A World Without Microsoft by Adam Knife
Exactly how would the computing world feel without Microsoft? What if Microsoft just closed their doors? Gates and Ballmer just got up and left with nothing more than a “This is boring,” how would the computing world be effected. I mean, they just shutdown Microsoft: they didn’t release any of... The possibility actually exists for Microsoft to just pay out all the stock holders their share of the company and just cease to exist, and, to be honest, there’s little reason for Gates and Ballmer to continue running the company at the current state.

eBay Pays Four Billion for New Phone Company by Dr Joseph Mercola
EBay has announced that it will buy the Internet voice service Skype. This move could pit eBay against both phone companies and other voice-over-internet services such as Vonage. Skype can be used to make free voice calls from any computer running Skype software to any other running the same... Your traditional phone service will cease to exist.Thereis even a possibility that your phone service may be FREE in the future, and Google will provide it. ... This development with eBay and Skype is a major clue that we are in the middle of a radical transformation of the entire communication...

What if You Could Live Forever... Inside a Computer? by Jeffrey Hauser
I’ve written a far amount of science-fiction both in novel form and in articles. But this idea may be closer than you think. Within the area of genetic engineering and the advent of supercomputers, the merger of man and machine isn’t that far off. We have mapped the brain and its functions. ... Assuming you deposited enough money in an interest-bearing account to fund and perpetuate this existence for all eternity, or until computers cease to exist, would you want to continue on in this fashion?

The End of TV by Jesse Somer
In the not-so-distant future TV as we know it, will cease to exist. This is going to have huge ramifications on the whole of human society, or at least the so-called 'wealthy' countries that sit in front of the 'magic-story-box' religiously everyday. ... Instead of having to watch a show at a designated time that your channel decides, you will now be able to watch what you want, when you want it. ... No more missing shows, having to tape episodes, or worrying about your kids seeing something that you feel isn't suitable.

Network Security Journal Guide by Mansi Aggarwal
The term ‘Virus’ has not just created havoc in life of living beings but also in the world of computers. Though the two kinds of viruses are completely different from each other yet both can prove extremely fatal. Virus in computers can be defined as a program or a piece of code that is loaded... Finally if the virus still continues to exist, the software deletes the infected file. ... (2) Identifying any malfunctioning software that indicates infection. ... Such analysis includes data captures, port monitoring and other methods.

Screencasting Tools Review - Camtasia Studio vs Adobe Captivate by Bina Omar
Let’s begin at the very beginning. I’ve always been a loyal Adobe Captivate user. I started using Captivate when it was called RoboDemo and owned by another company called eHelp. At the time, I was actively looking for a screencasting tool to invest in. ... And the mistake of clicking the wrong button would cease to exist. ... Adding captions was much easier in Captivate. ... With Captivate, you just delete the slide that you don’t want and since the mouse movements is separate from the slide itself, the movement will remain seemless.

SAP Business One: Simplified Mid-Size ERP - Highlights for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
The World of Corporate MRP systems is full of surprises. If in the late 1990th major ERP market players: Oracle, SAP were trying to realize the strategy of releasing so-called ‘light’, ‘select’, ‘express’ versions of their high-end ERP – the idea is very simple and attractive – if your corporate... Plus – these heavy-weight applications were targeting super and mini computers, when Intel-based Servers achieved and surpassed the performance (and more important price efficiency) of these ‘high end’ computers – the necessity to support multiple OS and DB platforms ceased to exist.

Impressive Solar Consumer Products by Jim Fritz
Being in the business of solar energy, we see a lot of new and exciting products long before they hit the store shelves. We attend a lot of tradeshows and industry conferences, and it never ceases to amaze me how passionate people are about their newly-developed applications. ... There are also some awesome new products designed for use in your yard or garden. ... I am particularly keen on some of the great garden lighting systems that have recently been released. ... I plan on taking mine on my next camping trip!

Role Playing Games - Builder's Guide 5 by Dustin Schwerman
The Challenge: A role playing game should be versatile. It should allow various different types of characters, all of whom can interact effectively with each other. However, game balance alone is not the only difficulty when making a versatile game. ... If characters of different levels of skill exist in your RPG, they should have all due advantages over less adept individuals. ... Inconsistency limits the player’s ability to make rational choices, because there may always be some other rule or modification that throws them off.

Explore the Internet in a Whole New Way by Daniel Punch
For a long time now Microsoft's Internet Explorer has ruled as 'King of Internet browsers'. Like many of Microsoft's products an initially brutal marketing campaign pushed Internet Explorer into the mainstream's consciousness and from then on it was the logical, default choice. ... Sites load quickly, and if you get an address wrong you don't have to wait for a page to load, you just quickly get a message informing you that the site doesn't exist. ... This makes searching Ebay, Google, Internet Movie DataBase, Amazon etc.