New cancer warning about laptops

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Oct,31

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There’s no medical mystery to this condition, at least to those who know the symptoms. Recently, a 12-year-old boy had developed a blotchy, discolored area on his left thigh after playing a new video game on his laptop for a few months. While the young man was able to deduce that the disfigurement was in [...]

Sick PCs should be banned

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Oct,28

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Virus-infected computers that pose a risk to other PCs should be blocked from the net, a senior researcher at software giant Microsoft suggests.The proposal is based on lessons from public health, said Scott Charney of the firm’s trustworthy computing team. It is designed to tackle botnets – networks of infected computers under the control of [...]

iPad Securtiy

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Oct,24

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Security is of utmost importance on an iPad; at the owner’s preference, multiple complex passwords can be assigned to ensure that confidential information remain inaccessible to unauthorized persons. Data exchanged over-the-air or through the Internet can be encrypted to ensure security. Additionally, corporate communication over-the-air is highly protected by a certificate-based authentication process via Exchange [...]

iPad’s Effectiveness

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Oct,19

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  Apple is not entirely detached from Microsoft-based productivity programs; as a matter of fact, the iPad has built-in support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007. The manufacturer understands the proliferation of Microsoft’s Business Email service and would not let their users be left behind in business if they choose to go with an [...]

Microsoft offers discount on Windows 7

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Oct,16

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If you have multiple computers in your home and haven’t upgraded to Windows 7 yet, now would be a good time to do so.  For a limited time, Microsoft is offering the Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Family Pack for a price of $149.99.  This pack will allow you to install the OS on up to three [...]

Duke University combats laptop thefts

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Oct,13

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Police say laptop computer thefts account for 20 percent of all thefts at Duke University. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported more than 60 have been stolen this year. Duke University police Chief John Dailey says people often leave then unattended in places like libraries, where it’s inconvenient to pack up the laptop when leaving for [...]

Hilal computers offers ‘test drive’ for customers

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Oct,10

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Hilal Computers, the Bahrain-based computer hardware and software system integrator and solutions provider, has launched a new facility that enables customers to ‘test drive’ a product in a ‘live’ setting before committing to purchase. The Hilal Technology Centre, inaugurated at Hilal Computers’ Bahrain headquarters, is a fully-functional, live visualisation showcase of IT infrastructure solutions from [...]

iPad’s Shortcomings

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Oct,07

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It looks very much like an iPod Touch, only it is about 4 times bigger. But it is not an iPod Touch and certainly has more functions than iPod Touch offers. Besides, it doesn’t even have SMS so there simply is no way it can be an android phone, a hybrid phone even. Also, unlike [...]

Main Functions of iPad

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Oct,05

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Apple’s tagline: ‘there’s an app for that’, is not a marketing hyperbole. It is a reality. As if this selection is not mind-boggling enough, third party apps creators and developers are constantly creating new apps to add to the extensive collection that Apple has. So it is just more apps from here. iPad uses Apple’s own [...]

iPad More Than A Toy

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Oct,02

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Sweeping generalizations branded iPad as nothing more than an expensive toy. And having more thousands and thousands of applications doesn’t help much with its image. But is it really just a toy? Or is there something more to it than having a horsepower powerful enough to host as much apps as you want?  A Multimedia [...]