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Flexi Dahsyat

2009-12-29T22:34:00.000-08:00

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TDM Time Division Multiplexing.

2009-12-02T05:44:00.000-08:00

Teknik yang digunakan untuk mengirimkan aliran data dalam kurun waktu yang berbeda‐beda. Data yang dikirim dapat berupa suara, fax dan data, melalui sebuah media tunggal. Setiap DS0 yang terdiri dari 8 bit dikirim dalam kurun waktu yang dipisahkan oleh clock dari sistem tersebut.

TCP Transmission Control Protocol.

2009-12-02T05:43:00.000-08:00

TCP/IP berhubungan dengan layer OSI no.4 – layer transpor. TCP berbasis koneksi (connection oriented) , protokol end to end. TCP merupakan sistem yang dapat diandalkan, berurutan (sequence), pengiriman bit yang tidak berulang (unduplicated) kepada remote dari user lokal.

SIP Session Initiation Protocol,

2009-12-02T05:41:00.000-08:00

Sebuah spesifikasi komunikasi multimedia yang bersifat real‐time diatas jaringan packet‐switch. SIP bersama‐sama dengan H.323 , bersaing memperoleh populeritas untuk implementasi sofswitch. SIP digunakan bersama dengan Session Description Protocol (SDP), Real‐Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), dan Session Announcement Protocol (SAP). Protokol SIP menyerupai HTTP. Kesederhanaan SIP memberi peluang yang besar untuk berkembang lebih lanjut.

SG Signalling Gateway

2009-12-02T05:40:00.000-08:00

Perangkat komunikasi yang beroperasi dilingkup jaringan IP layanan ganda (Multi‐Service) dan jaringan telepon konvensional untuk pertukaran signalling messages.

SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part

2009-12-02T05:38:00.000-08:00

Protokol ini menyediakan ruting tambahan dan fungsi pengaturan transfer message selain pembentukan hubungan melalui signallingpoints

RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol,

2009-12-02T05:37:00.000-08:00

spesifikasi guna mengkontrol pengiriman aliran multimedia melalui RTP

RTP Real‐time Transport Protocol,

2009-12-02T05:36:00.000-08:00

Protokol yang digunakan bersama‐sama dengan RTCP dan UDP sehingga karakteristik paket UDP menjadi real‐time. RTP mendukung rangkaian urutan paket , menyediakan informasi delay, jitter dan sinkronisasi ke port tujuan.

QoS Quality of Service,

2009-12-02T05:35:00.000-08:00

Ukuran kualitas layanan telepon yang ditawarkan ke pelanggan. QoS besaran yang bersifat subyektif, yang nilainya berbeda antara perangkat dan antara provider. Dalam Telepon IP, QoS menjadi faktor penting dan sampai saat ini masih sulit mencapai kualitas sebaik telepon biasa.

POTS Plain Old Telephony Service,

2009-12-02T05:34:00.000-08:00

line telepon tunggal dengan layanan standar. Layanan ini tidak menyediakan fasilitas nada tunggu (call waiting), lacak (call forwarding),dll.

PCM Pulse Code Modulation.

2009-12-02T05:32:00.000-08:00

Metoda yang digunakan untuk menghasilkan aliran data digital pada audio telepon. Prosesnya, suara analog ditapis (filter) kemudian dicuplik (sampling) sebesar 8KHz dan dilakukan proses kuantisasi menjadi sample‐sampel sebesar 8bit. Bit yang direpesentasikan adalah non‐linear, mengikuti aturan Mu‐law (di AS) dan aturan A‐law di kawasan Eropa dan Asia

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect.

2009-12-02T05:27:00.000-08:00

PCI adalah spesifikasi perangkat keras (hardware) untuk perangkat Interfacing Computer seperti jaringan antar muka, drive hard disk atau media penyimpan. Bus lokal antar muka transfer 32 bit atau 64 bit data lebar pada 33 MHz atau 66 MHz. Kecepatan PCI dapat mencapai 132 MBps, 264MBps atau 536 MBps.

MGCP (Media Gateway Controller Protocol)

2009-12-01T00:52:00.000-08:00

Standar yang dapat mengontrol secara eksternal dan mengatur perangkat komunikasi data beroperasi pada batas dari layanan gandajaringan packet‐switch.

MG (Media Gateway)

2009-12-01T00:50:00.000-08:00

Perangkat komunikasi yang beroperasi dibatas layanan ganda (multi‐service) jaringan IP dan jaringan telekomunikasi untuk pertukaran isi (content) media, dalam hal ini seperti pola suara seperti yang dipakai pada VOIP.

