Is it worth to buy the new iPone?

I still do not have the "old" iPhone but I thought it would be a topic worth talking about the new iPhone. Question often ask by an iPhone follower is, is it worth to change and buy the new iPhone? Although Apple have not posted the price yet, it will be known next week as more people and hopefuls are craving to know the price tag.

Here is a comparison between the current iPhone and the new one.

Dimensions	115.5x62.1x12.3mm	115.5x62.1x12.3mm
Weight	135g	133g
Network	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 HSDPA 850/1900/2100	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 HSDPA 850/1900/2100
HSDPA	7.2Mbps	3.6Mbps
Storage capacity	16/32GB	8/16GB
Bluetooth	v2.1	v2.0

Apple has also made up a chart of similarities and differences between the iPhones:

(Credit: Apple)

CebIT Exhibit 2009

I was lucky I was able to register for free for the CebIT Exhibit 2009 last May 12 & 13, 2009. This event is done every year where exhibition and conference are being held with the full spectrum of business technologies. CebIT Exhibit 2009

I have visited a lot of booths, although I was not able to count how many there were, just imagine last year's count was more than 700 exhibitors. Thats the reason I was not able to complete the tour in one day.

From hardware to software development, you can surely get a solution to your IT problems.

Exhibitors were not just from Australia but also from other countries like India, US, Japan, China and even Philippines! Worth to mention because it is our kababayan, G2ix a company whose headquarter is in Pasig, Manila. Still wonder why it is considered on of the biggest IT exhibition in the world?

What was good with the exhibit is that you will be able to see the different IT innovations. High end powerful infrastructure both on hardware and software.

Most Popular Programming Language

I am a PHP programmer and the same with other programmers out there and students who are taking computer studies wonder what programming language is the most popular one.

According to the Tiobe Programming Community Index, Java is still the leading programming language being used followed by C. PHP falls to 4th place.
























The programming community index also shows that PHP is on the rise while Java and C is falling down. Does it mean there will come a time that PHP will be the number one? I guess so.

With a lot of businesses that need their own website these days, most "newcomer" programmers tend to use PHP because it is very easy to adopt and it is open source.

What is the use of this statistics? Well, for those who wants to know which programming language they want to pursue, this study is for you. Specially to the students who wants to be secured in finding a job after they graduate.

It is very frustrating to study a language only to find out after you have the skills nobody will hire you. Although it will take time to study, each one of us will just cross or fingers for the future to come.

To find out more about that statistics, visit http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

Windows 7 up next

Windows has a new operating system called Windows 7 soon to be released 4th quarter of 2009 or first quarter of 2010. Whichever will be the date, we know that the pirated one will be out earlier than the original :D

Although it has been posted at http://windows7news.com/2009/04/28/leaked-windows-7-rc-build-7100-may-contain-a-trojan/ that the leaked (see! there is already a leak!) OS has a trojan in it so be careful.

I was wondering at first why they call it Windows 7, then I got it from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7 that this OS has been developed since 2007 hence the name.

I still do not know how good it is. They said that it will be much better compared to Vista (which I am using now).

There is a web page dedicated for this product. See it here http://windows7news.com/

I hope I could get a trial copy and see how good it really is.

My New Laptop

I have my new laptop HP Pavilion DV5-1010TX Entertainment Notebook PC. It is quite a good one with

• Network interface 10/100/1000 LAN
• Dialup modem
• 4 USB ports
• Diagonal screen size 15.4 inch
• Primary hard drive 320 GB
• Optical drive DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, Blu-ray
• Weight 2.65 kg
• Amt of RAM 4GB
• Memory card reader
• Processor type Dual-Core
• Operating system Windows Vista Ultimate

So far it works fine. I like the QuickPlay button and other shortcut "touch buttons" like the wireless, sounds stuffs.

Although it is heavier than my Lenovo but I like the sleek design compare to Lenovo.

Programming Constructs

• Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
• Real programmers are those that can sleep in front of terminals [...] with their eyes open.
• Real programmers don't work from 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9am it's because they were up all night.
• There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult.
• A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.
• A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'. Frequently, crashes are followed with a message like 'ID 02'. 'ID' is an abbreviation for idiosyncrasy and the number that follows indicates how many more months of testing the product should have had.
• There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.
• As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.
• Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
• Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers.

