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28 Aug

Back to School Dell Vostro 3400 Student Laptop Deals

Students are back to school and computer laptops are some of the basic things needed. Information technology facilities and resources are extensively required during the whole study. Thus, every student is expected to have a laptop computer. How to find the best laptop computer for college and graduate student is a challenge when budget is […]

26 Jun

Fixing Samsung N150 Netbook Blank Screen During Startup

Netbooks are very easy and convenient to bring around. A friend has some problem with Samsung N150 netbook as it only shows a blank screen during startup. Pressing the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys didn’t even restart the computer. The netbook is somehow new at me that I have difficulty finding the on-off switch. […]

23 Jun

Create Professional Quality Labels with Desktop Computer and Label Making Software

It’s amazing how computer technology has made some impact on desktop publishing. Printing projects that were only possible with a printing shop could now be easily done on a desktop computer at home. So, how’s that for some home money making business? A 17 inch LED-backlit glossy wide screen display Apple MacBook Pro that is […]

23 Jun

Apple iPad Touch-screen Tablet Computer Heads for Market Leadership

Controversy has plagued Apple’s iPad touch-screen tablet computer. There are complaints on the lack of features such as Adobe’s Flash technology support on iPad. Some have predicted its doom, but Apple Inc have proven many detractors wrong. Nearly 3 months after its launch on 3 April 2010, there are already 3 million iPad’s sold on […]

22 Jun

AsiaWorld-Expo 2010 Computer and Technology Product Trade Show

Computer and technology trade show is some of the best place where a geek could dream to be. AsiaWorld-Expo 2010 which is scheduled on October 12-15, 2010 in Hong Kong will be a treat for computer and gadget lovers. It’s a place where suppliers from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and other Asian countries […]

06 Jun

Student Free Laptop with Mobile Broadband

The start of the new school semester has started students looking for study laptop. There are many handy laptop computers that can be chosen from like a Dell Mini 1012 laptop or Asus eee 1001HA laptops. The laptop need not be powerful, but all have to be able to connect to the Internet. There are […]

25 Mar

Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Continuous Beeping

Helpdesk support have called to inform that Dell PowerEdge 1600SC MySQL database and web hosting server was having continuous beep. It’s definitely an alert for something wrong with the computer server. I checked remotely the server status and it seems all is working fine. The web site hosted and other web application are all working […]

25 Mar

Cheap Computer Printer Ink Cartridges Alternative

Printing and scanning documents is very useful when doing some invitations for major events. I visited an IT shop and have seen prices of major printers have gone down in prices like the Canon Pixma MP258 is only 70$, HP Deskjet F2480 is only 75$, and Epson Stylus Office TX300F is about 120$. I observe […]

08 Mar

Benefits of Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Difficult to Quantify

Cost factor are always on the fore front of every business decision process especially. Targeting IT cost reduction is no different. Computer information officers could not agree over enterprise desktop virtualization as a cost saving investment. Maybe you are aware of Dell’s OptiPlex 980 desktop and FX100 zero client computer which is touted to be […]

17 Feb

Fastest Supercomputer Crunches Numbers for Science

A computer that could make 1 petaflop, or 1 million billion calculations, per second could qualify as a world’s fastest supercomputer. What’s the use of having so much computing power? The use could vary from modeling nuclear explosions, simulate Big Bang, DNA sequencing, to simulate climate change with higher accuracy. The use of the fast […]

16 Feb

Shared Network Printer Not Working for Oracle Financial

Laser printers, thermal printers, inkjet printers and color printers are becoming inexpensive. Sometimes the cost of the ink is about two thirds of the printer. But most offices which issues invoice or receipt relies still on dot matrix printer. It is very common for every point of sale in the market to have invoice printer […]

12 Feb

Wireless USB Adapter Wired Local Area Network Alternative

The clutter of LAN cable at home are an eye sore. Imagine the UTP cable that crisscross the floor when I connect a netbook, two laptop, and desktop computer. It looks like jungle at home. It’s also inconvenient to move around and settle on a comfortable place with UTP cable dangling. Not really the best […]

27 Jan

A Bigger iPod Touch is Apple’s New iPad Tablet Computer

Many rumors have been moving around Apple’s next big thing, which is a tablet computer. Some computer geeks and sleuths have guessed it to be Apple iTablet. There’s even a website which offers money to give a photo or video of the most anticipated Apple technology. However, all of that is now irrelevant after Steve […]

24 Jan

Host-based RAID Controller Maximizes Desktop Computer High Bandwidth Application Performance and Uptime

Computer servers are dedicated machine to handle high demand software applications. The concern most small time businesses face is that more computing power packed computer servers don’t come cheap. There are times that an inexpensive desktop computer would be used as a server of various software applications. In our office, cost is a primary factor […]

10 Dec

Features of Delux DL-R600 Gaming Computer Power Supply Unit

Power hungry super fast computer processors and video graphic cards need to be cooled effectively to guarantee performance. Gaming computer systems that have Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition or the AMD Phenom II X4 Processor requires a good power supply unit. Especially when computers that have a super fast graphic adapter like nVidia GeForce […]

05 Dec

Improve Home Business Presentation with Laptop Projector

Technology home based business using Internet is gaining popularity as an alternative to a regular work. Some of the businesses are actually retailing of consumable product, but utilizes Internet web application sales tracking software. Laptop presentation enhances the clarity of message delivery of the product to the prospect. Business presentation laden with images, graphs, video […]

21 Oct

Study Comrade Acer Aspire One AOD250-1924 10.1-inch Netbook Technical Specification

School semester has commenced a new. People are busy again searching new laptop or netbook computer as studying companion. The Acer Aspire One AOD250-1924 10.1-inch netbook captured my notice in the Zeer IT Mall. I have seen Acer Aspire One AOD250 as a fit for students and business travelers who prefers to travel light. The […]

03 Oct

Linux Based Light Weight Single Board Computer Robot Controller

Robot computer applications that will run with GNU/Linux is now available. Robot hobbyists, makers, or software developers could now use the Linux-friendly USB-based sensing and control modules from Phidget. Phidget previous product versions need to be connected to a desktop computer via USB to work, but now it released a single board computer (SBC) to […]

29 Sep

Prevent Data Loss on Natural Disaster

Information technology has facilitated the storage and retrieval of data. Computers such as database servers and file servers store a large amount of data. Large organizations such as hospitals, government offices, private companies, and others have a form of computer storage. I have read about news that tons of public records were lost due to […]

05 Aug

Seagate FreeAgent Data Backup Drive Windows XP Installation Guide

The portable Seagate FreeAgent external drive is easy to use with Windows XP for data backup. It’s very easy to use with a plug-n-play mode for Windows XP. Anyway, it’s important to follow the Seagate FreeAgent Windows XP installation guide. Seagate FreeAgent Windows XP Installation: Take your FreeAgent and cables out of the box and […]