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How to Create Windows XP Live CD

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:19:00 +0700

Linux Live CD is probably not foreign to you again, because many linux distro which is packed in the form of a live CD. but how about the Windows Live CD may not be many people who do. Windows live CD is not much different from linux live CD sama2x both run from the CD. While the steps and how to pembuatannya following way.

Create a folder on your hard drive with the name C: sp2winxp (at you). Copykan all content on the Windows XP installation CD into the folder you created earlier. For example I use windows XP Professional SP2. make sure that no files or hidden behind.

Download Utility www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ named in PEBuilder. This utility will include a feature called BartPE. Then install PEBuilder earlier.

- Run PEBuilder,
- Shares the sources referring to the C: sp2winxp.
- Output shares using "BartPE"
- Shares media output change to "Create ISO Image" and fill in the c: pebuilderpebuilder.iso
- Check the "Burn to CD / DVD". Select a CD Writer device from Device ListBox.
- If you are using CDRW bits also enable the option "AutoErase RW"

You can add a plugin you can see how the www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/plugins/.

- Insert the CD or CDRW to Blank CD-ROM Drive
- Click Build, on the "create directory" select yes.
- Will show the Windows XP product license and agree to read if you want to continue
- Build process will run
- When you're finished, OK and close the PEBuilder.
- Restart your PC and set the BIOS for Booting from a CD.
- You will immediately see the results

Windows Live CD is very useful when we are exposed to computer viruses, especially the local virus. aja eg some virus that made the action with the lock on the computer logon, so even computer users have to enter your Username and Password are correct, the computer still refuses to logon and still ask for username and password. repotnya again this happens when the computer start in safe mode or safe mode with Command Prompt. for handling virusnya so we do through the process of virus scaning windows live CD.

Development of Television from 1833 Until Now

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:47:00 +0700

Mechanical Television

May be difficult to trust. However, the discovery of a small metal disc rotating with many holes in it that is found by a student in Berlin, Germany, 23 years, Paul Nipkow [1883], is the embryo of the birth of television.

1920, other experts such as John Logie Baird and Charles Francis Jenkins, the Nipkow disk is to create a system in the image capture, transmission, and receive. They make the whole system is based on the television system mechanical movement, both in broadcasting and receive. When it has not been found Cathode Ray Tube [CRT].

Vladimir Zworykin, was one of several specialists at that time, received assistance from the David Sarnoff, Senior Vice President of RCA [Radio Corporation of America]. Sarnoff devote much attention to the development of TV mechanics, electronics and TV of the future will have a better commercial. Another engineer, Philo Farnsworth, also succeeded in getting sponsors to support the idea, and took to compete with Vladimir.

TV Electronic

Both Farnsworth and Zworykin, working separately, and both succeeded in making progress for a TV commercial with a very affordable cost. In the year 1935, they began to send out broadcast using the electronic system.

1939, RCA and Zworykin ready for a regular TV program, and they promote a large-scale on the World Fair in New York. Enthusiastic people too big, causing the National Television Standards Committee [NTSC], 1941, has decided to distandarisasikan television transmission system in the United States. Five months later, all United States television stations, amounting to 22 fruit, is convert the system into the new electronic standard.

Colour TV

CBS is first to build the system a few years before the color rivalnya, RCA. But their system is not compatible with the majority of black around the country. CBS issued a lot of cost for the color of their system, should be aware that their job ends futile. RCA, who learn from experience CBS, began to build their own color system. They quickly build a system that is capable of color to be black and white system [BW]. After the RCA exhibit their system capabilities, NTSC membakukannya to broadcast commercial thn 1953.

TV Plasma Display TV

Plasma display created at the University of Illinois by Donald L. Bitzer and H. Gene Slottow in 1964. Panel Monochrome original (usually orange or green) to enjoy the increased use in the early 1970s because of this view and does not require strong circuit and the memory it. But is followed by a lack of sales due to the development of the semiconductor memory making CRT display very low in the late 1970s. Starting from Larry Weber dissertasi PhD from the University of Illinois in 1975 to create a successful color plasma display, and finally succeeded in reaching that goal in 1995.

