Archive for February, 2010
Resolving Windows 7 Problems Has Never Been So Easy!
Within a very short time of its launch, the Windows 7 operating system has established its safe position in the mind of millions of people in a smart way. Its high quality configuration and usability are the reasons behind its huge popularity; if you are currently using this Operating system then you know the other reasons behind it. While using the OS, have you ever faced any problem regarding its speed? Do you want to gear up the speed of your work? Don’t worry! Here in this article we will give you some valuable tips, which will help you to get rid of the Windows 7 problems in easiest of manner.
• First of all check the configuration of your PC or Laptop. Properly verify whether your system’s configurations meet the minimum criteria of running Windows 7 or not. If you don’t have the required configuration first you need to enhance that in order to run Windows 7 properly.
• If you upgrade you software and hardware
then you will definitely see a number of magical changes in operating the Windows 7. As it is the most recent operating system available in the market, Windows 7 requires supports of latest software and hardware.
• If a less spiffy interface is OK with you then stop using Aero in your Windows 7. You know well that Aero is a wonderful interface that comes with Windows 7. This effect is very attractive, eye-candy and gives lots of special-effects, but it consumes lots of RAM. If you have a large quantity of RAM then it’s ok, but if you don’t have then you are advised to remove this effect you’re your Windows 7.
• You are suggested to clean all your temporary files on a regular basis. Everyday at least once go to “msconfig” and remove all your unnecessary programs from taskbar. This will enhance the operating speed of Windows 7.
• Properly see whether your system has registry problem or not, if you found any kind of registry problem then first resolve it, otherwise the OS problem will not be resolved.
• Uninstall all the programs and software that you do not need. Through this way you will be able to free up hard-disk space, which will help you to run Windows 7 properly.
• Do not install lots of software in your computer that will not help you in future works.
If you follow the aforementioned processes then you will not face any kind of problem while working in Windows 7 platform. If, after following all of them properly, you face any further problem in your OS then do not hesitate to call a remote tech service provider. The Remote computer repair service providers will resolve all kinds of Windows 7 related problems in easiest of manner.
Five Easy Steps to Setting Up a Wireless Printer
With wireless networks becoming the norm in network computing both at home and in offices, it is not surprising that these users of wireless networks are now turning as well to setting up a wireless printer to address whatever printing needs that they may have. After all, since wireless printers do not require Ethernet or local area network cables
, it is more economical to install them instead of laying out meters upon meters of network cables either at home or in the office.
Setting up a wireless printer is not a complicated matter to accomplish. It can take as short as five steps to get the whole thing done.
Step #1: The Location of the Wireless Printer.
Since more than one computer would be making use of the wireless printer. It makes sense to figure out the best place to put it. The wireless printer should be set up at a place at home or in the office that is accessible to everyone and where there is ample space for paper, printer ink and other such paraphernalia.
Step #2: Bluetooth or Wi-Fi?
There are two connectivity choices when it comes to setting up a wireless printer, and these two choices are none other than Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Most new computers and printers nowadays are equipped with either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi capacities, but if not, it is easy to get a wireless card that can be plugged using a USB port. The only difference is that Bluetooth printers has a smaller range than Wi-Fi.
Step #3: Enable Printer Sharing
The server computer’s operating system must be informed that the printer that will be added to its network is a wireless printer. In Windows Vista, this is done by accessing the network settings in the Control Panel and then activating file and printer sharing in the local area network settings.
Step #4: Share the Printer.
The other computers on the network must also be set up for using the wireless printer. To do this in Windows Vista, open the Control Panel in the classic view and then open Printers. Right click on the printer that is going to be shared, and then open Properties. In Properties, check the box that allows the printer to be a shared device.
Step #5: Continuous Troubleshooting
Wireless networks are prone to interruptions, and so it is important for whoever it is that is maintaining the wireless network at home or at the office to keep the connections to the wireless printer active. Nothing is more irritating that setting up a wireless printer and then encountering numerous glitches afterwards.
Intel hacked at same time as Google
Intel has revealed that it was targeted by a “sophisticated” hacker attack this year at about the same time as a spying probe that hit Google.
Intel disclosed the attack in a regulatory filing late Monday. It doesn’t necessarily mean that Intel was infiltrated or that the attackers were the same ones that targeted Google.
Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said Tuesday that the attack on Intel wasn’t broad-based like the one that hit Google. He said Intel isn’t aware of any intellectual property being stolen.
Intel, like other major corporations, faces constant computer attacks. Mulloy said the company was only pointing out there was a connection in terms of the timing of the Google attacks as part of a disclosure to investors about the company’s risks.
