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Post by juju on Feb 20, 2006 16:30:50 GMT -5
Most Americans Now Online
The year 2005 showed the most Internet use to date with 78.6 percent of Americans going online with the average weekly usage rising to 13.3 hours. In 2000, 46.9 percent of users reported that they use home Internet access. This number increased to 66.2 percent in 2005, according to the study. Source: Fifth USC Study of the Internet by the Digital Future Project
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Post by juju on Mar 1, 2006 1:30:05 GMT -5
Happy Birthday, ENIAC!
February 2006 marked the 60th anniversary of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Inventors J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly’s machine could churn 5,000 addition problems in one second, far faster than any device invented at the time. This marvel of technology generated a quest for faster, smaller, less expensive hardware.
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Post by starfire on Mar 1, 2006 10:14:53 GMT -5
That is interesting!
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Post by juju on Mar 2, 2006 17:11:00 GMT -5
The Anti-Viral Marketing Demographic
The overwhelming majority of adult Internet users in the U.S., some 89%, forward email to others. However, Asian-Americans living in the East are least likely to do so. Only 46% of Asian-Americans share email content at least once a week, as do 55% of Easterners. (Source: Sharpe Partners.)
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Post by juju on Mar 2, 2006 17:21:14 GMT -5
Broadband Penetration
What country has the highest per-capita rate of broadband communications? Nope. South Korea. (Source: Associated Press)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2006 20:14:33 GMT -5
The Anti-Viral Marketing Demographic The overwhelming majority of adult Internet users in the U.S., some 89%, forward email to others. However, Asian-Americans living in the East are least likely to do so. Only 46% of Asian-Americans share email content at least once a week, as do 55% of Easterners. (Source: Sharpe Partners.) How strange! I wonder why this is? Athough I do have to say that I have a family members who do nothing but forward stuff to everyone. I rarely, if ever, get a real email from them.  /VM |
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Post by juju on Mar 2, 2006 22:16:41 GMT -5
I quit forwarding jokes a long time ago. Too many people complained. So I stoped. But I love getting jokes and pictures and all the stuff floating around. Some are pretty cool.
I'm bad for writing people. In fact, I should be writing a letter right now. Heavy Sigh
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Post by juju on Mar 6, 2006 18:38:04 GMT -5
Hey! That’s So-And-So!”
Who forwards email? Everyone you know, you say. Actually, there’s a certain demographic that sends more FWDs than any other group. Chances are, she’s an African-American or white woman in her late 30s to early 40s, and she lives in the South or Midwest. (Source: Sharpe Partners.)
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Post by juju on Mar 11, 2006 16:30:36 GMT -5
VoIP On The Rise
VoIP (Voiceover Internet Protocol), a type of communication that lets you converse via the Internet, is growing. The number of VoIP users more than tripled in 2005, reaching 4.5 million subscribers. However, it still has a lot of catching up to do. According to the U.S. Telecom Association, there were 132 million residential and small business phone lines in the United States as of December 2004.
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Post by juju on Mar 12, 2006 14:42:27 GMT -5
Duell Never Said It
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." Everyone knows that Charles Duell, U.S. Patent Commissioner, said this in 1899. Except that he never said any such thing. In fact, 1899 was the year he told Congress that inventions were key to America's future.
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Post by juju on Mar 29, 2006 17:01:22 GMT -5
John Draper Beats Bill Gates. John Who?
John Draper, the infamous phone hacker known as Cap’n Crunch, who in 1972 used plastic whistle from a box of breakfast cereal and a blue box to unlock AT&T's phone network, also wrote the first word processor program for the IBM PC, beating Bill Gates out on the bid for the IBM contract.
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Post by juju on Mar 30, 2006 23:43:02 GMT -5
Inventor's Daughter Suggests "Altair"
The Altair 8800 computer was the first microcomputer to use the then-new Intel 8080 processor. Inventor Ed Roberts didn't even have a name for his computer. He asked his daughter what would be a good high-tech sounding name. She suggested Altair, which was the name of a star in the popular TV series, “Star Trek.”
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Post by juju on Apr 2, 2006 23:51:23 GMT -5
March Madness
The NCAA Tournament, a tournament that crowns the national champion of college basketball, has long been the source of many office pools and also of lost productivity, as many workers take “just a few minutes” here and there to check the scores and see how their bracket is doing. However, many of these workers are no longer happy with just glancing at the scores, and want instead to watch the games as they’re played. According to data released by comScore Networks, 73% of the 1.25 million Internet video streams of tournament games on March 16 and 17 were served to U.S. work locations.
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Post by juju on Apr 4, 2006 4:06:49 GMT -5
The "Patent Troll" Is Coming!
An Intel lawyer came up with the term “patent troll” after the company was sued for libel for calling someone a “patent extortionist.” Speaking of which, it turns out that patent lawsuits have more than doubled in the past 15 years. Think there’s a connection?
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Post by juju on Apr 7, 2006 2:36:57 GMT -5
We Know Better, But. . .
Concerned sources sternly tell us to change our passwords every so often for security reasons, but most of us just don’t do it. A recent survey by a company that sells security software (ahem) reports that 52% of US business users never change their passwords for Web sites or applications. (Source: Palcott Software.)
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Post by juju on Apr 15, 2006 23:05:14 GMT -5
Just Browsing
A few of us are using our browsers in the old-fashioned sense—window shopping. Among online shoppers aged 14 and older, 15.8% never actually buy anything over the Internet. They may look up products, compare them, and look for good prices, but they won’t pony up a credit card number to close the deal online. (Source: eMarketer.)
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Post by auntieemu on Apr 16, 2006 7:57:54 GMT -5
I wonder how that differs from 10 years ago?
A lot of farmers that sell off their place, whether fruit, veggies or meat, use their websites to keep local customers updated and they will take orders by email to bring with them to the next Farmers Market (some only go on certain days). I understand it has increased some businesses 30% because they are able to supply their customers better.
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Post by juju on Apr 16, 2006 9:43:59 GMT -5
I wonder how that differs from 10 years ago? A lot of farmers that sell off their place, whether fruit, veggies or meat, use their websites to keep local customers updated and they will take orders by email to bring with them to the next Farmers Market (some only go on certain days). I understand it has increased some businesses 30% because they are able to supply their customers better. That's a good question. I don't have the time to dig, but maybe they will have the answer to that question on their website. www.emarketer.com/ |
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Post by juju on Apr 16, 2006 15:18:31 GMT -5
Patents Valuable? Not Likely
In spite of the thousands of patent applications filed every year, only about 5% of patents end up having any real commercial value.
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Post by juju on Apr 20, 2006 19:12:28 GMT -5
IBM Explains Virtual Memory
From a 1978 IBM poster explaining virtual memory: If it's there and you can see it--it's real If it's not there and you can see it--it's virtual If it's there and you can't see it--it's transparent If it's not there and you can't see it--you erased it!
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