Computer Universe

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The rise of MEmail: annoying sign-offs
By Katherine Rosman
The Wall Street Journal Europe
23 May 2007

SOME PEOPLE bare their souls in love letters. Others turn to music and poetry. Then there’s the crowd of people who express themselves by affixing bandwidth-eating caricatures to their emails. Hope Davis, a marketer in Athens, Alabama, has four... read more...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The rules The dos and don’ts of social networking online

The Guardian
16 May 2007

• If you are planning on committing, or being accused of, a newsworthy crime at any point in the future, don’t set up a profile on any site. Us muck-raking journalists will be all over it before anyone has even raised your bail. • Remember that it is... read more...

Thursday, May 10, 2007

SECOND-LIFE COMPUTERS
By DANIEL LOVERING
The Gazette, Colorado Springs
08 May 2007

In her native Malaysia, Mary Tiong developed a reputation for selling leftover computer monitors for a large manufacturer behind the industry’s best-known brands. She earned a nickname: The Monitor Queen. From her new base in Pittsburgh, Tiong... read more...