I'm a content editor at CCM. I studied international journalism and I'm interested in the history of technology, and how it is closely intertwined with other disciplines such as art, psychology and social sciences.
According to new research by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, the Internet undersea cables can prevent earthquakes and tsunamis and save lives. Last year one of Google's fiber-optic cables connecting Los Angeles with Valparaíso detected around 20 earthquakes of different magnitudes thanks to distortions in light pulses. Read on to find out how undersea internet cables can help to prevent natural disasters.
Oops… Page not found. Who among us hasn't been there while going somewhere else? Almost every user of the World Wide Web encountered the most familiar and the most disappointing 404 error. In this article, we will tell you the fascinating story about the beginning of the Internet and the most common error code – 404.
Were you under the impression that the Internet only works thanks to satellites? Well, that is not exactly right. A vast undersea cable network also powers the global internet. We are familiar with the digital world nowadays. However, there are still some questions that arise. For example, how are internet cables installed underwater? Is it the only way to connect continents? Are cables cheaper than satellites? What happens if a shark bites into the cable - will we no longer have Netflix?
In today's Internet Archaeology issue, we talk about security questions everyone once encountered when trying to log into an old email, social media account, or mobile bank application. Why do we still use them? What is the point of asking your mother's maiden name in the 21st century? Where do they come from, and how can hackers easily find the name of your first pet – read on to learn more.
One of the most unpleasant Internet signs after Error 404 is the icon of a broken image, meaning that the picture you are supposed to see will not appear. In this article, we dig into the history of this graphical sign that is now well engraved in our visual memory.
What did the first email look like? What was it about? Why is there still so much email communication when the world depends on instant messengers, such as Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp for social communication, task managers, such as Trello or Slack for work, and cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive? In this article, we dig into the history of email to find out how and why it became the ultimate digital communication method.
Nowadays, you cannot imagine a computer screen without a mouse cursor. We are used to it and rarely pay attention to the fact that it is displayed at an angle of 45 degrees, although it would seem more logical to make it strictly vertical. As it often happens, the inclination appeared due to some technical constraints and later just became a tradition. Read this article to discover the curious story of why the mouse cursor is tilted.
What is Audacity? Audacity software is one of the best and most complete free audio editing tools, with which you can perform different tasks such as cut, copy, paste, and move parts of the recordings, as well as add sound effects, such as echo, amplification, and equalization, among others.
One of the most popular karaoke players in the world and formerly released as 'vanBasco's MIDI Player,' vanBasco's Karaoke Player plays karaoke and standard MIDI files for the pleasure of karaoke fans.
With the evolution of technology, creating a karaoke file of your favorite file song is now possible. That is why Magic Vocal Remover has been created, that is to say, to remove the vocals from music tracks in MP3 format.