Today, according to the Google Blog, Google is making some changes in the “First Click Free” way they have been indexing pages. Up until now, Google and publishers have worked together to allow Google to spider and index news sites,…
A couple of days ago, a friend of my son’s called me with panic in her voice. Her fancy media-enabled Acer laptop had died. Kept booting into a recovery mode but then could not recover, so would shut down, only…
As we move full-force into the holiday season, even we geek-techs are looking for bargains. I am no different. This year money is tighter than ever, as we are now a one-income family. Kids don’t understand that, though, so I’m…
A racially offensive photo of First Lady Michelle Obama recently appeared as a top search result under Google Images, leading to a handful of complaints by Google users and requests to remove the image from the search results altogether. Of…
In my work with students with disabilities, I run into unique situations every day where technology, a super-highway for most students, becomes a roadblock for others. There is a general assumption by book publishers, instructors and professors, and software developers…
This past week, I attended and presented at a conference for Adaptive Technologists. This is my official geek-tech title. I work with people, primarily students, with disabilities, providing technical solutions to their accessibility needs. This is the premier conference for…
“There are businesses that want to make sure they keep making money by having cures that fix the last one, but not the next one.” The above quote is from Dr. Fred Cohen, President of the California Sciences Institute, and…