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With Windows Server 2012 release just around the corner, it looks like the “era of the Cloud” is upon us. In the coming months, as small and medium companies deploy this new product, they will be encouraged to take advantage of integrated Cloud management tools and dashboards, to leverage hosted SaaS products (such as Hosted …

Most of us are probably not going to see the 2012 Olympics live.  But probably many are counting on watching (at least) some of it on T.V., but mostly on the Internet.  In today’s world of desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones all capable of streaming video, it’s possible that the Olympics will have an effect …

As the only female employee at an I.T. company, I often wonder why more women aren’t interested in technology.   Apparently this is a topic the United Nations has also decided to explore.   The U.N., through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) agency, has started a campaign called Tech Needs Girls, which seeks to raise global awareness of …

PredPol is software some police departments are using to predict the future.  The rather simple-looking map is marked with red squares that indicate where the crimes are likely to take place.   PredPol uses the information it gathers about  times and locations of previous crimes, combined with sociological information about criminal behavior and patterns, to …

Back in the 1980′s and into the 90′s, a Polaroid camera was one of the funnest things to have, especially as a teenager.  Polaroid had become the generic term for an instant camera, and it was hard to remember that they may have manufactured anything else.  With the rising popularity of digital cameras, the manufacturing …