2005 is well underway. It is hard to believe where this countryhas come with advances in technology assisting businesspractices. In the good old days meeting with a branch officemeant packing up the entire management staff and traveling tomeet with other personnel in the remote city. During thenineties video and audio conferencing came on the scene.However, video conferencing required expensive equipment...

Do you remember the Boy Scouts motto? Well if you don’t it’s ok; the scout motto is “BE PREPARED”. While noone will debate Hurricane Katrina could not be avoided, the flooding afterwards is currently being debated as to whether or not that could have been avoided. What could you have done if you were one of the unfortunate ones caught in the hurricanes’ path of destruction? If...

You need to visit a website loaded with pictures, animations and music. You click on the link. You go and put on the coffee. You wait. When it’s done, you pour yourself some and carry it to your desk. You take a sip. It needs more sugar. You go back and stir it in. Take another sip. Yes, it’s good. Pour some more. Carry it back again. Hmmm, the page is only half loaded yet. Ok, time to...

Mathematics is unerring. As a child we are taught that 2 + 2 = 4. This will never change and will always yield the same results; except when it comes to calculating you phone bill. Most long distance carriers advertise their low rate per minute costs. However, before you can really make an informed decision as to which carrier offers the best value you need to consider all of the other costs that may...

Why home owners file insurance claims? The answer to this question is obvious; because of some kind of loss. Do you know what the leading reason property owners filed claims with their insurance companies? According to c 2005 fact book the answer is Fire and lightning counting for 32.42% of all loss claims. The second leading cause of damage claims is Wind with 22.8 % followed in third by Water...

The article sent shockwaves throughout Wall Street, as the stock prices for both TiVo and Netflix shot up. Last September, a Newsweek article reported that TiVo and Netflix might be getting together to produce a true form of video-on-demand (VOD). Last week, a Netflix official fueled this speculation by dropping hints about a potential joint venture. TiVo, the original and premier provider of digital...

Most crime experts agree that the best crime tool is one that prevents the crime in the first place rather than just trying to foil it as it is taking place. There are plenty of ways to send a clear signal to would-be intruders that the security of your home and family is a high priority to you, and that they would do well to try to choose a less challenging target elsewhere. Of course, some security...

Competition is (slowly) bringing down bandwidth costs inSouth Africa Recently South African cyberspace was given an area code(O87), the country’s first report on wireless broadbandofferings was released and the cheapest asymmetric digitalsubscriber line (ADSL) connection was announced. The suffix 087was allocated for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) numbers bythe Independent Communications...

A military manual asks the question which is more important: safety or duty. The question refers to how hard should you train and to what extent. A good question. Should you train so hard that you compromise safety for the proficiency of the troops? Should you train in the manner that produces the most effective outcome for the mission at hand or sacrifice battle readiness for the peacetime safety...