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Rant alert: Why are U.S. Government agencies still using 50 year old computer equipment?

Posted on May 26, 2016

70s-era-computerWith the federal government spending trillions of dollars each and every year, wouldn’t you expect our most critical government agencies to be using the latest technology?

Well here’s a news flash for you:  They don’t.

According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), some of the government’s most important tasks are still being completed using computer equipment and software that was developed as far back as the 1950’s.

If you’re thinking that tasks being completed using such outdated equipment can’t be all that important, consider this quote from the GAO report:  [Read more…]

RicksDailyTips Weekly Newsletter for May 21, 2016 – Five predictions for the second half of 2016

Posted on May 21, 2016

newsletterHello again everyone. I hope you all had a great week!

Technology is advancing at breakneck speeds these days, and I believe we’re on the verge of seeing some truly amazing breakthroughs in the tech world before 2016 comes to an end.

With that in mind, here are a few predictions:

1 – Larger and faster solid state drives (SSDs) will render traditional spinning hard drives obsolete. In fact, SSDs that store more data than a typical hard drive are already here, but as of now they are extremely expensive. But that will change, and relatively soon.

Thanks to new technologies for producing non-volatile memory, manufacturers will soon start selling SSDs with speeds that approach the blistering speed of RAM while storing dozens of terabytes of data. Look for them to start showing up by the end of the year.  [Read more…]

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