The disclosure comes amid heightened fears of state-sponsored espionage targeting corporate computer networks. Google revealed last month that its network was attacked from inside China and that the intruders stole intellectual property — an attack that Google says could cause it to leave China.
Google said at least 20 other companies were targeted as part of the attack, but those companies weren’t identified. Software maker Adobe Systems Inc. and Rackspace Inc., a Web hosting service, have acknowledged being targets.
Intel is the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, the “brains” of personal computers and servers, with about 80 percent of the worldwide market for those chips.
Information Source smh.com.au
Tablets take off as ABC prepares to get on board
The ABC is making plans to deliver content via rich apps to Apple iPad and a range of similar slate devices that will be launched this year, Adobe’s top designer says.
The first iPads are due to hit the market in March but it was revealed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that several other iPad-like tablets from major PC manufacturers would also hit the market this year, running a range of operating systems including Google’s Android and Windows.
At the recent TED conference in California, Wired became the first magazine to show off a complete, specially designed version for tablet devices, which readers can browse using touch. Many other major titles, including The New York Times, GQ, Vanity fair and Sports Illustrated, have tablet apps in the works.
Wired creative director Scott Dadich worked with Adobe’s senior experience design manager, Jeremy Clark, over six months to design the digital version of the magazine with the help of Adobe’s AIR software.
Aunty expresses interest
In an interview in Barcelona, Clark said he had received an email from the ABC this morning seeking to strike up a similar partnership.
“They think they have a lot of interesting content that they’d like to get out to tablet devices,” he said.
Adobe has already worked with Britain’s public broadcaster, BBC, to bring iPlayer – which lets viewers stream the network’s programs from the last seven days – to desktops using Adobe AIR.
Clark said Australian newspaper publishers had also expressed interest but he could not provide further details. He believed tablet versions of Australian newspapers would be available in the second half of this year, once tablet devices are available to buy.
Clark has not yet heard from any Australian magazine publishers but he expects this to change rapidly as Wired’s tablet edition becomes more well-known.
“The point here is that we are entering a new era of media, where we finally have a digital platform that allows us to retain all the rich visual features of high-gloss print, from lavish design to glorious photography, while augmenting it with video, animations, additional content and full interactivity,” said Wired editor Chris Anderson.
Prepare for tablet onslaught
Aside from the iPad, other vendors are preparing to release similar tablets based around Nvidia’s powerful Tegra chip, which can play full high-definition 1080p video and even run PC games such as Unreal Tournament 3.
Nvidia’s senior technical marketing manager for Tegra, Sridhar Ramaswamy, said he expects 10-15 tablets, most running Google’s Android, to hit stores this year, starting in April.
“It will be a worldwide launch – we’re working with major OEMs so I fully expect these products to be available in Australia,” he said.
In the Wired tablet edition, which will be available mid-year, readers can flick through pages of the magazine by swiping their finger on the tablet’s touchscreen both horizontally and vertically. Because the content is digital, video and photo galleries can be embedded into pages and ads can also be interactive.
One demo showed an ad for Camaro and readers can use touch to rotate the advertised car 360-degrees.
“Right now what we’re seeing is this perfect storm of the classic slate form factor devices that are large enough that they are almost the size of the printed media, so it has the visual impact that you need,” said Clark.
“The touch capabilities make it as intuitive as using a physical book or magazine. People have really become accustomed to the iPhone and all the touch gestures.”
Publishers can retain their familiar workflow
Adobe software tools such as InDesign are already the predominant tools used by publishers to design printed magazines. The same designers can use these tools to create the digital tablet version, while additional staff are employed to build the interactive elements such as video.
The iPad’s Safari browser does not support Flash but Adobe has developed tools to allow Flash-based content to work on the device, provided that the apps are accepted by Apple on its App Store.
Clark said publishers had been putting their content online for free under the belief that online advertising would be enough to sustain their businesses, but the revenues were much lower than expected and online banners ads were not effective in terms of brand awareness.
“Over time as these web ads have been using certain standards people know how to block them out of their brain while they surf the web,” he said.
Furthermore, today, when newspaper and magazine content is published online, the design from the print product is stripped away and the content loses some of its design integrity.
“It’s heart breaking for print designers who spend a week or two designing something and look at their website and see that none of their designs are reflected there. It’s stripped out, it’s boring, it doesn’t really have a visual impact,” he said.
Magazines delivered to tablets using Adobe’s software will still contain ads but these will be better designed, richer pages like those featured in printed editions.
“I think it will be closer to the magazine ad model where there’s almost as much ads as there is editorial content and people value the ads,” said Clark.
But Clark believes not just tablets, but desktops as well, could benefit from rich digital magazines and newspapers that more resemble the printed product.
