Tuesday, December 30, 2008

How to Quickly Burn DVDs to CDs

You need software for this; software that burn DVDs to CDs. With the help of this software you can create a back up of data, and make a CD of your media files.

You can do this with the help of different software such as DVD x gold, Quick CD/ DVD burner and many more. The software support Windows XP/2000 and 98.

If you don't have a DVD burner and wish to make your own backup DVD of the games, movies, data or your cassettes then such software provide you with easy solution.

Such software provides you with variety of features. You can create multisession DVD/ CDs. You can also burn number of MP3 files to DVD or CD. With quick DVD/CD burner you can create about 180 MP3 files to MP3 CD and 1200 MP3 files to MP3 DVD.
This software also provide you with the feature to import the previous sessions available, erase rewritable CDs and DVDs and burn bootable DVDs and CDs.

The software also prepares the backup files of the data automatically. With Quick DVD/CD burner you have an additional advantage to choose the price on the basis of the usage of the product. You can pay for the year an amount and use the software to burn the DVDs to CDs. You can visit the site and download the software online.

All that you require is operating system which can be Windows XP/2000/98, 64 MB RAM, hard disk of at least 4 GB, a CD writer, DVD player drive and a blank CD.

The speed at which the data burns on your CD depends upon the amount of data that you want to write. If you have to prepare a backup of a two hours long wedding video then whole process will take at least three hours. The speed at which the data is written on your CD also depends on your computer. If you have a computer which are about two or three years old then the speed at which the data burns is a bit faster.

A CD has less storage space than the DVD. Thus the number of CDs that you require for the data backup depends on the size of data that you want to burn on your DVD. CDs of 650 MB to 800 MB are available. A standard CD can store a video of eighty minutes. So if you want to write a video of 1 hour 30 minutes then you need two CDs.

This software comes with directions which guide you to set up the process. You can download this software online. You can also find it in the retail stores selling computer software and hardware.

Monday, December 29, 2008

The Top Bluetooth Headsets

Jawbone 2, BlueAnt Z9i and Discovery 925 are the top Bluetooth headsets available in market. Let's find out about them.

Jawbone 2
This headset is an improved species in the headset line of Aliphs Bluetooth headset. It is less bulky and has smaller ear hook than its predecessors. Besides it has Noise shield and noise assassins which deliver superior sound quality.

Alephs' Jawbone 2 comes with noise cancellation technology. This is a small feather weight headset, so light that you almost forget that you are wearing it on your ear. The voice cancelling technology is of the superior grade. The designs are attractive. Only negative aspect that comes with the headset is absence of volume rocker. Also the Led light is just above the talk button, a feature which most of the users may find uncomfortable.

But with the superior quality of sound that the headset delivers because of the voice enhancement and noise cancellation technology, it is a piece which can be considered by the buyers.

BlueAnt Z9i
This one is a comfort to wear and use. You can find this headset in black and red. This headset comes with multipoint technology. With this technology you can connect the headset to two devices at the same time.

You can use the single multifunctional button to answer the call from two different phones. You can answer a call on one phone and put the call on other phone on hold at the same time.

The noise isolation technology gives you clear sound when you use BlueAnt Z9i. Much like its older cousin Z9, it carries the multifunctional button at the top. Almost no improvement is made with the designs which are very similar to its older version Z9.

Plantronics discover 925
This is a light weight, sleek headset almost resemble hair pin. This one is for those who search for latest designs. It comes with portable charging case. This is a headset with multipoint technology. You can connect to two different Bluetooth devices at the same time with the Quick pair system. This headset too gives you the superior sound quality. The positive aspect with this one is its design. They can be termed as the latest fashion statements in the headset category.

But that is not for everyone. Those searching for more techs looks might not consider the headset. Besides this, it has just one control button and call mute function is absent. The headset is available in different colors.