MEGACO (Media Gateway Control)

2009-12-01T00:49:00.000-08:00

Adalah standarisasi yang dikembangkan ITU dan IETF. ITU (sering diasosiasikan dengan Industri Telekomunikasi) memberi nama standarisasi ini MEGACO. IETF (dapat diasosiasikan dengan industri internet) mengenal protokol ini dengan nama H.248. Standarisasi ini dikembangkan setelah MGCP, dan memiliki kemiripan dengan MGCP.

JAIN

2009-12-01T00:48:00.000-08:00

Teknologi java berbasis API, yang dapat memacu pengembangan produk telekomunikasi dimasa depan serta jenis layanan berbasis Java. JAIN API, memungkinkan jenis layanan lebih dinamis, terpadu serta jaringan akses yang aman guna keperluan telepon dan jaringan data.

ISUP (ISDN User Part)

2009-12-01T00:47:00.000-08:00

Adalah bagian yang mengontrol terbentuknya panggilan sebagai bagian dari protokol SS7. ISUP yang mengatur terbentuknya dan berakhirnya suatu panggilan. Juga yang menyiapakan nomor yang akan dipakai, status panggilan serta manajemen trunk. Pesan ISUP sendiri antara lain : Initial Address Message (IAM), Continuity Check Message (COT), Address Complete Message (ACM), Answer Message (ANM), Release Message(REL), Release Complete Message (RLC), Exit Message (EXM)

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network.

2009-12-01T00:44:00.000-08:00

Terdiri dari 2 jenis layanan yaitu Basic Rate Interface (BRI) dan Primary Rate Interface (PRI). BRI mengirim data dengan kecepatan 144Kbps. PRI mengirim data pada kecepatan 2,048Mbps. Layanan ini terdiri dari kanal D guna keperluan signalling dan kanal B yang berisi informasi.

IP Internet Protocol.

2009-11-30T23:19:00.000-08:00

Merupakan protokol yang paling penting dalam internet. Protokol yang membangun antar jaringan yang tidak sama. Spesifikasi protocol IP terhadap perangkat lunak meliputi alamat internet untuk berbagai node, mendefinisikan informasi ruting terhadap pesan yang keluar serta, mengenal alamat dari pesan yang masuk. Dalam model OSI, IP berada pada lapisan ke 3 (Network Layer). Saat ini digunakan IP versi 4, dimasa mendatang akan digunakan IP versi 6 yang diharapkan mengatasi kekuarangan pada IP versi 4.

IAD Integrated Access Device.

2009-11-30T23:12:00.000-08:00

Sebuah perangkat yang mendukung suara, data,video pada sirkit tunggal kapasitas tinggi. Perangkat dapat menangani berbagai jasa/layanan pada sebuah line, mengurangi pemakain line ganda. IAD memungkinan penyedia jasa (service provider) dan pelanggan mengatur jenis layanan yang dibutuhkan.

GateKeeper

2009-11-30T23:08:00.000-08:00

Pada keadaan normal, berfungsi sebagai gerbang (gate), untuk mengidentifikasi, kontrol, menghitung dan mengawasi lalu lintas data/pembicaraan. Dalam ruang lingkup jaringan, meliputi tanggung jawab terhadap proses registrasi, address reolution, kontrol bandwidth, kontrol ijin,dll.

E1 Channel

2009-11-30T18:53:00.000-08:00

Kanal transmisi yg terdiri dari informasi yang memiliki kecepatan 2048 kbps. E1 terdiri dari 30 kanal masing‐masing memiliki kecepatan 64 kbps. Di Amerika dan Jepang dikenal dengan istilah T1.

DSP Digital Signal Processor.

2009-11-30T18:51:00.000-08:00

Mikroprosesor khusus digunakan untuk menghitung sinyal digital. Kemampuan ini digunakan dalam proses pengolahan audio dan video seperti kompresi‐dekompresi serta encoding‐decoding yang biasanya disingkat codecs.

DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency

2009-11-30T18:48:00.000-08:00

Nada yang terdengar pada saat menekan tombol telepon. Ini merupakan bentuk sinyal in‐band.

DSLAM

2009-11-29T22:57:00.000-08:00

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSL Access Multiplexer). Perangkat yang dipasang di sentral telepon untuk line pelanggan, dan pada sisi yang lain terhubung kepada PC pelanggan. Dengan DSLAM, data kecepatan tinggi dapat terhubung langsung ke PC pelanggan.

DS0

2009-11-29T22:55:00.000-08:00

DS0 Digital Sinya level 0. Kanal data telepon yang besarnya 64 kbps dalam bentuk data atau kanal suara. Jika digunakan untuk keperluan suara, menggunakan coding PCM.

