Category: blogging

A Digital World Has Come

Sharon Jones

A Digital Globe Has Come

The Web has actually been around for at some time yet its appeal began a bit more than 5 years ago as even more individuals gains access to public domain name. As more Americans take part in on the internet activities such as gaming, searching, communicating with loved ones and good friends, as well as stock brokering, new firms are produced. Now you have companies offering website design, web development, web site organizing and also Search Engine Optimization solutions. Apart from this, our age is growing up to professions like graphic style as well as web designers, sorts of job, which were impossible a 10 years earlier. Now you could be asking: Exactly what form of work do these new business participate in? Web growth is the general term utilized to describe all the tasks I discussed around. Any sort of activity pertaining to the creation of a site can be categorized under this term. Some specialists, nevertheless, firmly insists that internet development refers even more to the technological side such as coding and also networking. Webdesign services are included with the design of a website. The website design is the very first point people see when they check out a page. It is likewise one of the major aspects taken into consideration by repeat visitors. There are 4 facets of style: the content (generally this is the info on the site), the functionality (the functions and functions of the site), the look (ought to be luring to readers0 and finally, the presence (people must have the ability to find your site!). The main objective of a great site designer is to make information easily available to his viewers in a type that is extremely understandable. SEO solutions are basically an advertising method utilized by websites to get even more web traffic, or in layperson’s terms, to obtain people to see their websites. Claim as an example an individual visits Google as well as types in SEO, they must have the ability to find sites associating with search engine optimization and also the those websites at the top of the list has the greatest page ranking, meaning, these are the sites which is checked out most often. There are various other websites which are not indexed or specified in Google, MSN or Yahoo. This indicates that unless you know the site’s name, no one will get to visit that website. Making your site preferred, you have to create links to your website, as well as this is exactly what business participated in Search Engine Optimization does. Currently, let’s talk about something less technical. Did you know that even more people are investing even more time with the internet compared to watching TELEVISION, reviewing the papers and also hearing the radio? For one, you can do all these 3 things while resting in front of your laptop. Now you no longer require a Tivo or a registration to the neighborhood paper since now, you can obtain anything from the web totally free! You can now do your buying online; you could also bet or obtain loans from the internet. In addition to this, job is no more confined to the office. When you should beat a deadline, the net gives finest solution– bring your work house and also let your VPN placed you right back to work! Certainly, we are getting in a new globe– one where every little thing has its online equivalent. From educators to bankers, friends as well as dates, everything we need is now on-line. However exactly how has this impacted our culture today? In a research of 4,000 participants, it was reported that web usage was balancing at 2-5 hrs a week while those in the extremes invest more than 10 hrs before their computers. This has caused the 15 % decrease in social activities and another 25 % that are spending minimal hrs in speaking to their friends or their families. Truly, this world has ended up being an electronic globe of conveniences, and a world where individuals are shedding call with their social atmosphere.

Internet Access In The Work Place

Sharon Jones

Internet Gain access to In The Job Area

Web connection at your residence assists you to stay connected to the world. It additionally aids to pay your bills and also book air travel tickets. Workplaces use Net to access Email, develop VPN’s and also gather details. There are a host of choices as to which Web connection to obtain. Dial-up, DSL, broadband as well as cable television Internet are some of the options that we are all familiar with. Satellite Net connection is an additional choice that helps us to access high speed Internet connection. Companies like HughesNet offer Satellite Net connection for house and also office usage. Individuals in rural areas could easily obtain the solutions because there is no need for any sort of fiber optic cord to be laid for accessing the service. A recipe on the roof and also a modem are the guitars requiremented to begin browsing the Net.

