Where is the balance for our kids in the NEW Generation?

Are we exposing our kids to too much technology at an early age? What is the appropriate age to introduce your kids to the Nintendo Wii (or other gaming systems)? They have created great games for your family entertainment. They have even created the Wii Fit for those to exercise in the convenience of your own. Yes, it’s functional but it is functional enough for your children to spend hours playing video games and at what risk? If you are not a parent who monitors your child access to electronic devices, would you rather for them to be expose to video games or on the computer and at what risk? Where does the balance begins? The link is below for you to decide.

http://www.vibrantlife.org/?p=144

Verizon V/S AT&T

Who has the best iPhone 4 service between the two providers? According to the article posted http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576120174165554798.html?mod=WSJ_PersonalTechnology_LEFTTop in the Wall Street Journal Verizon has the best calling services and offers more data plan features than AT&T. Verizon offers less drop calls, voice quality, and capability and feature multiple Internet connectivity for laptops, iPads and other electronic devices. Well AT&T offers the best data speed for download and uploads, internationally travel and more drop calls. What will the loyal AT&T customers do? Will they pre-order their next iPhone 4 with Verizon, transfer their current services over to Verizon or stay with AT&T? Which feature will customers deem more important between the two companies data speed or voice calls?

Mozilla Firefox Upgrade

I have Mozilla Firefox setup as my home page on my laptop at home to access the Internet. About 3 to 4 days ago, after I click my little icon on my desktop, this “URGENT” exclamation icon displayed stating that my version is no longer protected against online attacks. Of course, it stated for me to get the upgrade because it’s free and faster. My questions and concerns that I have with that is…. Why wouldn’t you continue to support an older version from online attacks? Why do you want me to upgrade? Now because I don’t like change when it comes to certain things am I opening (exposing) myself to attacks online? I have included the link http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official for you to view if you all like. The new Firefox 4 is in Beta testing and ready for you to download and try out for those advertisers. They are implementing a “Do Not Track” is a program for online behavioral mechanism. According to the website it’s just advance option that you checked when you don’t want to be track for online behavioral. The thought process is to use a header filter that is simple and to avoid the user setting and loading to a network. Although this is a nice feature to have when you are browsing the internet, however, this will not stop hackers or anyone from hacking into your system. If at all it will be a challenge to see if they can get through. I wonder how will this information been seen in the IRC now.

Apple ISO 4.2 Software Update

Apple has a new 4.2 software update with some pretty cool features for you Iphone, Ipad, or Ipod touch users. In this new iOS 4.2 software update it is amazing to see how far Apple has come in technology. The 4.2 update has a “Find my Ipad” feature that allows you to locate your Ipad if it is lost or stolen. This update allows you to passlock your code and wipes your data all from a remote location. Once you have removed your data from your Apple electronics, it has the ability to restore the data from your last backup even after it has been removed. This is a feature that I need to have updated on my Iphone as I have a lot of personal data and other things that I would not for others to have access to.

The other feature that is so nice to finally have is the AirPrint. The name speaks for itself. You can print remotely without any type of connection or software to download. You only need the application and of course the 4.2 iOS update. The only down fall is that it’s only compatibility with HP Printers.

These two features that I have described in the 4.2 update were the most appealing to me for the Apple Ipod touch, Iphone and Ipad. To view the other features in the iOS 4.2 update, you can find them at www.apple.com.