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Sabtu, 21 Maret 2009

How to clean CD/DVD with care?

You can preserve the life of CD/DVD, if you handle and clean it properly, because dirty discs can create errors in reading or writing and soon discs will not work at all.

Follow the given steps to care and clean a CD/DVD.

* Avoid to touching the writeable or data side of the CD/DVD.
* Always hold your CD/DVD by its center hole or by the outer edges.
* Keep away your discs from sunlight, heat and anything that may create scratch on the discs.


* Always clean dust with a soft cloth or with a CD/DVD cleaning kit and avoid to clean with static cloth or harsh detergents.
* Start work to clean from inside to outside in straight lines until the CD/DVD is clean.
* Store your all discs vertically position and in dust free box.
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Jumat, 13 Maret 2009

How to enjoy Windows Media Player using shortcuts keys?

In Windows Media Player, you can use the combination of different keyboard keys to accomplish routine task. By using these keys, you can increase the working speed in media player, otherwise require a conventional mouse to select menus and buttons options. Basically keyboard shortcuts keys help you to save time and you can perform any tasks without leaving the keyboard keys.



Shortcut keys Action

ALT+1 Adjust zoom to 50 percent

ALT+2 Adjust zoom to 100 percent

ALT+3 Adjust zoom to 200 percent

ALT+ENTER Display the video in full mode

ALT+F Go to media player File Menu

ALT+T Go to media player Tools Menu

ALT+V Go to media player View Menu

ALT+P Go to media player Play Menu

ALT+F4 Use to close media player

CTRL+1 Display media player in full mode

CTRL+2 Display media player in skin mode

CTRL+B Use to play the previous item in media player

CTRL+F Use to play the next item in media player

CTRL+E Use to Eject CD or DVD from CD or DVD drive

CTRL+P Use to Play or Pause the item in media player

CTRL+T Use to Repeat the items in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+B Use to Rewind a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+F Use to Fast Forward a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+S Use to play items slower than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ G Use to play items faster than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ N Use to play items at normal speed in media player

F8 Use to mute the volume in media player

F9 Use to decrease the volume in media player

F10 Use to increase the volume in media player

ENTER or SPACEBAR Use to play an item


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How to find a lost file on your Computer?

Today tip will help you to enjoy the quick and easy way to find lost files on your computer. Here I recommends you, try to search a file with its file extensions (for example for word file, type *.doc, Excel *.xls, Acrobat *.pdf, *.ppt and *.exe for executable files. If you don't know the name of file but know that it contains a string of text then try to search for files containing specific text, type the text you want to find from any file or folder. This is time taking process but creates very precise result. In Look in, click the drive, folder, or network you want to search. To save time, always select the specified drive or location instead of whole computer.




Click Start Button, point to Search, and then click For File or Folders, a Search Results dialog box will appear. In Search for files or folders named, type the file name or folder name you want to find in containing text.


To specify additional search criteria, click Search Options, and then click one or more of the following options to narrow your search:

* Select Date to look for files that were created or modified on or between specific dates.
* Select Type to look for files of a specific type, such as a text or WordPad document.
* Select Size to look for files of a specific size.
* Select Advanced Options to specify additional search criteria.
* Click Search now.

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How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?

How to increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista?



With windows Vista you have noticed the slow internet speed. The web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with the normal speed.

Follow the given steps to increase the Vista browsing speed:

First go to Advance tab in Internet Explorer and turn off the TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption option. Here to fix problem with some secure pages turn on the SSL 2.0 (Secure Sockets Layer) feature and click Ok button to close it.


Follow the major fix for this problem:


In windows Vista, the TCP autotuning feature is enabled by default. Some web servers do not respond properly to this feature, so it appears that some sites open with very slow speed.

To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter.

At Command Prompt, type the following command and press enter.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= disabled

This command will disable the TCP autotuning feature. Now close the command Prompt and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

You can easily restore these setting by typing the following command at Command Prompt.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel= normal
Now close the command Prompt and again restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.



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How to enjoy Windows Media Player using shortcuts keys?

In Windows Media Player, you can use the combination of different keyboard keys to accomplish routine task. By using these keys, you can increase the working speed in media player, otherwise require a conventional mouse to select menus and buttons options. Basically keyboard shortcuts keys help you to save time and you can perform any tasks without leaving the keyboard keys.



