By Sue Poremba Sue Poremba is a freelance writer focusing primarily on security and technology issues and occasionally blogs for Rackspace Hosting. “The promise of the cloud is speed and choice. It’s changing every aspect of our lives.” Lew Moorman, president of Rackspace Hosting, made that statement at GigaOm Structure in June 2012. Yet, he… Continue reading Rackspace Launches The Open Cloud
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The History Of The Air Conditioner
It’s amazing when you think of all the modern amenities that we enjoy, and it becomes very interesting when you look back at the history of these amenities. One such amenity is the air conditioner. What would we do without our AC.? If you think about it, no matter where we go, we get to… Continue reading The History Of The Air Conditioner
Panasonic To Release A Wi-Fi Enabled Washing Machines, Air Conditioners And Refrigerators
Early next week, Panasonic will be ready to release its new Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled washing machine in Japan. Users will be able to download different wash cycles appropriate for different detergents right to the machine, from outside the home, or by tapping their smart phone on the appliance to start it cycling. Questions… Continue reading Panasonic To Release A Wi-Fi Enabled Washing Machines, Air Conditioners And Refrigerators
Technology In The Future Of Aged Care
Breaking the Barrier Between the Old and the New Technology and the elderly: Traditionally they have kept their distance. Yet, as technological innovations continue to make the world smaller and our lives easier, the immense potential benefit they can provide to the lives of senior citizens is becoming increasingly evident. It has taken a while… Continue reading Technology In The Future Of Aged Care
Tougher Than A Tank – The T-Shirt That Can Stop A Bullet
In the fantasy world of comic strips and movies we’ve often met the larger-than-life superhero (or villain) who can stand in the path of speeding bullets, merely for them to bounce harmlessly off his chest. Now, it looks as though real-world science has finally caught up with fiction by transforming a cheap T-shirt into lightweight… Continue reading Tougher Than A Tank – The T-Shirt That Can Stop A Bullet
Distorted World – Gadgets And Tech
Technology is something that impresses me, even though I am not technologically minded myself. In my job I have to use gadgets to help me keep up with the modern world. I use a Mac to produce written documents and images, my phone keeps me in touch with the world even if I am not… Continue reading Distorted World – Gadgets And Tech
Marketers, Know Your Customer
Bob Dylan once wrote “The times they are a changing” and how right he was. Aspects of life have evolved dramatically over the years, to a point that any individual that is plucked from the 1970’s and thrown straight into 2012 would be faced with a world virtually unrecognisable from the one they left behind.… Continue reading Marketers, Know Your Customer
A Brief History Of Some Of The Things We Take For Granted
Image by: Sarnil Prasad When was the last time that you stopped to think about what a crazy piece of invention the light bulb is? After all, the original light bulb paved the way for the means by which entire cities and regions can now be seen from space at night time – that’s quite incredible.… Continue reading A Brief History Of Some Of The Things We Take For Granted
Activate Your Cigarette Instead of Lighting it up
The future is now – technology can be pretty amazing these days and we almost can’t live without it. The days when we made do without mobile phones seem to be taken from another life; we couldn’t imagine living without them. How about we let technology help us once more and have it give us… Continue reading Activate Your Cigarette Instead of Lighting it up
The Decline of Desktops Due to Mobile Computing
Desktop computers may still be around, but for how much longer? Mobile computing sales have been growing steadily causing desktop sales to stall out over the years. People are finding that they can do just about the same thing from their laptops, tablets, or even smartphones that they could do with their desktops. Are these… Continue reading The Decline of Desktops Due to Mobile Computing