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  Cybersecurity

  Top 5 Cyber Threats from 2020

  2020 has been a rough year for everyone, as the tremendous pandemic threat jeopardized many businesses’ plans and forced countless to rethink their strategies as...

  By: Claudio Buttice | Data Analyst, Contributor

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  Internet

  US Data Protection and Privacy in 2020

  The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on the 25th of May 2018. Shortly afterwards, the EU data protection authorities received more than 95...

  By: Daniel Dimov | Internet Law Expert

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  Technology Trends

  How Big Data is Going to Change Genetic Testing

  It currently takes about 24 hours, and costs about 1,000 pounds, to sequence a human genome today.That might seem expensive or cheap depending on how you look at it but,...

  By: Segun Onibalusi | Digital Marketing Consultant

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  IT Business

  What Do Women in Tech Want?

  To find out what women in tech want, we asked them. A query to HARO drew a large number of responses. Everyone wants equal opportunity, though some experience it more...

  By: Ariella Brown | Contributor

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  Networking

  Interesting Facts About Computer Timekeeping

  You probably don’t think about the clock in your computer too much, unless perhaps you have an important deadline coming up, but knowing a little bit about how...

  By: David Delony | Contributor

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  Internet

  12 DNS Records Explained

  The domain name system (DNS) is integral to today's internet, and on the surface, it seems extremely complex. It's little wonder that DNS confuses so many people....

  By: Chris Binnie

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  Networking

  An Introduction to the OSI Model

  The open system interconnection model, better known as the OSI model, is a network map that was originally developed as a universal standard for creating networks. But...

  By: Andrew Beattie

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  Development

  Innovation vs. the Patent Troll

  While many different factors motivate technological development, one of its foremost objectives is to fulfill the needs of humans. Necessity is the mother of invention,...

  By: Colyn Emery

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  Tech Support

  Common Video Compression Artifacts to Watch Out For

  All visual media is compressed. The purpose of an electronic medium is to store information in a packageable format. Digital video’s quality, clarity and fidelity all...

  By: Colyn Emery

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  Hardware

  Video Tech: Shifting Focus From High Resolution to High Frame Rate

  Have you ever wondered why British television used to look so different from American television? Or why some slow motion looks better (or smoother) than other slow...

  By: Colyn Emery

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  Hardware

  Telecom Tower Climbing - How Technology Is Changing the Future of America's Most Dangerous Job

  It is commonly referred to as the most frightening video on the Internet, particularly because it is real and was produced “in the name of science.” It depicts a worker...

  By: Colyn Emery

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  Internet

  Can DNS Be Considered Secure?

  In April, a Dutch hacker was arrested for what is being called the biggest distributed denial of service attack ever seen. The attack was perpetrated on Spamhaus, an...

  By: Chris Binnie