Shortcut keys Action

ALT+1 Adjust zoom to 50 percent

ALT+2 Adjust zoom to 100 percent

ALT+3 Adjust zoom to 200 percent

ALT+ENTER Display the video in full mode

ALT+F Go to media player File Menu

ALT+T Go to media player Tools Menu

ALT+V Go to media player View Menu

ALT+P Go to media player Play Menu

ALT+F4 Use to close media player

CTRL+1 Display media player in full mode

CTRL+2 Display media player in skin mode

CTRL+B Use to play the previous item in media player

CTRL+F Use to play the next item in media player

CTRL+E Use to Eject CD or DVD from CD or DVD drive

CTRL+P Use to Play or Pause the item in media player

CTRL+T Use to Repeat the items in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+B Use to Rewind a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+F Use to Fast Forward a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+S Use to play items slower than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ G Use to play items faster than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ N Use to play items at normal speed in media player

F8 Use to mute the volume in media player

F9 Use to decrease the volume in media player

F10 Use to increase the volume in media player

ENTER or SPACEBAR Use to play an item

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Acrobat Reader shortcut keys with detail

Acrobat Reader shortcut keys with detail

Uses of Function keys in Acrobat Reader
F1 Use to give the help of any windows panel

F3 Use to Find next search result

F5 Apply to select the document list panel

F6 Use to open/close the document list panel

F8 use to view/close main tools bar list

F9 use to view/close main menu bar

F10 Use to select the main menu bar

Ctrl+F4 Use to close the current file

Ctrl+F6 Move through next open document

Ctrl+Shift+F6 Move back to open document

Shift+F3 Use to Find previous search result

Shift+F6 Select the previous open page

Shift+F8 Use to select main tools bar list

Shift+F10 Press keys to open context menu



Shortcut keys Action

Up Arrow Button Scroll up the active document

Down Arrow button Scroll down the active document

Ctrl+Hyphen Use to Zoom out the active page

Ctrl+equal sign (=) Use to Zoom in the active page

Alt+Right Arrow button Use to Next view

Alt+Left Arrow button Use to previous view

Right Arrow button Move to next page in active document

Left Arrow button Move to back page in active document

Page Up Move to the previous screen

Page Down Move to the next screen

Ctrl+Shift+W Apply to close all open windows

Ctrl+Spacebar+click on active page Zoom the active page for temporarily

Ctrl+Home Go to home page of document

Ctrl+End Go to last page of document

Ctrl+A Use to select the all pages

Ctrl+Shift+A Use to deselect the all pages

Enter Scroll down the pages

Ctrl+0 Use to adjust the document

Ctrl+1 Use to view actual document size

Ctrl+Q Quit the active document

Ctrl+L To view the document in full view

Ctrl+Shift++ Move the page clockwise

Ctrl+Shift+- Move the page counter clockwise
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Jumat, 06 Maret 2009

Weather Watcher Live 6.0.11

Weather Watcher Live 6.0.11

Weather Watcher Live is your personal, real-time Windows desktop weather station. View real-time weather conditions in your neighborhood from WeatherBug weather stations, or as reported by NWS.

Automatically retrieve the current conditions, hourly forecast, daily forecast, severe weather alerts from NWS (US only), and weather maps for thousands of cities world-wide. The current conditions can be quickly viewed by holding your mouse pointer over the Weather Watcher Live system tray icon.


Weather Watcher Live will allow you to automatically retrieve your weather data at a set interval, display the current temperature in a customized tray icon, display the current condition image in a tray icon, designate which weather information is displayed in the Weather Watcher Live system tray tooltip,


convert the weather data using almost any conversion, display a weather map as your desktop wallpaper, log the weather data in any format, export the weather data in any format, customize the look of the Weather Watcher Live interface and icons via skins, and much more.

Requirements
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7


Features

* Weather as reported by WeatherBug and NWS
* Forecasts available for thousands of cities world-wide
* Current weather conditions
* 60-hour forecast
* 7-day day/night forecast
* Severe weather alerts from NWS (US only)
* 700+ weather maps
* Easy access to weather news, cameras and photos
* 18+ weather unit conversion choices
* Locally export and log weather data
* Skinned interface/forecasts
* Customizable system tray icon/tooltip
* Dual tray icons for temperature and condition image
* Proxy server support

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Here are some key features of "Google Earth":

Here are some key features of "Google Earth":



· Navigation controls - Look around, move and zoom into any location
· Sun and shadows - View animated shadows as they move across the landscape
· 3D buildings - View hundreds of photo-realistic new buildings in many of the world's cities
· Imagery date information
· Support for new language versions
· Flash videos in placemark balloons
· Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in.
· Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
· Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings.
· Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.

