Information Technology

Facebook for your Windows Mobile 6 phone

2009-12-07T06:34:00.000-08:00

New from Windows Mobile: a Facebook application for your phone! Download the new Facebook application for Windows Mobile and:

Send messages to any of the people in your Friends list.
Take pictures and videos on your phone, then upload them right to Facebook.
Send messages or call people in your Friends list.
Manage your profile and post anytime, anywhere.

Keep up with the latest news and posts with Facebook on your phone. Now your status updates can be up-to-the moment accounts of what you’re doing. Photos and videos are about as close to live-action as you can get. Show your friends what you’re up to, while you’re out and about.

Connecting and sharing on Facebook just got a lot livelier!

Get the best of both worlds with Internet Explorer Mobile 6

2009-12-07T06:32:00.000-08:00

Windows phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 or later come with the latest version of Internet Explorer Mobile. Internet Explorer Mobile 6 delivers the same high quality browsing and media viewing experience that you’ve come to expect on your desktop computer.

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If you can see it in Internet Explorer on your PC, you’ll be able to see it just as well on your Windows phone, whether the content you want is on YouTube, a game using Flash animation, or on a social site like Facebook or MySpace.

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Just like you do on your PC, you can complete online transactions easily on your Windows phone. Log in to secure sites, make purchases, fill out and submit forms online—you can do it all as effortlessly as you would on your PC.

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Working hand-in-hand with Windows Live Search, Internet Explorer Mobile 6 targets the results of your searches so that you get the information that is most relevant to you, no matter where you are. You can zoom in and out, or pan across maps and photos. Your search can be typed or spoken, and the results are returned with complete addresses, phone numbers, and maps, so you can contact who or what you’re looking for.

Internet Explorer Mobile

2009-12-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

Getting online from your phone—whether to stay on top of your e-mail, get maps and directions, update your Facebook or MySpace account, or shop—now, that's useful. Use Internet Explorer Mobile, which is included with every Windows phone, to take care of your life and your business from just about anywhere you go.

Internet Explorer Mobile makes it easy to:

Sync the Favorites you’ve saved on your PC.
Change your view to make the display appear in a full-screen format or in a single-column view to limit side-to-side scrolling.

Internet Explorer Mobile is included on all Windows phones, and works on both touch screen and non-touch screen devices.

Become an Insider— with Windows phone News

2009-12-07T06:29:00.000-08:00

Is it having the power of a PC in the palm of your hand? Or is it knowing the information you need is never further away than your phone? No matter why you love your Windows phone, there’s always another reason just around the corner. Windows phone News helps you get the most from your Windows phone. Get Insider tips on how to minimize roaming fees, use Wi-Fi to browse faster, and even help you reach your fitness goals. Plus, you’ll also get access to free downloads like ringtones, games, and apps to make your phone uniquely yours.

Desktop gadgets(Windows7)

2009-12-07T06:27:00.001-08:00

Desktop gadgets are customizable mini-programs that can display information, such as continuously updated headlines or a picture slide show, without having to open a new window.

User account picture(Windows7)

2009-12-07T06:26:00.000-08:00

A user account picture helps identify your account on a computer. The picture is displayed on the Welcome screen and on the Start menu. You can change your user account picture to one of the pictures included with Windows, or you can use your own.

Screen savers(Windows7)

2009-12-07T06:25:00.002-08:00

A screen saver is a picture or animation that appears on the screen when you haven't used the mouse or keyboard for a set period of time. You can choose from a variety of Windows screen savers.

Desktop background (Windows7)

2009-12-07T06:25:00.001-08:00

The desktop background, also called wallpaper, is a picture, color, or design on the desktop. It provides a backdrop to your open windows. You can choose one picture to be your desktop background or you can display a slide show of pictures.

Aero (Windows7)

2009-12-07T06:24:00.000-08:00

Aero is the premium visual experience of this version of Windows. It features a transparent glass design with subtle window animations, a new Start menu, a new taskbar, and new window border colors.