How to Change Blogger Being CO.CC

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:59:00 +0700

If you have a Blogspot account of the Blogger.com blog of Google's default of course you will have a sub domain of the blog spot http://comtech89.blogspot.com this instance can be changed into eg "http://www.comtech89.co.cc ". In addition to use for creating your own blog as in the previous article, Free Domain co.cc this can be utilized to modify or change the name of the url you are using Blogspot Domain co.cc

Following the guidelines into Blogspot co.cc url, while the following steps:

1. Register an account and get a co.cc domain here.

2. Domain settings menu entry>> Manage Domains and click the Setup

Ignore 3 Menu 1>> manage DNS / name server you empty the direct 2-click menu>> Zone Record

4. Add the contents with the record field as follows:

Host: content with a domain name that you register eg: "www.comtech89.co.cc"

TTL: 1 D (do not need to change)

Type: CNAME

Value: ghs.google.com

Changing the blogspot to co.cc

5. Then click setup

Then proceed to the settings on blogspot account "Blogger.com" you:

1. Log In / login to "blogger.com" or you blogspot

2. Enter the settings menu>>> Publishing

3. Then select "Switch to: • Custom Domain"

4. Click already "Already own a domain? Switch to advanced settings "

5. Fill in the "Your Domain" with "domain co.cc" "that you list the previous example" www.comtech89.co.cc "

6. Use a missing files host? select no

7. Word Verivication entries and click save settings

Wait for the process of sincronisasinya co.cc Blogspot to a maximum of 24 hours after that you can access the url "blogspot.com" with your domain name you are co.cc.
And last Keep Your Smile always guys....

How To Remaster Windows 2000, 2003 Server And XP.

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:53:00 +0700

Remastering is something fun for a newbie this. What is remastering or remastering linux windows ... .... Do friends ever heard the term "remastering"?

Through this remastering many benefits. If the windows in the remastering, as an example the result is a mini XP, Tiny XP, and others. I say helpful for me, because according to my desk job at the lab, which is one of them is PC-ngelola old PC with minimum specifications, but are required / forced ngejalanin seabrek application of berat2, say that netbeans, oracle 10g, VB 6, Delphi 7, Office 2007, Eclipse, Photoshop CS2, Macromedia8, Boson, Corel, etc. at the same time that will be installed on a PC with PIII 550 MHz specs ...
This had to be done because the new PC word that the department has Spec intel core2 duo that can be used in February 2008 with later ... have to think so hard I get Microsoft Windows XP SP2 can be installed on the computer is old seabrek program plus a heavy, with a guarantee after all is installed, the PC is still running fast.
We used, what it is remastering. Remastering is the process in the OS make / create a new master OS, if the add / insert a new component editor (such as drivers, or applications that will be embedded also) or the composer component that it is not a new need.

Any posts at this time I will only discuss about Windows Remastering by reducing component composer that I think is not necessary, so that the windows remastering we will have a small size and weight is not as many applications / service / component is not important that we dispose . As an illustration, how often we use the Help & Support, XP tour, the animated dog is in the searching of Windows, along with service-service that we need should not be deleted / removed it, because each service / component you use / consume memory or space on our PC, which ultimately result in lemotnya PC that we use.

The other benefit from the remastering that I write this time so the installation process is faster, the default 32 minutes we can reduce to be only 8-15 minutes, so only about 8-15 to install the Windows we have this remastering. In addition we can also create unattended installation, we can embed the serial number installation, configuration time / timezone, user, networking, and so on the windows that we will remastering, so that when we perform the installation using the windows remastering, we only need to determine the partition and after that we can leave it to finish without the need to enter a serial number and other configuration. So simple .
Now How To Make Remaster Windows???

Meanwhile, we need / requirements for remastering windows are:
Source Windows or Windows Installer CD
Installation first. Net Framework, this time in the simulation I use. Net Framework 2.0 x86 . For Net Framework Download Here
After. Net Framework installed, then we need to have nLite, this happens in the simulation I use nLite version 1.3.5. nLite is an application that works for me-remaster windows. Installernya here
Well after all the requirements met, we will be doing the remastering these windows.

