http://www.techxplore.net a tech's all in a days work Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:53:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en COMMART Thailand is an annual event that draws large people who are interested in computers and mobile phones. Last weekend, I have visited this year COMMART in Queen Sirikit Convention Center. I went there to check out the latest computer and high-tech gadgets. I took the easiest and most convenient ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/21/computer-accessories-promotional-items-in-commart/ Checking emails is part of my day to day routine. Web based email is my favorite when it comes to working with emails. I have transferred all my office email to Google's Gmail when it started to support free POP mail and IMAP mail features. This allows me to consolidate ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/21/googles-gmail-personalized-email-theme/ Online Marketing is an important matter for business in the global scale. The financial crunch has affected all the areas of business including Online Marketing. Search Engine Algorithm and Results have been undergoing a constant change. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been doing catch up on every update in the ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/20/search-engine-optimization-online-marketing-relevancy/ Smartphones are becoming more attractive and packed fully with superb features. HTC's Touch 3G is one of those most attractive Windows Smartphones on the market. Touch 3G comes with WiFi and GPS capability. The phone has 2.8 inch QVGA touch screen display and it weighs only 96 grams. HTC Touch 3G ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/20/attractive-htc-touch-3g-windows-smartphone/ In our life it is a fact that everyone grows old and no one can escape this reality. Money could not even stop the battle against time in the process of growing old. The only thing we could do is to delay the effects of aging. Independence in movement and ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/20/motorized-lift-chair-technology-for-mobility/ The majority of students use laptop computer mainly to support their studies. The need would depend much on the area of study being pursued. Those that study technical courses like Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have greater need for a laptop computer. Medical students taking Medicine and Dentistry would ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/20/student-laptop-computer-dell-latitude-d530/ Programming is a most sought skill in the Information Technology arena which needs to be polished. There are people who are really gifted in programming like in XML and Database. Some say that programming is boring, but for me it's a very interesting and exciting area of Information Technology. Some ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/19/xml-and-database-programming-skill-recognition/ Apple iMac 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo is a sleek ergonomic designed desktop computer. People are who are switching over to Mac from PC environment would find this machine a good one. Putting more memory to the machine would be a better plan prior to running Virtual Machines. Adding 1 ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/19/virtualized-windows-xp-on-apple-imac-216-ghz-intel-core-2-duo/ Motor yachts technology has become a vacation home for some people. In the United States lies one of the world's best house boating waters; for example the greatest Mighty Mississippi River. Thus, during vacation time people are moving houseboat to the river. Boat Transport services are very helpful in this ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/18/houseboat-marine-craft-technology-vacation/ Touch screen mobile phone technology are becoming common. About a year ago, I could seldom see touch screen phone, but today it has become an ordinary sight. There are expensive models of touch screen phone an there are cheaper versions also. If you are not so choosy about the brands ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/18/phoneone-m506-affordable-touch-screen-mobile-phone-technology/ The year end holidays are coming fast. Facing the computer screen everyday becomes a pain in the eyes already and I look forward for the holiday break. A person always hooked up on the Internet needs a real life vacation sometimes. Work, work, work, all day without a break makes ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/18/identify-travel-luggage-with-computer-printed-address-labels/ Database Administration and Software Development tool is important in an analyst programmer’s day to day work. Mentat Technologies a software company for Database Administration and Software Development has announced today the release of new DreamCoder for MySQL Ver 4.5 for MySQL 2009. This latest version includes a lot of enhancements that ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/18/download-free-release-dreamcoder-for-mysql-2009-database-administration-software-development-tool/ People have usually encountered problems with a computer and the easiest way for help is through phone. Determining the real problem through phone is a challenge for computer support people. This is especially true when the the user asking for help is someone new to the computer environment. As a ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/18/phone-in-computer-support/ Taking photos and videos are great past times. A close companion during trips and travel is a digital photo camera or video recorder. A digital record of the places and people we meet would be good to relive. Keeping those travel memories fresh needs would require those digital photo and ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/17/keeping-travel-photos-and-videos-on-lcd-digital-frame/ People are constantly looking for ways to make their homes a comfortable and cozy place to stay. Thus, home improvements are also endless to the dainty folks. Another reason for home improvement is also to raise the home value for equity purposes. Home improvements are a trivial thing to do ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/17/software-technology-for-easier-home-improvements/ Computer games are the most dynamic field in computer. There are constantly new releases of desktop PC games every now and then. The largest games retailer GameStop during the first quarter of 2008 has a total of $1.8B in sales. That's a lot of money which is an almost 42% ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/17/aspire-predator-g7700-ultimate-gaming-pc/ Blogs have been a great way of sharing ones thoughts. Usually for starters, a free hosted blog is sufficient already, but for serious bloggers they prefer to have paid hosted blogs. Free hosted blogs comes with those free blog templates and there's little or no need to do regarding the ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/blogsite-custom-header-changing-looks/ Driving a sports car is a great experience, but the problems that are emerging in relation to a car would make one stop and think. Even the ordinary car running on fuels based on oil have felt things are not the same anymore when the oil prices rose up in ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/fuel-efficient-hybrid-parts-environment-friendly-sports-car-technology-of-the-future/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="ZyXEL ES-108A Small Office Home Office Desktop Ethernet Switch VIP Port Bandwidth Priority"][/caption] Typical homes have maybe a desktop computer and one or more laptop computer. At home we have Compaq D150 desktop computer, Acer TravelMate 3010 laptop, and Acer AspireOne A150B netbook. There are times that ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/zyxel-es-108a-small-office-home-office-desktop-ethernet-switch-vip-port-bandwidth-priority/ Bloggers have been searching for ways to monetize their websites. There are many ways actually to do this and lots of websites that offer tips on how to make money online. I am no guru in those fields, but let me share to you some thoughts on one way of ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/advantage-of-joining-internet-affiliate-networks/ Internet has revolutionized the way video content is being shared. People can now have easier access in sharing video media on sites like YouTube. Internet videos has become one of the areas where advertisers are trying to explore and use. Let me share to you about a funny raw ad ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/instant-fame-with-youtube-internet-videos/ Mobile phones, smartphones, and other mobile phone devices are the latest technology that makes people crazy. They are for me head turners in the shopping malls or some IT stores. Not to consider the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) or the netbooks that everyone is buzzing which is an exciting area ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/annoying-aggressive-advertising-hits-mobile-phones-smartphone-and-other-mobile-technology-devices/ One of the things that's very wonderful in Apple's iPod is the capability to sync music and video files from a computer. There's a problem though when your computer is broken and all your music is left on the iPod. Your hard drive might be badly broken and formatting or ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/recovering-ipod-music-images-and-videos-on-mac-books/ In business marketing getting some leads to work on is important. Based on the leads, one could plan the appropriate action to effectively market the product or services. Before the time of computer and Internet the way to market a product is to sometimes send post mails from mailing leads. ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/16/reach-prospective-clients-with-email-marketing/ [caption id="attachment_2225" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Aspire Gemstone Blue Series Laptop"][/caption] Financial outlook is bleak around the globe, but I never stop on visiting shopping malls for some latest laptop. Acer is my brand of laptop from the beginning so I follow closely the various offerings from the company. This time what caught ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/15/aspire-6935g-944g32bn-gemstone-blue-series-laptop/ Information age has showed everyone that information is a valuable asset. The one that holds the information have a greater advantage that those that don't have. Information paves way to better decision making to one's advantage. In the global market field, information is a key factor in a successful engagement ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/15/companies-industries-executives-information-database-services/ It's a wonder what technology could bring us in the near future. Everything is a surprise. How about doing everything with voice command on the mobile phone? How about searching the Internet using voice? Voice recognition technology has been with us for a while. I remember my old phone which ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/15/internet-searching-by-voice-recognition-technology-free-iphone-application/ In a computer industry rooms there are special rules and policy to follow. A computer is a very delicate piece of technology and the working area for it should be properly observed. The strict rules on the dress code should be followed. The floors of the computer manufacturing plant are ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/15/computer-industry-work-environment/ Antivirus is a requirement in all computers that is being used in the campus network. Trend Micro is the official antivirus software in the institute that I work, but some still prefer those that are free like AVG Antivirus. A few days ago AVG have identified an important Windows System file ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/15/avg-deleted-misidentified-user32dll-as-trojan-cause-endless-reboot-cycle/ Communication is an important part of the daily life. The technology which was made possible with the Internet is Instant Messenger. Instant messengers of today are growing in features and they are not only limited to exchange of text messages. Usually, people use Yahoo Messenger, MSN, G-talk, but there's new one ... http://www.techxplore.net/2008/11/14/flash-drive-portable-brosix-enterprise-instant-messenger/