Google is getting into the business of delivering the internet. As of this writing Google will be offering internet connectivity for home users in the Midwest that is 100 times faster than typical broadband for $70 a month. Starting in the fall, they will be adding TV services as well, both for about $120 a month. Less than most of us are paying now.
Android VS Ipad. Android based tablet shipments are on track to overtake IOS (Apple) by 2015. The change up is already on tap. Android's 4th quarter 2011 sales grew to 44.6% up from 32.3 in quarter 3. Correspondingly, during the same period Ipad sales dropped from 61.6% to 54.7%.
Look for a new face on Microsoft's popular Hotmail. The new Hotmail will have a cleaner interface designed to look more like and compete better with Yahoo on the one end and Facebook on the other. The new product is called Outlook.com, try it now. If you're a Hotmail user, you will find the new interface substantially friendlier and easy to use. Outlook will include free web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
Start saying goodbye to Windows XP: Microsoft has announced the end of support for both Windows XP and the Microsoft Office 2003 product line. The termination date for support will be April 8, 2014. Now, that sounds pretty far away but time flies when you're having thoughts about a new computer. Your XP computer and office software will continue to function but without weekly security updates, patches and fixes the platforms will become unstable. So start saving your pennies.
On that note, Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT, a lesser version designed for lightweight net-books, which will further reduce the Ipad/IOS market share, is to be released sometime in October.
The use of that smart phone, computer, net book and Ipad/Ipod is actually rewiring your brain. That's the research. Get a text, a tweet or an email and your brain gets a squirt of dopamine. Brain scans of "Internet addicts" reveal the same structures as those of cocaine addicts and alcoholics. Going on vacation? Take a break and leave those gadgets at home.
I'm still removing viruses for my clients which are the result of someone in the home visiting a music sharing site. There's a lot of music that is available for free especially if your attuned to classical, jazz and folk and you know where to look. Here are a couple of suggestions:
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