Requirements:

· CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz
· System Memory (RAM): 128MB
· Hard Disk: 400MB free space
· Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
· Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
· Screen: 1024x768, "16-bit High Color"
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Windows XP Service Pack 4

Windows XP Service Pack 4


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How to increase Processor Speed

How to increase Processor Speed

How to speed up processor speed?...
How to speed up system speed?...
Follow the below steps carefully!.....

There are many steps to increase your processor speed or system performance.
This post is for those people who are having problem with Processor speed.
If you are using Microsoft Windows xp,then your processor speed may slow down.Why because Windows Xp carries extraordinary large list of unusual,visual sound effects,menu shadows,high resolution, quality color,fade effects and many.These features may slow down your Processor speed.


By decreasing your Xp resources,your Processor speed may definitely increase.


Firstly disable all the settings in Start up mode.
this can be done by following instructions:-
1)Go to “Run”.
2)type “msconfig” in run.
3)Go to Start up.
4)Disable all startup items except Antivirus.

Prefetch files:-
delete all prefetch files.
1)go to run.
2)type prefetch.
3)delete all files.

If you are not having any with work with resolution better you restart your system in Safe Mode.This can be done by continuously by clicking F8 key more than 5times as soon as restart your system. Then a page will open with many options.Choose “Safe Mode“.If you want to do any Networking then choose

“Safe Mode with Networking“.
These two options may remove all your display,resolution,bit size settings etc.But increase your system speed.

Visual effects:-
1)Right click on “My Computer” >Go to System proporties>Go to Advanced Settings
2)Then click on the Setting in Performance then choose the option”Adjust for best appearance”or you
can choose”custom”.
These options many decrease your system visual effects but increase your system performance.
Automatic updates:-
Even though your system is geniune better to turn off your Automatic updates.There are many reasons
which slow down your processor speed if you turn on Automatic updates.few reasons are:-
1)Most of your RAM speed is used by Xp Operating System.If the resources of your XP is increased then Operating
System may slow down.It indirectly effects the processor speed.
2)If your click on Live Up dates then there may be chances of Virus entering in your system.which leads your
processor speed slow.

Defragmentation:-
This is the major step which increases your Processor speed.
Steps to perform Defragmentation
1)Go to my computer.
2)Right click on C drive. Click on proporties.
3)Choose the option Defragment now.

Removing virus:-
Virus such as Trojan,vorm.exe,sass.exe etc which slow down your processor speed.So download any good antivirus software such as Norton,Spyware terminator,Kaspersky etc.I would perfer Kaspersky it is a best antivirus software.Norton may slow down your system performance.
Few months ago i posted a topic on Internet speed.Several ways to increase Internet speed.

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Ektron CMS400.NET

Ektron CMS400.NET

Ektron CMS400.NET lets you do everything you need to do on the Web and everything you want to do...

...all with just one application.


With features like Personalization, eSync, URL Aliasing and eCommerce, Ektron CMS400.NET Version 7.6 delivers all the enterprise level features you need to deploy websites quickly and easily.

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Make some money when you are online

Make some money when you are online

Why does Gomez need PEERs?
We've all come to depend on the Internet, whether for news and information, shopping, stock trading or even critical business transactions. Unfortunately, we've also come to expect delays, slow pages, sites that grind to a halt, and even important transactions that don't execute.

Now there's a way for you to help make a difference in the performance of the Internet — using the otherwise unused capacity of your PC. And, earn cash in the process!


Using the combined computing horsepower of thousands of PCs around the world, Gomez can measure, for the first time, the real-world performance of Web sites — from the end-user's perspective. The data collected by you will be used by Gomez's customers to improve the performance of their Web sites — eventually improving the online experience for us all.

Right now, Gomez is looking for users from all over the world with different Internet connection types, including dial-up and broadband users.

It just takes a few minutes to join the community and become a Gomez PEER.


What exactly is the "PEER"?
The Gomez PEER is a secure, Java-based application that runs in the background of your PC. You may even forget it's there, because it will not disrupt the way you use your computer.

Using advanced, peer-to-peer distributed computing technology, the Gomez PEER combines the spare capacity of PCs around the world to measure the performance of Web sites. After you install the Gomez PEER, it will periodically communicate with Gomez servers via the Internet, signal that it's available for work, and request a work unit. And you will be credited for your online time and work processed approximately every 15 minutes that the application is running.

