Sharing files while also managing torrents and accessing data remotely in addition to backing up the computer – well when listed, these may seem too many tasks at one go. But for Iomega’s latest wireless data station exhibited at the ongoing
CES, these come effortlessly. At least that’s what the company claims. Yes, the Iomega iConnect device apparently does all this and more.Transforming the users’ USB hard drives and flash drives into ’smart’ network storage, this new device has been fashioned to make file sharing easier than ever before. Giving users a simple way to bring all their USB storage into their network, the powerful yet inexpensive device comes minus onboard storage. It simplifies connection and access to files even over the Internet.
The device is also easy to set up. Users simply need to connect the iConnect to their router following which they can plug external USB drives or USB Flash drives into any of the four USB ports on the data station. This set-up enables users to gain enhanced storage on their network for saving and sharing of files.
They can also exploit the capabilities of UPnP DLNA Certified AV media server that streams photos, audio content and videos to a array of media devices or a torrent download manager for managing peer-to-peer file
transfers. With Time Machine support for Apple users, the device also encompasses features like device-to-device replication for data protection and print serving to the network.
“For computer users with plenty of USB-connected storage devices, the new Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station is great way to save money and make your USB storage drives ’smart’ at the same time,” explained Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division of EMC. “For less than $100, users now have a NAS device that offers everything from remote access to torrent download capability to a built-in iTunes and media server. The iConnect Wireless Data Station is a great way to utilize what you already own in a whole new way.”
Putting to use the EMC LifeLine software, the device is enabled for cross-platform support with Windows, Mac and Linux computers. The interface is easy to understand and includes all the latest multimedia servings as well as remote access features. The device allows both Gigabit Ethernet and wireless connectivity in either a wired or wireless (802.11b/g/n wireless protocol) configuration. With the remote access feature, users can connect securely from any location to administer and access the device via a personalized web address. The device is also simple to expand while the QuikTransfer button on the front of the device renders easy one-touch copying.
Boasting of print Serving with superior print sharing capability for up to two USB printers, the device also includes photo slideshow capabilities courtesy an integrated tool based on the Cooliris technology. Users can also automatically transfer images from digital cameras through one of the four USB ports on the device thanks to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP).
The wireless data station comes complete with a host of backup and security software. This comprises of native security support with robust username and password authorized access, RSA, BSAFE encryption security technology, the Iomega Protection Suite of software and more. The device is compatible to Windows, Mac OS, and Linux PCs. As for the interface, its localized for 11 languages namely English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, German, and Russian.
The new Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station on demonstration at the CES is expected to hit shelves worldwide starting February, 2010. Priced for just $99.99, it is backed by a three-year warranty with product registration.
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Bluetooth is all set to get a much needed upgrade, in 2009. This was announced by the Bluetooth standard body called "Bluetooth Special Interest Group", which plans to introduce two new Bluetooth standards called 10x and 100x by the middle of 09.
These new formats will simply be called Bluetooth 2.2 and promise significant speed jumps. The new high-speed Bluetoothstandards, will work in conjunctions with WLAN or USB to offer vastly improved speeds.
Given the fact that current Bluetooth 2.0 maxes out at 3 MB, a 10x jump will translate to a theoretical maximum of 30 MB and 100x would mean a speed of 300 MB. This is a fairly huge jump and it will be interesting to watch which standard can make the transition first. Given the fact that most handsets now have Wi-fi, the 10x standard will probably find more widescreen acceptance with 100x BT being relegated to notebooks and desktop use.
These new formats will simply be called Bluetooth 2.2 and promise significant speed jumps. The new high-speed Bluetoothstandards, will work in conjunctions with WLAN or USB to offer vastly improved speeds.
Given the fact that current Bluetooth 2.0 maxes out at 3 MB, a 10x jump will translate to a theoretical maximum of 30 MB and 100x would mean a speed of 300 MB. This is a fairly huge jump and it will be interesting to watch which standard can make the transition first. Given the fact that most handsets now have Wi-fi, the 10x standard will probably find more widescreen acceptance with 100x BT being relegated to notebooks and desktop use.