This Step Is:

Open / Applications run nLite is. In the simulation this time, I chose India as the language. Button and then click "Continue".
Button Click "Browse" to specify the location where the master windows akan we remaster-kan.
After that will be seen what the product name, version, language and size of windows that we akan remaster-kan. After that click button "Continue"
After that will come out preset display, which functions using settingan previous remastering. In the simulation this time, I assume we have not been doing remastering process before, so no settingan stored. So if the display appears as below, right click aja Button "Continue"
After that will come out as the view below, the option whether you want to do integration, remove components, set the configuration setup, and options to create bootable ISO. In the simulation this time, I choose all the options, EXCEPT integration. Because our focus this time is not add / paste, but do deletion of components and configuration. After the option is selected, click the button "Continue"
Will out as the view below, the display window for compatibility, we can disregard them by clicking the button "Cancel" in the compatibility window. The purpose of the compatibility of this window we can see from the capture image below.
Then we will be faced with a window like below. This window contains the components that we will dispose of. Checklist-men with the options there, meaning we will drop these components. It is important to note that the description of each component is listed in the far right column when the cursor is located at our option that we select the components and We will Discard relatively BETWEEN EACH PEOPLE, TO THE NEEDS DEPENDING respectively. For example I will drop in the WordPad application options. Because I can function WordPad is replaced with a notepad, and I intend to install the Office later, WordPad, so I feel no need to. If you want to follow my STEP 2 in the men-drop components whatever, yah please ...
Following components that I removed (marked with the options-in checklist):
Options for Application:

Options for language (the language option for this men-all checklist):

Options for Drivers:

Support for Option Hardware, I'm not a one-component checklist also.
Option for Network, I only men-component checklist guidance Internet connection, MSN Explorer, Uređaj Communications, Windows Messenger:

Option for Keyboard, I men-all checklist EXCEPT Keyboard United Kingdom and United States-International Keyboard.
Option for Service, I men-checklist following components, namely: fax Service, Indexing Service, Secondary logon, Automatic Updating, Error Reporting, Remote Registry, Windows Time.
Options for Multimedia:
Options for Operating System, the components that need to be Out Of Box Experience (OOBE), should not the check list, Except if the windows will be remastering is a corporate version of windows.:

Options for Directory (my checklist men-all components):
Already completed the disposal / removal of components. Click the button Lanjut.Kita akan Unattended presented with the option, which baerarti here we can embed serial number, and configuration-konfigrasi (such as user, networking, timezone, Desktop, and others) so that the remastering of the windows will not ask for this serial number and other configuration-configuration when installed, because we are all embedded-kan.
After unattended configuration in accordance with our desire, and click on the button "Continue" that will come out as the view below. Do the selection options and settingan suit your needs.
Click the button "Continue", then the display will go out as below, the option Tweaks to make the work of settingan registry service and a variety of akan distartup, as our example setting up so that key CTRL + ALT + DEL can not be executed during the process of entry and settingan other.
Tweaks Option After we completed this configuration, just click the button "Continue" to process the windows that we remastering-kan into files before installation. Ilustrasinya more or less like the image below:
Akan out as the view below. -Click button is "Yes" to start processing:

After the button "Yes" on-click, then it looks more or less like below indicates that the process to create the installation file:

After processing is complete, where ilustrasinya more or less like the image below. We can observe that the file installer windows XP SP2 results remastering size we are now ONLY 170.91 MB. Try bayangin which the original installer file size is 574.20 MB be reduced drastically 170.91 MB. Not very small, which means we have to remove 403.29 MB parts and service that we not only need the space and memory menghabisin our PC.
Click-it button "Continue". Past selesailah processing stage to the installation of files. Now we will create image files from the installer before remastering. Yup, we will create a bootable ISO of the installer before remastering. Do necessary changes, such as labels and others. Then just click the Create ISO button to start the process of making ISO file installer windows SP2 results remastering we have to do. Note the picture below:

Already completed the process of remastering the windows that we do. Now we have Windows XP SP2 installer that only mini-sized, that is 170.91 MB. In addition to the benefits-the benefits of the assets, such as the installation process only 8-15 minutes, and the unattended installation of fun. Thanx a lot nLite, a PC-old PC can run this well and nicely….

20 New Features of Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Sun, 9 Aug 2009 18:57:00 +0700

Many who have not patience to wait out the Windows 7 (W7), successor of Windows Vista. Not as usual, Microsoft conceal many new features W7, but semiua confidentiality of this has ended, Microsoft gives developers a lot of leakage, seepage of W7 on the PDC. Tehcnologizer the opportunity to try W7 seems to say that this OS ... really quite prospective!

First, you must know that W7 will not have drastic changes in terms of software architecture as Vista from XP - Microsoft has its own promise that the users meakukan upgrade from Vista will not have compatibility problems. W7 because not much has changed behind the scenes, Microsoft can focus on the development experience of the OS itself and not on the various technical aspects such as security and stability.