Based on your computer's characteristics (Internet connection type, geographic location and Internet service provider), your PC will receive instructions to autonomously test the performance of Web sites — gathering important metrics that help identify network bottlenecks and performance problems. All of this happens "behind the scenes," even when you're away from your PC or asleep. Finally, your PC will send its results back to Gomez, where they are added to the work of thousands of other PCs around the world.

The Gomez PEER is available for Windows 2000/NT/XP/2003.
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Noteworthy Hosted Email Free Trial

Noteworthy Hosted Email Free Trial

Noteworthy® is a hosted email platform that provides your business with a powerful, secure, and reliable email system — with absolutely no maintenance on your end.

With Noteworthy, you no longer have to worry about the day-to-day maintenance of your email system.


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Youtube Music Downloader 2.3.7

Youtube Music Downloader 2.3.7

Download YouTube Music videos and convert them to MP3,AVI,WMV,MOV,MP4,3GP formats.
You can download millions of music from youtube and listen them on your iPod, MP3 Player or watch them on your PC, iPod, iPhone.
Download Millions of music from YouTube, Try YouTube Music Downloader Now!


System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 2000 with DirectX 8.0 or higher; Pentium Processor or better, Pentium 4 or higher recommended; 128MB RAM or more, 256MB RAM is recommended; 20MB Hard disk space for install

Publisher: YouTubeMusicDownloader.com

The program is available for $29.95 Here, but it will be free for our visitors

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CHM Editor 1.3.3.4

CHM Editor 1.3.3.4


CHM Editor is a handy WYSIWYG editor which can be used for editing and translating CHM files. You can translate your e-Books in CHM format easily and quickly. Besides, this is a perfect tool for localization of your CHM Help files.

This is a powerful tool for editing CHM, you can change and save chm file without downloading any additional tools or editors.
It allows you translate any chm-file using one of available translation services
CHM Editor’s features are the best choice both, for average PC users when they need to read chm-help in a foreign language, and for professional translators who could get a possibility to translate chm-files as usual documents, without any knowledge about HTML.
System Requirements: Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000
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Internet Download Manager

Internet Download Manager

From Tonec:

Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages. The program features a full-fledged site grabber that downloads files that are specified with filters, for example, all pictures from a Web site, different parts of Web sites, or complete Web sites for offline browsing. The program supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and MMS protocols, and has an adaptive download accelerator for MP3 audio, FLV and MPEG video files.



The program also features Download Panel for IE, Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player and can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos, and others. It integrates into Opera, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Firefox, MSN, AOL, Google Chrome, and into any application that uses FTP, or HTTP protocols. Internet Download Manager fully supports Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.

Version 5.15 build 6 adds IDM download panel to IE web-players based on Microsoft Silverlight component.
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How to increase your internet speed

How to increase your internet speed

Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.

The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking related TCP/IP parameters in the Windows Registry, making it easy to tune your system to the type of Internet connection used. The tool uses advanced algorithms, and the bandwidth*delay product to find the best TCP Window for your specific connection speed. It provides for easy tuning of all related TCP/IP parameters, such as MTU, RWIN, and even advanced ones like QoS and ToS/Diffserv prioritization. The program works with all current versions of Windows, and includes additional tools, such as testing average latency over multiple hosts, and finding the largest possible packet size (MTU).

The TCP Optimizer is targeted towards broadband internet connections, however it can be helpful with tuning any internet connection type, from dialup to Gigabit+ :)

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Jumat, 13 Februari 2009

GPS Tracking Could Improve Children's Health

GPS Tracking Could Improve Children's Health

2255494312_08066d86ab_b 1.jpgIndiana University School of Medicine wants to track teenage kids, and insists that it is for their own good. In a study with a ridiculously small sample size of 15 teenage girls, researchers used GPS equipped cellphones to track the girls' every move.

The reason? Not, as we would expect, in order to pass the information on to the parents, but to identify health risks. The idea is that the cellphone would know when its owner is, say, behind the bike shed and deliver a cajoling "don't smoke" text message.

A noble aim, to be sure, but once the kids get used to this tracking, we're sure that other, less wholesome uses will be found. Targeted advertising is the most obvious, but how long until this wealth of GPS information is hacked? Leaked records of a teenager's whereabouts would be anything but good for their health.

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Researchers: Adults 31 and Older Hate, Fear Cell Phones

Researchers: Adults 31 and Older Hate, Fear Cell Phones

After surveying 75 people in one area, a research firm has concluded that adults over 30 years old are luddites who hate their cell phones with a fiery passion.

