Technology Links

The links below should be useful for the “nontechnologist” in keeping up with the world of the Internet, computers, and related technology.

Darwin Magazine

This online magazine aims to provide “nontechnologist” business executives with good, deep, reliable information on what it takes to participate effectively in the IT process. They say their goal is “to help your understanding grow: to make you more enlightened consumers of technology goods and services (vendors of which increasingly—and shrewdly—target you as well as your CIOs); better collaborators with your in-house technology function; more astute in demanding accountability for the success or failure of technology initiatives; and, finally, more confident and comfortable in your efforts to identify, and choose from among, the various technology-enabled business options arising in your own functional areas.”

Darwin Magazine's Glossary of Technology Terms

This glossary of technology terms aims at being “a layman's guide to speaking geek.”

Hoaxbusters

The Computer Incident Advisory Center of the U.S. Department of Energy provides an index of Internet hoaxes and chain letters, as well as information pertaining to the risks and costs of Internet hoaxes, how to recognize hoaxes and chain letters, the history of e-hoaxes, and more.

HoaxKill

Many of the computer virus alerts that come in over e-mail are hoaxes. Before you reroute alerts to friends and colleagues, you may want first to visit this site, which can tell you whether the alert warns of a real threat or is just another hoax. The site also keeps you informed about phony e-mail petitions, useless chain letters, urban myths, and the like.

McAfee.com

McAfee.com provides online tools that allow users to scan their PCs for viruses, clean and optimize their hard drives, and update applications and operating systems. Other services include McAfee.com Personal Firewall, McAfee.com Internet Privacy Service, and McAfee.com Easy Recovery, for emergency data and file recovery.. Because these software application services are accessed online at the McAfee Web site, it is not necessary to install, configure, and manage the technology on a local PC or network. In addition, McAfee.com maintains a library of information on computer viruses and virus hoaxes.

Symantec.com

Symantec provides Norton AntiVirus software and other security software such as firewalls, intrusion detection, Web access management, and Internet content filtering, both for home and business users. This site also provides extensive information on computer viruses, threats, and hoaxes.

Webopedia

This site is an online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology.

ZDNet

This Ziff-Davis site is an excellent and extensive resource for news and information on computers and the Internet. Their e-hoax central is a great source for the latest information on computer virus hoaxes: http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/filters/ehoax/. The site also includes product reviews and product downloads.

Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005 12:00:00 AM. Modified: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:53:23 PM.

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