The evolution of DOS

August 5, 2011 by

Most of us remember the black screen with the blinking green cursor waiting patiently for us to input a command in order to launch an application. It was the Disk Operating System that we loving know as DOS. The 30-year anniversary of DOS was last week. In honor of this I decided to reflect on [...]

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Staying cool in the summer is sometimes more difficult than it sounds. We all have our own means of beating the heat, be it swimming, eating ice cream, or lounging in a good old-fashioned air-conditioned room. However, there will always be more unique techniques to stay cool, thanks to gadget technology. If you’re looking to [...]

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People all over the globe watched as the space shuttle Atlantis took its last trip into space last week. This marked the end of NASA’s space shuttle program however the thousands of technologies that were born from the program will remain with us far into the future. We use technologies from the space program at [...]

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What do you think of when you imagine a business card? In general, you most likely think of a small stock-paper rectangle that has essential contact information printed on it and, probably, a logo. While this standard method has traditionally been an effective way to exchange business information, it’s not entirely memorable. Thinking outside the [...]

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Exploring Virtual Teams

July 22, 2011 by

The way businesses are organized has changed as technology has grown. We often see companies reorganizing their teams into virtual teams, also known as geographically dispersed teams (GDT). This enables people in different countries to collaborate on a single project. Like most things in life, there are advantages and disadvantages to this style of team [...]

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If you go to Google News and enter a search for ‘tech bubble,’ you’ll get a dozen fresh articles debating this question: Are technology stocks, particularly social media companies, overvalued? The mother of all tech bubbles took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when half-baked business ventures got armloads of cash just for [...]

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The Truth About QR Codes

July 15, 2011 by

QR codes have been showing up in more and more settings of late. Maybe you’ve seen them on the side of buses, on posters, in magazines, or even on business cards.  These advanced bar codes were first implemented to track car parts, but have recently been useful in generating brand awareness and loyalty. What is [...]

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When I think of tablets — the iPad specifically — I think of watching videos, surfing the web, and playing games. Putting things off, in other words. But what if there’s a legitimate spot for tablet computers at the office? Infoworld recently ran an article about a New York law firm named Proskauer that equipped [...]

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