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Business PC users now have a new, affordable option to access broadband-speed Internet via their ThinkPad notebook PCs by a new alliance announced by AT&T Inc., Lenovo and Ericsson. The collaboration significantly lowers the price premium usually associated with built-in mobile broadband technology by up to $150 per PC from previous pricing.
Under the agreement, AT&T's 3G service — the nation's fastest 3G network — is available on a full range of Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks, which come factory-equipped with Ericsson built-in mobile broadband modules that are enabled for AT&T LaptopConnect. The service provides extensive broadband access both domestically and internationally.
All three of the ThinkPad SL notebooks and all notebooks in Lenovo's T and X series are included in the offering. Customers who purchase the ThinkPad notebooks with the embedded mobile broadband and establish an account with AT&T will receive 30 days of free AT&T DataConnect service. The notebooks are sold directly through www.lenovo.com.The agreement provides significant opportunity for small and medium businesses, in particular, to meet their needs for wireless PC connectivity. Among the highlights of the service are:
1. Exceptional coverage — AT&T 3G service is available today in more than 320 major U.S. metropolitan areas, and by year-end, AT&T expects to offer 3G coverage in nearly 350 major metro areas. AT&T customers can also use their AT&T-powered notebooks in more than 150 countries, including more than 60 countries with 3G networks. Additionally, Lenovo has designed multiple antennas and maximized its placement in the new ThinkPad notebooks to achieve enhanced wireless performance.
2. Fast access — AT&T LaptopConnect subscribers can realize typical download speeds between 700 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 1.7 megabits per second (Mbps). Typical uplink speeds range between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps. Ericsson's integrated mobile broadband modules for high speed packet access (HSPA) will enable access to these speeds in the new notebooks.
3. Upfront IT savings — The new ThinkPad notebooks with AT&T LaptopConnect are available at approximately the same price as a Lenovo notebook without high speed mobile broadband technology, a savings of up to $150 per notebook from previous pricing.
4. Long-term IT savings — Users can enjoy their embedded mobile broadband service throughout the life of the notebook. A recent report by Gartner found "that 3G service offerings are becoming sufficiently stable to enable an embedded notebook solution to last three years without an upgrade."
The announcement comes as wireless data use and the adoption of high speed mobile broadband connectivity on notebook computers continue to skyrocket. Gartner forecasts embedded modem sales to have a compound annual growth rate of 94.3 percent worldwide from 2008 to 2012.
"We have seen mobile data consumption quadruple every year for the past three years," said Michael Woodward, vice president of Mobility Business Marketing for AT&T's wireless operations. "Customers recognize the benefits of enhanced connectivity on their notebook computers, and this increase in consumption reflects that. The program we've developed with Lenovo and Ericsson is a simple, affordable response to this trend that we expect will be welcomed by business customers and mobile professionals."
Philippe Davy, vice president of Strategic Alliances and Emerging Products for Lenovo, said: "We've engineered our ThinkPad notebooks to provide an exceptional wireless experience. By working with industry leaders, Ericsson and AT&T, we've found a way to package the highest levels of wireless performance into a business model that gives users an affordable connectivity solution."
Mats Norin, vice president of Mobile Broadband Modules for Ericsson, said: "As users continue to demand high-performance connectivity solutions, Ericsson mobile broadband modules are an essential building block in providing a simple, secure and superior experience. Beyond providing excellent engineering, we are committed to working with industry leaders to shape a complete, end-to-end solution to drive increased mobile broadband adoption."
This program is the latest in a series of joint initiatives involving AT&T and Lenovo. AT&T and Lenovo are the major technology sponsors of the AT&T Williams team, which has been combining the companies' computing and communications skills to enhance the Formula One team's performance since January 2007.
Under the agreement, AT&T's 3G service — the nation's fastest 3G network — is available on a full range of Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks, which come factory-equipped with Ericsson built-in mobile broadband modules that are enabled for AT&T LaptopConnect. The service provides extensive broadband access both domestically and internationally.
