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PERSONAL DATA SECURITY

The Internet has been a great scientific innovation that has been useful for industry and commerce and society at large.  However, it has many downsides, of which one of them is personal security.

COMPUTER LINKS TO AVOID

As we have discussed before, the Internet is a wonderful piece of science that makes life easy for us and helps us get things done fast. However, there are some Internet links that you should avoid.

Welcome to the Electronic Millenium

A change is upon us and there is no turning back. If the computer changed so much at the beginning, fast forward from the 1980s to the discovery of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the beginning of the new millennium. .

How lives have changed electronically

Ring, Ring Ring, in Japan Novelists find a new medium, now publishing novels on the cell phone, and reading novels on the cell phone.

NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM

News future is tied to the web is a great read on the future trend of journalism.

SOCIAL CONSEQUENCE OF GADGETS - Part 2

I am sometimes amused in taking the train to New York City. A young Johnny hops on the train with his me-Pod (I-Pod), cell phone and laptop. Johnny is fully wired - wires going from his I-Pod to his ears and from the PC to the cell phone. Johnny is on e-mail, music and commuting all at the same time.

SOCIAL CONSEQUENCE OF GADGETS – Part 1

I recall the late 1950s to early 1960s in Sri Lanka. We walked to school with a number of other children and had plenty of conversation as we went along. Of course, one can get those years back in a few hours by traveling to a remote village in a developing country and see that much of life has unchanged.

YOUR NEXT PC - WHEN?

If you are using the Microsoft Windows operating system, it is best to wait until next year to purchase a PC.  Microsoft has delayed the windows Vista operating system until January 2007.  Purchasing a PC next year will ensure that you have the new Vista operating systems on board. This is bad news for PC makers, who normally get a big boost from the Christmas holiday season.

ALERTMicrosoft finishes Vista, will meet latest release targets. Vista sent to be pressed on to discs and installed in peronal computers.

YAHOO TECH

Yahoo has a good tech site dubbed Yahoo Tech which provides information on gadgetry. The site is being launched in the US only, but there are plans to adapt it for major international markets.

ANNUAL BUYING GUIDE - PC vs VISTA

How to Ensure New PC Can Use Windows Vista is a great read for those contemplating getting a new PC soon.  And the great news of all is that Apple Computer will revamp the Macintosh line with Intel chips to run Windows as well as the Mac OS X operating system, so you can buy an Apple for both technology worlds. Walter Mossberg praises the Mac for its dual operating modes. Walter's advice is to wait until January next year to buy a PC with Vista preinstalled. Why, one reason is the headache of upgrading from XP to Vista.  The other reason is that running Vista requires bundles of disk space and RAM, so there will probably be a home version and a premium version for users to pick.

Now are you ready to go out and buy?  The smart way is to purchase for a purpose. Some of us are gadget freaks and want everything new in the market. So if what you have serves your needs there is no need to run out to market and spend your hard earned money for nothing.  I used Windows 95 for almost ten years before graduating to Windows XP.  When the programs got too big I was forced to upgrade.