Buzzwords and Jargon

No other industry can compete with information technology in the race to produce as much jargon as possible. We explain it in plain english here.

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Top 5 Highest Paying IT Certifications and How to Get Them

May 25, 2012

Just why do you pursue IT certifications? Bragging rights? So that the boss to believe you when you say you're well-versed in Microsoft solutions? Or for...

6 Star Trek Technologies That Became Reality

May 09, 2012

Ships traveling faster than the speed of light, handheld beam weapons and replicator devices that can make most anything materialize on command. Yup,...

Jedi Strategies for Social Media Management

March 15, 2012

Whether you call it social media management (SMM) or social media marketing (also SMM), many businesses are very interested in having it. Creating and...

An Introduction to Application Software

February 23, 2012

Whether creating a presentation for work, searching for a mate or just want to find out where to buy a box of Girl Scout cookies, there’s probably an app...

The Top 10 Tech Buzzwords for 2012

January 18, 2012

Every year, new words enter our vocabulary from different sources. In 2005, people would have thought you were spouting gibberish if you talked about...

An Intro To Bitcoin: Can A Virtual Currency Work?

January 17, 2012

When the U.S. mortgage market collapsed in 2005, it was sign of more problems to come as many countries in Europe began to suffer from the effects of...

SOPA and the Internet: Copyright Freedom or Uncivil War?

January 06, 2012

UPDATE: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) withdrew the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill on Friday, January 20, 2012 - just a few days prior to the...