Aug 26
2011



One of the most popular possessions in the UK today is the iPhone. This combination of phone, PDA, camera, multimedia player provides multiple functions. Investment in such a device should be protected with iPhone insurance.

The theft of mobile phones, according to the British Crime Survey has risen 190% since 1995. This is with an increase of 600% in new subscribers. During the past three years, 28% of all robberies have involved a mobile phone.

While these numbers are frightening if you own this device, there is also the possibility of damage to its internal or external parts. With a device in your life that is used on a daily basis, it is important to have coverage. This would be true for any kind of damage or theft.

Many companies have the option of data retrieval. If you keep important information on your device, it can suddenly disappear. This can often be devastating. Being able to get these items back under an option clause is a plus.

Policies are available from many different companies. In addition, many banks offer it at a low price or even free. As with any contract for service, it is important to take a good look at the details and also at the company offering the coverage.

As with any insurance policy, a careful examination of the coverage is important. The ability to cancel should the situation change should be carefully noted. Remember, if you sign a two or three-year contract you must still make payments even if you no longer have the phone.

Many of your current insurance policies will allow the device to be added on. Before going this route, check to see if a claim will raise your renewal premium or you will lose out on other benefits. To protect your investment, it is important to have some kind of iPhone insurance.

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Aug 26
2011

Problem:

I got a laptop here but the password is expired, there are no other user names on which i can break into.

I tried using Microsoft’s on password recovery disk but that failed.

Any ideas?

Solution:

Windows 7 Expired Password

You can change your password to something you will remember from another administrative user’s account. If you only had one administrative user account and you’ve forgotten the password, all is not lost. You might then want to follow the general recommendations for setting up user accounts in Windows 7 that I’ll give you at the end of this post. After you are back into the system, if this is a home computer and not a domain member you can disable the password expiration requirement as follows:

Start Orb>Search box>cmd

When cmd appears in Results above, right-click and choose “Run as administrator”

Stop the Password Expiration – at the command prompt type:

net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited [enter]

You will get a message box “The command completed successfully” and then you can close the command prompt.

Doing all this requires a certain level of computer skills. You know yourself best and whether taking the machine to a competent local computer tech (not a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place) is the better solution for you.

If you have a Windows 7 installation DVD (not a recovery DVD) you can boot the system with it. Select the default language, then choose “Repair your computer”. Then select “Command Prompt”. At the command prompt type:

net user administrator /active:yes [press Enter]

net user [insert your user account's name here] [insert new user password like 1234 here] [press Enter]

Remove the installation DVD and reboot the computer. Now you will be able to log into your user account using the password you set; i.e., 1234.

If you don’t have a Windows 7 installation DVD (only have a recovery disc), the computer mftr. may have given you the Windows 7 System Repair option (not a System Recovery!) on the diagnostic menu. This diagnostic menu is the same one where you can choose Safe Mode. Get to this menu by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. If you don’t have this option you can make a bootable Windows 7 Repair DVD from the file at this link:

http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-…

Note: All the Neosmart recovery disc downloads are torrent files. There is a good explanation of torrent files at the Neosmart website. You will need a torrent client such asmuTorrent to get the files. The torrent client will download the .iso file with which to create the bootable DVD. If you are creating the bootable DVD in an older operating system (XP, Vista), you will need to use third-party burning software such as Nero, Roxio, or the free ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com ) to burn the .iso as an image, not as data. Windows 7 can burn .isos natively.

Once you have fixed things, log into the extra administrative account you will make per the suggestions below and disable the built-in Administrator account again for security purposes:

Start Orb>Search box>type: cmd

When cmd appears in Results above, right-click it and choose “Run as administrator” [OK]. Now you will get the command prompt. At the command prompt type:

net user administrator /active:no [enter]

Exit the command prompt.

Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110815144911AAlc83N

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Aug 25
2011

Computer software, or software, may be the term used to generally make reference to the working and roles those computer procedures, paperwork, and programs have inside a computer system. This includes application software program like word processors, firmware, software programmed to electronically service memory on incorporated hardware service providers. Software testing such as assessments on performance, appearance and performance, and Middleware, a program that adjusts and regulates coordinates distributed systems. All of these things and more are covered in the extensive term of computer software.

However, that is not all-inclusive, as the phrase software consists of many other topics. Additional covered ideas associated with software consist of video games, applications, websites, as well as applications. The word “software” is also used to more broadly specify anything that is not equipment but that which is used along with hardware. Essentially speaking, software is everything however hardware in a computer.

The term “hardware” is used to consult the literal components to the computer, the modem, the interior circuits, the actual chips; essentially any aspect of the computer that’s physically concrete, hence the name “hard-ware.Inch Software, in comparison, refers to everything inside of the pc, or non-tangible facets of the computer which are used for it’s common performance. A computer can be compared to a mind where the actual circuits and hard drives would be the physical brain tissue, however what goes on inside the brain is the program, or “thought processing.” This will make the definition of software very extensive.

There are many different types of software; software that dictates the working of logistic applications, video programs, video game programs, online hyperlink programs, espresso, HTML, desktop applications, vocabulary programming, alternative scripting, and even microcode applications.