All three of the ThinkPad SL notebooks and all notebooks in Lenovo's T and X series are included in the offering. Customers who purchase the ThinkPad notebooks with the embedded mobile broadband and establish an account with AT&T will receive 30 days of free AT&T DataConnect service. The notebooks are sold directly through www.lenovo.com.The agreement provides significant opportunity for small and medium businesses, in particular, to meet their needs for wireless PC connectivity. Among the highlights of the service are:
1. Exceptional coverage — AT&T 3G service is available today in more than 320 major U.S. metropolitan areas, and by year-end, AT&T expects to offer 3G coverage in nearly 350 major metro areas. AT&T customers can also use their AT&T-powered notebooks in more than 150 countries, including more than 60 countries with 3G networks. Additionally, Lenovo has designed multiple antennas and maximized its placement in the new ThinkPad notebooks to achieve enhanced wireless performance.
2. Fast access — AT&T LaptopConnect subscribers can realize typical download speeds between 700 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 1.7 megabits per second (Mbps). Typical uplink speeds range between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps. Ericsson's integrated mobile broadband modules for high speed packet access (HSPA) will enable access to these speeds in the new notebooks.
3. Upfront IT savings — The new ThinkPad notebooks with AT&T LaptopConnect are available at approximately the same price as a Lenovo notebook without high speed mobile broadband technology, a savings of up to $150 per notebook from previous pricing.
4. Long-term IT savings — Users can enjoy their embedded mobile broadband service throughout the life of the notebook. A recent report by Gartner found "that 3G service offerings are becoming sufficiently stable to enable an embedded notebook solution to last three years without an upgrade."
The announcement comes as wireless data use and the adoption of high speed mobile broadband connectivity on notebook computers continue to skyrocket. Gartner forecasts embedded modem sales to have a compound annual growth rate of 94.3 percent worldwide from 2008 to 2012.
"We have seen mobile data consumption quadruple every year for the past three years," said Michael Woodward, vice president of Mobility Business Marketing for AT&T's wireless operations. "Customers recognize the benefits of enhanced connectivity on their notebook computers, and this increase in consumption reflects that. The program we've developed with Lenovo and Ericsson is a simple, affordable response to this trend that we expect will be welcomed by business customers and mobile professionals."
Philippe Davy, vice president of Strategic Alliances and Emerging Products for Lenovo, said: "We've engineered our ThinkPad notebooks to provide an exceptional wireless experience. By working with industry leaders, Ericsson and AT&T, we've found a way to package the highest levels of wireless performance into a business model that gives users an affordable connectivity solution."
Mats Norin, vice president of Mobile Broadband Modules for Ericsson, said: "As users continue to demand high-performance connectivity solutions, Ericsson mobile broadband modules are an essential building block in providing a simple, secure and superior experience. Beyond providing excellent engineering, we are committed to working with industry leaders to shape a complete, end-to-end solution to drive increased mobile broadband adoption."
This program is the latest in a series of joint initiatives involving AT&T and Lenovo. AT&T and Lenovo are the major technology sponsors of the AT&T Williams team, which has been combining the companies' computing and communications skills to enhance the Formula One team's performance since January 2007.
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Comcast is making the leap from broadband to wideband with the launch of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0. Download speeds on the new services will be 50 megabits per second for the top tier, and 22 megabits per second for the second tier.In the next few weeks, Comcast?s new services will be available to millions of residential homes and businesses in parts of New England, including the Boston Metropolitan region and Southern New Hampshire, as well as areas of Philadelphia and New Jersey. These services also will be available in the Twin Cities where wideband was launched earlier this year. Comcast plans to continue to roll out wideband across its footprint and expects to reach more than 10 major markets and pass nearly 10 million homes and businesses in the next several months, the Philadelphia-based cable television and Internet service provider said on Wednesday.
The "Extreme 50" service will cost $139.95 a month and offer up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) of "downstream" speed, which refers to the flow of information into the user's computer. Most Comcast customers currently get speeds of 6 or 8 Mbps. Upstream speed for the new service will be as high as 10 Mbps.
"Ultra" service will cost $62.95 per month and offer up to 22 Mbps downstream and up to 5 Mbps upstream, Comcast said.
Those advertised services sometimes are not available to every customer because traffic on Internet connections and servers can get backed up sometimes."Wideband is a game-changer for the industry. With wideband running over our next-generation fiber-optic network, we can greatly enhance our customers? online experience immediately. And these speeds are only a preview of what?s to come?wideband will provide the capability of delivering dramatically faster speeds in excess of 160 Mbps in the future," said Mitch Bowling, SVP and General Manager, Comcast Online Services. "Today?s announcement reaffirms our commitment to offer more speed to more homes than any other U.S. Internet service provider."