The different Bluetooth headset comes with different feature and technology which help you to connect and answer calls. Although they come with some of the latest technology and features, but much more can be added and improved.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Tips to Protect Your iPhone & Proper Maintenance for IPhone 3 G

You have to take good care of your iPhone if you want to keep it in good condition. You can use following tips to keep your iPhone safe and in perfect working conditions.
  1. If you are not good at handling your iPhone and drop it too often then keep it in case. Different types of fancy case are available for iPhone. You can find them as leather case, rigid case, slip pouches, and flip cases and in many more forms. You just have to reach a retail store and ask for one. The salesman will spill them on the table. You can also buy sport cases to hold your iPhone. These are nothing but the armbands which you can wear if you don't have a pocket to keep your IPhone safe.
  2. You can also ask the salesman for an air jacket for your iPhone. The air jacket is a thin transparent film which prevents your iPhone from scratch and dirt; common causes that damage the iPhone. Dirt and smudges affect the surface of iPhone due to which your iPhone looses its finish and glare. Therefore to keep your iPhone shining new air jackets form a good option.
  3. Get the screen covered with protectors. These are thin transparent plastic sheets which adhere to the screen surface and protect it from dirt, smudge and scratches.
  4. Lock your iPhone to protect its battery. You can manually lock your iPhone by pressing sleep/wake button. Or you can also set auto lock so that your iPhone automatically locks when not in use. If your iPhone is suffering from short battery life then optimize your iPhone.
  5. Turn off the Bluetooth, 3G and Wi-Fi. Adjust the brightness on your iPhone and turn to airplane mode when the coverage is low. Make sure to keep your iPhone in cool area away from heat. With one charge cycle every month you can increase the life of the battery.
  6. You must have received a cloth along with your iPhone. Use it. Use the cloth to wipe the dirt from your iPhone. If you don't have one then you can use a soft cloth. Remember not to use any type of cleaning solution, detergent, spirit or alcohol.
All these solutions will corrode the surface of your iPhone. Your iPhone will loose the gloss. Also make sure that the cloth you use to clean your iPhone is damp and not wet. Water may affect the working of your iPhone. So make sure that you don't use a dripping cloth to remove dirt and smudge from the surface.
Besides this always remember not to place your iPhone on rough surfaces. Such surface may leave a scratch on your iPhone.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

What Causes Day and Night

Before we discuss what causes day and night lets discuss some facts about our earth. Our earth is a spherical planet. The scientists have made many imaginary horizontal and vertical lines on the planet. The horizontal lines are called as latitudes. The vertical lines passing across the surface are called as longitudes. Equator is the imaginary horizontal line that passes across the center of the earth and divided it into two hemispheres.

The upper part is northern hemisphere and the part below the equator is the southern hemisphere. The earth is rotating and revolving continuously. It is the rotation of the earth on its axis that cause day and night. To study the planet more accurately the scientists have invented an imaginary line passing through North and south poles.

This imaginary line is called the axis the scientist say that the earth takes twenty four hours to complete one rotation on its axis. While the earth rotates one part faces the sun. This part facing the sun gets the light and hence the region coming in this part have day. The other part is in the black away from the sunlight and hence this is the part where there is night.

The earth thus takes one whole day to complete one round on its axis. Thus after every twelve hours we have day or night; whatever way you want to say it. As the earth spins on its axis it seems that the sun is moving and causing day and night. But this is not so. Sun is constant and it is the earth that is moving. The movement is form west to east and this is the reason why the sun seems to rise in the east and set in the west.

As the earth is a spherical planet hence there are some places which have few days and night every twenty four hours. As our earth rotates on its axis it also revolves around the sun on an elliptical path. To complete one revolution it takes 365 and one fourth day. The earth is also tilted on its axis at an angle of 23.5 degrees. Thus are the earth is moving around the sun it is always pointing on one side.

This is the reason why we have different seasons. When the axis is pointing towards the sun then there is summer in that hemisphere. When it is pointing away from the sun then it is winter in that hemisphere.

The angle at which the sun rays hit the earth causes the variation in temperatures during the seasons. During summers the earth is farthest from the sun and during winter it is closest to the sun. But during summers the sun ray hit the earth at steep angle. This causes high temperature during summers. The reverse happens in winters.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Marketing communication in Mobile Industry

Mobile technology is growing at fast pace. The demand for mobile phones is increasing. Due to this there is a surge in the mobile phone manufacturers in the market. In the recent past many mobile manufacturers and service providers have entered the mobile market.

