Computer and Technology

It seems that Google has managed to attract producers to the success of the world's leading hardware Google TV facilities. Android-based TV box will be supported by the hardware manufacturer terkemuaka world.

Sony, Intel and Logitech will support the program with Google TV. Sony will supply hardware such as television. Intel will supply chips Intel Atom and helped engineer the software. While Logitech will support by providing tools such as remote controls and keyboards.

Google will use Chrome as a web his android, also with Crome his OS to support this program. Interface uses Flash and will be connected to Youtube.

Because using an open platform, Sony is not going exclusive. The aim is to encourage the search for the Android App has played a role in the smartphone. However, it seems Sony will be the most ambitious in this project, not just discrete hardware but even Sony makes its BRAVIA TV with built-in Google TV.

There has been no official explanation when the program launch date. But from the information circulated, this program will be finalized over the coming months

Recently, Microsoft opened a new Data Center in Chicago. Data Centre is located on a site area of 700,000 square meters.

What is unique at this Microsoft data center is, servers are placed on container-container. There are many great kontaianer parking at these locations. In 1800-2500 there was a container server. This is Microsoft's Data Center Data Center is the biggest in the world by using containers.

In this place there were 3000 facilities construction-related jobs with a peak workforce of about 1100 workers. More than 1.5 million hours of labor on this project and the total investment of $ 500 million.

This facility will be the Data Center Microsoft for online services for the user should. This facility can serve the needs of Computing Could that shows how Microsoft positioned itself to compete and succeed with an approach known as Software plus Services. This facility will be fully operational by this July 20, 2010.

Microsoft will release updated browsers with Internet Explorer 9. Before the full version was released to computer users, Microsoft released a trial version. In this trial version you only presented with a rough look of the browser with just one frame.

In IE 9 will support HTML 5 are thus aligning themselves with Chrome, Safari, and the latest version of FireFox. It seems that Microsoft did not want to miss the current trend of the browser and is ready to challenge again Crome and Mozilla.

Internet users can test this by downloading the IE 9 Internet Explorer Platform Preview.

The iPad should actually be beneficial for E Ink, Prime View International executive VP TH Peng claimed in a new interview. He notes that the sheer run-up in publicity ahead of Apple's e-reader launch will draw attention to e-books as a whole. It could not only spark sales but lure in publishers that might not have otherwise published digital copies.

"We already have companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble and Sony who are endorsing digital publishing, and now we have another very good company called Apple. So generally this is very good for us," Peng told Xconomy. "Yes, we do see some potential competition, but we believe the positives resulting from the iPad are a lot more beneficial. So we actually welcome the iPad -- we think it’s going to be a joint force with us in creating a stronger digital publishing industry."

At the same time, the VP was critical of Apple's decision to treat an LCD-based tablet as an e-reader. Peng noted that LCD readers have "never been quite successful," as they aren't as comfortable to look at. He cited the example of long e-mail messages, which he prefers to print out instead of reading on screen.

The iPad is better for gaming and video, he acknowledged.

As part of the discussion, Peng confirmed his company's plans to produce color E Ink displays and expected to have these available by either the end of 2010 or early 2011. These should partly close the gap, he said. While the color isn't as vivid as an LCD or glossy magazine, the ability to go without a backlight or even constant power should make it a better experience.

Within about two years, PVI hopes to have "very good" color. The initial wave of technology should be an improvement on what newspapers usually offer.

Peng also touched on the chronic shortages that have affected current grayscale e-readers and expected that production would triple this year versus 2009. A sustained surge of interest is often believed to have led to Kindle shortages; similar delays helped push the Barnes & Noble Nook's widespread availability to February, months after it was made public.

A recent FCC report indicates that AT&T may soon offer the Nokia Internet Stick CS-12. While this is not confirmed by either company, the technical specs of the device show that it will support AT&T's GSM and WCDMA bands. The stick is capable of 14.4Mbps download speeds, though AT&T's network can only support 3.6Mbps in most markets.

There are a lot of PC users that know little about "Spyware", "Mal-ware", "hijackers", "Dialers" & many more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and all those baddies.

What is spy-ware?

Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors to make money from a product, other than by selling it to the users. There are several large media companies that offer them to place banner ads in their products in exchange for a portion of the revenue from banner sales. This way, you don't have to pay for the software and the developers are still getting paid. If you find the banners annoying, there is usually an option to remove them, by paying the regular licensing fee.

Known spywares

There are thousands out there, new ones are added to the list everyday. But here are a few:

Alexa, Aureate/Radiate, BargainBuddy, ClickTillUWin, Conducent Timesink, Cydoor, Comet Cursor, eZula/KaZaa Toptext, Flashpoint/Flashtrack, Flyswat, Gator, GoHip, Hotbar, ISTbar, Lions Pride Enterprises/Blazing Logic/Trek Blue, Lop (C2Media), Mattel Brodcast, Morpheus, NewDotNet, Realplayer, Songspy, Xupiter, Web3000, WebHancer, Windows Messenger Service.

How to check if a program has spyware?

Installing Apache on Windows, why? Because let's face it Windows

is easy, and well Apache sure beats using IIS. This tutorial is meant for the person who would like to set up there own little

web server. It's not meant for the IT Person running a fortune 500 company. But hey if you want go ahead.

Instalation:

First thing you need is to download the webserver. Now for windows
users your gonna want to go download the .exe . The apache website is www.apache.org Your gonna wanna head to the apache
binaries sections for Win32 I believe it is at http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/
There you will be able to download a version of apache.


Now before you download it you gonna want to make a folder. This folder is where your gonna server your root directory. Now if you don't want to do this it's ok. You can use the default path if you want. Put usually this helps in setting up other things like php, and MySQL. Most people do is they create a folder in the C:\ directory called WWW or somthin. You can name it whatever you want.


Ok so have downloaded the Apache Web Server. Your ready to go with the setup. No the version I have downloaded was apache_2.0.36-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi This was a newer version and supposedly supposed to be more secure. The first screen you get when your in the setup is The welcome screen we don't care much about that but owell so hit next. The next screen is the terms and service. And yes your going to agree to the terms duh. The next screen is some documentation.
I never really read it but if you want go ahead and do it. Once your done hit next again. Know we see a screen that says enter a network domain. Erase what is ever in there and type localhost. Now the next box says Servername, erace what is ever in the box and put in localhost. The next is Administrators e-mail address. Go ahead and fill that in. But make sure to change it. Now there are 2 little radio buttons. Pick the one that best suites your needs. Now that we got that all filled out. Hit Next and you'll go to a screen that asks you which type of install you want to do. Then hit next.


If you wanted to server out of your one special folder. Change the
file location of were your gonna install apache. Or just leave it at the default path. Click install and it should be on
it's way. Once it's done installing hit the finish button.

The test:
First were gonna check to see if Apache installed correctly.
This is how we do it. Open up Internet Explorer and type in " http://localhost" . If everything went smooth then you should
be seeing a message that looks like this" Seeing this instead of the website you expected?" Yippee!!!
Apache is working. See now wasnt' that really simple. Ok now were gonna
do some fun stuff.

Alright now that we got or test done lets move on to changing some of this
stuff that apache did on default. In Internet Explorer if you installed
on the deafult path. Make your way to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2
This is your Main Apache Directory were you can find everything. If you want
take a short break and run around. There are some cool things there. Don't
worry if you don't understand what's in these files just yet.

Break Time:
Go take a leak, get some pepsi and somthin to eat. If you got smokes light
them up in your new found glory.


Alright so now you've got apache installed and your about to start dishing out
your web pages that you took so much time on to build. Head to the folder called
htdocs, this is your main folder. There should be a whole bunch of pages What i do
is i select them all and move them to another folder. The htdocs folder is the best
folder in the world. It's gonna be one of the places you spend most of your time
dishing out content for the world. Ok so get rid of all that stuff that is in your
htdocs folder. And move all your great content inside replacing it. Alright so now
once we moved all are content inside the htdocs folder and we tested it to make
sure it was there. http://localhost remember. Now let's get out of there. Go to
Apache's main directory. Now just to be aware of what is going on and get a good
example of how Apache Functions head off to a folder called "conf" This is the
configuration files Apache Uses. If you ever wanted to install php and other
server side scripting languages this is where you would do it. Now you get 2 copys
Use 1 as a backup and never edit it at all. Go ahead and open the folder and open
"httpd.conf" Read it very carefully cause in this tutorial were not gonna read
about it. I just want you to know it's there. Anytime you edit the httpd.conf file
you must re-start apache in order for it to work. Another good tip for you new people
to apache is you may notice the log files. Yes there great and make sure to make backups
of the logs they will come in handy. As security precautions. I also recommend getting
a firewall set up. There are lots of great security features that apache has but this
is a tutorial to installing apache.


