By Jimmy Mesta
There is a new breed of drug hitting the streets.
This new drug does not come in a capsule and cannot be contained in a glass bottle.  This drug is something more complex; it consists of one part technology, one part hardware and three parts human interaction.  When combined in just the right proportions, the mixture forms what we humans like to call The Internet.
This technological wonder drug goes by a number of names such as the “Net” or the “World Wide Web.”  It can’t get you high or …

Penn State ITS upgrades the university’s wireless infrastructure

By Mitchell Rukat
Another year has begun at Penn State University, and this year the Security and Risk Analysis Club will be creating and presenting a Community Outreach Project.  Here, representatives from the SRA club will give presentations at high schools on the topic of Social Networking, Security, and Privacy.  Many high school students know about MySpace and Facebook, but are unaware of the issues that are associated with these websites.  While this is a serious topic, we are designing a fun and interactive presentation with videos and humor.  This presentation …

Deciding which high definition video player to purchase has just become a little bit easier.On February 19, 2008, Toshiba announced that they were abandoning their HD-DVD format.Prior to this announcement, two competing high definition disc formats, Sony’s Blu-Ray and Toshiba’s HD-DVD, were locked in a seemingly endless battle that left many customers mystified.Predictably, soon after Toshiba’s announcement, Paramount and Universal, the last remaining movie studios to support HD-DVD, announced their switch to Blu-ray as their high definition format of choice.Yet, even after Blu-Ray’s apparent victory, many still wonder whether Sony’s …

ISTania in SecondLife
“I believe that virtual worlds are today where the PCs were in 1986” said Professor Santoro in reference to the popular virtual world, Second Life. Second Life is a virtual world which was launched in 2003 by Linden Labs. In this virtual world, users can fly, socialize, and visit famous places, such as the Sistine Chapel and Ancient Rome, all without ever leaving their seat. Although, it is not the only virtual world available, it is by far the most popular. Presently, IST has an island, …