next generation Internet protocol, as part of their regular service. But, don’t get into a panic; most users won’t have a thing to worry about. To get you up to speed, IPv4, and now IPv6, are the [...]

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Tags: Business · Internet · Network · Network Services · TCP/IP

Windows 8 tablets: Not open for business

April 22nd, 2012 · Comments Off

think Windows 8 is doomed to failed on the desktop. But,  much as I dislike Windows 8 and its Metro interface, I thought it had a chance on the business tablet. Oh, forget about Intel and Microsoft’s dream that the first wave of Windows 8 tablets will push the iPad’s global market share to below [...]

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Tags: Business · Infrastructure · Microsoft · Network · Network Services · Operating System · Tablet · Windows