Wednesday, September 12, 2007

iCaught

I watched iCaught last night and I found it really interesting. It showed many different scenarios in which technology changed lives. A girl who moved to Hollywood and wanted to make it big couldn't find any work. She started posting random videos of her acting on YouTube. Once she had posted several videos to YouTube, her videos started to become very popular. Eventually, an acting company found her videos and took her on as a client. This women starred on MadTV and was on other programs as well. Another subject iCaught addressed was the soldiers in Iraq with video cameras. It said if you went to YouTube and typed in "Bored in Iraq" you could find tons of videos where the soldiers are acting like little boys. They were using their metal detectors like light sabors in one video. However, in another video it showed the soldiers dancing and then all of a sudden the camera falls and you hear a loud crash (they were bombed). You can truly see that there is war going on in the world whether we want to believe it or not. Another video it showed was a soldier in Iraq having a video conference with his wife while she was in labor. He was able to witness this event, an event which he would have missed were it not for technology. I did not know that technology, espcially YouTube, could be so beneficial to so many people in the world. This program really opened my eyes to how technology is working in our world today.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

This Article Changed My Life

The article I read was called "Questions About Server Core" by Michael Otey. The article consists of ten frequently asked questions about Server Core. Server Core is a version of Windows 2008 that has less programs. It doesn't have Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft Outlook Express and a few other programs. You can install Server Core while installing Windows 2008; either choose to download the full version of Windows 2008 or Server Core. The artile also answers questions about roles and applications in Server Core. You cannot upgrade from Windows 2003 to Server Core though. All in all, Server Core is a down-played version of Windows 2008.