Alright so now you've got your webpages up. But the only way people will be able to view
your pages is my typing in your ip address. This is a bumper. Lets look at some free
re-directories. www.n2v.net, This is a cool one. You sign up put your ip adress of your
new webserver in and whalla your done. Type in www. .n2v.net and it goes to your server
and brings up your super nice webpages. Now if you go to google and search for free
domain names or re-directors you should come up with alot. Many People already know
about the www.dot.tk one of the coolest things in the world. Free .tk very simple
That's all you need. It works perfect for my webserver and I've got around 3,000 hits
so it's working good. If you don't wanna do it you don't have to. But it just
makes it simple.


Alright that comes to the conclusion of installing Apache Win32 for WINDOWS users.
Very easy. One last thing Please Read more of the Apache
Documentation either on there website or in your Apache2
directory. If you liked reading this tutorial on how to setup Apache check my
website for others at www.bonfire.tk . Yes there will be follow ups. I'll be
writing another apache tutorail soon so you can set up PHP. The most awesome
scripting language ever built. And also another on how to secure Apache and yes
ALL FOR WINDOWS!! .

Did you know that by changing a few settings you can make your dial-up modem run better? That's right—you might have a fast modem and a good connection, but you're not getting the best performance. With a few adjustments, you can get faster connection speeds.

NOTE: Since every PC configuration is different, these adjustments might not work for everyone.

With Windows 95, 98 & ME you'll need to open your Control Panel ( Start / Control Panel ). Click "System" then choose "Device Manager". Open up "Ports", highlight your modem port (should be COM2), and choose "Properties" near the bottom. When you click "Port Settings", you will see the modem speed listed under "Bits per second".

With Win XP , just hold down the Alt key and double-click "My Computer" to bring up System Properties. Click the "Hardware" tab, then choose the "Device Manager" button. Scroll down to "Modems" and click the little (—) to show your modem, then double click it.

Selecting the "Modem" tab will allow you to adjust the port speed.


Usually, the Maximum Port Speed is on the highest setting (115,000 bps), but sometimes you will find it on a slower default of 9600 bps. If you have a 56k modem, you can crank it up to the maximum setting without any trouble (in most cases). If you live in a cave and have a 28k modem, then the fastest you can do is 57,600 bps.

Win 9x users should also adjust the "Flow Control" near the bottom. The default for this is usually Xon/Xoff which is the software control—change this to "Hardware" if you want to get the most from your modem. Next, click the "Advanced" button to adjust the Receiver Buffer to its highest setting (all the way to the right). If you run into any problems, just turn this one back to the 2/3 setting.

To check/adjust the Receive-Transmit buffers in XP, click the "Advanced" tab of your modem properties then choose the "Advanced Port Settings" button. Make sure that both are set to their highest settings.

There are many more tweaks that can be done in the registry, but the potential for disaster is too high for the average user. Some folks install dial-up accelerators, which basically tweak these registry settings for you and perform other routines to optimize performance.

Just by changing these few settings, though, you should see better performance.

BitTorrent is a program you download. It is similar to a peer-to-peer file sharing service. Basically it goes like this: You download the installer. You get the link to a file that ends in .torrent and enter that URL into your browser (preferably Internet Explorer). This opens the BitTorrent download window. It starts downloading the file, or episode that you wanted (eg. alias2x01.torrent). As it downloads, it uploads the parts that you have to other people so many people can get it at once. When you've finished downloading the file, you can leave the window open (don't press finish or close the window) and other people can still download from you. This is very much encouraged.