Themes On Windows7

2009-12-07T06:23:00.000-08:00

A theme includes a desktop background, a screen saver, a window border color, sounds, and sometimes icons and mouse pointers. You can choose from several Aero themes. Use the whole theme or create your own customized theme by changing the pictures, colors, and sounds individually.

Personalizing your computer on Vista.

2009-12-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

You can add a personal touch to your computer by changing the computer's theme, color, sounds, desktop background, screen saver, font size, and user account picture. You can also select specific gadgets for your desktop.

Protection against the latest threats

2009-12-05T02:46:00.001-08:00

A dedicated team of Microsoft researchers continuously searches the Internet to discover new spyware and develop methods to counteract it.
A voluntary, worldwide network of Windows Defender users helps Microsoft determine which suspicious programs to classify as spyware. Participants help discover new threats quickly and notify Microsoft analysts, so that everyone is better protected. Anyone who uses Windows Defender can join this network and help report potential spyware to Microsoft.
To help protect your computer from the latest threats, you can choose to have updates that counteract new spyware automatically downloaded to your computer.

Improved Internet browsing safety

2009-12-05T02:37:00.000-08:00

Windows Defender helps stop spyware before it infiltrates your computer. Windows Defender also offers a continuous safeguard designed to target all the ways that spyware can infiltrate your computer.
Windows Defender works without distracting you. It runs in the background and automatically handles spyware based on preferences that you set. You can use your computer with minimal interruption.

Windows Defender detects and removes spyware

2009-12-05T02:31:00.000-08:00

Windows Defender is software that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software by detecting and removing known spyware from your computer. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware when it's detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

How to improve Wi-Fi range ?

2009-11-24T04:22:00.000-08:00

Ever since Wi-Fi technology has started to take over most of the ways to connect to internet, boosting its signal improving connection performance has always been in discussions. Wireless routers are most commonly used devices when are used for wireless connection, millions of wireless devices are used in homes and offices to access wireless internet using Wi-Fi technology.There are numerous ways which can be used to improve performance of wireless connection, and incase if you are not receiving full signal bar then there are numerous ways by which you can improve signals as well. There are following steps by which you can improve over all performance of Wireless networks and signal receiving. The first thing which should be done is to make sure that you are getting the most of your wireless router. Wireless router/switch should be placed on height by mounting it on wall preferably. Mounting it on centre of premises can improve performance as well. Any electronic device ranging 2.4Ghz which can be baby monitors, phones, Bluetooth devices, etc can create interference in communication of router resulting in decreased performance of connection. There are possibilities that your neighbor is using Wi-Fi on same spectrum, this confliction can decrease performance as well, to avoid such a scenario use different channel from your neighbor connection, if your neighbor connection channel is 12, try to use channel 1 to avoid channel interference. If things are not improved even after all these measures, then it is recommend to update your wireless router / access point. Consider buying new router with Multiple input multiple output (MIMO), or draft-n technology. There routers are specially design for greater rang then normal 802.11g standard routers, and also improves speed up to ten times. Note: You can also boost signals for your wi-fi connection by customized made antennas

WiFi with no limitation

2009-11-24T04:21:00.003-08:00

You can use a “WiFi” network with no limitation because it can connect you worldwide. You can easily reach to your requirements with WiFi networking applications because the power consumption is very high as compared to other bandwidth. The vision of wireless network is bright with Pre-N products and high qulaity media streaming.

More faster and secure

2009-11-24T04:21:00.001-08:00

With WiFi you can get high speed of internet because it is very fast than DSL and Cable connection you can establish a Wifi network in small space now you don’t need any professional installation just connect to a power outlet with an Ethernet cord, and start browsing. WiFi security system for Threats makes it more renewable and its tool protect your VPN and secure web page. You can easily configure the device to take better performance. The standard devices, embedded systems and network security make it more powerful.

