BusinessWeek online is quoting Mark Zandi from Economy.com. Mark predicts the tech? industry will have its best year since 2000, creating 217,000 jobs with rising wages. After another million WordPress sites are built we’ll surely need more php, sql and plugin developers in 2008.
Other predictions at Business Week Online include a rise in spending among CIO’s as reported by CIO Magazine. This was not the thinking waay back in October of last year when a dip in spending was predicted.
In security news, CNET has uncovered some great best practices documents from the Anti-spyware Coalition. The links are on our site.
And finally, Earthlink is negotiating in their hometown of Atlanta? to bring city-wide Wi-Fi? to the masses.
From? barely within reach of a? slow, fifty-dollar-a-month EVDO connection, this is Brent Norris for the World Organization of Webmasters and the Wow Technology Minute.
Additional Resources
They’re Hiring in Techland – BusinessWeek Online
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2006/tc20060123_960426.htm
Tech Spending Outlook Brightens
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tech_stats/spendingplans060125.htm
Economy.com – fee services
http://www.economy.com
Recommendations Released for Anti-spyware Firms
http://news.com.com/Recommendations+released+for+antispyware+firms/2100-7355_3-6153489.html?tag=nefd.top
Anti-spyware Coalition – The documents you need
http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/documents/
EarthLink hooks Atlanta up to citywide Wi-Fi
http://news.com.com/EarthLink+hooks+Atlanta+up+to+citywide+Wi-Fi/2100-7351_3-6153406.html?tag=nefd.top
Extra: This will be number city number eight for Google and Earthlink. No wonder Verizon can now somehow get their signal out to my place in the middle of the woods now. No wonder they’ve dropped their prices? to less than half? the cost of my HughesNet satellite service provider. Has anyone calculated how much Google and Earthlink will be saving Verizon customers over the next ten years??
My EVDO vs. Satellite connection speeds
—————————————————-
tests run 1-12-06
—————————————————-
>> Satellite
Test one
Upload speed: 372 kilobits per second
Download speed: 915 kilobits per second
Test two
Upload speed: 346 kilobits per second
Download speed: 792 kilobits per second
>> EVDO, so called, “Verizon Wireless Broadband”
Test one
Upload speed: 105 kilobits per second
Download speed: 121 kilobits per second
Test two
Upload speed: 108 kilobits per second
Download speed: 116 kilobits per second
—————————————————-
Important!
Watching and or downloading? video? via your Verizon Wireless Connection may violate your agreement and your service could be shut down without warning. Read the terms and conditions before signing a contract.
?