by admin at Thursday, May 14, 2009 in Computers, Tech News
Tags: developed nations, discrimination, disposal center, e-waste, third world
Dell E-Waste
The third world countries have to deal with a lot of discrimination at the hands of developed nations. Following these lines of discriminations, the developing nations are used as a disposal center for e-waste. Non-working electronic components are exported to developing nations in large quantities every year. Dell, a leading major has intended to curb this trend by banning the export of e-waste to developing nations.
Dell is the first major US computer manufacturer to make such a move. As per the new international policy opted by Dell, the company will allow for the export of working electronics and components. However, the non-working parts will be retained in the country for sale. These non-working parts would have to be recycled or disposed using appropriate and environment friendly methods.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Wednesday, November 26, 2008 in Computers, Electronics
Tags: addiction, BBC, Gaming, kids, MMOs, social problem, youngsters
Gaming is addiction or not? It’s a long debate and the issue often seems hitting tabloid every now and then.
But according to a specialist from Amsterdam’s Smith & Jones Center, gaming is not an addiction and it must not be treated like that.
Keith Bakker, who is the head of first clinic to work with gamers in Europe, believes that compulsive gaming is a social instead of a psychological problem in the youngsters and kids.
In an interview with the BBC, Baker told that these kids showed some symptoms that were comparable to chemical dependencies and other addictions and they seemed addicted to MMOs.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Thursday, November 13, 2008 in Computers
Tags: financial figure, Intel, market targets, tech industry
The weaker global demand for PCs may become the cause to miss market targets for Intel, the world’s biggest computer chip maker.
Due to latest lower consumer spending globally, Intel warns that its revenues for October to December might be 14% down.
Now the company projects Q4 revenue of $9bn, while it was $10.5bn in its previous forecast.
The new figure is much worse than expected, analysts say.
John Dryden of Charter Equity Research says: “It is quite significant, consumers are basically shutting down for the holidays and it’s below what they were expecting.”
Click here to read more »
by admin at Friday, October 31, 2008 in Computers
Tags: Facebook, MSN messenger, nude pictures, porn stuff, secondary school
Researchers find that hundreds of primary and secondary school kids at Greater Manchester have been looking at smut during the school day as well as using school computers to send abusive messages.
The research was carried out by E-safe Education and it showed that average school triggered between 50 to 100 serious alerts every day.
Almost 30% of these serious alerts were due to nude pictures and hardcore pornography viewing while the others were related to cyber-threats.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Saturday, August 30, 2008 in Computers
Tags: Computer viruses, laptop computers infected in the space, nuisance
Computer viruses just don’t get computers infected only on the earth but they can do so even in the space. So, who can escape? According to a recent report, laptop computers on the International Space Station (ISS) got infected in the space.
The virus is believed to transmit via USB drive used by one of the astronauts at the station.
The reports suggests that it’s not happening first time that the computer got infected in the space as there are some cases reported earlier and it’s not a serious threat as none of the command or control system of the ISS are at risk.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in Computers, Technology
Tags: Apple’s no-cloning rule, Mac-Clone Maker, OpenPro
By selling Mac desktop knockoffs, Florida-based Psystar has defied challenged Apple’s no-cloning rule. Rack-mount servers that have the ability to run Leopard Server operating system have been introduced by Psystar and it is a clear-cut defying to Apple’s Xserve system.
The OpenServ 1100 planned as a 1U server and the OpenServ 2400 as 2U system and both these systems have been launched this week. According to the company, both are well-matched with various operating systems like Windows Server 2003 and 2008, CentOS, Mac OS X Leopard Server and Ubuntu Server.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Friday, June 06, 2008 in Computers, Technology
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista
Private testing of Windows 7 is poised to begin at any time to ship it till late 2009. To pass over Windows vista all at once or to wait for Windows 7 in its place, many business users are mulling over it.
It’s not surprising at all that Microsoft is recommending users against taking a pass on vista. Microsoft is supporting business users to migrate to Vista sooner as it is a part of a new white paper to influence business users who are considering when and whether to shift to Windows Vista.
The white paper “The Business Value of Windows Vista: Five Reasons to set up now” just repeats the business features Microsoft developed into Vista and emphasizes some of the new installed tools and case-study examples of the companies who moved to Vista, otherwise, it doesn’t comprise numerous new data.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Tuesday, May 06, 2008 in Computers, Internet, Tech News
Tags: bans, Computers
The Cuban government lifts ban from home computers on Friday. This is one of the various bans lifted recently by Cuban President Raul Castro. This ban lifting created an atmosphere of joy amongst the people and large crowds gathered outside computer shops and electronics stores. Most of the people came to see the computers and enjoy the joyful sight, while a few were there as customers.
Computers are a high priced commodity in Cuba. A tower style QTECH PC and monitor costs around $780 to $800. In a country where average daily wages fall below $20 (10 pounds) a month, computer becomes a thing that can be bought by only a few people. Only some Cubans can afford to buy them if they have some relatives abroad sending money. Click here to read more »
by admin at Thursday, March 06, 2008 in Computers
Tags: Samsung
As a drive manufacturer, Samsung Electronics is always looking for a way to outdo the competition. The company’s most recent accomplishment was when it became the first manufacturer to ship a 2.5 inch, 500GB hard drive. While this may not sound like a huge deal, they are moving into uncharted water, and an area where many other manufacturers are hoping to explore in then near future.
March 5, 2008 marked the first day that Samsung shipped these drives to both PC makers and OEMs. Even though this may be a bit much for everyday laptop users, it is safe to say that many will benefit from this high level of storage. With more and more notebooks offering the ability to support two hard drives, a 500GB drive allows users to have up to 1TB of available storage. This was previously unheard of, but is sure to become more of the status quo as 2008 move forward.
Click here to read more »
by admin at Tuesday, February 19, 2008 in Computers, Shopping, Technology
Tags: e-commerce, online shopping
A recent study from the Pew Internet Project highlights on the love and hate relationship that numerous Americans share with e-commerce. Results of the survey say that 78% of internet users in America agree that shopping online is convenient while 68% states that they can save a lot of time with it. However, 75% of the respondents stressed out that they hate the idea of disclosing their personal information such as their credit card number and details via internet.
These security concerns and issues prevent the potential of e-commerce from growing and developing as stated by John Horrigan, Pew Internet Project’s Associate Director and author of the said report. These risks remain to be questionable whether they are just perceived by the internet users or they are real, after all.
Click here to read more »