Bowen Research conducted the interviews mostly in San Francisco and classified 40 participants older than 30 as "quite vehement about [their phone,] have problems they can't solve, and feel the phone does things randomly by accident." Some complained that text messaging requires them to "think too much" because they have to spell words correctly.

The other 35 participants were ages 30 and younger, and they "generally have no problem with their phone interface."

The study also found that the under-30 participants used at least 50 percent of their phones' features, while the 31-and-up group used about 40 percent of their handset features. Quite an astounding disparity.

Bowen Research is selling its study for $5,000 to anyone who wishes to peer into groundbreaking research suggesting that young'ins are generally better with technology than older folks.

I'm sure my 32-year-old friend Trisha would be interested in buying this study. Let me just call her and hope her teeth don't fall out and she doesn't curl up in a fetal position and cry, "The horror! The horror!" when her phone rings. Oh, wait -- she lives in Sacramento. Maybe this study won't apply to her. Read More ..

Google Introduces Non GPS for Cellphones

Google Introduces Non GPS for Cellphones


Google has obviously hired somebody away from Microsoft's Naming Department for its new My Location service. It's a non GPS location technology which uses cell tower info and databases to work out the user's position, presumably similar to Navizon's tech.

To use it, bring up Google Maps on your phone and hit zero. That's it. Your position is shown on screen, and for directions, Google Maps will autofill your start location. The accuracy varies: According to Google, the software will pinpoint your position to within one quarter to three miles, but an advantage over GPS is that it works indoors.

And of course, with this will come ads. But, being Google ads, you're brain will likely filter them out and you won't even see them, just like the ones on the web. My Location will work initially on the Blackberry, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, and some Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets. It will not work on the iPhone. Read More ..

Mobile Browsing Still Popular on Not-so-smart Phones

Mobile Browsing Still Popular on Not-so-smart Phones


We've seen reports indicating iPhone owners use their handsets to surf the Web far more than they talk. And we've seen surveys in which iPhone owners said they've been mobile surfing more than they ever were before. Also, the iPhone has also been selling like crazy. What does this all add up to?

Somehow, it doesn't add up to the iPhone (or other smart phones, for that matter) being the most prevalently used device for mobile browsing. An NY Times post on Thursday cited a report from AdMob, a major mobile advertising service, that said just as much ad traffic was coming from typical mobile phones as smartphones. Eh?

That's just a barometer of actual mobile browsing since it's based on ad traffic -- but AdMob hosts ads on 5,000 mobile sites, so it's a pretty strong indicator. Are non-smartphone owners trying to prove to their peers they don't need to pay upward of $80 a month to enjoy mobile internet? I couldn't stand surfing the web on my old Motorola RAZR, but I guess I have pretty high standards.

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The Future of Femtocells: One Remote Controls All Devices

The Future of Femtocells: One Remote Controls All Devices

As you walk into your house, you press a button on your phone to turn on the living room lights. You aim your handset at your stereo system and play some Broken Social Scene. While sitting on your couch, you remember you need to bake a pot roast. No problem -- you aim your phone at the oven and set it to 400 degrees.

In the coming years we'll be able to do this with femtocells, predicts David Nowicki, vice president of femtocell developer Airvana. The technology is currently being used to amplify cell-phone reception and Wi-Fi signals, but Nowicki said the next logical step for femtocells is to get your household devices to interact with one another.

"Your phone will be the coordinator of all your home devices," Nowicki said. "We call this concept Home 2.0."

A femtocell hub, such as the recently released Sprint Airave, acts as a miniature cell phone tower in your home. To put it simply, the femtocell hub provides an internet gateway to enter a cell-phone network, Remote_3 thereby reducing the amount of power and distance your handset would need to communicate with a remote tower.

In doing so, femtocell hubs such as the Sprint Airave expand and improve your cell-phone reception. Airvana's HubBub CDMA, set for release in late 2008 or early 2009, is already taking femtocells another step further by boosting your Wi-Fi data signal as well. Other competitors are working on similar products set for release around the same time frame. And with competition we can expect to see further innovation of this seemingly malleable technology.

Since a femtocell hub is primarily used in a home -- and utilizing an internet bridge -- it makes sense to eventually use it with other home appliances as well. Of course, Nowicki is thinking far ahead into the future, at which point virtually all devices will have an IP address.

