Tech Talk – 11/16/13

Elements of critical thinking (criticalthinking.org, using XP safely after retirement (keep away from Internet and thumb drives), Amazon Workspaces (virtual...

Elements of critical thinking (criticalthinking.org, using XP safely after retirement (keep away from Internet and thumb drives), Amazon Workspaces (virtual desktops on demand, paid by the month), tracing email using headers (needed since send info is easily spoofed), blacklisted IP addresses in forums (blacklist limitations, getting off blacklist, using proxy workaround), Profiles in IT (William Cleland Lowe, father of the IBM PC), 3D models of Smithsonian artifacts (open source code, can be printed with 3D printer, great online viewer), MapQuest releases now app (tries to compete with Google, paid version has no ads), Waze naviation (combines social networking and navigation, best program for realtime traffic data and speed trap locations), and GooglesProject Loon (worldwide network of balloons to delivery Internet, balloons will circle the Earth 3 times in 100 hours before replacement).

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