You Might be an Engineer If

One day I spent time searching for an IT humor and I found this. Count how many of those are true.


You Might be an Engineer If


* Buying flowers for your girlfriend or spending the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.

* In college you thought Spring Break was a metal fatigue failure.

* People groan at the party when you pick out the music.

* The blinking 12:00 on someone's VCR draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it.

* The only jokes you receive are through e-mail.

* The salespeople at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions.

* The thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters your mind.

* When you go into a computer store, you eavesdrop on a salesperson talking with customers and you butt in to correct him and spend next twenty minutes answering the customers' questions, while the salesperson stands by silently, nodding his head.

* You are at an air show and know how fast the skydivers are falling.

* You are aware that computers are actually only good for playing games, but are afraid to say so out loud.

* You are currently gathering the components to build your own nuclear reactor.

* You are next in line on death row in a French prison and you find that the guillotine is not working properly so you offer to fix it.

* You are wine tasting and find yourself paying more attention to the cork screws than the '84 Chardonnay.

* You bought your wife a new CD ROM for her birthday.

* You can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting.

* You can't fit any more colored pens in your shirt pocket.

* You can't remember where you parked your car for the 3rd time this week.

* You can't write unless the paper has both horizontal and vertical lines.

* You carry a list for everything except the groceries.

* You carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes five minutes to run.

* You comment to your wife that her straight hair is nice and parallel.

* You disdain people who use low baud rates.

* You ever burned down the gymnasium with your science fair project.

* You ever forgot to get a haircut ... for 6 months.

* You find yourself at the airport on your vacation studying the baggage handling equipment.

* You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards in the chairs to see how they do the special effects.

* You have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you own turns bread into charcoal.

* You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.

* You have ever owned a calculator with no equals key and know what RPN stands for.

* You have ever purchased an electronic appliance "as-is".

* You have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance.

* You have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside.

* You have memorized the Discovery Channel program schedule but have seen most of the shows already.

* You have modified your can opener to be microprocessor driven.

* You have more friends on the Internet than in real life.

* You have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts.

* You just don't have the heart to throw away the 100-in-1 electronics kit you got for your ninth birthday.

* You know how to take the cover off your computer, and what size screwdriver to use.

* You know the altitude limits for turning on and off electronic equipment on commercial flights.

* You know the direction the water swirls when you flush.

* You know what http:// stands for.

* You look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys.

* You order pizza over the Internet and pay for it through your home banking software.

* You own one or more white short-sleeve dress shirts.

* You rooted for HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

* You rotate your screen savers more frequently than your automobile tires.

* You see a good design and still have to change it.

* You spend more time on your home computer than in your car.

* You still own a slide rule and you know how to work it.

* You talk about the high resolution and picture-in-picture capability of your big screen TV while everybody is watching the Superbowl.

* You talk about trellis code modulation at parties.

* You think a pocket protector is a fashion accessory.

* You think Sales and Marketing are Satan's children.

* You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep.

* You think your computer looks better without the cover.

* You thought the contraption ET used to phone home was stupid.

* You thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers.

* You walk around with your hands in your two front pockets 99% of the time.

* You window shop at Radio Shack.

* You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon.

* You're in the back seat of your car, she's looking wistfully at the moon, and you're trying to locate a geosynchronous satellite.

* You've already calculated how much you make per second.

* You've ever tried to repair a $5 radio.

* Your checkbook always balances.

* Your dress clothes come from Sears.

* Your favorite actor is R2D2.

* Your favorite character on Gilligan's Island was "The Professor".

* Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.

* Your girlfriend says the way you dress is no reflection on her.

* Your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the decimal point in the right place.

* Your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies.

* Your Internet bill is higher than your long distance charges.

* Your IQ is a higher number than your weight.

* Your spouse sends you an email instead of calling you to dinner.

* Your three-year-old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.

* Your wardrobe looks like you shop at Goodwill Industries.

* Your wife hasn't the foggiest idea what you do at work.

* Your wristwatch has more computing power than a 450 MHz Pentium.