CODEC

2009-11-29T22:54:00.000-08:00

CODEC Tadinya kepanjangan dari enCOder‐DECoder ,atau juga dikenal dengan nama COmpresi‐DECompresi saat ini. Yang terkenal diantaranya adalah G.711, G.722, G.723, G.729, dll untuk audio serta H.261, H.263 untuk video. CODEC dapat diimplementasikan pada perangkat keras chip atau program software aplikasi.

CIC Circuit Identification Code.

2009-11-29T22:48:00.000-08:00

Angka empat digit yang digunakan pelanggan end user agar memperoleh layanan IXC.

CAS Channel Associated Signalling.

2009-11-29T22:45:00.000-08:00

Salah satu bentuk dari sinyal in‐band

BSS (Business Support system)

2009-11-29T22:42:00.000-08:00

Sebuah system yang digunakan oleh operator jaringan untuk mengatur bisnis pengoperasian seperti tagihan (billing), data base pelanggan, jasa layanan manajemen. Sebuah bentuk dari Operation Support System.

BHCC ( Busy Hour Call Completions )

2009-11-29T22:33:00.000-08:00

Suatu besaran kapasitas perangkat switching. BHCC sama dengan banyaknya call completion (nomor yang di dial sempurna) dalam satu jam selama jam sibuk. Biasanya BHCC mengukur kapasitas link pembicaraan yang dapat dibangun pada saat bersamaan.

BHCA (Business Hour Call Attempts)

2009-11-29T22:28:00.000-08:00

suatu besaran kapasitas dari perangkat switching. BHCA sama dengan banyaknya call attempt (nomor yang di dial) dalam satu jam selama jam sibuk. Biasanya, BHCA mengukur kapasitas dari operator elektronik.

ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)

2009-11-29T22:27:00.000-08:00

Bandwidth yang besar, waktu tunda yang kecil, connection‐oriented, bentuknya packet baik untuk switching ataupun untuk multiplexing. ATM menggunakan packet yang besarnya tetap: header sebesar 5 byte dan data (payload) sebesar 48 byte, sehingga total 53 byte setiap cell. Pelanggan dapat menggunakan kecepatan 622 MBps, dengan backbone sebesar 2,5 GB. Switvh utama beroperasi diatas kecepatan 1 TBps

Modem Speedy (ADSL)

2009-04-16T21:29:00.000-07:00

Features :

 Data rates up to 24 Mbps for downstream and 1.2 Mbps for upstream
 Friendly Web-based graphical user interface for configuration and management
 Supporting up to eight simultaneous virtual connections
 Widest range of DSLAM interoperability
 Built-in MIBs for SNMP management
 Upgradeable firmware through TFTP
 Easy to install and use

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PCMCIA Card

2009-04-16T18:41:00.000-07:00

Dijual Accesories CDMA 2000-1X
DATA CARD PCMCIA
Spesifikasi :
Dual Band 800MHz & 1900 MHZ
Windows95 or Higher, NT, 2000, ME, XP
PPC2000, PPC2002, HPC2000

System Requirement :
- Card Slots : 1 Type II PCMCIA Card Slot
- Memeory 32 MB
- Comm Ports : 1 Available
- Disk Space : 7 MB
- Disk Drive : CDROM
- I/O Resource : IRQ 40 bytes I/O space

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Flexi Home MURAH (FWP-x2000)

2009-04-16T03:26:00.000-07:00

Dijual dengan harga murah...
WLL FWP X2000 (CDMA 1X)
untuk flexi Dual Band ( NON RUIM)

Frequency Rate
- RX Frequency: 869.64 ~ 893.37MHz
- TX Frequency: 824.64 ~ 849.37MHz
Air Interface
- IS95C- 2000 1X
Vocoder
- 13K QCELP, 8K EVRC
Main Chipset
- MSM 5000
Supporting A-Key function
Data Rate
- 144Kbps
Environment
- Operation : -10 ~ 50 °C
- Storage : - 20 ~ 70 ° C
Dimension
- 160 x 173 x 61 mm
Weight
- 680g Include internal battery

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Telecommunications Application for DS3 Bandwidth

