Computer technology has grown far beyond our imagination. Just imagine how computer engineers from the 1930s would react to the vast growth of computer science today. If today's technology existed in the 1930s, computers just might have an answer for everything today. Corporations and all facets of business would definitely be ran differently. Would we have any need for human workers? Would our level of privacy be jeopardized? Are you familiar with the term VPN? VPNs extend a private networkacross a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks. The computing devices usually act as if they are directly connected to a private network. This has helped establish a line of communication for corporations with regional offices in far proximity of the headquarters. VPNs have helped many branches of corporate businessesexpound on ideas and private concealed documentation for at least two decades. Today's confidence in VPNs has grown … [Read more...] about Making Good Use Of VPNs
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Wikitribune – Wikipedia’s move against Fake News
Tech experts, politicians, and media outlets around the world has identified fake news as the most pressing problem in the cyberspace. Jimmy Wales, the founder of international encyclopedia -- Wikipedia, steps up with a solution. Jimmy Wales launches Wikitribune, an internet service that aims at addressing the problem of the world wide web infected with hoax and misleading information. As usual, this Wiki-service will be free and survives through donations. Wikipedia will soon hire professional journalists who will be working with volunteer editors. Remember that Wikipedia is not a valid source for research papers and academic articles because of its questionable credibility. However, Jimmy Wales thinks otherwise and claims that Wikipedia has a sophisticated system that recognize misinformation online. Launching Wikitribune is a trivial matter for now since funding will be coming from donor money. Mr. Wales' team must find ways how to attract benefactors. Tech experts … [Read more...] about Wikitribune – Wikipedia’s move against Fake News
Google declares Death Sentence of CAPTCHA Codes
Those annoying computer screen tests will no longer be thing since Google vows to kill them. So gone are the days that you will be asked for those annoying combination of letters and numbers jumbled in a flat photo. CAPTCHA -- short for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart -- may no longer necessary in Google's updated system. As the name goes, it is redundantly used by tech industries to avoid spams made my bots. These irritating bots that floods requests on various websites and emails have also evolved that they can already bypass simple tests. And so, to answer that challenge, programmers have also developed new technologies that will block bots. Thus, Google upgraded their CAPTCHA technology to the point that it does not need to interact with human beings anymore. The new system will be intelligent enough to distinguish humans from bots. Hence, the usual CAPTCHA tests will only apply once a bot is detected by the … [Read more...] about Google declares Death Sentence of CAPTCHA Codes
Google Features “Pangolin Love” Doodle Game on Valentines Day
Google has always been featuring different doodles on its webpage in every special occasion. For this year's Valentines Day, they showcase a cute game "Pangolin Love". Playing the game is very simple. It is like playing a 2D Sonic Crash video game, but instead of having a blue hedgedog, a red pangolin takes the main role. The pangolin rolls over the slopes to collect items before clearing the game. Game performance is graded through stars -- 3 being the highest if the perfect score is attained. Pangolin Love is based on a love story of two pangolins on a long distance relationship. For Valentines, the male pangolin decides to visit his lover, however, he panics because he is not able to prepare for a present. Before meeting his lover, he went to Ghana to collect cacaos for a chocolate cake, to India to learn how to play music, to China to learn how to dance, and to the Philippines to collect flowers. These four countries were part of his journey. Apparently, these places … [Read more...] about Google Features “Pangolin Love” Doodle Game on Valentines Day
How to Boost WiFi Signal Using Old CD and Iron Hanger
Are you suffering from slow wireless internet connection? Is your WiFi router does not have enough signal strength to reach your room? Don't worry here is a simple hack that makes your WiFi stronger. In order to boost your WiFi, you don't need to buy an expensive device. You just need to assemble simple household such as the following: A CD (can be used or blank) Wire Coat Hanger CD contrainer Coaxial cable Pliers Wire Cutter Sautering Iron Glue Gun Utility Knife Check out this video to be guided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_2tPc9HOs Procedures: Cut the iron coat hanger (any copper wire can be and alternative) Bend the iron coat hanger into two squares forming like a bow tie. Each side should be 31 millimeters long. Cut the pole of the CD container and leave 15 millimeters in terms of height. Glue the CD on the CD container. The shiny part must face outside. Cut one end of the coaxial cable and get rid of the rubber … [Read more...] about How to Boost WiFi Signal Using Old CD and Iron Hanger