* Your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone.



content taken from http://www.geocities.com/krishna_kunchith/humor/computer.html#eco

Advancements in Social Networking Software – What to Expect ahead of 2009

by: Mike Street

Online social networking has seen a rapid growth since 2005. Social networking has deviated a lot from its main motive of finding friends. Today, social networking is mainly used for “serious business promotion”. For those online marketers who consider any small marketing opportunity as a great boon, these social networks are really priceless treasures. The huge popularity of these social networking websites gave birth to the social networking software. Unlike earlier days when all the social networking websites had similar social networking software, today, these social networks are really working hard to present the visitors with some unique stuff. This article is all about the advancements in social networking software technology and a few major changes that will take place in the social networking world in near future.

Unique social networking software on demand

You will be well aware of the fact that all the social networks are loaded with some common social networking software such as instant messaging and friend connect tools. People are tired of using these common social networking software’s all these days. Today, people are looking for something really different. People expect many additional features like photo sharing, video sharing and much more along with the basic feature of adding friends and sending instant messages through the social networking software.

The entry of online gaming to Social networking

Online gaming has just started to enter into the social networks. Online gaming in the social networks is expected to become very popular in the near future. People prefer online gaming in the social networks as it is easier to connect to the gamers worldwide. Moreover, as these games are built on the social networking software platform, the user need not download anything to play the game. The combination of social networking and online gaming will be a will be the major change in the social networking world.

No time for time killers

Some of the social networking software’s out there require lots of time to load. People are not that patient anymore to wait for the social networking software to load up. Filling your social networking website with such slow loading social networking software will make the visitors quit your site and never return. Hence the future social networking software will have to be developed with faster loading times.

Preparing your social networking website to fulfill the visitor’s needs

All the social networking software’s developed today should be incorporated with the above mentioned advancements. You are not an expert in developing the futuristic, unique social networking software, it is always better to get some professional help. Many professional social networking software developers have started to include all the above mentioned advancements in the social networking software’s that they create today.

Fill your social networking website with some futuristic social networking software and be ready to greet the change.

Checking the iSight device of MacBook

For anybody who has a MacBook and will encounter a camera problem, this blog is for you.

Early today I tried fixing a MacBook because the camera is not detected. Fixing it was a breeze. But first what I did was run all the applications that is using the camera. Why? because at this point we need to know if it is a device-side error or an application-side error. It turned out that all applications using the camera cannot detect it.

So next thing is to look at the system profiler. It is like the device manager thing in Windows. System Profiler does not register iSight (camera) in there.

What I did? Shutdown the notebook, take the battery out and press the power button for a couple of seconds, say 7 seconds.

Replace the battery and turn on the notebook and the camera is up and running! Sweet!

If your camera on Mac has that problem, try following what I did.


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How to setup VPN on your Windows XP

Setting up VPN is a very easy task to do. I have listed in here the things you will do, step by step.

1. Open the Network Connections item in Control Panel.
   
   
2. Choose the 'Create a new connection' item from the left-hand side of the window. The New Connection Wizard will appear on the screen.
   
   
3. Click Next, then choose the 'Connect to the network at my workplace' item from the list and click Next.
   
   
4. On the Network Connection page of the wizard, choose the 'Virtual Private Network connection' option and click Next.
   
   
5. Enter a name for the new VPN connection in the 'Company Name' field and click Next. Any name will do. It is not necessary that you will put the REAL company name.
   
   
6. Choose an option on the 'Public Network' screen and click Next. Choose the 'Do not dial the initial connection' option. This option requires that the public Internet connection be established first, before this new VPN connection will be initiated.
   
   
7. Enter the name or IP address of the VPN remote access server to connect to, and click Next.
   
   
8. Choose an option on the "Connection Availability" screen and click Next.
   
   
9. Click Finish. You can now use your VPN connection.
   

Making the Transition From Offline to Online Tutoring

by: Heather Eagar

For many years, students had to rely on face-to-face individual or group tutoring in order to receive academic assistance outside of the classroom. But tutoring has changed as technological advancements – namely, the Internet – have come about.

Where once before, the only option was to invite a stranger in the home – or meet outside of the home – to receive assistance, now it can be done online. However, if you’re accustomed to this form of tutoring, you may be a bit hesitant about making the switch. If this is the case, here are a few benefits to making the transition from offline to online tutoring.

Still Working with Live People

One cause for hesitation with online tutoring is the fact that you no longer get the face-to-face, live interaction. While it’s very true that you don’t have access to body language and facial expressions, you do have access to a live person in many instances. There are a number of great resources available that make sure to have a qualified tutor ready to chat with students so that they feel that same sense of companionship and camaraderie that they’re used to when working with a person in the same room.