Most of the changes that W7 was trying to improve the ease and comfort of users, and below are some of the new features that W7 is visible demonstration of Microsoft PDC.

2. Taskbar
Get the biggest changes since the first time in the debut of Windows 95. Windows 7 will no longer have the icon showing a small application with the full name of the application but only the icons are large similar to Mac OS X. List window that is displayed when the mouse to place the icon on the application also be replaced with the user interface (UI) "ribbon" that shows a thumbnail of the window that opens sideways.

Other tools that are connected to the computer as the camera will also appear on the taskbar along with the application window. Altogether these features make Windows 7 to appear interesting.

3. System Tray
Officially named as the "Notification Area," Microsoft finally allows the user tools for managing the desktop area is often disorganized. Users can have the icons are displayed in the System Tray, the icon change the position and whether they may attract the user with the notification.

4. Jump List
Jump menu list will appear in the Start Menu or when a user clicks on one of the Taskbar application, provide several options on the user to perform various actions that supported the application. Figure below shows the jump list of Windows Media Player (Wmp) that give users the option to play the song, see the last songs played, and more.

5. User Account Control (UAC) Better
UAC is one of the features that most users of Windows Vista doghouse. Now in addition to the "On" and "Off," the user can choose to have UAC appears only when installing an application or when an application to change the configuration of Windows only. Not yet known whether this change is enough to make the UAC's enemies become friends, but at least these changes will make Windows more friendly UAC.

6. Performance
Microsoft said that they make many changes to improve performance and stability of Windows 7 as reduce boot time by enabling multiple applications in parallel, a new memory management methods and more. While this is still too early to discuss the performance, we must await the coming version of the already almost finished to get a benchmark that means, but according to Technologizer, Windows 7 feels very fast Dell laptop operated in the loaned Microsoft - and the net of bloatware.

7. Device Stage
This new feature to gather all things related peripherals in one place for easy configuration as a user, the features, documentation and even the purchase of service printer ink and others.
8. Libraries
If you already know the concept of the library for songs such as the iTunes, the concept of the library in Windows 7 also will not be foreign to you. This feature is collecting all the files in your PC according to the type library in the respective media for easy management. For example, all photos from all the PC and the network will be collected in a photo library which can be accessed in one place like the picture below.

9. HomeGroups
Windows 7 introduces a new feature called HomeGroups network that aims to ease some of the computer network to share files and peripherals - as though all of them located on a PC the same. Although the features of Windows Networking since first aim is always the same, in fact the configuration to use the network printer is still too difficult for most users.

10. "Peeking" (tout)
Peeking features in Windows 7 easier for users to quickly read content in a window without the need to interact with the window. Placing the mouse over the thumbnail in the Task Bar will change all the open windows into transparent windows except the selected. In addition you can "peek" window application specific user can also tout the Windows desktop.

11. Sidebar Not Used More
If compared with the Mac OS X widget that can be placed on the desktop, most differences in light of the gadget is Microsoft during the sidebar on the right side of the screen. In W7, the sidebar is removed because they use too many places and there are now gadgets can be placed directly on the desktop. Although this fact can also be done in Vista.

12. ITunes Compatibility
Wmp now supports two Apple favorite media format: AAC for audio and H.264 for video. Wmp also can find the iTunes library on the network and play the contents. Apple Fairplay DRM is not supported, but who knows how to play a video podcast that beresolusi tolerable look bad in Wmp.

13. Wmp Minimalis
When you right-click on a media file in Windows Explorer and use Wmp to play, Wmp will appear in the minimalist mode that does not dominate your desktop. You can also play the media at the preview pane of Windows Explorer without launching Wmp at all.

14. Streaming Multimedia
W7 add features allow media files from your PC to a variety of tools that support systems such as streaming music via Sonos network. Microsoft said that W7 will change to a file in a format that can be played by your media player. This also means that Microsoft is again approaching the step aspiration Bill Gates made the Windows media center at home. Media Center version of Windows 7 to get the big upgrade.

15. Automatic settings window
Drag a window near the right edge or left then the window will immediately change the size of a half-screen. This is easier for you to arrange the two windows side by side (such as your browser or Word documents) so you can easily work in both windows simultaneously.

16. Search for All The Places
W7 feature called "Search Federation" allows you to include a variety of computer, networking and media sites to search in Windows 7.

