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Data Centers, Power Consumption, and Global Warming - Will the web crash?

Written by: Tyler Shears

So you’ve heard the hype on going green, wouldn’t you like to know how the internet fits into the big picture of saving energy? Every time you search Google you could power an 11-watt light bulb for an hour… Think that’s bad? Wait until you put that into perspective including sites like YouTube and every other bandwidth hog on the web…

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Featured, Internet

What is Web 3.0?

Written by: David Bayer

What is Web3.0?

Web 3.0, according to Wikipedia, is a term used to describe the future of the web. Web 2.0 would refer to the recent evolution of the web. A brief description of this evolution would be apropos. Wikipedia explores the following ideas in the first 179 words of its definition of Web 2.0

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Featured, Internet, Real Estate

Social Software: Applications & Sites that Make Me Giddy

Written by: David Bayer

While social software is usually associated with web technologies, I personally don’t know why any collaborative software, social technology or conversational technology would not be included in the definition. In any case, a handful of these technologies have become necessities in my daily activities.

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Arts & Entertainment, Featured

The 10 Things that Independent Artists and Musicians Should Know

Written by: juicebox

As having a strong background in the Entertainment Industry, there are many mistakes that I’ve watched striving musicians and even major musicians make. Many of them are unavoidable, while some are. If you are serious about a career in music as a Musician, take these 10 things into account.

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Work In Progress

Written by: Tyler Shears

We’re making some modifications so some things are moving around, others are not complete. We are doing this in our spare time, so just hang tight!

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Featured, Links, Technology

Web 3.0: Will Europe Overtake the U.S.? Part 1

Written by: Gaurav Bhola, MSM, Managing Editor & Community Manager

Traditional Europe has been trying to catch up to the U.S. in the internet technology arena for years. Somehow Americans have been able to innovate or leverage new web technologies to stay on the cutting edge, ahead of Europe. A good example of this is Finnish engineer Olli Martikainen. In 1982, at VTT research institute in Finland, Olli initiated development of a router which sent streams of data from one computer to another. But the Finnish financiers of the project didn’t see any relevance of the technology, thus the project ended in 1986. Nevertheless, someone did see potential in this technology, and Cisco propelled to great success with similar technology. Read the rest of this entry »

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