Archive for July, 2009
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Microsoft to Offer Browser Choice with Windows 7
Microsoft will offer users in the European Union with a choice to select their own Internet browser when they install Windows 7. Microsoft announced this to be compliant with European Union’s legislation that prevents market monopoly.
When users install Windows 7 for the first time, they will be displayed with a “ballot” screen which will offer [...] -
Intel to Launch Core i5, Core i7 CPUs in September
Intel may launch Nehalem based Core i5 processors on September 6th this year. The processor is codenamed Lynnfield. Some sources in the Taiwanese motherboard industry also reveal that Intel will introduce two new Core i& processors in the same month. Earlier, Intel was rumored to introduce Core i7 950 and 975 Extreme processors on May [...]
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Roman Abacus
The Roman abacus was developed in ancient Rome from the Babylonian abacus. The Roman abacus is a portable base 10 version of the Babylonian abacus. When compared with the later, the Roman abacus is less capable.
The Roman abacus was the 1st portable calculating device that was used by architects, engineers, merchants and tax collectors. It [...] -
Intel BOXD945GCLF Review
The Intel BOXD945GCLF is a Mini ITX motherboard/CPU combo that comes with integrated Intel Atom 230 processor. It is a low price offering from Intel that is aimed at the low cost PC segment.
The Intel BOXD945GCLF offers good performace and can be used perfectly well to power a low end media center PC or a [...] -
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb
The AMD Phenom II is a high performance microprocessor chip that easily stands above comparable micro chips from aid’s competitors. With four cores each running at 3.0 GHz, and each having individual L1 and L2 caches, the Phenom II provides heavy-duty performance required for large data-sets. In addition, the processor also comes with an L3 [...]
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Recover Gmail Password through SMS (text message)
The developers at Gmail have recently added the ability to recover gmail password through SMS i.e. text message. This was done because a lot of people often forget their password and this simplifies password recovery process.
To enable this for your account, just sign in, select ‘Change Password Recovery Options,’ enter your cell phone number and [...] -
How to Reset iPod Nano
If your iPod stops working properly, gets stuck, etc. you can probably fix it by resetting it back to factory settings. This is true for almost all other electronic devices like calculators, mobile phones, etc. This article provides instructions for resetting your iPod Nano.
Instructions:
1) Toggle the hold switch of the iPod Nano for a few [...] -
Zero Capacitor RAM or Z-RAM
Zero Capacitor RAM or Z-RAM is a new type of computer memory that is being developed at a company called Innovative Silicon. The RAM functions using the principle of floating body effect of silicon on insulator. AMD has purchased licenses to the use of Z-RAM and may use it in its future microprocessors. Z-RAM is [...]
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Invention of the Abacus
The abacus was one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind. It led to development of mathematics and expansion of sciences and travel. It also played an important role in the expansion of trade and commerce. Modern electron computers and calculators have their origins in the abacus. In fact, we can consider the [...]
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Make Firefox Load Pages Faster
Mozilla Firefox is one the most popular free open source browsers. Millions of users prefer to use it over Internet Explorer, which comes by default with Windows. Firefox is much faster and secure (according to many users/developers). It can be further tweaked to make it more faster. Here are instructions to make Firefox load pages [...]