The 50 Mbps speed is designed to match that of phone companies such as Verizon Communications, which offers the "FiOS" service.
In addition, Comcast is upgrading at no charge its "Performance" and "Performance Plus" services to double their speeds to 12 and 16 Mbps.
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We don't know what it is about the year 2012 that has the technological world gunning for it, but we've heard predictions ranging from Linux losing it's command line, to mini-notebooks exploding onto the market with 50 million units expected to ship. There's even talk of being able to book 3-night getaways in outer space, and humans turning into robots! But if we had to pick one prediction most likely to come true, it would be that mobile broadband will hit 100Mbps by 2012, beating fixed line broadband to the punch.According to the GSM Association (GSMA), demand for faster data speeds in Asian markets is pushing Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that could deliver speeds up to 186Mbps in the not too distant future."The places we expect to see it first are Japan and South Korea in early 2010 and [former Vodafone chief] Arun Sarin said he expects to see the technology in the European market by 2012," said Dan Warren, GMSA director of technology.
Despite the strides being made, Warren doesn't see mobile networks completely replacing fixed lines anytime soon. Of course, none of this will matter if the other predictions come true and we all become half-human, half-robots living in outer space by 2012.
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A run time error usually occurs during the execution of a program due to an inherent bug in the program’s code that was either missed or was left unresolved during the program’s development. Additionally, runtime errors may occur due to program conflicts, faulty hardware, buggy software and device drivers, malware infections, or a damaged registry. These errors may also occur if certain conditions required for a program to work are not met.
For a better understanding, let us take a look at a couple of examples of runtime errors.
Error Message: “Runtime Error ‘429’: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object”
This error usually occurs if Microsoft Scripting Engine is not on your system and a program needs to access it. You can easily resolve this issue by downloading the latest version of Microsoft Script Installer from Microsoft MSDN Web site and then installing Microsoft Script Runtime from the Microsoft Windows Script components.ActiveX problems such as these may also occur if some of the entries for required DLL files are not registered correctly in the Windows registry. To resolve this issue, you may use a good registry cleaner to scan and repair the incorrect DLL entries within the Windows registry.
Error Message: “The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'your_e-mail_account',Server:'your_POP3_server', Protocol:POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): NO, Socket error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800ccc0e”
This error message is displayed when you try to use the email program on your system to send a message to a Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) server. Error 10061 in this case occurs when the destination server—in this case the POP3 mail server—refuses the connection request. This happens if port 25 or port 110 used to send and receive messages respectively are blocked on your computer.
To resolve this issue you need to ensure that:
* Your internet connection is working normally.
* Your e-ail program is configured correctly.
* There are no suspicious or malicious e-mail messages in your email program.
* Your computer is not infected with a virus.
* You do not have an invalid email addresses in the contact list of your email program.
* Your firewall is not blocking traffic through ports 25 and 110—default ports to send and receive email messages.
There are several tasks that you can perform to prevent runtime errors from occurring on your system. Some of these are:
* Disable unwanted programs from loading at system startup. Many of these programs are not essential for Windows to run and are required only when you use the applications to which they belong. These startup programs may cause conflicts and also slow down your system. You can disable these programs using the System Configuration Utility (msconfig) or a third-party program uninstaller tool.
* Scan and remove any virus or spyware infections using efficient and updated antivirus and antispyware tools. These malicious infections may add buggy codes to your application executables and generate runtime errors.
* Prevent runtime errors that occur due to a damaged and filled up registry by regularly cleaning the registry database with the help of a good and user-friendly registry cleaner tool.
* Check your system hardware, especially the system memory, for problems. You can use a good PC diagnostics tools to perform this task.
For a better understanding, let us take a look at a couple of examples of runtime errors.
Error Message: “Runtime Error ‘429’: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object”
This error usually occurs if Microsoft Scripting Engine is not on your system and a program needs to access it. You can easily resolve this issue by downloading the latest version of Microsoft Script Installer from Microsoft MSDN Web site and then installing Microsoft Script Runtime from the Microsoft Windows Script components.ActiveX problems such as these may also occur if some of the entries for required DLL files are not registered correctly in the Windows registry. To resolve this issue, you may use a good registry cleaner to scan and repair the incorrect DLL entries within the Windows registry.
