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DropBox, Grab Anywhere File Storage

Dropbox-ArtMore often than not, college students use some form of technology to complete homework assignments. In fact, 75% of college students have said that they can’t study without it. With all the various electronic tools readily available, it can be difficult to keep track of files between multiple personal gadgets like as flash drives, tablets, laptops, smart phones, etc. I can’t count how many times I have spent the night … Continued

2013: A Turning Point in Linux History?

With Linux more and more on the rise, software companies and companies in need of an operating system platform are finally starting to get on the open-source bandwagon.With the release (and clearly controversial response) to Microsoft’s newest Windows 8 desktop platform, and Apple’s recent stock drop since last September, one might be inclined to think that this could finally be the year where Linux has a legitimate chance to wedge itself into the 21st century marketplace. For those of you who don’t know (or don’t care) what Linux is, you should. … Continued

Notetaking Without a Notebook

Note Taking in the PastFor some of us, acquiring a new gadget is common practice, and for others it’s a rare delight. Over the past winter break I was lucky enough to receive a shiny new iPad Mini. Being a science student at Evergreen, I’m required to posses a fair level of organization and information retention. I hoped that being able to take notes in a digital fashion … Continued

Light Up the World With Tweetping

wowFrom the get-go, the makers of Twitter knew that the website’s data would be too big to process, organize, and condense into digestible  comprehensive information. So early on, they decided to adopt hashtags in order to categorize tweets quickly. Now when you tweet, it is organized into topics, and any topics with tons of tweets are obvious trends. Simple. Tweetping does something else with … Continued

Intellectual Property and The Patent Troll

intellectual_property_fullPatents are something that the majority of Americans aren’t too familiar with. While they run our daily lives, and we interact with the fruits of their labor on an almost constant basis, the average person hasn’t been exposed to what it means to protect “intellectual property,” and how that affects the world’s market.

Open Source Home Theater: XBMC

xbmc2What is it? XBMC is a home theater software system. XBMC is open source, free, and constantly expanding. XBMC, it must be said, and this is not a minority opinion, is amazing. Attach a second monitor to your Windows, Linux, or Mac machine, preferably an HDTV and you now have a media library that is not only organized and streamlined, … Continued