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...]
Computer and Internet
Computer and Internet is catchall section of core computing categories including Cloud Computing, Digital Photography, Virtualization, Networking, Protocols and Others' which are not otherwise more subcategorized. Here also you will get unique articles and news on computer hardware, Software, Networking and Protocols.
Risks related to prolonged usage of computers and how to avoid them
Meta analysis with 234 retrospective studies from 1986 to 2007 revealed that 6.3 out of 10 employees working in front of computer screen feel ocular-visual (cons 4 of 10 among other employees) problems, the median age being at 57 years. In DuPont Inc, United States, 535 accidents counted during two years (1999 and 2000), eighty-one percent were related directly or indirectly to CTS (carpal … [Read more...]
Today is 25th anniversary of the PC virus
TWENTY-FIVE years ago today, two brothers in Pakistan came up with a new and novel way to catch out software pirates. As it turned out, they also gave birth to one of the greatest annoyances in the modern world. "Brain", considered to be the first major personal computer virus, was created on January 19, 1986, by Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi at their computer shop in Lahore, Pakistan. From there … [Read more...]
Major trends of evolution of the Computer : 1950-2010
The history of mankind is accelerating. Of the four billion years of existence of our planet, all known species are less than one hundred million years, humans have past less than a million years, the oldest picture on the wall of a cave is of 30,000 years. There are just 500 years, the invention of the printing press accelerated the dissemination of knowledge. 200 years separate us from the steam … [Read more...]
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: What is inside
Leakers seem to have gotten their hands on what may be the final Windows 7 Service Pack 1/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 builds. (I had heard rumors that Microsoft had put the finishing touches on SP1 in December, but don™t know for sure whether that is true.) Microsoft officials are not saying whether the latest leaked version is the œreal SP1 release-to-manufacturing version. As usual, the advice … [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...]
Microsoft plans to impliment Windows 7 for wide range of devices
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. "Only the imagination limits what can be done with Windows PCs today," Ballmer said in his speech at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "You can write on … [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...]
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Release Candidate (RC) by the End of January 2011
Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to release the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 by the end of January 2011. The Redmond company has yet to confirm or deny third-party reports that claim to already have the IE9 RC availability deadline, or to comment in any way on the matter at hand. Various sources are indicating that IE9 RC will actually drop on January 28th, 2011 (via LiveSide and … [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...]
A new different version of Windows for Tablet PCs
Tech enthusiasts who have been flummoxed by Microsoft's slower-than-molasses reactions to new market trends such as motion gaming (Wii, 2006) smartphones (iPhone, 2007), and tablet computing (iPad, 2010) got a bit of good news this week: According to a Bloomberg report, the software giant is finally porting its Windows operating system to non-PC, thin and light hardware systems, opening up core … [Read more...]