What is firmware? When you use a DVD player or any hardware, it is guided by software that can be compared to a driver for a component in your computer. This software is called firmware. It can manage the device on which it is installed. That will contain the necessary codecs to play, DivX video for example. Like any software, it needs to be updated. That is why it is on a ROM that can easily … [Read more...]
Hardware
Detailed article on computer hardware parts like RAM, Motherboard, Processor, Graphics card. Hardware also covers topics on hardware of Server, Single Board Computers like Raspberry Pi to Libre Hardware Projects.
Build your own Windows 7 powered Tablet PC in under $500
Seems unrealistic? Does it seem that I am going to write a rocket-science explanation? If your answer to any or both of the questions is yes, then continue reading. Advantages: It can use all the features of Windows 7 including the Touch feature. Use it while standing! One can get a bigger screen at the same cost of a high-end Smartphone. Background: There are many people who feel like us. … [Read more...]
Tips for buying a laptop
The laptop has largely taken the place of the good old desktop pc . Today the laptop has several significant advantages and allows a degree of freedom (such as being able to write a post on his couch with the computer on the lap while watching television). Choosing a laptop is not made lightly, unfortunately a lot of my customers look at first the performance of their next purchase, very rarely … [Read more...]
Do not smoke infront of your Computer
The smoke released during the combustion of tobacco is not a homogeneous substance. It contains about 4,000 different items that occur in gaseous or solid. Even today, all these substances are not known, nor is their effect on human health. The person who smokes a pack of cigarettes per day absorbs 6 kg of dust (= 10 briquettes) in twenty years and a cup of tar per year. Before being eliminated by … [Read more...]
What to buy : Mac or a PC?
"Coca-cola or Pepsi?" "Petrol and diesel? "orange or lemon? To be or not be? That is the question. There are tradeoffs in the world that seem intractable and everyone just looking for their reasons for choosing. In the world of technology, if there is an existential question that has never gotten answered is: Mac or PC? Both systems have fierce supporters and detractors and comparisons, while … [Read more...]
Running PC faster: How much RAM you need for optimal performance
The question comes to each new release of Windows : How much RAM I will need to get a blazing fast machine? Windows 7 is now available for more than one year, we suggest you see if adding memory allows it to run faster. Encoding, gaming, 3D rendering : how much memory is essential for Windows 7? To answer this question, we used two different machines. The first machine is an mid level laptop … [Read more...]
What you must check while buying a Windows 7 based netbook
The netbook, as we have spoken on other occasions (Please check Tablet or Netbook : Which one to Buy? and UMPC: Advantages and disadvantages if you interested). They are small sized portable computers that give users the ability to carry a lightweight, economical and allows to perform basic tasks like reading mail, using a word processor , check the news, etc. Netbook gaining popularity among … [Read more...]
UMPC: Advantages and disadvantages
Previously, we have discussed about Tablet or Netbook : Which one to Buy? ; this time, we are going to discuss about a bit more smaller device: UMPC. UMPC Ultra Mobile PC comes from, and simpler explanation would be that it is a computing device that provides the functions of a laptop and the portability of a PDA, UMPC standing in an intermediate size between the two. Use of UMPCs is still … [Read more...]
Tablet or Netbook : Which one to Buy?
2010 is still one of those years when technology takes a turn with advanced and powerful products that change the concept of electronic entertainment. In 2009 more netbook (ultra) sold than conventional laptops, because on one hand the price was considerably smaller, and the other, they are very compact devices running Microsoft Windows 7, sufficient enough to perform the basic tasks of any … [Read more...]
A brief history of Mouse: rubber ball, optical and wireless laser
we want to summarize the history of the mouse, the device which is so important that often it "prevents" us to use the keyboard, sometimes even we forget that computers have it. First patent was called XY position indicator for a display system, the most used name "mouse" was given by the team of Stanford University during its development as its shape and tail (cable) is reminiscent of a … [Read more...]