The potential of femtocells will doubtlessly raise some concerns among users -- the number-one worry being security. It would be a hacker's dream come true to be able to transcend cyber-space sabotage by controlling a victim's physical appliances. Unhappy with your best friend for sleeping with your girlfriend? Hack into his phone and turn on the gas stove. The imagined possibilities of femtocells are as frightening as they are exciting. But new technology always introduces new fears, and if this foretelling becomes a reality, we'll likely have adequate security measures in place by then.

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Mozilla: Firefox Mobile to Arrive in a Few Weeks


Mozilla: Firefox Mobile to Arrive in a Few Weeks


Mobilefox_2There's one key feature missing from the iPhone and every other browser-equipped handset: Firefox. Fortunately, Mozilla has confirmed that the first alpha version of Firefox mobile will be available in the coming weeks.

Mozilla CEO John Lilly told the San Jose Mercury that his company has been working toward an open-platform mobile browser similar to the current desktop version of Firefox.

"We want to make sure that the Web on mobile is more like the Web than what the mobile industry offers today, which is closed, separate networks and not a very good information-getting experience for the user," Lilly said. "The first thing is to bring Firefox to mobile devices. We’re working on that, and we’ll see some alphas in a few weeks."

This sounds quite exciting. Think about how much Firefox add-ons would enhance your mobile browsing experience. What'd be really cool is a touchscreen version of All-in-One Gestures, which allows you to program custom mouse gestures to execute commands such as spell check, switching windows, opening a new tab and so on.

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Dell's New Notebooks Take Design Seriously


Dell's New Notebooks Take Design Seriously



LAS VEGAS -- Dell doesn't have a booth here at CES, but the company staked out a floor at the trendy Palms casino to make several product announcements -- and to try to win a few style points.

The stodgy PC maker from Round Rock, Texas has been known for years for its workhorse PCs and notebooks -- functional, economical, generally reliable, and butt-ugly. But in the last year, the company has been working hard to change that perception. For instance, its compact Studio Hybrid PC has a sleek look and can be modded with replaceable outer sleeves, so you can color it (red, black, bamboo) to suit your decor. And its line of Studio laptops, which can be customized with any one of more than 100 different artistic designs, has been selling well.

This week, the company rolled out two new laptops, the Studio XPS 16 (shown above with Dell's head design guy, Ed Boyd) and the Studio XPS 13, that continue the trend of wrapping computers in cutting-edge cases made out of interesting materials. And the company announced a mysterious "luxury brand" called Adamo, which so far seems to be little more than a slim black notebook (or the chassis of a notebook) in the hands of a supermodel.

The XPS 16 and XPS 13 are notebooks with, respectively, 16-inch and 13-inch screens. Both have distinctive multi-toned exteriors in differing shades of black, gray, and charcoal gray, and both include leather trim along the back (hinge) edge of the top lid. While tastes may differ -- and some may find the inclusion of animal skin a bit abhorrent -- these notebooks have a classy, refined look that's a world away from Dell's earlier work.

Both laptops are available now, starting at $1,200.

As for Adamo, very little is known. Dell hired a model to show off the notebook, but no one was allowed to touch it and Dell representatives didn't turn it on. They also did not release any specifications. So for now, Adamo is little more than a pipe dream. Read More ..

Public internet access via private wireless hotspots

Public internet access via private wireless hotspots
Broadband access is increasingly necessary to get the best out of your communications. But what about when you are away from the home or office? The team in the IST project OBAN suggest using the spare capacity in residential wireless hotspots.

While the broadband revolution might be in full swing, the long-promised era of fast and seamless internet connectivity ‘anytime anywhere’ remains tantalisingly out of reach for many European citizens. One approach to this problem is to exploit the growing number of residential wireless hotspots to develop an innovative high-speed open network for broadband communication.

Starting in January 2004, the IST-funded OBAN (Open Broadband Access Network) research team has taken major strides towards building a public broadband mobile network based on residential wireless local area networks (WLANs).

The basic idea is to use the wireless LANs of existing broadband subscribers – who typically use only a small fraction of the line’s capacity – and make them available for passing or visiting users in urban and suburban areas.
Public wireless internet access

In this scenario, the stationary users or hosts continue to use their wireless LAN as before, and passing users can access and maintain communication via these internet access points. Both visitors and hosts share the capacity of such wireless LANs, and access lines according to a general service agreement between all users and the network operator.

To encourage uptake among broadband subscribers, it is envisaged that they will receive some form of compensation or incentive for providing access to casual users of their unused WLAN capacity. In this way, it will be possible to offer new and better services to mobile users without having to build a new and costly wireless infrastructure.