Added Convenience

One reason that many students jump at the chance to work with an online tutor versus taking on the face-to-face tutoring session is the convenience that online tutoring can provide. Think about it; in the past, you had to coordinate schedules with a tutor, find a place to meet, make sure you had all of your materials, and actually arrive on time. However, with an online tutor, so much of this hassle is reduced or eliminated entirely.

For instance, whereas you had to coordinate schedules offline, in an online environment, you normally will be assigned a time by the tutor to meet that you agree upon without much hassle. This of course is coupled with the fact that meeting times are not as difficult to schedule when you can physically meet anywhere as long as a computer is in tow. You can sit in your house, visit your favorite café, or park yourself on the beach – whatever you’d prefer. Your only job is to make sure you meet online at the time designated and you’re ready to go. This is definitely a convenience you don’t get with the face-to-face tutor.

Cheaper Rates

Another great benefit to taking on online tutoring is the cheaper rates. If you’re working with a private tutor or learning center, you may find yourself paying anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour. However, if you work with a company that offers tutors online, very often, you can make a monthly payment that equates to the above hourly rates – or you may be able to pay one fee for the year that then allows you 24-hour access to tutoring assistance. How great is that?

Because there are so many great resources to take advantage of online, it’s good to jump on the bandwagon to take advantage of this new tutoring venture. You never know; you may learn that you benefit more from it than offline tutoring.

Microsoft ordered to pay Uniloc over $500 million in anti-piracy patent case

SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has been ordered to pay $US388 million ($547.9 million) for infringing an anti-piracy software patent.

After a long-running legal battle, a US grand jury said Microsoft - a company known for its tough stance on piracy - had "wilfully infringed" the patent.

Both Windows and Office use a "product activation" system that was allegedly taken from Uniloc, a company that makes anti-piracy tools for video games and other software.

This system requires user registration to prevent the same copy of software being installed on several computers.

Uniloc started the legal battle against Microsoft in 2003, 11 years after it patented a similar technology.

Microsoft says it will appeal the US grand jury's decision.

"We are very disappointed in the jury verdict," said David Bowermaster, a Microsoft spokesman.

"We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported," he said. "We will ask the court to overturn the verdict."

News taken from
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25312670-5014239,00.html

Make Money Online by Writing Articles

By: Matt Helphrey

The internet is now becoming a very popular method to earn a decent income. People all over the world are using the internet to sell information products and make a lot of money doing so. All they have to do once their product is created is to promote it and gain traffic.

You will have to learn how to market your website effectively to drive traffic to your website. The smartest thing to do would be to attract visitors who are looking to buy the product you are selling.

Bringing in massive amounts of laser targeted traffic is the key to running a successful internet business. If you do not learn how to promote your online business, you will not have a business in the near future. There are many different ways to do this that cost little or no money.

Some people believe that marketing online is fairly simple, and it is for the most part. What I suggest is to find one method of marketing that you are very good at and to use that method over and over again. You can always learn how to promote your online business other ways some other time. But if what you are doing is working, stick with it!

Article marketing may be the very best way to market your online business. There are many article directories online that you can submit your articles to for free. Most of these article directories allow you to leave a link back to your website in the authors resource box. Your website will move up in rankings in the search engines as you pick up more and more back links.

With article marketing you will get traffic two fold, through the articles themselves and through the search engines. The key to making your article marketing campaign work is consistency. Don't over do it and don't under do it. Some people submit 2 articles a week and some submit up to a handful or more per day. It comes down to the number of competitors in your specific niche.

Instead of submitting one article to every article directory, submit a unique article to each. Submit the bulk of your articles to the top directories and submit to them often.

You may want to consider using an article distribution service as well. These services usually require a monthly fee but is well worth the cost if you can afford it. I personally use an article distribution service and I submit articles manually. I find that a comprehensive approach to distributing the articles works best.

After a few months of writing and submitting articles you will then see the targeted traffic begin to show. Keep up the article marketing and you will soon see the sales along with the traffic.

Free Online Fax Services to Send Fax by Email

Did you know you can use free online fax services to send your faxes to anywhere in the world easily using simply and email?

These services are becoming more and more popular these days and taking the place of old and heavy fax machines quickly. Because you know how send a simply email in a few seconds is so much easier than buying and using a big fax machine.