2008-08-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

By Michael Lemm

A typical T1 circuit is only 1.5 megabits per second. A typical digital 3 minute song is 3 megaBYTES or 24 megabits in size. A typical digital photo is about 2 megaBYTES or 16 megabits. The typical Power Point presentation is 10 megaBYTES in size or 80 megabits. If 3 or more people in the office were to email a power point presentation at the same time the office internet connection would slow to a crawl for 3 or more minutes. This does not take into account all the spam email clogging up your Internet connection while attempting to reach your mail server. Nor does it take into account many other new bandwidth hogging applications that others in office are using such as monitoring their nanny cam at home, watching MarketWatch , CNN streaming video channels, or uploading a photo album to a relative. Everyday there are new bandwidth intensive applications being developed for the Internet.
It's obvious that the common T1 connection can't handle this growth. Your best option is to research application of a DS3 bandwidth solution.
A DS3 (sometimes referred to as a T3 or E3) is a leased private dedicated line that goes directly from your office to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). A T3/DS3 connection is equivalent to 28 T1/DS1 connections and uses digital signals on fiber-optic cable at speeds of 45 million bps (bits per second) or 44.736 megabits per second. Generally this type of dedicated line is for 50-100+ users and/or high bandwidth applications. T3/DS3 connections can also be used for point to point access (direct connection between 2 business sites).
As a standard used in the North American and Japanese marketplaces, a DS3 can handle 672, 64Kbps voice conversations or one video data channel. The DS3 line has enough bandwidth to transmit full-motion real-time videos and very large databases over a busy network. Generally a DS3 line would be installed as a major networking channel for a large corporation, research facility, call center, or university with high volume network traffic. But there are multiple smaller scale business uses also....particularly when multiple locations are involved. Bandwidth for a Fractional DS3, up to a full DS3, generally run at speeds between 6 Mbps through 45 Mbps.
DS3 connection (or T3 connection), is great for companies with large bandwidth needs. It is especially useful as the backbone for Disaster Recovery systems. If your company needs computer access for 50 + users, or needs to run high bandwidth applications like video conferencing, you are likely in the market for a T3/DS3 connection. A T3/DS3 line is also a viable solution for companies looking to resell bandwidth to their customers.
The common T1 line can handle 24 simultaneous voice calls or a high speed Internet connection speed of 1.54 Mbps. This is usually the solution of choice for small to mid size businesses. A DS3 line can handle 672 simultaneous voice calls or provide a high speed Internet connection of 45 Mbps. The T3/DS3 is typically used by high end data and voice customers as it is the equivalent of 28 T1 lines or 672 voice lines.
Most DS3 circuits are "fractional", meaning a portion of the circuit. A DS3 is capable of 45 megabits per second. Fractional DS3s are usually, 8 megabit per second which is equal to about five (5) T1s. Today this is more than fast enough for most all business needs.
The cost of the DS3 circuit is always mileage based. Generally speaking the farther the distance from your ISPs Central Office (CO) connection the more it will cost. On top of that there is often a bandwidth usage charge.
DS3 service can be deployed for a wide variety of applications. The most common uses are DS3 point-to-point (tying 2 distinct business locations together), DS3 internet (data), DS3 frame relay, DS3 voice, and DS3 VPN. The pricing for these connections varies widely depending on the carrier, location of service and the application for which the connection is being used. Using a free rate quote research service such as DS3-Bandwidth.com will allow you to obtain current pricing for your location.
Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications....including Business-VoIP-Solution.com Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.

Telecommunication in the future

2008-08-20T02:01:00.000-07:00

By. Michael Lemm

The current "frenzy" over VoIP seems to focused mostly on BroadBand phones and their predicted replacement of landline phone calls as we know it.

But that's just the obvious action on the surface.

VoIP technology is & can be much more than that. And company R&D is gearing up in unprecedented ways to prepare for that surprising leap in expectation.

Notice I said expectation.

Seems the old business model in Telco was that whatever the companies came up with is what the consumer would take.

The companies drove the market & what was in it...including any technology "advancements" and their application, distribution, etc.

Remember.....we had dial-up internet....then DSL, cable, & satellite access. Now WiFi & soon reliable WiMax deployment.

We had high cpm PSTN / POTS residential phone calls....then we had bundled local/LD.... then flat rate LD. Now Broadband phone (VoIP).

We had bulky analog cell phones then digital/PCS, text messaging, and now sleek video cellular.

But that is old world thinking.

The reason is 2 fold....

First....VoIP technology (note I didn't say VoIP "phone") stands to afford unprecedented advancements and capabilities yet to be seen. The potential is boggling.

Second....the old business model was that whatever companies came up with consumers would accept. The companies drove what was available & came to market.

No more...now consumers are dictating to companies "we want this now come up with it".

That's a drastic change in thinking that companies must now deal with. Those that do will be better positioned to capture what markets are created by consumer demand...vice the old approach of markets being created by what companies developed and released. And the foundation of this new consumer driven demand will likely be based on VoIP (and I believe wireless) technology.