Error Message: “The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'your_e-mail_account',Server:'your_POP3_server', Protocol:POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): NO, Socket error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800ccc0e”
This error message is displayed when you try to use the email program on your system to send a message to a Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) server. Error 10061 in this case occurs when the destination server—in this case the POP3 mail server—refuses the connection request. This happens if port 25 or port 110 used to send and receive messages respectively are blocked on your computer.
To resolve this issue you need to ensure that:
* Your internet connection is working normally.
* Your e-ail program is configured correctly.
* There are no suspicious or malicious e-mail messages in your email program.
* Your computer is not infected with a virus.
* You do not have an invalid email addresses in the contact list of your email program.
* Your firewall is not blocking traffic through ports 25 and 110—default ports to send and receive email messages.
There are several tasks that you can perform to prevent runtime errors from occurring on your system. Some of these are:
* Disable unwanted programs from loading at system startup. Many of these programs are not essential for Windows to run and are required only when you use the applications to which they belong. These startup programs may cause conflicts and also slow down your system. You can disable these programs using the System Configuration Utility (msconfig) or a third-party program uninstaller tool.
* Scan and remove any virus or spyware infections using efficient and updated antivirus and antispyware tools. These malicious infections may add buggy codes to your application executables and generate runtime errors.
* Prevent runtime errors that occur due to a damaged and filled up registry by regularly cleaning the registry database with the help of a good and user-friendly registry cleaner tool.
* Check your system hardware, especially the system memory, for problems. You can use a good PC diagnostics tools to perform this task.
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The expansion of Google's core search capabilities into applications such as cross-language information retrieval and book-searching were detailed by a company official Thursday who also predicted more personalization for searching.During a keynote presentation at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Marissa Mayer, Google vice president for search products and user experience, said search would be expanded in devices such as phones and cars; search results also will include new media types."You'll see things like videos, images, graphs," stitched together as a holistic answer to a query, she said.
Personalization, Mayer said, might include knowing where users are and knowing what they have searched on previously.
She listed a roster of different Google projects, some in beta stage. Mayer cited Google Translate, a service now in beta that can perform translations across languages.
"If the answer exists in any language, we can find it," Mayer said.
Google is delving into book searching with its Google Book Search project, also in a beta stage. Microsoft earlier this month decided it would shut down its own book-searching and scanning operations.
Also noted by Mayer was Google Health, an effort to let users control their ownmedical records. Additionally, Google has had a Ride Finder application, which can provide information on ride service in an area by taking GPS signals off of taxis and shuttle buses.
Goog-411, meanwhile, is a free service for phone-based searching for local businesses. Voice recognition and speech-to-text technology being used in this service could serve as a basis for other technologies such as video-searching, she said.
Despite Google's efforts, the company recognizes there will always be issues with search, given the ambiguous nature of some terms, Mayer said. "We'll never have the perfect solution," she said.
Mayer also touted Google's Gadgets software, which enable customizations of Web pages. The New York Times crossword puzzle, for example, could reside on someone's home page. Developers, she said, can reach a broader spectrum of users with Gadgets. Thousands of developers are creating tens of millions of Gadgets she said,
"What's really interesting about these gadgets is that they really represent a new possibility for developers," she said.
Mayer also told some of the history of the company. The uncluttered, relatively blank Google home page resulted from expedience rather than a grand design, Mayer said. Google co-founder Sergey Brin told her the page was set up like this because Google at the time did not have a Web master and he himself did not develop with HTML, Mayer recalled.
"That's why the Google home page looks the way it does today," she said.
But students testing the site in 1998 presumed there would be more to the home page and sat waiting for more visuals to load rather than tackle test searches they had been assigned, Mayer recalled. "The very first home page was that misunderstood," she said.
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Internet Explorer 8, the successor of Internet Explorer 7, and the next iteration of the Microsoft's proprietary line of browsers is right on track to breaking the web. This because of the Redmond company's decision to support web standards by default with IE8.
