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I grew up in the rural area of central Minnesota and enjoy writing about technology past, present and future.

I am also a freelance columnist for my local home town newspaper in Winsted, the column is called "Bits

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Computers & Technology > Internet (Other) How big is the Internet?: 1 of 16
This year, for the first time ever, the amount of digital data that has been created on the Internet will exceed the amount of data storage space available.A newly released IDC Report (www.idc.com) presents some astounding numbers about the Internet.Over 1 billion people, or more than, 16 percent of the Earth's population wil... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Search Issues Search engine evolution: Where they started and where they are today: 4 of 17
We gotta keep searchin'!With all due respect to Del Shannon's 1965 hit single "Keep Searchin'."Almost 50 percent of us do this every day when we go on the Internet.Recently the Pew Internet Research group publicly made available its latest findings on "search engine use."The Pew Internet Project is a program of the Pew Resear... More..
Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) A brief history of American technology: 1 of 4
Martian surface harbors earthly intelligenceThis intelligence is still "roaming" the red planet.They have been traversing the surface of the red Martian landscape since 2004.The two spacecraft, Spirit, which arrived on January 3, 2004 followed by Opportunity 21 days later, hold some of our planet's best intelligence inside th... More..
Computers & Technology > Consumer Electronics (Other) The gadget craze: Whether to consider the latest electronic toys for your kids: 6 of 21

Recalling a Christmas without the high-tech'As we head down the stretch to finishing (or starting) our holiday season gift shopping, some of us will consider purchasing a high-tech gift for our kids.Have we become too accustomed to just looking at the popular electronic toys or games?Do not get me wrong about this; I have a t... More..
Computers & Technology > Networking & IT Management Internet wireless connections: 2 of 7
Have you seen the signs?Perhaps when you were driving by a bookshop, airport, coffee house or a motel, you noticed a sign that said, "We Have Wi-Fi Access."One of the more popular (and convenient) new ways to access the Internet or a wireless local area network (WLAN) is by using a wireless technology that is called Wi-Fi or ... More..
Computers & Technology > Website Reviews Websites and referrals: 3 of 10
American Memory library is open 24-7Are you working late again on an important school history report and you need to have that report completed soon?Does the first impulse you have include going online to "Google" or "Yahoo" for the information you are trying to find?As you know the Internet is a large place, with many source... More..
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips If you only have one computer, should you choose a desktop or a laptop?: 16 of 52
Laptops to overtake desktops by 2010In last week's column I thought it was safe to say that I no longer needed to use my air conditioners anymore.Well, I was sure surprised last Monday with the weather jumping into the mid 80 degrees and turning so humid again.Yes, I know I asked my loyal readers to "curl up in that favorite ... More..
Business > Starting a Business Information technology might be the perfect industry: 2 of 6
Tim Berners-Lee developed the Internet protocols for connecting hyper-links to images, text, video and audio files over a web browser in 1991.However, a man named Paul Otlet was working on this "information industry" idea back in 1934.Otlet (pronounced ot-LAY) researched how information could be acquired over a global network... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Issues The future of the internet: 2 of 6
To boldly go where no Internet has gone before? Vinton Cerf, who is regarded by most of us to be the founding father of the Internet, wants to take the Internet off the planet.This proposed "interplanetary" Internet would allow people the ability "to access information and to control experiments taking place far away from Ea... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet (Other) History of the world wide web: 1 of 3
Tim Berners-Lee is the person who wrote the programming code that we use when we "point and click" our way through the hyper-links of documents, sounds, videos and information that we access via the World Wide Web portion of the Internet.Berners-Lee called his creation a "global hypertext system."Some people think that the In... More..