Mar 18 2009
The Cooling Pad N100 is powered by a USB plug. The power draw shouldn’t be too much of an issue since the cooler will mostly be used in an indoor setting where outlets are available.
Logitech also announced the Notebook Riser N110, a laptop stand with an adjustable tilt – with 20-, 30- and 40-degree angles – and a rubber-soled swivel base.
Feb 04 2009
Windows 7 Starter (Participation Award)- only runs 3 simultaneous applications.
Windows 7 Home Basic (a little too basic, and not likely to be at home)- enhanced visuals, mobility, and overall experience. But it can run unlimited applications.
Windows 7 Home Premium (The one you’ll use)- All the features people have been interested in from the Beta. Works on netbooks and desktops, and is better than Vista.
Windows 7 Professional (Special Edition with Director’s Commentary)- added encryption, advanced backup functions, and a few other “expert” features.
Windows 7 Enterprise (Bulk package)- for multi-user corporate use. Comes with BitLocker full-disk encryption and some network/server functions.
Windows 7 Ultimate (Single User Enterprise)- All the advanced features and functions, but likely won’t be available for standard purchase
Feb 02 2009
Seagate on Monday announced a new lineup of enterprise storage drives that aim to cut power consumption. Seagate’s latest additions to its Constellation family of enterprise drives come just as units have plunged in its fiscal second quarter.
The company is rolling out two new drive models, the 2.5-inch Constellation and the 3.5-inch Constellation ES drives. The main pitch is that the new lineup will reduce power consumption in data centers.
The 2.5-inch Constellation will have capacities ranging from 160 gigabytes (GB) and 500 GB. The 3.5 Constellation ES comes in 500 GB, 1 terabyte (TB) and 2 TB. The Constellation family ships this quarter. Seagate’s Barbara Craig, senior product marketing manager, said that the drives are designed to offer a smaller footprint, cut energy consumption and be more stackable in tight data centers. “The new drives basically cut power in half,” said Craig
Jan 21 2009
The Acer H233H bmid 23-inch widescreen high-definition LCD display offers consumers superb high-definition picture quality in a sleek design. The display also features Sensor Touch technology, a touch-sensing solution with effortless settings for one-touch convenience. The LED illuminated controls replace the buttons that are standard on many displays. These intuitive controls maintain the product’s streamlined look, while automatically sensing contact with the lightest touch.
Whether playing games, watching movies, creating digital content or working, the Acer H233H bmid provides excellent visual quality. It delivers the Maximum level of HD support with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 1920×1080 resolution, making it ideal for viewing the latest high-definition video, movies and digital content. To further enhance visual performance, the Acer H233H features a 40,000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness and a 5ms response time. It also offers 160-degree horizontal and vertical viewing angles for an improved viewing experience. Additionally, the display supports VGA and HDMI as well as DVI (with High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) for viewing digital movies, digital photos, PC files and copy protected content. To boost the visual experience of movies and games, the Acer H233H bmid also comes with two premium speakers for high-performance sound.
Acer® H233H bmid 23-inch LCD display: Available now for a MSRP of $229.99
Dec 09 2008
Brief Description
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Beta is an update to Windows Server and Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers.
System Requirement
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 (64-bit computers)
Dec 04 2008
Hyper-V improvements: The Hyper-V is planned to offer Live Migration as an improvement to the initial release of Quick Migration; Hyper-V will measure the migration time in milliseconds. This will be a solid point in the case for Hyper-V compared to VMware’s ESX or other hypervisor platforms. Hyper-V will also include support for additional processors and Second Level Translation (SLAT).
PowerShell 2.0: PowerShell 2.0 has been out in a beta release and Customer Technology Preview capacity, but it will be fully baked into Windows Server 2008 R2 upon its release. PowerShell 2.0 includes over 240 new commands, as well as a graphical user interface. Further, PowerShell will be able to be installed on Windows Server Core.
Core Parking: This feature of Windows Server 2008 will constantly assess the amount of processing across systems with multiple cores, and under certain configurations, suspend new work being sent to the cores. Then with the core idle, it can be sent to a sleep mode and reduce the overall power consumption of the system.
All of these new features will be welcome and add great functionality to the Windows Server admin. The removal of x86 support is not entirely a surprise, but the process needs to be set in motion now for how to address any legacy applications.
Nov 30 2008
Bajca is a new keyboard with sixteen keys to communicate the same number of different emotion/ actions. The keys can be replaced with others having different graphics and meaning. The keys can also be used to make emotional “jewels” to be worn, given away and exchanged. What may seem an ironic and playful game for teenagers is actually much more. It is the tool, the “pen”, for contemporary communication; a universal and empathetic communication based on small plastic “buttons”.
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Easy Way to communicate your Emotions
Nov 21 2008
The built-in Administrator account is found on the Welcome screen only if there are no other accounts available, other than Guest, or when the computer is booted into Safe Mode.
To get Admin account on the “Welcome Screen” make sure that there are no accounts logged in.
The built-in Administrator account can create and change passwords for all users, but cannot restore a forgotten one.
When a password is changed, that account will lose all encrypted files, personal certificates and stored Internet Explorer passwords or network resources.
Press “CTRL-ALT-DEL” twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type: Administrator. If this account has a password, enter it. Otherwise, leave the it blank.
Recovering a password is much more difficult. Using a cracking program can take weeks!
RESET A PASSWORD USING THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT
1. Boot into Safe Mode.
2. Log on using the built-in Administrator account.
3. Open: Control Panel -> User Accounts.
4. On the Users tab, select a user name, the password to change and click Reset Password.
RESET A PASSWORD AT THE LOGON SCREEN WITH THE COMMAND PROMPT
At the logon screen, press Shift+F10 to open a Command Prompt with administrative privileges and type:
net user {username} {password}
{username} = The Account’s User Name
{password} = This will be the new password
RESET A PASSWORD USING MICROSOFT’S ERD COMMANDER
1. Download a 30 day trial from here:
Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 5.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5D600369-0554-4595-8AB4-C34B2860E087&displaylang=en
2. Install it, run it and burn the image to a CD.
3. Boot the CD and run the Locksmith Wizard, found under Start -> System Tools.
4. The Locksmith Wizard is very easy to use, just select an account and input a new password. Too easy!
Nov 12 2008
The New wi-fi iPod speakers Introduced around the world, and all too often they resemble boom boxes or clock radios .The i24R3 consists of an iPod dock / 40W subwoofer and two (upgradable to eight) 3-inch 20W satellite speakers, all in a fetching pure gloss white and aluminum casing. The whole shebang can be controlled with the included RF remote, from your iPod / iPhone or from any PC or Mac sporting iTunes and the included Wireless USB dongle. The base accepts a bevy of inputs and outputs, including RCA audio, video and composite video out — and if that weren’t enough, each speaker can be controlled separately using the included motion sensors, allowing hands-off volume and equalizer control. Something like that must be seen to be appreciated, so make sure you check out the video after the break. No price yet, but these guys should be hitting the street in early 2009.
