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No musical artist produces a track with the idea that the ideal format upon which it will be presented is a digital music player.  Digital music files often compress sounds, limiting the range and even editing out the richer tones of a composer’s work.  Musical artists today produce music to be heard over speakers at concerts and stereo systems and outside where the music can resonate and breathe.  While you cannot easily improve the quality of digital music files, you can easily upgrade from earbuds.  The Yamaha PDX-11 is one such speaker system that gets you closer to the sound the artists intended! Read more »

Finding women at or near top positions in the tech sector is at least as hard as it is to find them in prime management positions in the financial sector and other big businesses.  However, possibly because of the rate at which technology changes, women in technology sector professional jobs are often derailed from their career path by using maternity leave.  To acknowledge how hard working mothers work to balance both their family life and career, Working Mother magazine names one woman in business as their Working Mother Of The Year each year.  In 2009, that honor went to a woman in the tech sector, Blair Christie of Cisco Systems!  Blair Christie is so much more than just a working mother; she is the powerhouse who runs much of Cisco Systems’ global communications and negotiations efforts. Read more »

Big business transactions happen every day in the tech sector.  As more and more technology companies buy out their competition or diversify to stay relevant in a changing marketplace, it is sometimes tough to understand what specific transactions might actually mean.  Lately, there has been a lot of speculation that Google will pay $12.5 billion to buy Motorola Mobility.  This transaction has created a lot of buzz in both the tech sector and the business world.  There are several factors that make Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility an atypical buyout. Read more »

With so many advances in computer graphics and streaming video technologies, it is more important than ever to have a great computer monitor.  After all, what is the point of streaming high definition videos from your favorite online video provider if your monitor does not support full 1080p resolution?  For a reasonably-priced high definition computer monitor that is more than likely to exceed your expectations, you should look at the HZ281HPB LCD Monitor from Hanns.G. Read more »

The business of doing online business is more vital and robust than ever. Those businesses that are not yet taking advantage of the Internet as an income channel are rapidly finding themselves at a competitive disadvantage.  But setting up an online business can be difficult, especially for those who are not technically inclined.  Few people understand that as well as Mitchell Harper does. Read more »

As online shopping has become more and more popular, there has remained a vocal minority of analysts who claim the movement is little more than a fad.  So far, Internet shopping trends have illustrated well that consumers are willing to wait for their merchandise in order to get it less expensively.  Consumers have also latched onto online companies like eBay and Amazon because their vast selection has no real-world equivalent in the marketplace.  But outside cranky brick and mortar retail store owners and conservative commentators who fear change, there has been a consistent voice arguing that online shopping is not likely to endure.  That voice has come from sociologists and the first real proof of their theories comes with a new deal reached by Nordstrom’s department stores and online retailer Bonobos. Read more »

The fax, the facsimile which was essentially a scan sent from one machine to another over the phone line, is a dying technology.   Scanners and e-mail provide essentially the same services and they are easy-to-use technologies used in every industrialized nation on Earth.  However, e-mails do not have the legal authority of faxes.  As a result, Fax Over Internet Protocol technology has emerged as a new industry.  Choosing the right FOIP provider can be a challenge.  Three of the best are: Read more »

There are many resources for researching jobs on the Internet.  Between employment sites and social networking sites, there are many ways to find out about both available jobs and employers online.  In fact, many employers now use Internet-based applications exclusively when they hire.  But no site mixes job hunting and social networking quite the way JIBE does.  Informing jobseekers and employers about JIBE and its benefits is the work of Suzanne Flynn Speece! Read more »

For a long time, the fax was a tool of businesses everywhere.  The facsimile was a great way to transmit documents that was quicker than using mail or courier services.  With the rise of the fax machine, many laws involving acceptable forms of documentation came to include facsimile copies of important documents.  Ironically, the speed of the rise of the Internet and e-mail communications radically outstripped the speed at which laws are altered.  As a result, today facsimile copies remain legally relevant for many important documents, whereas e-mailed copies of documents do not carry the same weight.  One solution to this problem is Fax Over Internet Protocols. Read more »

With so many forms of technology becoming interconnected, it is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the advances that hit the marketplace.  Shortly after you buy a Blu-Ray player, for example, a new upgrade may easily appear that would allow you to do more with your simple Blu-Ray disc player.  Fortunately, even as technology changes, there are often adapters that allow you to upgrade the device you spent good money on to work with the latest technology.  The IOGEAR Universal Wi-Fi N Adapter – Ethernet to Wi-Fi N is one such adapter.

The IOGEAR Universal Wi-Fi N Adapter – Ethernet to Wi-Fi N adapter (Product number GWU627 in the IOGEAR catalog) is an adapter which connects to any of your Ethernet-ready devices.  Many common electronics appliances that are intended for entertainment purposes are Ethernet-ready devices, like Blu-Ray players and HDTVs.  Many monitors have Ethernet ports as well.  The purpose of the IOGEAR GWU627 Adapter is to allow you to connect those Ethernet-ready devices to your home’s wireless computer network!

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