17. Themes
Microsoft has been very long, it was not deliver major changes in the customization features in the Windows theme. In W7 Microsoft provides a new theme that voters better with the preview feature in the original size and allows you to save a custom theme with just a few clicks. Microsoft also plans to change the name from the Themes to be Styles.

18. Windows Live
Microsoft has officially become little application in the W7, did not like Vista. Applications Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, and email has made free unduhan called Windows Live Esentials, although Microsoft still expects many PC vendors will still resemble the Windows Live Essentials in the computer that they sell.

19. New Paint
Windows Paint that has been forgotten to get big upgrade, now appear with the ribbon UI from Office 2007 that has now become standard in many Microsoft applications. Although many consider as an alternative Paint.net Paint for the better.

20. Features Touch screen
Windows 7 is the first version of Windows that supports multi-touch that lets you control the OS with both hands. There are still many who doubt whether the multi-touch PC akan merevolusi world as he merevolusi world phone. Currently, almost no PC circulating in the market that supports the touch screen in addition to the features of the HP TouchSmart, and Dell Latitude XT. (via Technologizer)

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 (Pictures)

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:21:00 +0700

Claimed as yet another iPhone killer by Tech evangelists and bloggers,the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has on incredibly high-resolution(800*480), 3-inch VGA touch screen display. With a unique arc-slider design,the X1 feature a new desktop GUI called ‘Experia panels’, a nine-panel interface that’s eye candy on the high-resolution display. These panels are finger-friendly marvels that permit access to applications running on the phone via the home screen. Navigation is possible either by touch, arc-sliding QWERTY Keypad, 4-way joypad and an “optical joystick”.

The X1 also has loads of other features like quadband GSM as well was UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA network support, WiFi, aGPS, microSD(400 MB on phone memory default) and of course, Window Mobile 6.

BlackBerry 9000 Review

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:14:00 +0700

CrackBerry surprisingly managed to snag a BlackBerry 9000, and here they are with a review. I have digested the entire review and churned out a bulleted list of all the important points to consider if you’re thinking of getting the BlackBerry 9000. I think it surpassed the Blackberry 8800 series where it’s commonly use in companies.

Here’s the hardware specs:

Decent battery life during testing
Extremely fast compared to the Curve, does not suffer lag!
480×320 LCD display is crisp, bright and sharp
Subtle changes to keyboard for better typing
Externally accessible microSD memory card slot
GPS navigation System
Extremely bright notification LED and trackball
Convenience key location is questionable
Easy accessibility to SIM card

How to watch YouTube on Windows Mobile

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:01:00 +0700

A member from the WMExperts Forum has done the ~~impossible~~ incredible: Written instructions for getting the full version of YouTube working on Windows Mobile Device without needing a PhD in Computer Engineering. That’s not m.youtube.com, (which only features whatever videos YouTube has bothered to encode for that site), but the full YouTube. It’s not quite plug ‘n play, but it’s darn close. If you follow zbop’s instructions to a Tee you should be able to manage it.

If you already have a version of TCPMP installed, uninstall it now.
Install tcpmp.pocketpc.0.72RC1.cab: download link here
Install FlashVideoBundle.CAB attached [in the linked forum post below] (this MUST be installed in the same location as TCPMP)
Soft-reset

You’ll also want to read through the whole thread (linked below) for some tips and tricks for configuring TCPMP to get everything running smoothly and quickly. Here’s the full instruction.

Microsoft Office on the Apple iPhone?

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:53:00 +0700

This news comes from the controversial Chinese site CNMO.com. As Microsoft makes more profit on Office than it does on its current Vista OS, they want to make the software widely available in many different platform. MacBooks run Microsoft Office and Apple does not really have a product that can compete with Office. But this remain unofficial as I’d like to hear from Apple and Microsoft.

Source: CNMO.com

Microsoft announced Office Mac 2008 availability - Newly Release

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:44:00 +0700

In the 2008 Macworld Conference, Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit officially announced that Office 2008 is now available for Mac computer. With improved interface and easy-to-use features, even Office beginners can create great-looking documents very quickly.

As we all know, Mac software are NOT cheap, expensive in my opinion! For Mac Office 2008, $399.95 for full retail and $239.95 for upgrade. A sales tag of $400 is about one third of a MacBook’s price! If you add Adobe CS on top, it might cost more than the laptop itself! If you’re a money saver like me, you can get the Open Office 2 or Apple iWork 08 which is a better deal. I admit that Office 2008 provides additional specific features that beats any other software. Your decision!

