Category Archives: Technology & Gadgets

Tech Alert – CD-R backup discs at risk

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Tom Gray

The April 2006 edition of Popular Mechanics cites an expert at IBM Germany warning that burned CD-R discs have a life span of only two to five years. While unburned discs will last as long as 10 years, burning apparently … Continue reading →

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Before There Were Computers

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Tom Gray

Memory was something you lost with age An application was for employment A program was a TV show A cursor used profanity A keyboard was a piano A web was a spider’s home A virus was the flu A CD … Continue reading →

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