It's convenient and every where

2009-11-24T04:20:00.004-08:00

WiFi is a convenient technology and where the range station exists you are online during travel you can equip with a Wi-Fi network and set up shop anyplace. You will automatically connect with internet if you are near hotspot. These days WiFi exist every where with all its wonders.

Support an entire age bracket.

2009-11-24T04:20:00.003-08:00

WiFi technology has several advantages it support an entire age bracket and create a connection between components on the same network and have ability to transfer data between the devices and enable different kind of devices such as game, MP3 player, PDA’s and much more!

Wi-Fi Fortress Technology

2009-11-24T04:20:00.001-08:00

WiFi providing secure wireless solutions support the growth and release of a prototype mobile ad hoc wireless network for use in the wireless strategic skirmish.

Unmatched mobility and elasticity

2009-11-24T04:19:00.002-08:00

Wi-Fi, is allowing new intensity of connectivity without giving up functions. Wi-Fi introduced various types of utilities such music streamers that transmit your music to speakers without any wire you can also play music from the remote computer or any other attached to the network. The most important now you can play online radio. Wifi technology system is rather remarkable, you can download songs, send email and transfer files expediently at sky-scraping speed and you can move your computer easily because your WiFi network has no cable to disrupt your work so we can say that it is quite easy, helpful and most of all expedient.

A new aspect in networking

2009-11-24T04:19:00.001-08:00

WiFi has brought a new aspect in the ground of networking. The broadcast of data is completed via radio waves and the cost of cables for network lying down.Wi-Fi enable a user to get access to internet anywhere in the given location. Now you can make a network in Hotels, Libraries, colleges, universities, campus, private institutes, and coffee shops and even on a public place to make your business more profitable and connect with their client any time. WiFi makes waves for business with their highly effective cable less media.

Wi-Fi

2009-11-24T04:18:00.001-08:00

Wireless Fidelity – popularly known as Wi-Fi, developed on IEEE 802.11 standards, is the recent technology advancement in wireless communication. As the name indicates, WI-FI provides wireless access to applications and data across a radio network. WI-FI sets up numerous ways to build up a connection between the transmitter and the receiver such as DSSS, FHSS, IR – Infrared and OFDM. The development on WI-FI technology began in 1997 when the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) introduced the 802.11 technology that carried higher capacities of data across the network. This greatly interested some of major brands across the globe such as the world famous Cisco Systems or 3COM. Initially, the price of Wi-Fi was very high but around in 2002, the IT market witnessed the arrival of a break through product that worked under the new 802.11 g standards. In 2003, IEEE sanctioned the standard and the world saw the creation of affordable Wi-Fi for the masses.

Technical Solutions

2009-11-24T04:17:00.004-08:00

As with WLANs and Bluetooth technical solutions & improvements fall into one of two categories: software security solutions and hardware security solutions. Bluetooth software solutions focus on Personal Identification Number (PIN) and private authentications, while hardware solutions involve the use of the Bluetooth device address and link keys that reside at the link level. Again, it should be noted that hardware solutions, which generally have software components, are into simply as hardware solutions.

Operational Solutions

2009-11-24T04:17:00.003-08:00

Since Bluetooth devices do not register when they join a network, they are invisible to network administrators. Consequently, it is difficult for administrators to apply traditional physical security measures. However, there are some security approaches that can be applied, including establishing spatial distance and securing the gateway Bluetooth devices that connect remote Bluetooth networks or devices. Establishing spatial distance requires setting the power requirements low enough to prevent a device operating on the organizations premises from having sufficient power to be detected outside physical boundaries. This spatial distance in effect creates a more secure boundary. Currently, Bluetooth devices have a useful range of approximately 30 feet. Organizations that require both high levels of security and low levels of security should maintain a secure perimeter so that on site network users can maintain secure connections in their office premises. Agencies with requirements for high levels of security should also restrict unauthorized personnel from using PDAs, laptops, and other electronic devices within the secure perimeter. (Tom karygiannis, Les Owens, Nov 2002)