May 5th
Computing Week in Review: April 28th Through May 4th
Have you heard of Sniplits? Our guest blogger, Courtney brings us information all about this interesting website. Other stories this past week include one on the video game that will teach you how to drive and having the pseudo cell phone.
May 6th
Robotic Animals Decode Animal “Talk” and Behavior
One of the latest bits of information about technology and science concerns robotic animals that are being used to help decode animal “talk” and animal behavior. Scientists are building all sorts of robotic animals from squirrels to slugs and using them to interact with real animals in the hopes of gaining new information about animal behavior. Other robotic animals (and insects) currently being used include lizards, parrots and roaches.
May 7th
These days, the electronic resume is the way to go. Most employers don’t want to see a nicely typed or printed resume on paper. Instead, most resumes are now filtered through electronic systems that are the first line of filling a job position. These electronic systems sort electronic resumes, ranking them and discarding those that are inappropriate to the job title all before a human actually looks at the resumes. Job listing sites, such as Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com have been making use of electronic resumes for years, but now electronic resumes are being requested all across the board from head hunting companies to smaller firms.
May 9th
Judging TV Picture Quality on the Sales Floor
When shopping for a new television, you walk into the electronics store and are instantly confronted by a bank of televisions all showing the same signal that has been split multiple times. It is hard to judge the quality of the picture while staring at all of those images. In addition, the stores set the televisions to attract you, often giving the televisions that they want to sell the brightest settings, and dimming other less expensive models. So what exactly should you look for when trying to judge the picture quality at the store? Here are some tips.
May 10th
Mother’s Day is almost here! If you forgot to send that card in the mail, you might be in big trouble. But wait, thanks to technology, you’ll never be late. Check out one of the following websites that contain the best free e-cards out there. Whether you want something sentimental, cute, modern, pretty, animated, funky, sweet, funny or charming, there is a lot to choose among.