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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
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