That aside, I'd really like to see what you think of this shift in product development and market control to consumer "vision" vice company "idea" driven....fueled by the possibilities surrounding VoIP and wireless. We've seen....or soon will....a host of Gee Whiz break throughs & possibilities focused heavily on multi-media & data (both residential & business). What do you think the future holds?

techno MP3

2008-08-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

Recording audio started towards the end of the 19th century with Thomas Edison's phonograph. This was a machine (that consisted of a tinfoil cylinder and a speaker that resembled the megaphone) that he invented and used to make a recording of Mary Had a Little Lamb, the first song recorded. This moment was crucial in the history of recorded sound. Wax, metal and other materials are shaped into cylinders and disks were used for at least 50 years. In 1929 the vinyl records were made and dominated the scene for the next forty years. Amazingly enough magnetic tape was developed at the same time but it only gained popularity in the 1960s. In 1985, the Compact Disc was developed by Sony and Philips and instantly became a huge success and, 13 years later, the portable MP3 player then made its debut. It was a breakthrough that would change everything; we can now store and listen to a massive amount of music, not just a few songs that use up all the memory of the player. So, in order to be able to store much, we must get the file compressed. This is where the codec software enters the stage; it can convert analogue music to a smaller digital file which is then stored in the memory of the MP3 (the air pressure waves that we hear as sounds bear the name of ‘analogue audio' when they are recorded). MP3 files can be constructed at higher or lower bit rates, with higher or lower resulting quality. A mid-range bit rate setting of 128 Kbit/s results in a file of about 1/10th the size of the file created from the original source. When we listen to our music, the software that has been embedded in the player reads the file which then decompresses it, converts it to analogue, amplifies the signal and transfers it to the headphones. This, in a nutshell, is how it works. As for the hardware, there is a laser device that reads the CD's, just as the stylus works for the records and a magnetic head for cassette tapes. The idea no longer looks puzzling now that several types of MP3 players have been created and the future of the system is likely to store even more revolutionary devices of the kind. We will certainly see an increase in a wide range of products but, for the time being, there are only three types of MP3 players available. The smallest, cheapest and probably the most reliable of all are the Flash Players. Their batteries are long lasting due to the fact that they have no moving parts. The capacity of these players has already reached 4GB and will surely increase in the near future. The newest models are about the size of a credit card. Hard Drive Players can have a memory of 80GB so they can hold thousands of tunes, photos and videos. All this on a device that is about the size of a deck of cards. Last but not least, the latest generation of portable CD-players, the CD MP3 players, employ MP3, ATRAC and WMA formats; some of them can even burn CDs, and will hold 10 to 45 hours of music per disc. There are also Minidisk models, a little more expensive than the standard ones

Free Talk with Computers Headset

2008-08-15T03:58:00.000-07:00

By: Dale Martin

One of the best and cheapest ways to talk to people today isn't on a cell phone. A trend in many businesses is to utilize their existing Internet connections and use VoIP services like Cisco and Vonage to make their business calls. Doing so will save them big bucks if they can eliminate there need for a leased line for phone communications. Cell phones are limited in the areas they cover, and they typically cost more to operate than Internet VoIP aplications. To use your computer to make phone calls you will need VoIP software and a computer headset to allow you to talk over the Internet for free, if you buy a service such as Vonage you can make local and long distance calls for free. So, if you decide to go this route here are a few pointers when purchasing you new computer headset. Don't Buy the Cheapest When purchasing a computer headset it is not wise to go for the cheap, ten-dollar version sold by the generic technology companies. These may function well enough to suit you, but after a while you will be disappointed with there quality. Most of the cheaper models are generally fairly uncomfortable and will only give you lackluster performance. Paying a little more for a good quality computer headset will dramatically increase the audio quality of both inbound and outbound voice calls. Headsets have been popular for use with computer games for a few years now, the recent trend in Internet gaming as helped boost the market. Bluetooth computer headsets have also been growing in popularity over the past few years in the business world to help increase mobility and productivity. Computer Headsets for Business Use Computer headsets are providing the necessary interface to the computer to allow business users to make all of their contact calls over the computer and utilizing the Internet to make the call for free. Headsets can also be used in the business world in places like call centers to cut down on the background noise of having so many employees on the phone at the same time in a small area. This allows for more private communication as well. Gone are the days of shelling out huge amounts of money every month for cell phone plans for each employee. By using the computer to make phone calls the only items you need to by is the VoIP software and a reliable headset for the user to wear. This setup will save you money in the long run compared today's expense cell wireless carrier plans. Computer Gaming Headsets If you are into computer games for the Xbox, Playstation and Wii, the latest craze is to play against one another over the Internet. This allows users from all over the world to play against each other in a virtual space, the Internet. However, if you are going to stay competitive in this world of high tech gamers, you will definitely need at computer headset to connect to your Xbox or Playstation. These headsets are typically wireless, using Bluetooth technology. Of course if you are the traditional computer gamer, your computer headset will be plugged into your ultimate gaming PC and you'll be playing something like Counter-Strike or World of Warcraft. If this is the case, you may want to go with a USB interface for your computer headset. This style will be directly wired to your PC and will not require you to replace the batteries. This style tends to be more comfortable and offers a much high audio quality than some of the cheaper wireless models available. It is important to remember there are many different styles of headsets available and each with fit a little differently. If you are using the computer headset strictly for audio then you will need just the ear pieces, basically traditional headphones. But if you plan on using the headset to communicate for gaming of phone service you will need a headset with a mic in order to have two-way communication. Just remember, cheaper is not always better especially in computer headsets. There is a big difference in quality between the low to mid grade as compared to the more pricier higher quality headsets. My advice is to get a mid level priced headset to start out and then if you find yourself using it more and more, you can later upgrade to a higher quality model. (source :ezine3000)

