A stunning 97% of the 60 billion emails sent each day are spam, but avoiding viruses and malware is far from the only thing that operators of large-scale computer processors need to worry about. That’s because data centers can often consume as much energy as a small town. On average, the amount of energy it…

In recent years, a growing number of Americans have begun shifting away from traditional sources of music and entertainment, turning instead to internet-based streaming services like Netflix and Pandora. However, a recent proposition has made many Alabamans think about putting down the remote. In April, the state Department of Revenue began considering a plan to…

UPDATED 11/16/20 Automotive manufacturers are bringing new jobs to Alabama with Aston Martin being the most recent brand to take advantage of the good manufacturing practices that are available. As the list of American manufacturing companies slowly shrinks, states like Alabama are relying more and more on overseas companies to bring in good manufacturing jobs.…

When the average person imagines a devastating storm, they likely think of the Midwestern states that make up a region known as Tornado Alley. However, one of the nation’s latest natural disasters took place in a far more southern state: on Saturday, April 25, the majority of Alabama’s Houston County was damaged by a savage…

The high school boys soccer team in Eufaula, Alabama swept the Alabama Christian Academy (ACA) and reached a spot in quarterfinals of the Class 4A/5A State Soccer Tournament. The Dothan Eagle reports the Eufaula High School Tigers (14-4-0) defeated the ACA (4-6-2) on April 28th 4-3 after penalty kicks and double overtime. Played on the…

A Vestavia Hills jeweler has been sentenced to almost four years in prison following his guilty plea to charges of money laundering and gun possession. Joseph Harold Gandy, 65, has previously been convicted of felony mail fraud, and is prohibited from possessing firearms. Gandy was arrested for the 2013 pawning of jewelry that he had…

Small businesses often come with small advertising budgets, making it difficult for the business to grow. It is especially difficult for small businesses to utilize social media as an advertising platform when they are unable to designate multiple employees as social media monitors. Facebook is attempting to make advertising easier for small businesses, by offering…

Last year, state economic development leader Greg Canfield made a prediction during the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville and Madison County meeting, speculating that 2014 would be a successful year for the area. Now, Canfield’s prediction seems to have been proven correct: Madison County is currently considered a leading region in Alabama, due to its…

When homeowners build privacy fences, they usually do so to keep unwanted people out of their house, not the other way around. It’s one of the reasons why, according to U.S. zoning committee experts estimates, 80-90% of fence applications are for stockade fences. However, Alabama state trooper Gary Shannon Gates’s family likely wished its privacy…

Nationally speaking, Walmart was the top U.S. container importer in 2010. As for exports, which supported about 9.7 million U.S. jobs in 2011, the monolithic retail entity does very little, if any at all, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good at shipping things. And it’s about to get a whole lot better, thanks to…