The viability of the OBAN project rests on the assumption that within a few years, the majority of users will have access to a broadband network at some point – whether ADSL, VDSL, fibre, cable, radio, etc. A second assumption is that wireless technology will be the predominant form of technology for in-house communication, both for residential and business users.

In urban areas, this large number of 'micro base stations' will provide a continuous radio coverage that will allow users to roam freely while maintaining their communication sessions. Compared to conventional cellular mobile networks, which consist of a limited number of optimally located outdoor base stations and antenna masts, the OBAN network will consist of a much higher number of micro base stations that are located at random.
Micro-base station will show the way to internet connection when on the go
Breaking new ground

While the idea of open broadband networks is not new, OBAN’s approach is genuinely different to what has been tried before, according to project coordinator Einar Edvardsen of Telenor in Norway.

“OBAN will be the first to integrate wireless LAN with fixed networks in a legal, regulatory and commercially correct way. Some current networks which offer public access over private wireless LANs are possibly illegal and commercially non-viable, while other solutions are connected to one operator’s network or only provide roaming features to operators,” he says.

Another breakthrough by OBAN will be to deliver faster handover in areas where multiple internet service providers (ISPs) are operating, and where broadband access may be via ADSL connections with an average delay of 10-40 milliseconds.

“This means that a user can move from a WLAN cell operated by one ISP to another WLAN cell operated by a different ISP, at the same time as all security and quality-of-service requirements are met,” explains Edvardsen. “The maximum disruption is specified not to exceed 120 milliseconds."

Achieving such a fast handover is a unique achievement, he emphasises. "All today’s announcements about mobility and fast handover relate to WLANs that are connected to a common infrastructure, making the handover task relatively easy. In the OBAN approach, we are talking about different networks.”

In order to achieve such fast handover, OBAN has developed a unique security solution using a combined SIM and Kerberos authentication method. “This is important in order to guarantee all relevant security requirements quickly enough to comply with the 120 millisecond time limit,” notes Edvardsen.

Another innovative feature of the OBAN approach is its unique quality-of-service (QoS) mechanism. “This guarantees that quality requirements for all users in the network are met – not only on the wireless part as 802.11e,” he says.
Field trials under way

While Edvardsen has no doubts about the long-term viability of OBAN’s concept, he acknowledges that putting the idea into practice will not be a straightforward process.

“We have had a field trial running for two years now, but with very limited functionality. None of the specific OBAN solutions have been implemented yet and we have not yet utilised the trial for any purpose other than to get the equipment running. We have learnt that it often is a long way from laboratory to the field even when commercial equipment is being used – due to the modifications, adaptations and reconfiguration needed for a new operational environment,” he says.

Although the project is slightly behind schedule at the moment, Edvardsen is confident that the team will meet its official completion date at the end of 2006. “The implementation and integration work now have top priority. Full-scale testing in the laboratory and the field will take place in November and December 2006.” Read More ..

Broadband Internet access

Broadband is often called "high-speed" Internet, because it usually has a high rate of data transmission. In general, any connection to the customer of 2145614654651324 kbit/s (0.256 Mbit/s) or greater is more concisely considered broadband Internet. The International Telecommunication Union Standardization Sector (ITU-T) recommendation I.113 has defined broadband as a transmission capacity that is faster than primary rate ISDN, at 1.5 to 2 Mbit/s. The FCC definition of broadband is 768 kbit/s (0.8 Mbit/s). The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has defined broadband as 256 kbit/s in at least one direction and this bit rate is the most common baseline that is marketed as "broadband" around the world. There is no specific bitrate defined by the industry, however, and "broadband" can mean lower-bitrate transmission methods. Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use this to their advantage in marketing lower-bitrate connections as broadband.

In practice, the advertised bandwidth is not always reliably available to the customer; ISPs often allow a greater number of subscribers than their backbone connection can handle, under the assumption that most users will not be using their full connection capacity very frequently. This aggregation strategy works more often than not, so users can typically burst to their full bandwidth most of the time; however, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing systems, often requiring extended durations of high bandwidth, stress these assumptions, and can cause major problems for ISPs who have excessively overbooked their capacity. For more on this topic, see traffic shaping. As takeup for these introductory products increases, telcos are starting to offer higher bit rate services. For existing connections, this most of the time simply involves reconfiguring the existing equipment at each end of the connection.

