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Tech And Times Collide

As a child I often felt like the foundation of my existence was on shaky ground. Dictated by forces  and adults too gigantic to wrestle with. Chances are, you did too, or perhaps, you were one of the lucky ones. On Friday, March 11, 2011, a record 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. On its heel was  a massive tsunami that decimated its northeastern coast just minutes later. The death toll has reached into the tens of thousands according to...

Watch the fireworks

Common sense prevails when a woman knows she is being stalked right? We take busier routes, travel in groups, recruit an escort to ensure our safety and sometimes we just stay indoors period. And how could I forget? We call the cops. I love to call the cops. Isn't it rather perplexing then that large enterprises play Russian Roulette with their reputations? According to last Saturday's Wall Street Journal report entitled "Number of the Week: 1.9...

Sniper

"The Wall Street Journal reported that outsiders had repeatedly penetrated the computer network of Nasdaq OMX Group during the past year." Convicted  D.C  sniper, John Allen Muhammad, along with his 17-year old accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, terrorized the Washington region in September and October 2002 as they engaged in a series of apparently random sniper attacks. Sixteen people were shot. Ten died. Theirs, though random in...

Was Oracle Vetted

"The U.S. Justice Department accused Oracle Corp. of defrauding the federal government on a software contract that involved more than $1 billion in sales." --The Wall Street Journal     Wouldn't you agree that consciously or not, most of us believe size matters? You thought of that one thing didn't you? You know that one thing that automatically pops into our minds when we think about size? Well, we will leave that debate to the medical...

iPhone Baby

Are you like me? Caught up in this month's flurry of media chatter surrounding Apple's  iconic iPhone? On this side of the globe the rave is about AT&T losing its exclusivity as the only carrier of the iPhone, a journey which they boast have served them well according to an account in last week's edition of the  Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile Verizon, already riding high on it's prestigious platform, expects to rake in an...