Ray Valdes, Gartner Research Director, and David Mitchell Smith, VP & Gartner Fellow revealed in an analysis that
although the standards-oriented IE8 is a welcomed evolution, it also represents a risk in terms of rendering incorrectly legacy web content tailored to IE6 and IE7, but also making enterprise developers look to other browsers.
"IE8 is an indicator of what some call 'the new Microsoft' — a Microsoft that is more open and supportive of standards that it does not necessarily control. This change began with IE7, which was a big improvement over the previous version, whose bugs, inconsistencies and incomplete standards support frustrated developers and boosted the market share of Firefox, Opera and Safari. IE7 helped Microsoft make up ground lost in the five-year hiatus since the previous version, but IE7's improved support for standards resulted in 'broken' Web pages for users. This occurred primarily within enterprises, where developers had built and maintained applications that were only tested with IE5.5 and IE6," revealed Valdes and Mitchell.With IE8, Microsoft aims for the task of supporting both content coded for previous releases of IE, as well as delivering additional emphasis on modern standards such as CSS 2.1 and HTML 5. At the same time, the company is striving for a recipe that will bring to the table performance and innovation, without diverging from the previous Internet Explorer line.
"With IE8, Microsoft is trying to woo the Web 2.0 world. IE8 will default to the standards mode, even though this will result in pages that don't display correctly for some enterprise applications. Gartner believes it is significant that Microsoft is willing to take this risk and favor the standards-oriented community over traditional enterprise developers. While Microsoft has opted for standards first, it has made efforts to ease the pain for enterprises, through multiple modes of operation, administrative capabilities and a range of ways to deal with existing content at the directory and individual page level," Valdes and Mitchell added.Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is available for download here.
Ray Valdes, Gartner Research Director, and David Mitchell Smith, VP & Gartner Fellow revealed in an analysis thatalthough the standards-oriented IE8 is a welcomed evolution, it also represents a risk in terms of rendering incorrectly legacy web content tailored to IE6 and IE7, but also making enterprise developers look to other browsers.
"IE8 is an indicator of what some call 'the new Microsoft' — a Microsoft that is more open and supportive of standards that it does not necessarily control. This change began with IE7, which was a big improvement over the previous version, whose bugs, inconsistencies and incomplete standards support frustrated developers and boosted the market share of Firefox, Opera and Safari. IE7 helped Microsoft make up ground lost in the five-year hiatus since the previous version, but IE7's improved support for standards resulted in 'broken' Web pages for users. This occurred primarily within enterprises, where developers had built and maintained applications that were only tested with IE5.5 and IE6," revealed Valdes and Mitchell.With IE8, Microsoft aims for the task of supporting both content coded for previous releases of IE, as well as delivering additional emphasis on modern standards such as CSS 2.1 and HTML 5. At the same time, the company is striving for a recipe that will bring to the table performance and innovation, without diverging from the previous Internet Explorer line.
"With IE8, Microsoft is trying to woo the Web 2.0 world. IE8 will default to the standards mode, even though this will result in pages that don't display correctly for some enterprise applications. Gartner believes it is significant that Microsoft is willing to take this risk and favor the standards-oriented community over traditional enterprise developers. While Microsoft has opted for standards first, it has made efforts to ease the pain for enterprises, through multiple modes of operation, administrative capabilities and a range of ways to deal with existing content at the directory and individual page level," Valdes and Mitchell added.Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is available for download here.
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Who is putting the “broad” in broadband? Japan is!The Kizuna, which means “wind”, satellite was launched and it looks like it will be capable of making broadband obsolete. They have introduced the hyper-band 1.2 Gbps - Giga Bits Per Second (Billion bits per second.) That’s a tornado-like 150 times faster than DSL and 12 times faster than the best fiber connection. It cost $342 million and is expected to become available in July 2008 “We’re talking super-high speed wireless Internet communication in a country that experiences dozens of moderate to major earthquakes each year, every year,” Inventorspot notes. “With KIZUNA orbiting above, uninterrupted communication can be maintained when a ground-based network is disrupted by an earthquake or any other natural disaster. Not only in Japan, mind you, but in almost any Asian country - the service will be available at 19 different locations across Southeast Asia.”