As the bandwidth delivered to end users increases, the market expects that video on demand services streamed over the Internet will become more popular, though at the present time such services generally require specialized networks. The data rates on most broadband services still do not suffice to provide good quality video, as MPEG-2 video requires about 6 Mbit/s for good results. Adequate video for some purposes becomes possible at lower data rates, with rates of 768 kbit/s and 384 kbit/s used for some video conferencing applications, and rates as low as 100 kbit/s used for videophones using H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. The MPEG-4 format delivers high-quality video at 2 Mbit/s, at the low end of cable modem and ADSL performance.

Increased bandwidth has already made an impact on newsgroups: postings to groups such as alt.binaries.* have grown from JPEG files to entire CD and DVD images. According to NTL, the level of traffic on their network increased from a daily inbound news feed of 150 gigabytes of data per day and 1 terabyte of data out each day in 2001 to 500 gigabytes of data inbound and over 4 terabytes out each day in 2002. Read More ..

Akses Internet Cepat, Mau..?

Akses Internet Cepat, Mau..?

Saat anda menjelajah dan membuka-buka website di internet, entah dari warung internet ataupun dari rumah, barangkali anda pernah mengeluh akan lambatnya akses untuk menampilkan setiap halamannya. Padahal akses internet di Indonesia sekarang ini masih terhitung mahal.

Sebenarnya ada cara-cara yang mudah untuk meningkatkan kecepatan akses internat tanpa harus membayar biaya lebih mahal. Cara tersebut diantaranya adalah dengan mengatur web browser, menggunakan openDNS, dan menggunakan Google Web Accelerator.

Penerapan ketiga cara di atas sangatlah mudah. Untuk cara pertama, mengatur web browser, dapat dilakukan oleh pengguna Internet Explorer dan Mozilla Firefox. Bagi pengguna Internet Explorer, Anda dapat memilih menu Tools, kemudian klik Internet Option.

Selanjutnya pilih tab General dan pada kolom “Temporary Internet files” klik Settings dan geser posisi slider-nya pada kolom Temporary Internet files folder. Hal ini akan memperbesar cache atau lokasi penyimpanan situs-situs yang anda pernah buka. Sebaliknya isilah dengan nilai minimal 5 person dari kapasitas harddisk Anda.

Bagi pengguna Mozilla Firefox anda dapat mengetikkan “about:config” pada address bar, setelah itu ubah “network.http.pipelining” dan “network.http.proxy pipelining” menjadi “true”, serta isi “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” antara 30 –100 ( semakin besar semakin cepat ). Yang terakhir klik kanan dimana saja dan pilih New->Integer , tuliskan “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” lalu isi dengan 0.Sedangkan untuk cara kedua, anda terlebih dahulu harus mendaftar di www.openDNS.com. Setelah itu masuklah ke Control Panel dari Start Menu dan pilih Network Connections. Kemudian pilih koneksi yang digunakan dan klik tombol Properties. Pada bagian Internet protokol, pilihlah TCP/IP dan klik properties.

Masukkan angka 208.67.222.222 dan 208.67.220.220 pada opsi DNS dan restart komputer anda.Setelah melakukan dua cara di atas, seharusnya anda sudah mendapatkan kecepatan akses yang lebih dari sebelumnya. Namun bagi yang masih belum puas dengan kecepatan aksesnya sekarang dapat menggunakan cara yang ketiga yaitu menggunakan Google Web Accelerator. Google Web Accelerator didisain khusus untuk mempercepat akses internet anda, khususnya bagi anda yang menggunakan koneksi broadband (pita lebar) seperti TV Kabel dan ADSL. Untuk anda yang menggunakan koneksi lain seperti Dial-up (Telkomnet Instant) maupun Satelit, Google Web Accelerator juga dapat sedikit membantu mempercepat aksesnya.

Untuk memakai Google Web Accelerator, kriteria yang harus dipenuhi antara lain Sistem Operasi harus menggunakan Windows XP atau Windows 2000. Web browser yang digunakan harus Internet Explorer versi 5.5 ke atas atau Mozilla Firefox versi 1.0 ke atas. Untuk browser lainnya sebenarnya juga bisa, tetapi anda harus meng-konfigurasi Proxy Settings di dalam web browser tersebut dengan menambah 127.0.0.1:9100 pada HTTP.

Setelah anda melakukan instalasi, Google Web Accelerator akan menampilkan icon kecil di atas browser anda dan icon tray di pojok bawah layar komputer. Untuk mengunduh Google Web Accelerator, Anda dapat mengakses alamat http://webaccelerator.google.com.


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