This altogether has resulted in stiff competition and the all the players are coming up with different marketing communication concepts. New and existing service providers and manufacturers are continuously designing the marketing strategy to hold their existing customers and convert the prospects into their customers.

They are coming up with innovative ideas so that they can expand their market increase their market share. In this respect they are giving due weight age to the different forms of advertising and promotion features. To gain a large share of the market they are now offering the communication services at affordable rates. The concept of value added services, MMS, GSM, Bluetooth and various other features in the mobile phones is now gaining importance.

Although the connectivity and networking are still the basic concepts on which the mobiles are sold but the value added services are now the things which are becoming the buzz word among the consumers. And this is what the mobile companies are working on today. They are designing different types of services such as free ring tones; caller tunes MMS services and many more.

The companies are collaborating with the mobile phone manufacturers to reach out to wider range of customers. This way they are able to deliver the latest technology such as global positioning system, Bluetooth, internet connectivity, voice dials, voice messages and many more to their customers.

This not only helps mobile companies to increase their share but also control the switching over of the customers to other service providers; one of the big issues for the mobile companies today. All the companies in the mobile industry today are working on one concept: provide services to the customers at low tariff than that of the competitors and increase the profit by increasing the volume of the consumers.

The companies focus on the services that they deliver and not on the factors that differentiate them from their competitors. They are designing new communication channels so that they can reach to n number of customers. The companies are thus trying to tap the direct as well as indirect channels.

They are designing new sales promotion schemes to strengthen their brand dealership and encourage their dealers to sell their products. Post paid and prepaid connections, lifetime incoming, six months recharge coupons, free caller tunes and different low tariff plans are what the mobile companies are focusing on so that they reach to large number of prospects and provide the services to their customers in a much better way.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Basics of Dual Core Process Computer

Computers are in the market since years. Continuous improvement in the computer technology is taking place so that they can be improved to handle multiple tasks at the same time and perform them at high speed.

The latest entrant in the computer technology is the dual core processor. If someone tells you that his computer has a dual core technology then that means that his computer has central processing unit which has independent cores for two processors.

Such computers have two processors which are integrated to the single silicon chip. Such computers perform multitasking and thus are beneficial for large organizations. The multitasking does not affect the speed at which the data is processed.

The computer programs are controlled by the random access memory. These programs are run by the processor. When a single processor runs several programs then it has to concentrate on them which ultimately affect the sped and make the computer slow. While dual core processors manage the multithreading and multitasking easily.

Such processors allow for the multithreading. Thus such computers can efficiently handle multitasking and run large programs which consume large memory space. The single core processor runs at a speed of 4 GHZ.

Besides this if you compare the computer with dual core technology of speed 1.5 GHZ and computer with single core of 3GHZ then you will find that the dual core computer is faster than the single core computer of higher speed. Also the computer with 1.5 GHZ dual core is cheaper than the computer with 3GHZ single core.

The single core processor will come to a halt and won't work if the processor gets any fault but a dual core processor will continue to work even if one of its processor develops a fault.

With dual core processors you can perform multitasking and compress the media files. Such processors can easily run two long programs on two threads on two processors. The speed is thus not affected. Thus with a dual core processor you can easily write the files on DVD and compress or record videos.

The most well known brand of dual core processor is Pentium. The most recent entry in the dual core field is E2140 and E2160 from Intel under the brand Pentium. The Yonah processors are used in mobiles these are thirty two bit processors. Allandale processors are sixty four bit processors which are for the desktops.

The computers with dual core processors are considered highly efficient in handling multiple tasks, giving quick and superior programming at high speed.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

SONY DVD-610 Handycam Camera & Camcorder

This is a great camera to carry. With this handycam in your hand, you make pictures no less than a professional. It is very comfortable to operate. The different buttons are easy to locate and well marked.

The designs are appealing. High quality material and good finish is what sets it designs apart form other camcorders available in the market. With touch screen, the camcorder is easy to use. You can record digital video directly to DVD.

