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2008 Columns

Gotta keep searchin', searchin', 8/18/08

Our govenment has its own 'private' Wikipedia, 8/11/08

Google scans over one trillion indexed pages, 8/4/08

NASA can see clearly now using the Hyperwall-2, 7/28/08

Remembering a futuristic information pioneer, 7/21/08

NASA teams up with a robot named WALL-E, 7/14/08

Quantum computing is closer to reality, 7/7/08

Surprising information about you is 'out there', 6/30/08

My computer crashed and so did I, 6/23/08

Try catching this speedy Roadrunner, 6/16/08

Canadian lab is 'shaping' the future of computing, 6/9/08

Graduates will need to use all their skill sets, 6/2/08

Making online purchases less stressful, 5/26/08

Livecasting and forecasting the Internet, 5/19/08

Study the galaxy using the WorldWide Telescope, 5/12/08

Add your Apple computer to the 'collective', 5/5/08

Why the rush to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista?, 4/28/08

Cell phones may soon be your tourist guide, 4/21/08

What happened to the 'paperless' office?, 4/14/08

The Internet responds to 'Earth Hour', 4/7/08

'Twittering' is becoming popular over the Internet, 3/31/08

Future phone devices will use nanotechnology, 3/24/08

Does modern technology control us?, 3/10/08

Internet enters its third stage of growth, 3/3/08

Socially interacting computer appears on the scene, 2/25/08

Robotics League competes at Mall of America, 2/18/08

Vulnerable cables lay beneath the sea, 2/11/08

Language translations on the Internet, 2/4/08

Web sites available for 'mature' Internet surfers, 1/28/08

The grocery shopping cart gets 'computerized', 1/21/08

Are voters more informed using the Internet?, 1/14/08

This seadragon is indeed magical, 1/7/08

2007 Columns

Goodbye 2007, 12/31/07

As 2007 comes to an end . . . we look back, 12/24/07

Importance of practicing safe computing, 12/17/07

Recalling a Christmas without the 'high-tech', 12/10/07

Remember the BBS 'Culture', 12/03/07

Does the USA "control" the Internet?, 11/26/07

Microsoft operating system updates, 11/19/07

Watch TV and Google for directions at the gas pump, 11/12/07

The next big thing? Pico projectors, 11/5/07

Japan shop offers unique techno products, 10/29/07

To boldly go where no Internet has gone before, 10/22/07

Stopping car thieves via a satellite signal, 10/15/07

Bell labs. . . a history of inventions, 10/8/07

‘American memory’ library is open 24-7, 10/1/07

Laptops to overtake desktops by 2010, 9/24/07

Are we becoming web couch potatoes?, 9/17/07

Ninth grade prank 25 years ago made history, 9/10/07

Martian surface harbors earthly intelligence, 9/3/07

25th anniversary of the compact disc, 8/27/07

Nano-engineered ‘paper’ battery created, 8/20/07

2008 will see start of ‘WiMax’ revolution, 8/13/07

Microsoft ‘surfaces’ with a new type of computer, 8/6/07

YouTube takes center stage during debates, 7/30/07

You’ve got spam . . . now what?, 7/23/07

So many passwords so . . . so little time, 7/16/07

Broadband connection growth is slowing, 7/9/07

Wireless electricity arriving soon, 7/2/07

Vintage Bits and Bytes, 6/25/07

Do computers contribute to global warming?, 6/18/07

Paper, plastic, analog or digital?, 6/11/07

We need more broadband, Scotty, 6/4/07

Here’s how it all works, 5/28/07

‘Life’ found on the Internet, 5/21/07

Interactive world history timeline . . . online, 5/14/07

IBM: A ‘five in five’ prediction, 5/7/07

Remembering “The Computer Chronicles,” 4/30/07

Do you have a Bluetooth?, 4/23/07

Google beta tests free voice directory assistance, 4/16/07

Isn’t one Internet network enough?, 4/9/07

A visit to the National Archives, 4/2/07

The inventor of today’s e-mail, 3/26/07

The latest in science and technology news, 3/19/07

Without wires: accessing the Internet, 3/12/07

Is ‘Wikipedia’ a credible source for research?, 3/5/07

McCarthy’s ‘lost magic’ found on the Internet, 2/26/07

What will computer technology look like in 50 years?, 2/19/07

Whooda thunk it?, 2/12/07

Internet information overload?, 2/5/07

China’s Internet use and IPv6 technology, 1/29/07

Highlights from the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, 1/22/07

40th anniversary for Consumer Electronics Show, 1/15/07

Looking at some new gadgets, 1/8/07

Here comes 2007, 1/1/07

Bits and Bytes
Mark OlligMark Ollig
Mark is our local Internet guru. He writes a column about the Internet and new technology.

 
2006 Columns

Looking back at 2006 and “The Tech 2006 person of the year award,” 12/25/06

Some very merry high-tech holiday gift ideas, 12/18/06

From something old to something new, will just a byte of data do?, 12/11/06

The real inventor of the World Wide Web, 12/4/06

100 million websites and counting, 11/7/06

Microsoft ready to release “Vista,” 11/20/06

President Abraham Lincoln . . . the first “high-tech” president, 11/13/06

Why not vote over the Internet?, 11/6/06

Keep the Internet equally and fairly open to all, 10/30/06

Good-bye to analog broadcast TV, 10/23/06

Google buys number one video-sharing site, 10/16/06

Some bits and bites for you, 10/9/06

Here come some new tech-gadgets, 10/2/06

News delivered to your computer, 9/25/06

What’s next? How about RFID?, 9/18/06

Why Wi-Fi?, 9/11/06

August marks the 25th anniversary of the PC, 9/4/06

Time to clean your computer?, 8/28/06

The solar system’s new neighbors, 8/21/06

Why schedule a call to yourself?, 8/14/06

Remembering the past is fun too, 8/7/06

Not peas in a pod mind you . . ., 7/31/06

Did you Google today?, 7/24/06

Critical fixes for Windows released, 7/17/06

Finding your ancestors, 7/10/06

The past is prologue: from BBS to Blogs, 6/12/06

1998 Columns

Who's behind all of this technology?, 8/17/98

Language translations on the 'Net, 8/10/98

Interplanetary Internet?, 8/3/98

Learning at Learn2.com., 7/27/98

Year 2000 a complicated issue for computer users, 7/20/98

EarthWatch Web site, 7/6/98

You're being watched, even on the Web, 6/29/98

Polls and PCs, 6/22/98

The Microsoft cat-and-mouse game, 6/15/98

Weather on the Internet, 2/23/98

TDSNET vis ISDN lines, 2/16/98

Internet 2: the 'next' generation is coming, 2/9/98

Speedier Web access, 2/2/98

Games on the Internet, 1/26/98

A look back and ahead, 1/12/98

1997 Columns

Questions about the Internet, 12/29/97

A Web site for seniors, 12/22/97

A personal experience, 12/15/97