It's interested to point out that the US is 4th in the overall Web Index (measure of the Web's growth, utility and impact). Nevertheless, it's 12th in Universal Access, 10th in Relevant Content. 1st in Impact & Empowerment...
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The governments and the corporations of the world have found and built their place on the internet. People like Eric Snowden, Julian Assange, and even organizations like Anonymous have the individual's rights in mind....
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If you click on the link below the paragraph/description (it says something like image credit), it'll open a new page where the images are. I hope it helps
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I commend Berners-Lee for raising the need for a digital bill of rights. But it's hard to imagine how it could ever be enforced -- especially when the balance of digital power increasingly centers around those, like...
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Thanks for noting, Charlie. NARA's IT leaders insist the contextual scanning tools available today, that help attorneys scan and catalog 10s and 100s of 1000s of documents have gotten good enough lately to tackle the...
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Daniel, I think the part that is the largest shift in all of this is the lack of understanding, by many, many users, that the world does not actually revolve around them (personally). The ME-centre has infantilised...
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How strange. I tried Chrome, FF and Internet Exploder, all the same. Win7.
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@Somedude8 I think it has to do with your browser or perhaps you have something like NoScript going on. Because when I click on the link, it opens a new window (a different website) where the full size image is. And yes,...
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It's always good to see government using technology to save money. So many times I have heard they use old machines and older software. New technology can save you money, as the Army has found out. Hopefully it trickles...
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I have always wondered about licensing for DaaS and never have really found a one answer fits all. I've received many different answers. Do you have to license each virtual desktop with a full windows license?
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I would question whether the patent trolls are harmless, or is there just too little data for the harm they're doing to show up.
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In comparison to what? It has always far exceeded a green screen no matter what anyone says or believes. In the early days it was no match for local app GUIs but the ease of deployment offered by green screen...
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I remember how some people in the computer industry being turned off by the Web browser. It was such a dumb, inadequate user interface. "We're going backwards," they said. The lesson to remember is that the computer industry...
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I'm inclined to agree, Wyatt. TCP/IP should be celebrated too.
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This story oofers a good example of how a transformational technology move that saves the Army money, makes great management and security sense, can still get caught in limbo because of budget constraints. It also...
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I'm going to print up a T-shirt for my mother: One Of The Proud 13%
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"The Web" didn't just suddenly happen in 1989 (nor was it "invented" by Al Gore). What happened then is that a structure and a name was given to what was already in existance (highly-interconnected infrastructure,...
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The deal is set to be finalized later this year. It will be interesting to see if anything does stall or prevent it.
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The White House President's Council of Economic Advisers recently released a report that, while no doubt self serving, nevertheless pulls together some useful and telling information about the impact of patent trolls. It's...
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2014 State of Storage Survey
If you look at vendor financials, the enterprise storage business seems stuck in neutral. Don't believe it.
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