Because the term software programs are so extensive, it is almost impossible to give it a single definition. Although, basely translated, software is something related to, yet compared to hardware as the whole roster of programs, procedures, and related documentation linked to the hardware it is employed by. Or, even more loosely, any materials internally employed for audiovisual programs.

Computers are not the only electronic equipment that uses software. In the rising state associated with electronic use within society, software can have to do with any number of electrical appliances. Computers, video game systems, cars, remote controlled instruments, nautical vessels, and even more household items for example toasters or microwaves; in the newer types of these things, sophisticated software is being employed to make their usefulness top notch.

However, in all of those uses that software offers today, it’s still able to be divided into three distinct groups that symbolize the wide range of makes use of of all software. These categories are: System Software, which will help run pc chip hardware to minimize the difficulty in the use of computer systems; Encoding software, which supplies the necessary resources needed for composing computer software; as well as application software, which allows computers or computer powered electronics to perform more specific features.

All of existing software currently available can be broken down into one of these categories, although each category has a much more specific group of designations, they are all including what software is and how it may be categorized.

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Aug 25
2011



Manufacturing tablets having a very-high-resolution display screen in massive quantities is actually posing a challenge for the apple company, as reported by analysts as well as an Asia-based review. It’ll be a great challenge to make a series of the iPad tablet having a high-quality display screen at the amounts which Apple demands.

A few specialists acknowledged by means of CNET today claimed that they don’t expect to see a whole new version of the iPad, referred to as the iPad 3, before next season as a result of high-resolution display supply limitations. Along with report today by Digitimes made quite similar statements.”We have heard that screen designers have had difficulties in making screens at proficient yields with all the resolutions that Apple inc is requesting,” said Richard Shim, an analyzer at Display Search. “There’s even been discussion of reducing the resolution to get far better returns.”

A 9.7-inches product display with 2,048×1,536 picture resolution “has been under development for some time,” Rhoda Alexander, an analyst at IHS iSuppli, in reply to an e-mail inquiry. Alexander stated: iSuppli has built its projections on a 2012 release of the ipad tablet using this type of extremely high-resolution display. Apple’s iPad 2, launched back in March, includes a 9.7-inches screen which has a resolution of 1,024×768.

Alexander’s conclusion is that the iPad 3 isn’t going to be seen before the first quarter of 2012 because the “higher overall performance screens offer a number of difficulties. The panel yields are likely to be significantly much less than that of the iPad 2′s screen. It makes no sense for Apple inc to introduce a supply restricted product in its heaviest demand from customers quarter (third quarter) of year,” Alexander reported. Alexander continued. “The backlight subject offers a substantial issue as well, both in, adding the better overall performance needs within the form factor demands and handling the extra power demands.”

The points discussed above impact all tablet suppliers, pushing other manufacturers to postpone their strategies with regard to models with higher resolutions displays as well, as per the review in Digitimes. Recently, an analyzer at Rodman & Renshaw, said that Apple had begun production on an step-by-step improve for the iPad 2–and iPad 2 “Premium” just for professionals. This is expected to in addition have a high-resolution screen. It’s still possible that Apple brings out a professional product this coming year since the required manufacturing volumes for a high-end version of the iPad 2 would be low, Kumar said today.

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Aug 24
2011

It was back in early 2011 when Wayan stumbled across a news article that said that memorandum of understanding concerning the introduction of OLPC in Armenia – or more specifically the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) – had been signed. The so-called NUR initiative is a result of a collaboration between the NKR government, the New York based Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and an Argentinean-Armenian businessman called Eduardo Eurnekian.

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Kick-off for OLPC in NKR

Now last week about half a dozen articles appeared on Armenian Web sites which contained more information about the initiative which will be launched shortly. times.am provided the most comprehensive article from what I’ve seen. Among other things it says:

The government of NKR has agreed to provide the internet connection at the schools, which is one of the key aspects of the Plan.

In a first stage, in September 2011, 160 teachers from schools in the cities of Stepanakert and Shoushi will start the training which will consist of a 3 week intensive course on SUGAR, the educational Software of the XO. They will also attend a 6 week virtual course to incorporate further updates on the different programs to be used with the students.

The following stage will consist of the deployment of NUR Plan laptops to 3.600 children, promoting equal opportunities and integrating technology in everyday school classes. The schedule will be agreed with the government of NKR.

I was particularly excited to see the mention of teacher training happening before the pupils receive the laptops. In the past too many other OLPC and similar ICT4E projects unfortunately did this the other way around which tends to lead to problems down the road.

At the same time one probably shouldn’t be surprised about seeing such a decision given that no other than Uruguay’s Plan Ceibal has been providing consulting support for the NUR project since early 2011.

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A Plan Ceibal success story

Back in September 2010 I mentioned that Plan Ceibal is working very hard to make Montevideo the OLPC capital of the world. One of the key ingredients of that strategy is their “services to the exterior” consulting arm. As I write this the corresponding Web site is still partially under construction however you can see a news-item called “Project Nur: From idea to execution in six months, with the advice of Plan Ceibal” which links to their success stories section.