“A lot of publishers have given up on the desktop because they associate it with the web,” he said.
Information Source smh.com.au
Top 10 mobile phones for 2010
Judging by the announcements at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, 2010 is going to be the year of the Android. Google’s mobile platform was everywhere, with most major phone makers announcing new Android phones and a range of Android tablet devices and netbooks on diplay.
Manufacturers clearly value the open-source nature of Android, which they can customise to their hearts’ content. But Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is definitely a contender and it will be interesting to see what devices the phone makers can come up with by the end of the year.
Here are my top 10 mobile announcements and phones from the show:
Windows Phone 7 – There’s a lot riding on Microsoft’s next mobile operating system. For the last 18 months Windows Mobile has lagged newer rivals like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. Its market share has dropped.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was dry and lacked major new announcements, so I was skeptical about whether Microsoft could pull it off in Barcelona.
The jury is still out as we wait until Christmas to see some final handsets but from the early Windows Phone 7 prototypes at MWC, it’s clear Microsoft has wiped the slate clean and started fresh with a new platform and a revamped, innovative user interface.
The demo version I saw was an early version and slightly buggy but i’m impressed with the tight integration with social networking sites and online email and calendar sites. The inclusion of Xbox Live for multiplayer gaming and a Zune music player puts it squarely in iPhone territory.
But Microsoft’s insistence on manufacturers keeping its tile-based UI may limit phone makers like HTC, which has done wonders to dolly up Windows Mobile 6.5 with its Sense interface. And the inability to upgrade existing Windows Mobile phones to Windows Phone 7 may frustrate those who recently shelled out for a 6.5 device.
Samsung Wave – Samsung is going out on a limb by introducing a completely new phone platform, banking on developers supporting it with enough interesting and useful apps to compete with iPhone and the open-source Android platform from Google.
It’s risky. But the 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touch-screen display is gorgeous and Samsung will have complete control of both the hardware and software, which has definitely been beneficial for Apple with the iPhone.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro – Looking at this handset in a picture is deceiving. While other smartphone makers are moving to bigger screens, like the HTC HD2′s giant 4.3-inch display, this one is tiny at 2.6-inch.The device measures just 90x52x17mm.
But big phones aren’t for everyone and Sony Ericsson makes it work with a good touchscreen user interface and the Timescape app, which puts friends’ Facebook posts, Tweets, messages and calls into a single stream. Other apps can be downloaded from the Android market.
HTC Legend – Most phones have a front and back that clip together but the Legend’s casing is machined out of a single block of aluminium. As soon as I saw it I wanted one. The Legend is an Android phone running HTC’s highly customised, intuitive Sense user interface.
HTC Desire – It’s not as pretty as the Legend but while the Legend has just a 600MHz processor, the Desire offers a much gruntier 1GHz chip. It runs the latest version of Android, 2.1, and features a 3.7-inch screen – the closest you’ll get to the Google Nexus One, which hasn’t yet been launched in Australia. The Desire will be available in Australia from Telstra in April.
HTC HD mini – Think of this one as a smaller version of the giant HD2. Like its sibling, the HD mini runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and includes the unique ability to launch a personal WiFi hotspot, which users can connect to on a laptop to browse the web over their mobile’s 3G network from anywhere.A very cool feature that I would love to see replicated by other manufacturers.
Samsung Beam – It doesn’t look like this phone will come to Australia any time soon but it’s worth a mention because it’s one of the first handsets to include a built-in projector for viewing content stored on the phone on any wall.
Samsung definitely gets points for innovation but the market for this one may be somewhat limited and the projector is only really effective in darker rooms. The battery is drained in about three hours with the projector on.
Asus-Garmin Nuvifone A50 – This is the fruit of a partnership between electronics maker Asus and GPS navigation specialist Garmin, so it’s designed to replace the GPS device in your car and double as your primary mobile. It runs the Android operating system but the interface has been completely redesigned to the point that it barely resembles other Android phones.
Sony Ericsson Vivaz – The Vivaz has a QWERTY keyboard and 3.2-inch touchscreen but, unlike most phones, is also capable of shooting high-definition 720p video and includes an 8-megapixel camera.
Motorola Milestone – Motorola has been extremely quiet in Australia over the last few years but i’m hoping it comes to market with the Milestone, which is similar to the Droid that Motorola launched in the US.
It runs Android 2.0 and has iPhone-like multitouch support, with users able to pinch the 3.7-inch screen to zoom on web pages, maps and photos. The phones comes with Motorola’s turn-by-turn GPS navigation software, MOTONAV, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 5-megapixel camera.
Information Source smh.com.au