Fiber Optic Technology tutorial

2008-08-13T17:27:00.000-07:00

By Colin Yao

What is a fiber optic continuity tester?

Fiber continuity tester is also called fiber optic continuity checker. It is the simplest visual test of a fiber optic cable link.

To function properly, a fiber optic cable link must be "continuous", meaning no breakage, either within the fiber cable or in the fiber connectors, should exist. The simplest and least expensive way to check is to inject some visual light into one fiber end and check the light coming out from the other end.

To perform this task, two types of fiber testers are available: a fiber optic continuity tester or a laser visual fault locator.

Differences between a fiber continuity tester and a laser visual fault locator

The most important difference is their light source. A fiber continuity tester typically uses a red or green color high intensity LED while a laser visual fault locator uses red color semiconductor laser.

Visible lasers produce a more powerful light and can provide more information to the technician than a LED light. By coupling the fiber link to a visible laser, problems with connectors, breaks in the fiber near connectors or splices, and some bend radius violations can be located.

On the other hand, LED powered fiber continuity tester can only verify that light can travel through the fiber link and no more information is obtained. Fiber continuity tester simply yields a "no go" result. If the light isn't visible at the other end of the fiber link, then the fiber is unusable in its present state and requires further testing and repair.

Applications of a fiber continuity tester

Its best application is testing fiber on a reel before you pull it to make sure it hasn't been damaged during shipment. Look for visible signs of damage (like cracked or broken reels, kinks in the cable, etc.)

The other good application is to check fiber patch cables at patch panels. When connecting fiber cables at patch panels, use the fiber optic continuity tester to make sure each connection is the right two fibers!

And to make certain the proper fibers are connected to the transmitter and receiver, use the continuity tester in place of the transmitter and your eye instead of the receiver.

Understanding the features of a fiber continuity tester

1.Fiber mode compatibility

Some fiber continuity testers only support multimode fibers while the others support both single mode fibers and multimode fibers. So it's best to check the spec sheet from manufacturers to choose the type you need.

2.Fiber connectors supported

Most fiber continuity testers have adapters available for testing 2.5mm ferrule connectors such as ST, SC and FC, 1.25mm ferrule connectors such as LC, MU and special types such as SMA connectors.

3.Fiber distance

Most fiber continuity testers have enough light power to support 2km on multimode fibers.

The fiber optic continuity tester makes it easy to trace fiber optic cable runs.

Compared to laser and incandescent light source testers, this low-cost unit is safer to use and easier for the eye to locate.

This unit has bright red light source which is focused into the fiber optic cable. A multi-use coupler enables connection to ST, SC, FC, RSD and FSD without additional adapters or cables.

Checking Fiber Optic

2008-08-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

What are Fiber Optic Inspection Microscopes?

Fiber optic inspection microscopes are used to inspect the end face of a optical connector or cleaved fiber.

Two types of fiber optic microscopes are popular on the Telecommunications market: fiber optic connector termination inspection and fiber patch panel ferrule inspection.

Magnification levels of fiber scope are available at 200X or 400X for single mode fiber applications, 100X low cost type for multimode applications. The latter is often included in many fiber optic termination tool kits.

What types of flaws or contamination can the microscope see?

With at least 200X magnification you can clearly see scratches, dig, dirt deposit, debris and other contamination on a fiber optic connector.

Desktop video fiber microscope

The typical desktop fiber optic video inspection microscope has a 9" black and white monitor attached to the scope with a 4 feet video cable. So you can place the monitor where it is convenient. Because of its bulk volume, this type of fiber microscope is typically used in production environments and labs. Both 200X and 400X versions are available.

