By Robbie Gonzalez writing got i09 Be careful what you touch, and what you eat. Some vegetation can snuff out your life as surely as a venomous snake. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of poisonous plants in the world, and some of them are deadly. Here are 10 of the world’s deadliest plants. We run down […]
OMG: 2.1 million people still use AOL dial-up
By Jose Pagliery @Jose_Paglier ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN CCN MONEY It sounds crazy, but 2.1 million people in the United States still use AOL dial-up to connect to the Internet. Beep-beep-beep. Chcck. Eeeerrrhhrr. Bhrrrh. Hccccchhh-ZZzzZZzzz. That. They hear that. That number was in AOL’s quarterly earnings report Friday. It’s shocking, given that 70% of Americans […]
‘Star Wars’ Lands Coming to Disneyland, Disney World
by Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer The faraway “Star Wars” galaxy will soon be close enough to visit. “Star Wars”-themed lands will be added to the Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts — located in Anaheim, California, and Orlando, Florida, respectively — Walt Disney Co. representatives announced at the D23 Expo 2015 over the weekend. […]
The Birth Of Stock Exchanges
By Andrew Beattie When people talk stocks they are usually talking about companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It’s the big daddy and the big leagues. From a corporate perspective, anyone who’s anyone is listed there, and it can be difficult for investors to imagine a time when the NYSE wasn’t synonymous […]
What do you call the @ symbol used in e-mail addresses?
That little “a” with a circle curling around it that is found in email addresses is most commonly referred to as the “at” symbol. Surprisingly though, there is no official, universal name for this sign. There are dozens of strange terms to describe the @ symbol. Several languages use words that associate the shape of […]
Brief History of the Internet
Introduction The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and […]
Fall 2015 TV lineup makes familiar ideas fresh
by: Chandra Johnson Everything old is new again for TV this coming fall, with network, cable and streaming options breathing life into familiar ideas. TV will recycle tried-and-true superhero shows while resurrecting genres relegated to the sidelines for decades, like variety shows. Common Sense Media TV editor Polly Conway says the new lineup of recycled themes […]
What is 3D printing?
What is 3D printing? 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process an object is created by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is created. […]
Apple wants to make the iPad more work-friendly
by Victor Luckerson Company is working with developers to make workplace software. With consumers growing cool toward the iPad, Apple AAPL 1.79% is turning to businesses to boost sales of the five-year-old device. The tech giant has partnered with more than 40 companies that make business software to develop a suite of interconnected enterprise apps, […]
Scam to register Asian domain names
By: Jean-François Poussard For several years, Asian companies have been pressuring firms to register identical domain names in Asian Top-Level-Domains (TLDs). It is a kind of scam called “Slamming”, and is an illegal practice to mislead firms in order to sell them unsolicited services. Unknown third party, pressure, threats, high prices… The slamming scam always begins […]
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