Apple First Quarter 2008: Record $1.58 Billion Profit

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0700

Apple was posted revenue of $9.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.58 billion or $1.76 per diluted share during the 1st quarter of 2008 (ending December 29th). These results compare to revenue of $7.1 billion and net quarterly profit of $1 billion or $1.14 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 34.7 percent, up from 31.2 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 45 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

Here are the sales records.

2,319,000 Macs shipped (44% unit growth and 47% revenue growth)
22,121,000 iPods shipped (5% unit growth and 17% revenue growth)
2,315,000 iPhone sales

The 2nd quarter expectations, however, fall short of analyst projects.

iPhone SIM Card unlocks your iPhone?

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:51:00 +0700

With 250,000 unlocked iPhones floating around the market, it’s about time to unlock the iPhone in a new way! I’ve seen most iPhone being unlocked with software hack, but swongled site has reported that iPhone Unlock SIM Card can do the work! First, attach to your SIM card to unlock iPhone then unlocking iPhone v.1.1.2 firmwares. Then I guess you insert your own SIM card back and it is unlocked? I’m skeptical about this $30 SIM card’s ability because it’s just too easy. But if any of you have experience with this method or any other unlock ways, please share your thoughts.

Updated on 01/27/2008
An iPhone user emailed me saying the Turbo SIM actually using a fraction of a real AT&T chip because iPhone only accept AT&T as its official service provider. The SIM card fools the phone to think it’s AT&T. Old trick but it works. He also said the hacked iPhone price dropped to $4500HKD from $5900HKD in Hong Kong.

Source: swongled

iDial iPhone Retro

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:39:00 +0700

That’s the advantage of the iPhone’s full touch screen display, with the iDial iPhone Retro application which allows you to dial phone numbers via a virtual rotary dial. Needless to say this is much slower than just punching some numbers, but at least it helps get your retro kicks in. You can download the application from http://rep.sosiphone.com

Apple 3G iPhone starts $199 8G, $299 16G

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +0700

As you might have seen in the Apple’s big announcement, the 3G iPhone will be released on July 11! This includes Canada, and the price for an 8GB 3G iPhone will be a scant $199, while the 16GB version will only set you back $299! This is only partially surprising: first, the hardware itself is cheaper than the one in the original iPhone. Apple also had the time to cost-reduce its hardware platform and negotiate better prices overall.

Finally, the real money that Apple will make is in the wireless subscriptions, not the hardware itself. Apple wants to compete with Blackberry and to increase the market share! Overall, I think this is a good move - not only benefit us as consumers but it benefits the 3rd party software developers, and phone service carriers.

More details at the Apple’s store

MacBook Air slashed by $500

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:05:00 +0700

New News !!!!
bis now selling its paper-like MacBook Air for $2598, down from the $3098. The cut was the result of a cut in price for two of the MacBook’s components. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor upgrade for the Air’s 1.8GHz was reduced 50% to only $100. The second reasons being that cost of the Flash memory based 64GB SDD drive upgrade to $599 from $999 since Mitron developed cheap SSD with up to 128GB. That’s nearly a 50% slash of the original price. Customers may now configure a 1.6GHz MacBook Air with a SDD Drive starting from as low as $2398. Check in Out Now and try it, more fast and reliable only with low cost.

iPhone Software Update

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:36:00 +0700

iPhone has been the #1 topic since its launched on July 11, 2008. However, many owners have had nothing but headaches with their new 3G iPhones with iPhone 2.0 software which was released earlier this month. CEO Steve Jobs said it would provide the best user experience and the most advanced software platform for a mobile device. However, glitches in the software are leaving users frustrated with a laundry list of complaints.

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Hands-On with the New MacBook

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:12:00 +0700

Congrulation!!!
Now We can get to play with the new MacBook. The first thing I noticed was “Where is the touchpad button?” The all-glass touchpad is new which introduced into the new sleek MacBook. However, when you press down on the touchpad, it actually feels like a button, you could hear the sound as if you are pressing the button. Also for Windows users, there is a setting to set an area of the touchpad to serve as a right-click with a single tap.

It weights about 4.5 pounds, still impressive because it is not made out of cheap plastic. The casing is sturdy with the edge-to-edge glass 13.3 inch screen. If you want a lighter one, get MacBook Air and pay lots more.

Here’s something new. I found a mystery button on the side with no label, and initially I thought it is a button to turn the Airport on/off. It was actually a new button that activates an LED battery meter that tells you how much juice you have left without having to turn on the system or open the lid! That’s awesome!

