Posts made in March, 2011

Positive Aspects of Technology Jobs

Posted by yourtechguy on Mar 28, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

Tech­nol­ogy makes it pos­si­ble for many peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties to suc­ceed in employ­ment and func­tion in today’s soci­ety. There are numer­ous tech­nolo­gies that help peo­ple use com­put­ers. Key­boards that have large let­ter­ing and bright keys help the visu­ally impaired. A key­less key­board allows users to type by slid­ing domes around to cre­ate let­ters and num­bers. A head­band and arm­band device lets a com­puter user con­trol the cur­sor with motion and eye blinks to acti­vate but­ton clicks. Per­sons with phys­i­cal lim­i­ta­tions could “point and click” with­out lift­ing a fin­ger from the com­puter key­board. A hand­held device that uses GPS tech­nol­ogy helps a per­son with cog­ni­tive dis­abil­i­ties catch a bus. It sends a prompt to get ready when the bus is approach­ing and another when the bus is at the stop.

How Technology has Impacted the Workplace

Posted by yourtechguy on Mar 21, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

Tech­nol­ogy in the Past

Tech­nol­ogy is a resource com­pris­ing knowl­edge, skills, and the means of using and con­trol­ling fac­tors of pro­duc­tion for the pur­pose of pro­duc­ing, deliv­er­ing to users, and main­tain­ing goods and ser­vices, for which there is an eco­nomic and/or social demand.

Ever since the Indus­trial Rev­o­lu­tion (1780s), the impact of tech­nol­ogy has been sub­ject to debate over its effect on employ­ment does it cause unem­ploy­ment or does it under­lie the huge increases in stan­dards of liv­ing? The out­put of an indi­vid­ual laborer increased dra­mat­i­cally with the new machines, though they were seen as a threat to the labor force, and early inno­va­tors were attacked and their inven­tions destroyed.

Protect the Screen of that New Gadget

Posted by yourtechguy on Mar 14, 2011 in Articles, Reviews | 0 comments

I have owned and used portable elec­tronic devices since their  incep­tion and the screens have always been prone to scratch­ing.  Whether it was from slid­ing in and out of my pock­ets or using a  sty­lus, the screens always seemed to get a few scratches. Screen pro­tec­tors are usu­ally the first thing I look for when I am  con­sid­er­ing a new elec­tronic device. This is espe­cially true  nowa­days when new phones and gad­gets cost a few hun­dred dol­lars. A  cou­ple of years ago I came across ZAGG’s invis­i­bleShield.  A “mil­i­tary grade screen pro­tec­tor”, well that is what their  web­site claimed. I was a lit­tle skep­ti­cal and the intim­i­dat­ing  $20 price made me think twice, but when I pur­chased my HTC Aria Android phone I decided to get one and try it. ZAGG’s invis­i­bleShield  is cre­ated from an ultra-tough, patented film exclu­sive to ZAGG.  Trans­par­ent and amaz­ingly thin, it is designed to pre­cisely match  the con­tours of your device, pro­vid­ing unbeat­able scratch  pro­tec­tion. ZAGG’s invis­i­bleShield  is the worlds first and best clear device pro­tec­tion. Nano-Memory™ Tech­nol­ogy The authen­tic film fea­tures Nano-Memory tech­nol­ogy, which is vis­i­ble as a very sub­tle tex­ture in the sur­face of the film.

Cryptography in Media : Where the Technology is Going

Posted by yourlocaltechguy on Mar 7, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

In the third and final part of the series we will dis­cuss cryp­tog­ra­phy in media and where the tech­nol­ogy might be going. Dig­i­tal Rights Man­age­ment uses dif­fer­ent tech­nolo­gies to pro­tect copy­rights to movies, music and soft­ware.  In 1998, Bill Clin­ton signed the Dig­i­tal Mil­len­nium Copy­right Act (DMCA), which crim­i­nal­ized the pro­duc­tion, dis­sem­i­na­tion, and use of cer­tain crypt­an­a­lytic tech­niques and tech­nol­ogy; specif­i­cally, those that could be used to cir­cum­vent DRM tech­no­log­i­cal schemes. Dig­i­tal Mil­len­nium Copy­right Act DRM is one of the most con­tro­ver­sial uses of cryp­tol­ogy today. Peo­ple argue that they should have the right to copy the media that they pur­chased legally to some other form. This could be copy­ing a CD to an mp3 player or back­ing up a DVD to pro­tect against lose or damage.