Portable optical fiber scope

This type of microscope with universal adapter is a versatile instrument to inspect fiber optic connectors. They can be used for both multimode and single mode applications. Connectors slide into scope adapter, providing ease of use with or without tripod. 8 degree angle adapter can be used for inspecting angled connectors such as FC/APC, SC/APC, etc. Both 200X and 400X versions are available.

Coaxial Illuminated handheld fiber inspection scope

These low cost microscopes are available in 200x or 400x magnification, and utilize white LED light to provide coaxial illumination to connector end-faces. This method of illumination produces high resolution detail of end face scratches, defects and contamination. It is provided with a universal 2.5mm adapter, with other common connector styles available. These are the natural choice for fiber installation contractors.

Ferrule inspection microscopes

All aforementioned four types of microscopes are for standalone fiber connector inspection. But what about the connectors already installed on patch panels and hardware devices? The ferrule inspection microscopes are the solution.

These video fiber optic microscopes include a handheld LCD display unit and a small, lightweight probe that contains a long-life LED light source and CCD video camera. The probe adapter tip mates with the connector and projects a crisp, clear image of microscopic debris and end-face damage on the LCD display.

Zoom levels of different optical fiber optic microscopes

* 100X
* 150X
* 200X
* 400X

Warnings

* Do not look into a fiber while the system laser is on

* Do not connect a fiberscope while the system laser is on

* Do not touch the end face of the fiber connector

* Lasers Technology used in telecommunication systems are powerful enough to burn contaminants into the fiber end face. Always ensure the laser is turned off while performing the cleaning procedure.

Other special features of popular handheld fiber micrscopes

1. 100X magnification for viewing multimode connectors
2. Includes 2.5 mm connector "Universal Adapter" for FC, ST and SC style connectors
3. Oblique illumination provides good view of ferrule cleanliness and core condition
4. White LED illumination delivers long working life

Introduction Web 2.0

2008-08-12T17:18:00.000-07:00

Ask a dozen Internet experts what the term Web 2.0 means, and you'll get a dozen different answers. Some say that Web 2.0 is a set of philosophies and practices that provide Web users with a deep and rich experience. Others say it's a new collection of applications and technologies that make it easier for people to find information and connect with one another online. A few journalists maintain that the term doesn't mean anything at all -- it's just a marketing ploy used to hype social networking sites.

The O'Reilly Media Web site is a prime example of
Web 2.0 at work.

Before we get into the debate about what Web 2.0 actually means, let's look at where the phrase originated. In 2004, publishing firm O'Reilly Media and tradeshow production company MediaLive International had a brainstorming session. The two companies planned a conference that addressed the state of the Web, its future and the emerging techniques that would help ensure its success on the Internet. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, wanted to make the point that despite the dot-com crash of 2000, the Web was sure to become an enormous revenue generator.

During this brainstorming session, O'Reilly Media publisher Dale Dougherty coined the phrase Web 2.0 to describe the new Web environment that emerged after the crash. While dozens of Internet companies had declared bankruptcy, a few hardy sites managed to survive. New Web sites were appearing every day, and many of them used drastically different business models than the commercial sites that existed before the crash.

Still, no one had a clear definition of what Web 2.0 actually meant. If there really was a Web 2.0, did that mean there was also a Web 1.0? The use of "2.0" implied an improvement, or a new generation of Web sites, but there was no consensus on what made Web 2.0 different from Web 1.0.

In September 2005, Tim O'Reilly posted a blog entry that defined Web 2.0. The explanation spanned five pages of text and graphics illustrating O'Reilly's take on what the term meant.

O'Reilly's philosophy of Web 2.0 included these ideas:

Using the Web as an applications platform
Democratizing the Web
Employing new methods to distribute information
In this article, we'll explore each of these points. We'll also look at the debate about whether or not Web 2.0 actually has a practical meaning.

Video Gallery: Online Social Networking
Social networking sites reflect the Web 2.0 philosophy. In this video from PodTech, learn about Renkoo, a site that combines the concepts of social networking with event planning.

In the next section, we'll look at what it means to use the Web as a platform

What is Bluejacking ?

2008-08-12T04:33:00.000-07:00

By: HSW Team

Have you ever been doorbell ditching before? The point of the prank is simple: Sneak up to someone's front door, knock loudly or ring the doorbell, and, instead of greeting whoever answers the door, run away and hide somewhere nearby. The joy of doorbell ditching is, of course, reveling in the homeowner's confusion and rolling with laughter under the security of his nicely trimmed bushes. Although the game might get you in a bit of trouble if you happen to incite the ire of a cranky neighbor, it's mostly a harmless joke on par with a prank phone call.