Motherboard

noreply@blogger.com (Abyscorphie) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:17:00 +0700

Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple computers, the logic board.[1] It is also sometimes casually shortened to mobo.[2]Contents [show]

Overview

Most computer motherboards produced today are designed for IBM-compatible computers, which currently account for around 90% of global personal computer sales[citation needed]. A motherboard, like a backplane, provides the electrical connections by which the other components of the system communicate, but unlike a backplane, it also hosts the central processing unit, and other subsystems and devices.

Motherboards are also used in many other electronics devices.

A typical desktop computer has its microprocessor, main memory, and other essential components on the motherboard. Other components such as external storage, controllers for video display and sound, and peripheral devices may be attached to the motherboard as plug-in cards or via cables, although in modern computers it is increasingly common to integrate some of these peripherals into the motherboard itself.

An important component of a motherboard is the microprocessor’s supporting chipset, which provides the supporting interfaces between the CPU and the various buses and external components. This chipset determines, to an extent, the features and capabilities of the motherboard.

Modern motherboards include, at a minimum:

sockets (or slots) in which one or more microprocessors are installed[3]
slots into which the system’s main memory is installed (typically in the form of DIMM modules containing DRAM chips)
a chipset which forms an interface between the CPU’s front-side bus, main memory, and peripheral buses
non-volatile memory chips (usually Flash ROM in modern motherboards) containing the system’s firmware or BIOS
a clock generator which produces the system clock signal to synchronize the various components
slots for expansion cards (these interface to the system via the buses supported by the chipset)
power connectors flickers, which receive electrical power from the computer power supply and distribute it to the CPU, chipset, main memory, and expansion cards.[4]

The Octek Jaguar V motherboard from 1993.[5] This board has 6 ISA slots but few onboard peripherals, as evidenced by the lack of external connectors.
Additionally, nearly all motherboards include logic and connectors to support commonly-used input devices, such as PS/2 connectors for a mouse and keyboard. Early personal computers such as the Apple II or IBM PC included only this minimal peripheral support on the motherboard. Occasionally video interface hardware was also integrated into the motherboard; for example on the Apple II, and rarely on IBM-compatible computers such as the IBM PC Jr. Additional peripherals such as disk controllers and serial ports were provided as expansion cards.

Given the high thermal design power of high-speed computer CPUs and components, modern motherboards nearly always include heatsinks and mounting points for fans to dissipate excess heat.

CPU sockets

Integrated peripherals
Block diagram of a modern motherboard, which supports many on-board peripheral functions as well as several expansion slots.

With the steadily declining costs and size of integrated circuits, it is now possible to include support for many peripherals on the motherboard. By combining many functions on one PCB, the physical size and total cost of the system may be reduced; highly-integrated motherboards are thus especially popular in small form factor and budget computers.

For example, the ECS RS485M-M,[6] a typical modern budget motherboard for computers based on AMD processors, has on-board support for a very large range of peripherals:

disk controllers for a floppy disk drive, up to 2 PATA drives, and up to 6 SATA drives (including RAID 0/1 support)
integrated ATI Radeon graphics controller supporting 2D and 3D graphics, with VGA and TV output
integrated sound card supporting 8-channel (7.1) audio and S/PDIF output
fast Ethernet network controller for 10/100 Mbit networking
USB 2.0 controller supporting up to 12 USB ports
IrDA controller for infrared data communication (e.g. with an IrDA enabled Cellular Phone or Printer)
temperature, voltage, and fan-speed sensors that allow software to monitor the health of computer components

Expansion cards to support all of these functions would have cost hundreds of dollars even a decade ago, however as of April 2007 such highly-integrated motherboards are available for as little as $30 in the USA.

Peripheral card slots
A typical motherboard of 2007 will have a different number of connections depending on its standard. A standard ATX motherboard will typically have 1x PCI-E 16x connection for a graphics card, 2x PCI slots for various expansion cards and 1x PCI-E 1x which will eventually supersede PCI.

A standard Super ATX motherboard will have 1x PCI-E 16x connection for a graphics card. It will also have a varying number of PCI and PCI-E 1x slots. It can sometimes also have a PCI-E 4x slot. This varies between brands and models.

