When you’re researching web hosting or comparing hosting providers for a blog or website, you will likely hear talk about something called cPanel. Some webmasters might even suggest that you should limit your search to hosting providers that include cPanel. What exactly is this and why is it so important? cPanel is web-based software that […]
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3 Common Misconceptions About Email Spam
We’ve all received them: unsolicited messages about cheap prescription drugs, dating sites or business opportunities involving mysterious foreign nationals and the transfer of millions of dollars. But although it’s easy enough to hit “delete” on that spam email, each of these messages actually forms part of a major industry brewing under the surface. To shed […]
Standalone GPS vs. Google Maps or Waze on Smartphone: Which to Use?
Not too long ago traveling by car in a new area meant consulting unwieldy print maps, stopping to ask locals for directions or even just making educated guesses and hoping you eventually reach your destination. But with the proliferation of devices that receive GPS signals, the game has radically changed. At their most basic level, […]
Godaddy vs. Bluehost: Which Web Hosting Company is Better?
When you’re looking for cheap, reliable web hosting for a self hosted website, several names inevitably come up, two of the most prominent being Bluehost and Godaddy. But at this basic level of shared hosting does it really matter that much which host you pick? Overall, although many of the features are quite similar, there […]
Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? The Long Journey of the Stockbridge Bible
Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? The Long Journey of the Stockbridge Bible A large folio edition of the Bible printed in Oxford in the early 1700s might not fit the typical profile of a Native American cultural heritage item. But the Stockbridge Bible, given as a gift to the Stockbridge Indians in 1745, is just […]
Is Wikipedia a Reliable Source? A Look Into Its Credibility
”Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.” These oft-quoted words from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales demonstrate an interesting paradox: how can an information source be lauded as a modern-day Library of Alexandria while at the same […]