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Posted by Michele Marius | 3 Jun 2011 | Caribbean, Computing, ICT/Tech, Internet
For those of you who are not online gamers, you might not be aware of the major hacking of the Sony PlayStation Network that occurred in April, which caused the company to shut down that service. Recalling an earlier post, 10...
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 31 May 2011 | Caribbean, Computing, Internet
In mid-May, LinkedIn launched an IPO in the United States. By the end of the first day of trading, the share price had doubled, leaving pundits to believe that the tech market is being revitalised. Could this have implications...
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 27 May 2011 | Caribbean, Computing, Content
Open source software is gaining a lot of popularity worldwide, and is increasingly the preferred product in a number of circumstances. This post examines the pros and cons of open source. “Open source software” (OSS) refers to...
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 24 May 2011 | Computing, Content, ICT/Tech, Internet
Although it might not make the news very often, children can be exposed to a whole host of threats online. Many parents recognise that in this day and age, their children must be allowed access to computers and to the Internet,...
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 20 May 2011 | Caribbean, ICT/Tech, Internet, Telecoms
In an earlier post, we examined the amount spent on Internet service in the Caribbean. Now, in the last of our Snapshot series (for now), we look at the affordability of that service across the region. Access to and the...
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