Online fax services are a great time saving way for small and large businesses to send and receive faxes easily on the Internet.

You can simply prepare your document or image that you want to send in any software on your computer - for example MS Word, Excel, etc. - and then send it to your special email address that your fax service has given you.

Also when receiving a fax, you will be given a unique fax number from any country or city that you wish. So you can have a local fax number just like normal fax machines.

Then when someone sends you a fax, you will easily receive it as a simple email in your inbox that you can save to your computer. It couldn't get any easier.

If you have a small business, using free online fax services is a great way to grow your business while saving money on traditional fax machines.

When choosing an online fax to email service, it's important to shop around and compare various services and choose the best one that is right for you.

Online fax services come in various shapes and sizes. Some offer new extra features that can help you save even more time. Some offer various prices and some great ones are even free.

Advantages of a Custom Website versus using a Website Builder Tool

by: Rodney Ringler

The internet has revolutionized business all around the globe. Almost every competent new or existing business wishes to exploit the incredible potential of the internet, and the first step is to have a web site designed done and maintained by a professional web site design service or build and maintain it yourself. One of the first things to consider is your computer ability. If you despise computers and software and find them confusing and frustrating then building your own website can be quite a task. One that you may not want to undertake. However, if you enjoy working with computers and learning new things or if you just have the patience to stick with it, then building a website is within your grasp. You may also decide to do it yourself to save cost. If you still feel that you want to build your own site you should choose software that is easy to use and user friendly.

Your website should be as unique as you and your business. You should select the website that is specialized in what will meet all your needs, both now and in the future. Custom based websites are for those who already have a website but are looking for those special finishing touches that quality custom graphics can provide. Designer graphics can make your website stand out above the rest and a custom website specializes in taking your original graphic or photo and turning it into a unique work of art. Quality graphics make an incredible difference in the visual appeal of your website.

Actual site "content" continues to be essential to the success of a website. More often than not though, visual appeal is the determining factor as to whether or not a client or customer will remain on a website long enough, to actually see the product or service the business is providing. Custom websites are for those who don’t have the time to design or create, but want to get things mush better and fast with a nice graphics.

Web site builders are online tools which anyone can use to build a professional looking Web site without programming and have it hosted instantly. No software to buy, no code to learn, all you need is to be a little Internet savvy and know how to click your mouse.

Most business owners today know that having a web site is an essential component of marketing. In the past, the choices were to hire a professional web designer, hire a local teenager to create a site for mall money, or learn to do it yourself. The last two options, are the least expensive, and were the preferred method for small businesses. The results are often not what businesses need to grow, reach, and impress new potential customers, however. They seem good at the start but quickly become limiting.

If you operate or manage a business, you surely must realize the increase in e-commerce taking place today. Many businesses find themselves searching for the best way to increase their exposure on the internet, and for most a website is the first course of action. As most businesses operate on firm budgets, finding cost effective solutions are usually one of the first thoughts when looking to make new purchases. When it comes to creating a website there are many affordable software programs that can produce professional results. Business software should be capable of handling your needs today and in the future. Business are always changing, adding new products, changing or removing old products, offering specials, having sales, etc. By choosing a business website builder over a professional web designer you will be able to make changes to your website whenever you want to. Another benefit is that you will be avoiding the high costs associated with developing the website and costs for making any necessary changes.

Website Builder tools advantages to you are increased revenue, cost control, caters to the large demand existing for web designing in the SME sector and can increase the client base without adding to your overhead. The advantage that your customers gets is a professional quality website, up and running in minutes and a User friendly and easily customizable interfaces that gives a complete website with all its frills and features and a nice attractive design. The downside is that you are limited to the look and functions of the tool and the templates or designs they provide.

On of the advantage of a custom website design is that the web site will look and function exactly as you want. A custom made web site can promote your brand and increase sales. The functionality and design of your website is important, because the images and text on the screen can make an indifferent visitor turn into a keen client, and the goal is to optimize your site to evolve maximum traffic conversion.

As more and more people are starting their own small home business many are finding that having a website is an important factor to consider. When one starts to consider building a website, especially the novice, many questions arise including…. can I create a website myself or should I hire a professional?

Hiring a professional is a great way to go if you can afford it. Although there are several things to keep in mind: how much will it cost? How much will ongoing maintenance cost? What will changes cost? How long will changes take? etc. As a result, many people opt to build their own website and begin searching for software that can easily help them.

