On Computers

OUTSOURCING IN THE CLOUD

Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

CrowdFlower.com and CloudCrowd.com are two sites where employers can go to outsource mundane or repetitive task, like entering and compiling addresses. CloudCrowd is the newest of the two and claims 100,000 workers, each of whom earn a credibility rating when a task is completed. Earnings are distributed through PayPal. CloudCrowd has completed over half a million tasks, in such areas as Internet research, transcription, and data entry. Recent clients include the University of Southern California.

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CONNECTIFY.ME AND OTHER SITES

Posted on April 6th, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

Three good sites: Mark-up PDFs online, get alerts before you go over your cell phone minutes, and turn your laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot.

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THE LITL COMPUTER’S NEW RECIPE CHANNEL

Posted on February 21st, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

Something different: The “Litl” webbook is more like a TV than a computer. It has channels and a remote control; it’s close to maintenance-free. On the Litl, everything exists in the “cloud,” another term for the Internet. As long as you have wireless access, it connects automatically, and everything you do takes place there. Unlike the new Apple iPad, the Litl has support for Adobe Flash, which is necessary if you want to watch videos or play games at sites like Hulu, Webkinz, ESPN, Miniclips, TVGorge and YouTube. It has a 178-degree viewing angle, which is great if you do exercises on the floor while watching movies. The latest Litl channel is an all-new recipe station for cooking, powered by BakeSpace.com. […]

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GOOGLE WAVE, PART TWO

Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Joy Schwabach

If you’re surfing on a Google Wave, and nobody joins you, are you still waving?

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THE LITL ENGINE THAT COULD

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

The Litl strikes us as the right computer for newbies. And it puts the fun back into the computing experience for old timers, since there’s nothing to go wrong.

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YOUR VERY OWN CLOUD

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

The Netgear Stora is a really big hard drive that has its own address on the Internet.

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TRYING OUT GOOGLE WAVE

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Joy Schwabach

Google Wave is a kind of super email that allows lots of people to jump into the middle of a conversation, add their two bits and rewind it to see what was going on before they got there.

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