Is It Time For An REA for the Internet
The death of Senator Bryd at the age of 92, had me thinking about the technical advances he saw in his life time. That the fight to get those advances to the most people was being fought then and continues…
Motorola Sticks It to the iPhone…Again
The Motorola Droid (X in this case) is once again sticking it to the iPhone. The last time it was Verizon, but now Motorola itself is getting in on the Apple-bashing act. Remember all of those Verizon ads surrounding the…
Over 50s Get Online In UK
In a press release today, UKOM revealed that nearly two million more Britons are now online when compared to last year with over half of the increase coming from the over-50s. The exact figures were that in May 2009 there…
Someone Contact Next of KIN
This will hit the top ten lists of technology that failed. Microsoft pulled the plug on the Microsoft KIN. Microsoft will turn focus on another failure in Windows Mobile 7. I personally thought it would have been adopted by the…
Road Trip!
Hubby, the kids and I are going to be running away for a week in the middle of July. We’re leaving hot and steamy St. Louis and headed north to Wisconsin to visit friends and family, and spend a day…
The Dark Side of eReaders
Part of my daily job is to be sure that the disabled students on my campus have access to the same resources that any student has access to, regardless of their disability. Most of us think “big” when we think…
Technology leap frog – Developing countries are skipping the PC
I have spent the last 10 months in the developing country of India. You see a combination of 1st and 3rd world lifestyles here. However the most amazing sight is the technology leapfrog you witness. Let me explain. Two years…