Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.
From now until March 26th, we're asking interested municipalities to provide us with information about their communities through a Request for information (RFI), which we'll use to determine where to build our network.
Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research.
BOINC, short for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, is open source software for volunteer and grid computing. Its used by science research projects like SETI@Home, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, Climateprediction.net and many other Universities and Organizations around the world.
Volunteers can download the BOINC software, attach to one or more of these science projects and participate in the science research. The BOINC software will run on any type of computer and just operates in the background and wont effect your normal computer use. Why leave a computer idle when it could be doing something beneficial for science?
With all the freezing rain, sleet, snow and freezing fog lately, Elk City and surrounding areas have been getting frequent power outages and brownouts. These power fluctuations can be troublesome for your computer equipment if you don't have the proper equipment to keep your computer safe.
A battery backup can provide power for your home computer or other electronics in the event of power outages or when utility voltage fluctuates outside safe levels. It also protects your equipment from damaging surges and spikes that travel over utility and phone/fax/DSL lines.
With the sometimes extreme Oklahoma weather like the ice and snow we are having now, and the spring thunderstorms, a battery backup can save you some expensive computer repairs in the future.
Come see me at 2320 West 3rd Street to get more information.