As you start searching for an easy web site builder, there are some factors that you should take into consideration so that your new software will serve you now and the future.

There is quite a variety of easy web site building software and content management(CMS) based websites on the market today. In addition, some of the software available today is very expensive, geared more for the professional web designer, and come with a huge learning curve.

The options for small businesses to get a site developed have changed from the past. There are now sophisticated "site builder" tools available to small business owners, bundled with many web hosting packages. By using templates, and a content management system to manage updates to the site, it became easier to set up and maintain a web site, and many development companies have canned this functionality, for a fee. Hosting providers are increasingly offering tools to automate the web site building process, and with good reason. This new option has many benefits, as long as the business owner recognizes that there are trade offs and limitations to getting a web site this way. Some of the downsides are…the design is limited to their predefined templates. The functionality is limited to the tool. Also, in most website builder tools it is hard to perform search engine optimization, which is essential for a site to be found in the major search engines.

One of the biggest attractions for site building tools is the cost. It won't necessarily cost less to get your site this way, but it does provide a way to spread the cost over time. The cost for a custom website varies as per the feature and function it carries with itself.

Many people are concerned with building their own website, fearing boring designs and complexity. However, it is now becoming apparent that there are many custom web site builder software products on the market that promise dynamic layouts, professional templates, and user friendly web design tools. The professional web designers know there are a few more things to know, but sometimes they find some irony in the fact that web developers, in their quest to improve and better the web, have made themselves "optional". Most site building tools today are very robust, making it simple to add forms, searching, maps, guest books, calendars, and a whole variety of elements to a web site. Even better, the hosting company sometimes offers an entire suite of services - the site builder, email marketing, search engine optimization and statistics, all in one package along with the hosting.

There is also a possibility that the service will require you to keep some branding on the site telling people that you used their website designs and tools. This is more common with the free site builders - which pay for themselves by putting ads on your site. If your goal is to build a business web site, it's really not worth sacrificing your professional image by getting something free, which screams CHEAP.

Low quality websites sometimes attempt to sell expensive products or services. These websites cannot succeed. Studies reveals people spend more time on a well designed web page than on a low quality web page. There is a comparative relationship between the amount of time that an average visitor will spend on a web page and the amount of time that was spent building the web page.

Websites are an important aspect of online businesses. They are the first face of interaction between the user and the business. The website creates the first impression on the user and hence needs to be effective and impressive too. It is the job of web design services to make the website user friendly and search engine friendly too, so that it can serve the purpose of both effectively.

A tool can make things happen - but if you don't know what to make happen, it is either a useless tool or a dangerous one. There is a learning curve in knowing how to present information online (called information architecture in the profession), as well as for using the site builder. In other word, the fuller featured the tool; the more there is to learn. If you aren't familiar with color theory, use of typography, information architecture, navigation and interface design, and page layout and design, you can potentially make something that will hurt your business more than help it. So, unless you are already computer and web savvy, figuring out all the features within your web hosting and site builder package can be time consuming and frustrating.

In the end there are ways that a business can take advantage of these new options and still create a functional and professional web site. One way is simply take your time and research the available website templates, and find the one that has the most features and flexibility, that meet your functional requirements. In other words, spend the time to learn the things a seasoned pro would bring to the table. The internet is a massive library of "how to" information, where you can literally teach yourself anything - and with enough time spent, you could potentially learn how to layout information, what colors and fonts work well together, how to conduct your marketing online and optimize the site for search engines. The second is choosing the best suitable custom website design company and work with them to build a professional website that meets your needs get your imaginations carried and make business a greta success.

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Computer Repair - Is It Hardware, Software Or Both?

Computer repairs can involve hardware repair, software repair, a combination of both, and or probably some troubleshooting. It\'s not for the faint of heart; if you are pulling your hair out, you may want to consider doing something else about it like, call the Geek Squad. Basically what we are attempting to get our machine to load properly. When a PC starts up, first it tests all the connected hardware and then looks for the software that it needs to load in order to run properly. If the machine does not power up, or the machine powers up, but does not load, then we have a pretty good idea as to what the problem may be.

