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NetBooks!

NetBooks, What do you think about them? My take on the netbooks is that there a thing of the past. Yes I know there a new thing sweeping across the world right now. But come on, there powerless, limited performance and only good for one thing, the Internet. And I would be willing to question that. They are cheap however, about $400 for most of the powerful units. You can upgrade from the standard unit but would never compare to the standard laptops power. Anyway, a lot people like the netbook, after all they are very portable and generally more rugged than the laptop. Me personally, I will never buy one, not my thing. I’m going to stick with our hp laptops , I need power.

Bold Statement!

I don’t think I ever meet a person that hasn’t used Wikipedia at one time or another.  The reason I’m saying that is because Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales stated to AFP in an interview the internet is still in it’s infancy.  Now that’s a bold statement, but he’s right, we’ve only scatched the surface of the internet.  If you never used Wikipedia you should give it a try, it’s right for the most part.  I should say though, don’t believe everything you read there.   What makes the site Wikipedia neat is you can look up just about anything, like Murray Feiss lighting, baseball cards, or just about anything else you can think of, it’s amazing.  And the great thing about this site is that it allows anyone connected to the internet to add entries and edit content.  So if you think something is wrong in an entry you can edit it by adding your content, thus it grows with different views.  I like Wikipedia and use it anytime I need to understand something, from everyones view.

Computer Business!

The computer maker, Hewlett-Packard Co. reported profits are up. Profits for Hewlett-Packard Co. are up mostly for their cost-cutting, and moving into a few new markets. They also reported that they lost a ton of revenue in four of its main divisions, PCs, servers, software and printers. I’m sure that they didn’t do to well with sales with the industrial computer as well. Most computer makers are going to report drops in sales because of the economy. What made HP turn a profit was their new business venture in technology services. HP last year purchased Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billion. Electronic Data Systems turned a much better profit than HP planned for. The problem with this purchase is that HP has planned to eliminate more than 24,000 jobs, which is going to hurt big time. This is why I don’t think big companies can come in and make a purchase of another profitable business, then terminate most of their workforce, it’s just wrong.

Being Secure!

The debate on how much control the government should take over the Internet rages on. There are about 18 bills so far introduced into Congress to give the government to take control on the Internet during a cyberattack. Giving control to the government to turn off the Internet isn’t a good idea at all. If we’ve learned anything from the past, we shouldn’t give the government control the chance to act when something happens. That’s because they will thing they can take control anytime they want, which they would do. If the government gets their way, I would recommend everyone find a secure online storage company to get everything backed up. Because one day may come that when you go to get online you won’t be able to. And it will because the government has shut it down for some dump reason.