Some motherboards have 2x PCI-E 16x slots to allow more than 2 monitors without special hardware or to allow use of a special graphics technology called SLI (for Nvidia) and Crossfire (for ATI). These allow 2 graphics cards to be linked together to allow better performance in intensive graphical computing tasks such as gaming and video editing.

As of 2007, virtually all motherboards come with at least 4x USB ports on the rear with at least 2 connections on the board internally for wiring additional front ports that are built into the computers case. Ethernet is also included now. This is a standard networking cable for connecting the computer to a network or a modem. A sound chip is always included on the motherboard to allow sound to be output without the need for any extra components. This allows computers to be far more multimedia based than before. Cheaper machines now often have their graphics chip built into the motherboard rather than a separate card.

Temperature and reliability
Motherboards are generally air cooled with heat sinks often mounted on larger chips, such as the northbridge, in modern motherboards. If the motherboard is not cooled properly, then this can cause the motherboard to crash. Passive cooling, or a single fan mounted on the power supply, was sufficient for many desktop computer CPUs until the late 1990s; since then, most have required CPU fans mounted on their heatsinks, due to rising clock speeds and power consumption. Most motherboards have connectors for additional case fans as well. Newer motherboards have integrated temperature sensors to detect motherboard and CPU temperatures, and controllable fan connectors which the BIOS or operating system can use to regulate fan speed. Some higher-powered computers (which typically have high-performance processors and large amounts of RAM, as well as high-performance video cards) use a water-cooling system instead of many fans.

Some small form factor computers and home theater PCs designed for quiet and energy-efficient operation boast fan-less designs. This typically requires the use of a low-power CPU, as well as careful layout of the motherboard and other components to allow for heat sink placement.

A 2003 study[7] found that some spurious computer crashes and general reliability issues, ranging from screen image distortions to I/O read/write errors, can be attributed not to software or peripheral hardware but to aging capacitors on PC motherboards. Ultimately this was shown to be the result of a faulty electrolyte formulation.[8]
For more information on premature capacitor failure on PC motherboards, see capacitor plague.

Motherboards use electrolytic capacitors to filter the DC power distributed around the board. These capacitors age at a temperature-dependent rate, as their water based electrolytes slowly evaporate. This can lead to loss of capacitance and subsequent motherboard malfunctions due to voltage instabilities. While most capacitors are rated for 2000 hours of operation at 105 °C,[9] their expected design life roughly doubles for every 10 °C below this. At 45 °C a lifetime of 15 years can be expected. This appears reasonable for a computer motherboard, however many manufacturers have delivered substandard capacitors,[citation needed] which significantly reduce life expectancy. Inadequate case cooling and elevated temperatures easily exacerbate this problem. It is possible, but tedious and time-consuming, to find and replace failed capacitors on PC motherboards; it is less expensive to buy a new motherboard than to pay for such a repair.[citation needed]

Form factor

microATX form factor motherboard
Motherboards are produced in a variety of sizes and shapes (”form factors”), some of which are specific to individual computer manufacturers. However, the motherboards used in IBM-compatible commodity computers have been standardized to fit various case sizes. As of 2007, most desktop computer motherboards use one of these standard form factors—even those found in Macintosh and Sun computers which have not traditionally been built from commodity components.

Laptop computers generally use highly integrated, miniaturized, and customized motherboards. This is one of the reasons that laptop computers are difficult to upgrade and expensive to repair. Often the failure of one laptop component requires the replacement of the entire motherboard, which is usually more expensive than a desktop motherboard due to the large number of integrated components.

Nvidia SLI and ATI Crossfire
Nvidia SLI and ATI Crossfire technology allows 2 or more of the same series graphics cards to be linked together to allow a faster graphics experience. Almost all medium to high end Nvidia cards and most high end ATI cards support the technology.

They both require compatible motherboards. There is an obvious need for 2x PCI-E 16x slots to allow 2 cards to be inserted into the computer. The same function can be acheived in 650i motherboards by NVIDIA, with a pair of x8 slots. Originally, tri-Crossfire was achieved at 8x speeds with 2 16x slots and 1 8x slot albeit at a slower speed. ATI opened the technology up to Intel in 2006 and such all new Intel chipsets support Crossfire.

SLI is a little more proprietary in its needs. It requires a motherboard with Nvidia’s own NForce chipset series to allow it to run (exception: Intel X58 chipset).

It is important to note that SLI and Crossfire will not usually scale to 2x the performance of a single card when using a dual setup. They also do not double the effective amount of VRAM or memory bandwidth.