Tech Assignment #4

Many people think of their own passwords, usually creative and different. But there is a list of a top 25 worst passwords out there. What do you think is number one? Password is at the number one password. The top three have stayed there for over a year now. Number two is 123456. Number three is 12345678. Very creative, don’t you think? If you have an easy password, it is very easy for people to hack your accounts and get information. Companies are hoping by putting this out there, it will make people change their passwords that they will only know. Never give out information or passwords to ANYONE. Think of passwords that would only apply to you. For an example, make it your childrens names if you have them, or pets names. You could even change it to a friends name or your favorite thing and then a number. Most people use an activity they like to do plus a favorite number or the year they were born in. People hack into others account daily. Protect your account now! Don’t give out passwords and be creative with them! Make different websites, different passwords. Don’t use the same password for every website and account you have.


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Tech Article Assignment #3

People all over pay thousands of dollars for things signed by famous people. The silliest thing that probably anyone has bought was a gallon of barbeque sauce that dated back to 1992 that was bought from eBay. A lot of weird, different things are bought on eBay and anywhere else.  How did this sell for? About $10,000! That is crazy! But 1992 was a pretty big year for barbeque sauce. This certain barbeque sauce was important; it wasn’t just regular bbq sauce. It was old sauce from McDonald’s promotion of the McJordan Burger. It was a celebration of Michael Jordan, a really famous basketball player. Who would pay this much for bbq sauce?! A person with a lot of money that likes Michael Jordan. This will go down in McDonald’s history. This person that bought the bbq sauce, will also be famous for a while. Everyone thinks that this is a very strange thing to buy, but he is very much enjoying it. Another odd thing that someone has recently put in there house was a $41,000 fridge that is 8 feet wide. This doesn’t really tie in with the McJordan Burger, but it shows that people are buying silly things that cost outrages amounts of money.

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Tech Article Assignment #2

The iPad Mini will be coming out soon. The price is still not set for selling it. But the price to make each of these is are $200. The screen, WiFi, and model are the most expensive pieces on the iPad Mini. This will soon be the next big thing out there. People have heard that the price may be between $249 and $330. Apple thinks that they will have a profit of 35-58% increase. This is a good number for Apple. I think that people are thinking of crazy ideas. I don’t think the iPad Mini will be a huge selling item, nor will it be very interesting and creative. The iPad Mini is just like all the different tablets out there. The iPad Mini will probably be really similar to the regular iPad, it will just be “mini”, which in my opinion is pointless. We have smart phones that will probably do the same thing as the iPad Mini.  Do you think people will really pay $200 or more for something we already have out there that might only cost you $100 or less? I think Apple is just coming up with ridiculous ideas. Technology is becoming way more advanced. Apple already has a bunch of profits coming in from the recent iPhone 5 coming out.

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Tech Article Assignment #1

Verizon sold over 3.1 million iPhone in a quarter, but only about 651,000 were the brand new iPhone 5. Apple was expecting a lot more iPhone 5’s to be sold, but they are still happy with the sales. The iPhone 5 cost about $199-$299, it all depends on the carrier. Although Apple was disappointed in the sales, Verizon was really happy. They made a pretty good profit out of it. Verizon made about $1.6 billion for the quarter, which is up around 16% for 2011.  This is an incredible number for them. About 53% of Verizon’s customers now use smartphones. The world has become way more advanced. It’s over ruling us in a way. I think the future will be all technology. We will probably barely have to do anything; computers and technology will do it all for us. My thoughts on the iPhone are not very good. I don’t think we need 5 different iPhones. It kind of outrages how much these cost. Apple is making so much more money from just changing small things on the iPhone, like changing the charger and cords. They are making a lot more just from that. Technology is more advanced than some people. Technology advances without us even noticing.

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