All of the parts of your computer that you can physically see and touch it is your hardware. It takes quite a bit of well engineering and design for all those components must work together well. Sometimes components can be damaged by external forces. To clarify external forces can mean a few things. Shock damage or the effect of being dropped can certainly cause damage to a component therefore rendering it inoperative. Also I would like to include a power surge, over voltage, over temperature, under temperature, water emersion, excessive moisture, acts of nature, etc external forces which can cause failure of a component.

Any code that the machine deals with in the form of data is the software. The operating system, the software, drivers, and all digital, is the code. Although code can be damaged by the result of external forces on a storage device, computer software code is susceptible to a whole different variety of potential means of damage. For instance if you install the wrong driver for the wrong component, the machine will not be able to communicate with the device correctly or at all. If in the case that the machine caught some type of virus, which damaged the code, or worse, compromised code that causes the hardware to have problems, It would be a great Idea to replace damaged code with correct code. Healthy software is crucial to the successful operation of a computer. Just to illustrate this fact, Let\'s format the hard drive and see what the computer does next.

The thing that you have to consider in computer repair is that if there is a change to some of the hardware, you are going to find that you will probably have to make some changes to the software which you have on it in order for it to work correctly. Type of changes that typically need to be made are installs and reinstalls. If there is some troubleshooting involved, I would start from the hardware and work through the software issues. When we start an IBM compatible machine, the unit does its POST. A POST is a Power On Self Test. The machine does this to check if all the components that are connected to the motherboard are functioning. If the machine fails this test, right off the bat you know you have a hardware problem. If this occurs, the machine usually beeps a couple of times and displays nothing on the screen.

Given that the machine successfully passes its POST, and it goes on to seek boot information from the hard drive, you are one step closer to a functioning machine. If in the case that the machine does not boot its operating system, there are a few questions that must be answered. Is there currently an operating system installed? Is the correct boot device called for in the BIOS screen? If you do have your operating system installed and it\'s not loading, Is your BIOS calling for the correct device to load the operating system software? Is there boot information on the drive? If there is no operating system, or if the operating system is not correctly installed, then you may want to consider possibly formatting the hard drive, doing a fresh clean install of the operating system and then trying again.

In order for a PC to load correctly, a few things must happen. First the computer must recognize all of the connected components. All the connected components must be compatible with the motherboard. When the computer does it\'s POST and passes to the next step, this signifies that all the components connected to the machine are compatible and in working condition for the most part. Secondly, the computer must have an operating system with all necessary drivers for all the components to be able to function at maximum potential capacity. When getting into a computer repair project, the main things to consider are, is this a hardware repair, software repair, or both.

Iphone Insurance

The iPhone is an electronic device from Apple, the makers of the Apple Mac computer and as well as the iPod. With the evolvement of iPhone, it replaces ordinary phones which were only meant for calling others. The iPhone combines the features of the internet and a big iPod along with the calling functions as any mobile phones. You can listen to your favorite songs or any radio shows, check the web, and also talk with others.

Above all, the navigation of the iPhone is incredibly easy.

Someone who hasn’t yet used an iPhone may miss the charm of the iPhone. For such people there will be a feeling that iPhones are being hugely hyped in the market, asking “What’s all the fuss about?” Again anyone who has already experienced using the iPhone will be excited thinking of its vast useful usage in daily life. Amongst iPhone users will tell you - iPhones are the major breakthrough in gadgetry and telecommunications. This super advanced technology in the iPhone means one thing; its price. It’s not as cheap as many other mobile phones. Because iPhone users almost instantly fall in love with their iPhone they generally becomes more careful. Quite naturally, others will be jealous at your iPhone because you are the proud owner of it. Criminals usually target the iPhones for theft. Looking at the rapid increase of iPhone theft, it became clear that an iPhone insurance epolicy is needed. So many companies started offering iPhone insurance to the customers possessing iPhones. It came as a big relief to many iPhone users as it removed the anxiety even if their iPhone gets lost. For sure, iPhone insurance proved vital among many iPhone users. Now, by just paying a relatively small premium each month, you are free from all the anxieties even if your precious iPhone is lost. Companies now offer complete cover for loss, damage, theft, international cover, water damage and extended warrantee on your iPhone. It’s appearing that iPhone insurance is becoming the best way to secure your precious objects like iPhones. There is always a tendency among people to protect an object particularly which is of high value. When it comes to precious and great pieces of kit like the iPhone, its protection becomes mandatory and it is where iPhone insurance works best for you.