Cyber City Blog

The Mobile Phone Wars of 2010

Alex Goldman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:06 +0000

Last week, Slate’s technology columnist Farhad Manjoo posted an interesting article about Google’s Android phone operating system vs. the iPhone. While the Google phone (and the brand new Nexus One) have been met with mixed reviews and a lukewarm response from the stock market (as well as a lawsuit from the estate of science fiction [...]

The Unstoppable Googleplex

Alex Goldman — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:34:02 +0000

Google has become so synonymous with the internet that “Googling” has become a catch-all term for doing internet searches. In a little over a decade, Google has gone from being the brain child of two Stanford graduates to being the deliverers of internet data, shaping the way we interact with information online through sophisticated searching [...]

AT&T and the iPhone – The Best Worst Cell Provider?

Alex Goldman — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:21:02 +0000

The iPhone, which can currently only be used with AT&T’s wireless data plan, has been a monolithic success. Racking up sales of over 4 million units per quarter, it’s the first handheld that’s taken a real bite out of Blackberry’s previously dominant market share. And as a device it’s not hard to love. It’s intuitive, [...]

What is a NetBook?

Kenneth Chia — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:53:23 +0000

Netbooks are low-cost, ultra portable computers that have recently become the hottest trend on the hardware computing market. They are essentially really tiny laptops, or as the industry likes to call them, “sub-notebooks”, which you can take almost anywhere.

The term “netbook” is descriptive of what these machines are designed to do. They are [...]

CD and DVD Burning 101

Ashawn Knight — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:20 +0000

Burning CDs and DVDs used to be available on only the most expensive machines. Nowadays they’re pretty much standard. This article will give you simple instructions on how to burn a CD or DVD on your computer.

To begin… a brief explanation of the different types of CDs and DVDs, would be appropriate.

CD/DVD Basics 101

There are [...]

The Anatomy of a Website

Mike Viola — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:27 +0000

According to a website called www.domaintools.com which runs metrics on internet usage, over 50,000 new .com domains have been added to the internet in the past 24 hours. The web is now an essential tool for leveraging information, from personal interests to email to business. Still, for all of the websites that we visit every [...]

Virtual Private Networks: Paving the Way to the Global Office

Mike Viola — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:30:45 +0000

For many of us, 9 to 5 is the most productive portion of the day, not necessarily because we don’t desire to get work done outside of the office, but because the logistics of doing so are difficult to manage. Fortunately, new technologies have made it much easier to bring the office with you anywhere [...]

The Great Monitor Question: CRT or LCD?

Tony Simoes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:53:28 +0000

It is sometimes referred to as “The Monitor”, sometimes as “The Display”, and on occasion (more often than you think) “The Computer”, the computer monitor is the most recognized component of the modern day computer. In recent years there have been dramatic improvements in the manufacturing process of LCD screens that has driven the prices [...]

Best Practices for Your Business E-mail

Kenneth Chia — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:45:10 +0000

Today e-mail is key to communication, and has become a essential and powerful business tool. Like any powerful tool, it can be used and abused. We’ll look at some tips and tricks to help you get the most from your company e-mail.

Signatures

The e-mail signature is the digital equivalent of company stationary. Establishing a company-wide [...]

What Is Phishing and Why Should I Be Concerned?

Tony Simoes — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:43:25 +0000

DING! You’ve Got Mail! You just received an email from your bank informing you of some change to the privacy policy and a link to sign in and confirm the changes. You click on the provided link and fill in the username and password to log in. The moment you click submit, your very private [...]