The costs are likewise modest and various packages are offered by the company. Residential prepares price roughly $59.99 per month as well as $249.99 for the installment charges. The company will supply you with a modem and also a dish antenna to access the Web. The download speeds for residence plans start at 700 Kbps which could be compared to other Web link. The connectivity typically has features such as email with quantity storage alternatives, spam defense, bacteria defense as well as blog site creation tools. You could likewise personalize your web browser with the most recent sports, news, economic reports, enjoyment and also climate details. The bundles that are provided for little and also moderate sized business additionally featured a host of care services. There are other package deals which set you back $99.99 per month. These are ideal for little office as well as it is practically 50 times faster compared to a dial-up with speeds of 28. 8 Kbps. The optimum download speed for such connection is 1.5 Mbps. The optimum upload rate is 300 Kbps as well as the bundles normally include 10 Email accounts. Value added cares are provided such as 1 to 2 day care guarantee strategies which give extra assistance. If you have actually a tool sized company and you have greater needs for rate and bandwidth after that you should spend around $179.99 each month for your link. The download rates are about 2Mbps and also 20 Email accounts. All plans include complimentary shipment of the system, conventional installment, 5-20 Email accounts with 2GB of area, anti spam and infection protection and a guarantee on components and also labor costs. If you have your workplace in rural The U.S.A., Satellite Web is the best option for you since you do not have to wait for the cable television business to lay fiber optic cables. Chances of downtime are much less with satellite Net unlike cable modem and broadband connections.

Satellite Web features host of functions which ensures it ahead of various other technologies. Researchers are working with spaces that are still there in the technology. If you are getting alternatives in broadband Internet connectivity for your office or home Satellite Internet is the very best choice.

No World Pyro Olympics for 2016

Sharon Jones

No World Pyro Olympics for 2016

Update 2: Looks like the schedule for the WPO in Manila, Philippines ahve been changed again. February 16 – China (CN) vs Germany (DE) February 23 – Japan (JP) vs Australia (AU), March 1 – Korea (KR) vd Dubai (AE), March 8 – Italy (IT) vs Venezuela (VE), March 15 – Frace (FR) vs Philippines (PH). People have been asking — when is the next World Pyro Olympics (WPO)? Will it be this December 2016 or maybe January of 2017 No World Pyro Olympics for 2016.

No World Pyro Olympics for 2016

No World Pyro Olympics for 2016

 

Unfortunately, there will be none this year or next year. La Mancha Productions, the organizing body behind the WPO did not announce anything or any reason why this year’s event will not push thru. There were updates going around though that it was because of the lack of funds and sponsors. Will post an update once this has been finally cleared. Update 1: There might still be hope. In an interview over at PhilStar.com, it was noted that “The 2008 World Pyro Olympics will be held at the Manila Bay on Feb. 16 (China and Germany), 23 (Japan and Australia), Mar. 1 (Korea and Dubai), 8 (Italy and Venezuela), and 15 (France and the Philippines).”.

What is Wi-Fi and What are Wi-Fi Hotspots

Sharon Jones

What is Wi-Fi and Exactly what are Wi-Fi Hotspots

Wi-Fi has been the jargon among techies as well as the
not-so-techie individuals alike for rather some time now. And
while that is the case, not everybody recognizes specifically what it
means as well as exactly what it means.

For starters, Wi-Fi is a brand name of wireless modern technology that
is possessed by the group called the Wi-Fi Partnership.

The group’s intention is to improve the interoperability of
wireless local area network (WLAN) products by adhering to
the IEEE 802.11 criteria.

This innovation is usually used by mobile computer systems
although more and more mobile phones and Personal organizers are made
to be Wi-Fi-enabled. As a wireless network, Wi-Fi does away
with the Ethernet cable televisions that made use of to link one computer
to one more along with one computer to the internet.

Another jargon in the cordless LAN neighborhood is called the
Wi-Fi hotspot, merely known as hotspot. A hotspot is any type of
public location that offers totally free or paid wireless net
link.

Several of them cover just a small location (e.g. hotel lobbies),.
while there are those that cover an entire city (e.g.
metropolitan hotspots).

While having hotspots has made inexpensive and even complimentary web.
link possible, there are additionally protection concerns that.
accompany this technology.

Some hotspots are purposefully or unintentionally.
unsecured to make sure that any kind of data sent out over the network is.
unencrypted. As a result of this, destructive customers could smell.
(i.e. display) information sent out by others that remain in the very same.
network.

Yet numerous solutions such as having a Virtual Private.
Network (VPN) are readily available, although they not widely used.
due to the expenses of applying them.

Roque: Bloggers enjoy same protection as journalists

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Illustration from Universal McCann

Illustration from Universal McCann

The latest decision by a United States court on the case of blogger Crystal Cox does not say bloggers are journalists as bannered in the Atlantic.com

Lawyer Harry L. Roque’s analysis of the decision is more accurate: “Bloggers enjoy the same protection as journalists.”