The camcorder has 40x optical zoom which helps you to shoot sharper pictures. The lens used in the camcorder is of high quality which record for you crystal clear pictures without any distortion. With touch screen you can directly access different features and set your camera precisions with ease.
The camcorder support all range of DVD formats which include DVD-R, DVD- RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL. With your Sony camcorder you can record up to fifty five minutes of video on one side of the dual layer disc.

If you find it difficult customize your camcorder with small icons you can use Easy handycam button to enlarge the icons. Thai makes the shooting convenient. The camcorder comes with the super steady shot stabilization technology. The super night shot plus help you to shoot images and videos even in dark.
It's a pleasure to shoot outdoor videos with this camcorder. The colors are recorded exactly they way they are. With this you cannot miss the finer details of the things that you wish to shoot. You can use Sony camcorder to capture special events. You can use it to make your own home videos either during special occasions like wedding or some ceremonies. Never miss to carry it in your bag whenever you plan a vacation or weekends with your family.

Although the positive aspects of this camcorder are many, there are negative features as well. You cannot play the mini disk on your laptop which you record the videos with this camcorder. This is simply due to the fact that laptop drives cannot play the DVD discs of less than twelve centimeter.
If you use a DVD other than that of Sony you will get the pop up message. This is really annoying at times. But this soon get disappear and you forget the drawback once you get sharp pictures. As a starter with this camera you will find it difficult to transfer videos to your computer for editing. The multiple formats available with this camcorder make it quite confusing for the starters who struggle to transfer the video for editing and sharing.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

How to select a Web Design Company

Selecting a web designing company is a crucial decision. You should select the website designer with utmost care as you have only few second to attract and impress the individual visiting your website. You can follow the following points to choose the web designing company:
  1. First list what you want in your site and who will be your target audience. Whether you want your website to have a professional look, easy navigation facility, and mass appeal; list all the point in order.
  2. Search for the companies which are working in the field for certain number of years. List them in order of their experience. Approaching an experienced web designer is important as they understand your need in a much better way. They also have the relevant experience about the type of designs that will best suit your requirements and budget.
  3. Find out that the graphic designers and the staff of the company is experienced. Also find out that the company has a support staff which provide you with the service and educate your staff about the website they will design for you.
  4. Browse the website of the different clients these companies deal with. Avoid the company if the websites of their clients look similar and are designed on a similar pattern. Reach the company that offers you the custom design which is both appealing and provide all the features which you want in your site.
  5. Find out whether the company has worked in the past for the clients in the same business or field in which you are operating.
  6. Ensure that the website designing company provides for proper promotion of the website that they will design for you. Find out different ways the company use to promote the site. It can be pay per click marketing or through search engine optimization. Some companies also use viral marketing for promotion.
  7. Ask the company employees and staff the technology, language and software they will use to design your website. Collect the information. Avoid the company that is not comfortable to share this information with you.
  8. Compare the different companies on the basis of the price they charge for the website designing. Ask them what services they will provide you in this fee. Compare them on this basis and choose the one which best suits your budget and needs.
  9. If possible, reach out their clients and discuss with them the services they are given by the website designing company. Find out their satisfaction level. Ask them for their suggestions.
These are some tips which you can use to select the website designing company.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

About Headphones Function

The headphones are small speakers which you use close to your ear to listen music. These small transducers are available in four forms among which the earphones are the most common ones. The ear buds or earplugs are the most popular ones among them due to the increasing use of iPods and MP3 players.

These different forms differ in shape and size. They work in the same manner as the speakers. Only difference is the size. Speakers or loudspeakers are very large in size and can play the music which everyone can hear. The headphones are for more personal use. The headphones move the air in the ear canal so that you can hear the music.

Headphones come as open back and closed back headphones. The open back headphones are open at the back and thus the sound escapes outside and everyone in the room sitting next to you can hear it. While the closed back headphones are closed or have a seal band at the back therefore, the sound cannot escape and you are to only one who enjoys the music.

A headphone is an assembly of small wires, two in number, a magnet, coil, transparent cone and seal all enclosed in a case generally made of plastic. The function of wires is to carry the signals from the stereo to the speaker. As the electricity flows, the coli become electromagnetic under the magnet. There is also a plastic cone which makes the sound as it moves.