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Its the time to get more speed in this world of fast growing technology.But if have your broadband connection slow as to you,then here is a way out for them.For faster download we often report our broadband service provider that we are not getting more speed ,speed is gradually decreasing and all this.Lets try out this tweaks.This ones simple:note that this is for broad band connections.Don’t try it on dial up.
1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
2. start - run - type gpedit.msc
3. expand the "local computer policy" branch
4. expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done. Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot. This is more of a "counter what XP does" thing. In other words, XP seems to want to reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self. Even with QoS disabled, even when this item is disabled. So why not use it to your advantage. To demonstrate the problem with this on stand alone machines start up a big download from a server with an FTP client. Try to find a server that doesn't max out your bandwidth. In this case you want a slow to medium speed server to demonstrate this. Let it run for a couple of minutes to get stable. The start up another download from the same server with another instance of your FTP client. You will notice that the available bandwidth is now being fought over and one of the clients download will be very slow or both will slow down when they should both be using the available bandwidth. Using this "tweak" both clients will have a fair share of the bandwidth and will not fight over the bandwidth.For more information just subscribe in the email for feed.
1.make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator". do not log on with any account that just has administrator privileges.
2. start - run - type gpedit.msc
3. expand the "local computer policy" branch
4. expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. in right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. on setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
reboot if you want to but not necessary on some systems your all done. Effect is immediate on some systems. some need re-boot. This is more of a "counter what XP does" thing. In other words, XP seems to want to reserve 20% of the bandwidth for its self. Even with QoS disabled, even when this item is disabled. So why not use it to your advantage. To demonstrate the problem with this on stand alone machines start up a big download from a server with an FTP client. Try to find a server that doesn't max out your bandwidth. In this case you want a slow to medium speed server to demonstrate this. Let it run for a couple of minutes to get stable. The start up another download from the same server with another instance of your FTP client. You will notice that the available bandwidth is now being fought over and one of the clients download will be very slow or both will slow down when they should both be using the available bandwidth. Using this "tweak" both clients will have a fair share of the bandwidth and will not fight over the bandwidth.For more information just subscribe in the email for feed.
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Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don’t show titles in Windows Vista? In earlier versions of Windows, we could see titlebar text in explorer windows but it has been removed in Vista.
No one knows the reason and many ppl want to enable it in Vista. It was removed most probably bcoz it doesnt look good in new glass interface and you can see the path in new Vista addressbar breadcrumbs.
Now no need to worry. There is an utility "AeroBar" which can enable titlebar text in Vista explorer windows.
Just install this utility from here:
Download Link
Run it and you have done. Now every window will show titles. No need to install. If you like it and want to use it, then you can add its shortcut in Windows startup.
To remove it, simply End task "Aerobar.exe" from Task Manager.
This article and other similar articles can be read here.
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Security Threats in Orkut
Breaking - XSS in Scrapbook . If You Open Your Scrapbook You Can Be Hacked!
This is true. You can now get hacked even if you try to read your scraps. There is an XSS prevailing in the scrapbook, which allows the execution of malicious script, which can preform following actions:
* Stealing your cookies
* Logging you out and redirecting you to a fake page (screenshot)
* Logging you out and redirecting you to a
page which automatically installs keylogger, viruses in your computer system.
Solution-> The latest series of firefox comes with an inbuilt feature of httpOnly which encrypts your cookies so that the information in the cookie cannot be read. This may result to be a boon for orkut users.
Article read from
http://orkutplus.blogspot.com/2007/1...-you-open.html
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A study from Nemertes Research Group suggests the increasing use of video services such as YouTube could see the internet reach breaking point in just three years’ time. The research firm says the flood of new video content could overwhelm the web by 2010 unless backbone providers invest up to $137bn in new capacity, more than double what service providers plan to invest, according to the study. In North America alone, backbone investments of $42bn to $55bn will be needed in the next three to five years to keep up with demand, Nemertes said.
The study is the first to "apply Moore’s Law (or something very like it) to the pace of application innovation on the Net,” the study says. “Our findings indicate that although core fibre and switching/routing resources will scale nicely to support virtually any conceivable user demand, Internet access infrastructure, specifically in North America, will likely cease to be adequate for supporting demand within the next three to five years."
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