Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. In today’s world where all knowledge is accessible at the touch of a button, what happens when you touch the power button of your computer? When you press the power button on your computer, electric current flows …
Editor’s note: This post has been updated and broken links removed. Please see our policy on broken hyperlinks for more. The Internet has permeated so much into our everyday lives that we can hardly imagine a day without it. But what is the internet really? Let’s break it down until it’s insanely simple! The internet is a …
Hundreds of papers. That’s how many papers I had to write through my academic career. There were at least 5 per class, and each one required reading, summarising, synthesising, and citing countless pieces of work. 5 classes per semester, 2 semesters per year, and 9 years of education. After the first semester I was desperate …
Geographic Information Systems, commonly known as GIS, is relatively a new field that incorporates an interdisciplinary approach to visualizing data. This field is, in a broad terms, an intersection between geosciences (such as geography and geology) and computer science (graphics, data, programming, statistics). The main purpose of GIS is to represent data in a layered …
Users of the messaging app have been having connectivity issues using Wiper. Many news outlet report that the makers of the app are shutting it down. There seems to be a trend of secure messaging apps and private social networking sites shutting down. A couple of months ago Experience Project closed down due to invasive …
Microsoft announced they are releasing two new consoles, both are upgrades to their current one, in their E3 conference. This is a disastrous move for the Xbox community. Many are either upset or confused by these upgrades. Gaming consoles have always been stable with hardware in any given generation. The consumer buys the console and …
Blockchain technology is a form of database that is not centrally maintained. The database is distributed through a cloud-based, or cloud-like, systems that are linked. The data records and the processing of these records are not done by one central server, agency, or person. This technology is most notably used in bitcoin transactions. How does …
So, all over the internet people are talking about the Apple versus FBI security issues. It is all over YouTube, between every two cat videos there is a video about Apple vs. FBI now! But what’s the big deal? For those of you who were not following this for the last few weeks. The FBI …
Nintendo’s upcoming mystery gaming system codenamed NX has been the talk of the internet cloud computing circles in the last couple of months. Nintendo themselves did not reveal any information regarding this system, however, speculations around patents which Nintendo filed reveal quite a lot about the system. This figure in particular was quite the flare: …
JSTOR, the journal repository site, has added a new, very awesome feature. You can now sign up for a personal account that will allow you to access articles for free. Now, it could be better. They allow you to put 3 individual items on your shelf, and after 14 days, remove them. You can’t have …