There are wireless headphones or cordless headphones available in the market. These headphones use different technologies; some uses infrared while other Bluetooth. They are now being preferred over their wired cousins. This is because due to the absence of the wires they become more handy and easy to handle.

Such headphones work on batteries and infrared rays. You can use the rechargeable pencil battery to use the headphones. These headphones have a range of about 300 feet and works on 900 Mhz. this is a great solution to those who like to roam around in their home or office and still enjoy the music.

The infrared headphones have built in enhancers so that you can clearly hear the sound and the words with ear buds on your ear. This is possible due to the voice enhancement technology. With tone and balance enhancement you can customize the voice level.

The wireless headphones come with automatic volume control. This feature automatically controls the volume and reduces the sudden increase and decrease in the volume as you surf the channels.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

About Compound Microscopes

Microscope is made up of two words; micro and scope. Micro means small and scope means view. Thus the microscope is the device that helps us to view the small objects which we cannot see with our naked eyes. Compound means that the system has more than one lens. A compound microscope has an eyepiece and an objective lens.

Compound microscope is used widely at schools, clinics and in the research institutions. It is used by the researchers, metallurgists and biologists to examine different components, samples and objects of their interest.

How it works?
The objective lens magnifies the image of the object. This image is further enlarged by the eyepiece. You look through the eyepiece which acts as the magnifier. It magnifies the image formed by the objective lens.

If your microscope has an eyepiece of 10X magnification and an objective of 40X magnification then the magnification factor of your compound microscope is 400. This means that your microscope forms the image that is 400 times the size of the object that you see with your naked eye. There are Compound light microscope which magnify the object 2000 times.

How to use the compound microscope?
Place the microscope on the table about three inches away from the edge of the table. Ensure that the arm of the microscope is towards you. Now turn the nosepiece so that the low power objective lens is in place. A click sound will ensure that the objective is now in proper alignment with the eyepiece. Turn the coarse adjustment knob to adjust the body tube.

Compound microscopes generally come with a diaphragm. Adjust the diaphragm and then place the object on the stand. Look through the eyepiece and adjust the mirror at the bottom. Bright white circle ensures that the microscope is now ready to view the object. Place the object that you want to view on the slide and mount the slide on the stage of the microscope.

Look at the stage from the eyepiece and try to focus on the object. You can increase the illumination by simply adjusting the mirror for more light. See that you do not lower the objective lens too close to the slide.

The compound microscopes are available as monocular and binocular microscopes. The monocular compound microscope has one eye piece while the binocular has two eye pieces.

Binocular microscopes are more comfortable to work with as in binocular microscopes you use both your eyes while in monocular you use one of your eye to see the magnified image. Try to use the monocular microscope with both of your eyes open. This is how all the researchers use it.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Know How does an iPod Perform

IPods are sleek portable devices which play music files for you. They work on batteries which can be recharged. You cannot remove the battery from the device. But you can recharge it by connecting it to your computer.

Battery and click wheel
The iPod also has a click wheel. It is touch sensitive which has four buttons. They are play and pause button and other two are forward and back button and the menu button. The click wheel works on the concept of captive sensing. When you place or gently slide your figure on the click wheel the conductive capacity of your skin generates the impulse which results in the function that you select.

Battery cannot be removed but can be recharged. The small size of the battery makes it portable and handy. This battery has a life of about 300 to 500 recharge cycles. Once this cycle complete you have to send your iPod to the company to get it replaced with a new one.

iTunes
The iPod comes with iTunes which is software. You use this software to organize, download and play the music files on your iPod. You can use this software to purchase music online and constantly upgrade your music file with latest songs. You can also use it to purchase videos, podcasts and your favorite music videos.

To download all such songs you just have to connect the USB port to your iPod and connect it to your computer. All the songs that you select will be added to iTunes. This music is saved in the form of binary strings commonly called as the digital format.

Long hours of MP3 are compressed. Compression Decompression Algorithm commonly called as codec is used to compress the MP3 so that you get long hours of music entertainment. These compressed MP3s are decoded by a small digital audio chip.