Two weeks ago the Ninth Circuit ruled in the case of Obsidian Finance Group v. Crystal Cox that even though someone might not write for the “institutional press,” they’re entitled to all the protections the Constitution grants journalists.

Judge Andrew Hurwitz said, “the Court expressly noted that ‘we draw no distinction between the media respondents and’ a non-institutional respondent.’”

This is a reversal of December 2011 by a federal judge in Oregon, U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez who said Cox, who styled herself as “an investigative blogger,” was not a journalist and cannot claim the protections afforded to mainstream reporters and news outlets.

The case stemmed from the online articles by Cox against Obsidian Finance Group LLC. She reportedly called Obsidian lawyer Kevin Padrick a “thug and a thief” during the handling of bankruptcy proceedings by him and Obsidian Finance Group LLC.

During the trial, she was asked to name her sources and she sought protection in the Oregon’s shield law not compelling media to produce sources.

Crystal Cox caseHernandez said Cox cannot claim that protection because she is not a journalist. He enumerated his understanding of the attributes of a journalist which Cox did not possess: (1) any education in journalism; (2) any credentials or proof of any affiliation with any recognized news entity; (3) proof of adherence to journalistic standards such as editing, fact-checking, or disclosures of conflicts of interest; (4) keeping notes of conversations and interviews conducted; (5) mutual understanding or agreement of confidentiality between the defendant and his/her sources; (6) creation of an independent product rather than assembling writings and postings of others; or (7) contacting ‘the other side’ to get both sides of a story.”

The US District Court found Cox guilty of defamation and awarded the finance company $ 2.5 in damages.

In the recent court ruling, Hurwitz said, “ The protections of the First Amendment do not turn on whether the defendant was a trained journalist, formally affiliated with traditional news entities, engaged in conflict-of-interest disclosure, went beyond just assembling others’ writings, or tried to get both sides of a story. As the Supreme Court has accurately warned, a First Amendment distinction between the institutional press and other speakers is unworkable: ‘With the advent of the Internet and the decline of print and broadcast media . . . the line between the media and others who wish to comment on political and social issues becomes far more blurred.’”

Roque, in his commentary carried by VERA Files, said the dilemma is the differing definition of who is a journalist: “For instance, the United States Congress, in a draft of a Federal shield law, defines a journalist as ‘one who works for a traditional media organization for pay or gain’, a definition adopted as well by the UNESCO. This will exclude bloggers altogether from the protection of the proposed shield law. On the hand, the Human Rights Committee in its General Comment, defines ‘it is a function shared by wide variety of actors, including professionals full time reporters and analysts, as well as bloggers and others who engage in forms of self-publications in print, on the internet, or elsewhere’”.

But, Roque said, “all these miss the point. There is protection accorded by the bill of rights not just to freedom of the press, but to freedom of expression in general. The normative values of these two freedoms are identical: to discern the truth and to facilitate “open, robust and even virulent discussion of public issues”. If both freedoms have the same normative content, why should the courts distinguish between an input to the market place of ideas coming from one who earns a living by it and one who does so anyway as a public duty?

“The US Court of Appeal’s decisions, in my view, correctly refused a distinction between institutional media and bloggers because to recognize such would also violate the equal protection clause. This is another constitutional guarantee that those similarly situated will be treated alike. Had the court limited the protection of freedom of expression to professional journalists alone, it would send the message that only professional journalists can contribute to the public debate on public issues. This is contrary to the basic tenet that freedom of expression is a human right and not just a right of journalists.

“In any case, the fact that journalists are paid and bloggers are not does not constitute a real basis for distinction. In Abrams, Holmes wrote;’the true test of truth is the power of a thought to be accepted in the market place of ideas’. Certainly, Holmes did not write that only paid journalists could contribute to this market.”

Blogging now is not limited to blogsites but also cover microblogging which includes social media – Facebook and Twitter- that have enormous following in the Philippines.

The US Court of Appeals decision should make blogging as well as social media in the Philippines more alive. Freedom is power. But as Uncle Ben told Spiderman, “With great power comes great responsibility.”