It’s going to be very interesting to see how well Plan Ceibal will be able to channel its experiences into recommendations for other projects and organizations. Particularly for countries which don’t have all the pre-existing infrastructure, resources, and human capital which you can find in the Switzerland of South America. However I do have to say that these first public signs are certainly very encouraging and I hope it will enable many projects to avoid what Alan Kay has called “reinventing the flat tire”.


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Aug 24
2011

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Aug 23
2011

When you buy a computer monitor, you have to be very careful what you choose, because there are some monitors that require a certain voltage and which do not accept another voltage and at the same time do not accept power converters that change the voltage to a higher or a lower one.
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On BestBuy.com you can find plenty of computer monitors, created using various technologies, such as: LCD, LED, 3D ready, multifunction monitors, Energy Star. You can select the monitors by their type or by taking into consideration several features, such as: if you benefit of some discounts for buying a certain computer monitor, if you benefit of free shipping, if the computer monitor that you want to buy is included in a deal in a certain month or in a certain day, if the computer monitor is compatible to the computer that you have back home or at your office and many other elements.

Every technology that helps the engineers when building a computer monitor is different from the other ones, this is why they have different names. I will start with the LCD computer monitors and I will present every technology that is used in the creation of a computer monitor, with the mention that you have to take into consideration the number of volts required by the computer monitor. The LCD monitors, no matter if they use 12V or more, are affordable, they are ideal for apartments and for offices at the same time. You have to know that the color saturation varies depending on the model. The LED monitors are a bit more expensive than the LCD monitors, but that quality of the images is superior. They produce beautiful colors and make the black to be blacker. They usually have a slim profile, being even thinner than the LCD monitors. The 3D ready monitors replicate the experiences that you usually feel when you are in a theater. Only that this time you will experience that feeling in your own house or at your office. Unfortunately, the 3D technology uses some special glasses that are sold separately from these computer monitors. But if you do not play a game that is created using the same technology, buying such a device for your computer is a waste of time in my opinion. There are many movies that are still in 2D and they will remain a lot of time in this format. Also, the games are still created using the same technology; very few games are released in 3D.

The 3D ready monitors are ideal for large places and they are recommended to those who create diagrams, who participate at various meetings, in general professionals. The multifunction monitors allow the users to enjoy the experience provided by widescreen HD computer monitor. You can use this monitor as a TV at the same time. And now the Energy Star monitors; these meet the energy efficiency guidelines of the United States government. They use a low amount of energy and they should represent the future.

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Aug 23
2011

Problem:

Processor: Intel Celeron C900

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium

I have an advent roma 1000 laptop, I have had it for over a year and occasionally had problems such as this, last time I found a solution on the internet but I have not been able to find it since, it was something to do with going into control panel and power settings, but I can’t remember. Every time I press the shutdown button in the start menu, nothing happens, every time I press the power button on the laptop itself nothing happens. I have changed power settings so that my laptop shuts down when I close it but when I close it and open it again nothing has changed. Please help!

Solution:

Windows 7 laptop wont shut down issue could either be Software or Hardware related. Boot into Safe Mode and check if you can shut down properly.

Boot your computer in Safe mode.

If a problem doesn’t reappear when you start in safe mode, you can eliminate the default settings and basic device drivers as possible causes.

Perform a hardware clean boot to determine if any hardware is posing this problem.

1. Go to start and type device manager.

2. Select device manager from the Control Panel list.

3. Right Click on Sound Card, Video Adapter, and Network Adapter one by one and click disable.

4. Reboot the computer. If the problem is fixed then you can enable the hardware devices one by one to find the exact device that caused the problem.

After you found the device that is causing the problem, installing the device’s latest driver should fix it unless it’s a hardware issue.

Source: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110729044306AAN8AG7

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Aug 22
2011

En Julio habiamos mencionado el concurso que OLPC esta organizando junto con Nickelodeon Latinoamérica. Participantes tienen que crear una historia o un cuento multimedia con los programas en su XO para ganar un viaje a los Estados Unidos.

Ahora solo queda una semana para entrar en el concurso así que les recomiendo ver el video abajo y luego visitar www.olpcstories.org para aprender más sobre como participar.


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Aug 22
2011

Today we’ve got a great deal on the Dell Inspiron 15R, a solid notebook for heading back to class or using around the house. It’s got a second generation Intel Core i3 processor that’s available today for just 9 thanks to a coupon through LogicBUY.

Though the notebook comes in classic black, Dell’s updated their popular Inspiron R-series to include nifty interchangeable lids, which are available for each. In addition to the Core i3 processor, the system includes Intel’s integrated graphics solution, 3GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. If you’re looking for a more powerful system, the Inspiron 15R can be upgraded to a Core i5 processor and Blu-ray player for 0 more, or make it extra fancy with a Core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM for a total price of 5.

Base Specs: Intel Core i3-2310M 2.3-GHz processor, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 3GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB 5400rpm hard drive, 15.6-inch 720p LED display, 8x DVD+/-R dual layer driver, 1-megapixel webcam, Bluetooth, 802.11n wireless, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Dell Inspiron 15R with Intel Core i3 processor for 9 through LogicBUY.

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