The menu and the song currently played are displayed on the LCD screen. In the iPods with the video feature the video clips are displayed in the LCD screen.
The songs are stored in the flash memory or miniature hard drives capable of storing about 80GB of songs.

How to recharge your iPod battery?
To charge your iPod battery you need the six pin fire wire cable or USB cable and connect it to your computer. If you don't have a computer then you can charge it on the electrical outlet. You can also charge it on dock if you have a dock connector.

This is how your small sleek iPod works. That's all folks.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

How to Design Your Website with Mobile Users and ESL Students in Mind

With smart phones in the market and internet option as the most preferred feature among the mobile users, it is important to design the website keeping these users in mind. The ESL students look for the information related to books, quizzes, online dictionaries, grammar exercises and the likes on different websites. To ensure that these users visit your site regularly, make sure that the website design is flexible enough. Choose among solid, liquid or suspension layout.

Choose a URL address if you plan to have a mobile version of your site. For this you can create a folder in the root of the site or you can add custom sub domain for the mobile link.

Next, create the redirect script for the mobile device. Plan the layout of the website. You can choose among the default, one column and desktop form of layout. The default type narrows down the width of the content. This reduces the horizontal scrolls. On the other hand the one column fits the content in a single column which makes browsing easy on the mobile. The one column layout is the most popular type.

The solid layout design is displayed in the same way on different computer screens. This is because this design is measured in pixels rather than percentage. The liquid design is measured in percentage. The suspension layout is a combination of the two types and is considered as the best form. Choose one among the three forms.

Add the search field in the header of the website so that the mobile users and ESL students find the options quickly. Always keep the font size small so that the page appears neat and organized, but large enough so that the content is easy to read. Keep the length of the page small. If you cannot avoid it then use the intra page links that help the user to navigate to the top of the page.

The website should provide easy navigation facility. Make sure that the size of the page is not large and the page is easy to download. Keep the website simple. Use graphics to add value to the site but avoid using too much of it. Limit the use of the latest technology as it requires additional plug-ins which the mobile users generally avoid.

Develop an interesting and precise content which deliver all the information to the browsers. Ensure that the site is updated regularly so that the users get the latest information.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Best tips to help You Choose between Analog and Digital Cordless Phone

The analog and digital phones differ in the way they transmit the signals. The range of digital phones is longer than the analog phones. Analog phones are the most readily available in the market and are cheaper than their counterparts.

The transmission in analog phones is not secured when compared to the digital phones. The positive features of analog phones are that they are cheap and deliver better sound quality with low interference. The digital phones work on two type of technologies- digital enhanced cordless telecommunication and digital spread spectrum.

Digital phone give clear sound and secure communication. Digital Enhanced Cordless Communications is the latest technology in digital phones. The cordless phones with this technology give sixteen hours of talk time without being recharged. The technology uses 1.9 GH frequencies to facilitate the telecommunication.

The digital phones with digital spread spectrum technology work on the frequency hop. The information is thus transmitted between the receiver and the base making it extremely safe and secure.
You can choose between the two on the basis of the technology and basic features of the two types. The data in digital phones is in the form of digital streams which is difficult to interpret. The data is transmitted in the binary codes. These codes are reorganized at the receiver end and reassembled as the message which the receiver finally hears.

This mode of transmission enhances the security of the data. The analog technology on the other hand converts the voice into the electronic pulse which is then transmitted between the base and the handset.

The analog is easily available in the market. They are less costly and hence are affordable. The analog phones are cheaper than the digital cordless phones. They offer you the good sound quality. But on the security aspect, they score less than the digital phones. The digital stream of data is difficult to interpret and thus provide for greater security.

Digital stream of data is in binary codes and not as radio waves. They are not susceptible to the electromagnetic distortion like the electronic pulses of the analog phones.

To choose between the two, consider all the features. The analog cordless phones are available at affordable price. They deliver clear sound but are prone to sound interference and eavesdrop. The digital cordless phones on the other hand come with superior technology that provides secured and clear communication. With all these features and the technology difference highlighted, you can make a choice and choose one among the two.