It’s no longer in vogue. But the 1960s buzzword “information explosion” – referring to the rapid increase in the amount of published information and the great burden it places on individuals – is far from being obsoleted. In fact, it’s still quite relevant, not least in the maritime industry, which continues to be inundated by information of all types. How does one deal with the unceasing torrent, this rising flood? (more…)
It’s a slow weekend so we thought of taking the latest Google Chrome browser for a test drive. Chrome is lightning fast – almost, anyway – on our two-year-old netbook running on Linux and powered by a 1.6GHz Atom processor. It certainly renders web pages much faster than our Firefox browser (version 4.0b4) with ample security features and a growing collection of add-ons, to boot. The perfect browser for busy maritime executives? Watch this Google video and you be the judge. ~Barista Uno
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