Author: Tom Anthony

TECH #18 9/4/97 I became upset with the folks who sell me Internet access, and started shopping for a new source. Wow. This Internet thing has really taken off! Have you looked at the Hampton Roads Yellow Pages left on your door step last month? There are 40 listings under INTERNET, compared to 17...

TECH #17 8/28/97 Today is the first day of school for Steve Johnson of Virginia Beach. In a few weeks Steve will be able to call himself an MSCE. That’s one of those crazy tech acronyms. It stands for Microsoft System Certified Engineer. What it means is, after eight weeks of attending...

TECH #168/21/97During a recent phone call home I found myself bragging to my Nephew Chris about how I get to write about neat technological advances in this column. “That’s nothing,” he said. “I get to do the fun stuff.” What do you mean? “I’m actually building the on-ramps and...

TECH # 158/15/97 As kids and teachers get geared up for a new school year, there are a few changes to note. Computers are in the class room like never before! "We're trying not to make computing a separate course." Says Dr. Cindy Sparks, supervisor of instructional technology for Chesapeake's...

TECH #148/7/97Hold on to your hats folks, the ride is about to start. Last week in Tech we met Hampton Road’s largest Apple computer retailer John Crow, who sang the praises of the new Mac operating system OS-8. Just coincidentally, at press time Microsoft kingpin Bill Gates was giving Apple...

A group of our friends and co workers were talking about this cool new writing  gig I have. Turning the topic into a possible source for future Tech columns, I asked everyone what they used the Internet for. Honestly, most of them are not using it. Yet. Of the 229 million people...

TECH #12July 25, 1997 When storm tropical storm Danny blew into Hampton Roads last week a lot of people knew what was going on, as it happened. The seamless dissemination of up to the minute information on the storm pointed out to me how integrated high technology has become in our lifestyle. Most...

TECH #11July 17, 1997 This week I’ve been putting in so much overtime at work that I was hard pressed to find a worthy topic. My employer radio station is moving into all digital studios and it’s been murder transferring all the stuff from tape to hard drive. Duh . . . this is the technology...