For more technically inclined pranksters with access to Bluetooth technology, however, there's the digital version of doorbell ditching and prank phone calls: Bluejacking. A kind of practical joke played out between Bluetooth-enabled devices, bluejacking takes advantage of a loophole in the technology's messaging options that allows a user to send unsolicited messages to other nearby Bluetooth owners.
The only difference between doorbell ditching and bluejacking is that bluejacking usually isn't done on your neighbor's lawn. Instead, a bluejacker will most likely camp out in crowded areas like shopping malls, airports and subway systems to find victims -- places with a potentially high percentage of people with Bluetooth-enabled devices. The trend has even fostered fan Web sites, where Bluetooth users inform newcomers how to bluejack, trade tips and post amusing bluejacking stories that include every keystroke and puzzled look.
So how is bluejacking done? What is it about Bluetooth technology that makes it possible to bluejack? Does it have anything to do with hijacking information from another Bluetooth device, and can it cause any harm? Are there any privacy concerns? To learn how bluejackers engage each other, confuse one another or simply annoy innocent bystanders, read the next page.

Post Regularly Because,...

2008-08-11T17:29:00.000-07:00

Keeping people interested in your blog, whether it is a business or personal blog, is key to attracting a lot of regular visitors. Many blogs have died because people have just lost interest, take the Computer and link to internet. The main reason for the lack of interest is simply a lack of posts by the blogger. Regular, frequent posting, which will boost your blog’s ranking in search engines, is essential to the survival of any blog.

You might be asking yourself, what is frequent posting? How many blog entries should I make on a given week? How do I make frequent consistently good posts? What are the reasons for me to post frequently? In this newsletter, we will go over all of the above.

What is frequent posting?

Frequent blog posting is posting enough to keep your readers interested. Obviously, people will not want to come back to a blog that hasn’t been updated in months. They want to see consistent posting so that they know coming back to check the blog next week to see if there are more posts won’t be a waste of time.

How many blog entries should I make each week?

This is one of the tougher questions to answer. It really depends on the purpose of your blog. If it’s a personal blog, a weekly or twice weekly update is an excellent idea. A political/sports/music/religion blog should have 3-4 posts per week. Business blogs should have at least 2 posts, but preferably 4 each week.

The thing to remember is that quality counts. Posting frequently just for the sake of posting frequently tends to result in subpar posts which people won’t care about. It is important to find a balance—frequent, quality posts that won’t result in burnout on your part. Why create 4 poor quality posts each week when you could post 2 quality posts per week?

How do I create quality postings on a consistent basis?

It’s all about following a consistent pattern of writing. Maybe you’re not a natural writer and this is difficult. That’s why we’ll give you an outline to help you.

1. Pick a topic that is interesting to you and to your readers. Maybe if your blog is a personal blog, you could write about the latest happenings in Hollywood.

2. Carefully think about what you’ll write about the topic. It makes it easy to make quality blog postings if you know exactly what you’ll write. Plot out everything about the post before even beginning to write it.

3. Before writing your content, pick out some keywords that are relevant to your blog. If you naturally use keywords throughout your post, you will please search engine spiders which will get your blog ranked higher on search engines. Your visitors won’t mind the use of keywords if they are used in a tasteful way.

4. Begin writing your post. Don’t limit yourself to a particular amount of words. Just do what’s natural. And if any blog post is hard for you, just take a timeout and relax. You should be able to finish the post a bit later on, after you’ve had some time to think things through, you should be able to finish the post with no problems.

Why is frequent posting important?

Blogs are meant to be outlets for individuals or businesses. They are used to get an opinion out on something and to engage readers. Readers need to have something that makes them want to keep coming back to a blog. That something is usually quality, frequent posts.

Gaining and maintaining visitors isn’t the only reason to post often in your blog. Catching the eye of a search engine—and achieving a high ranking—is another valid reason for posting frequently. Most likely, each posting in your blog features some keywords or keyword phrases scattered throughout it. Logic says that the more natural keywords you have on a blog, the better. Thus, the more posts you make on your blog, the more keywords you have on there. And the more keywords you have, the more likely a search engine bot is to crawl your site. The more your site is crawled by bots, the more likely it is that you will have a high ranking on a search engine.

Frequent blog posting can be easy as long as the person who is posting takes the time to plot out what they’ll write about. So take a few minutes to think about your post and then just do it!

By Len Hutton

Stop Blog Spammer

2008-08-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

By Len Hutton

Blogs are now an extremely popular and important part of the internet. Millions of people blog every day. As blogs have evolved over the years, so has the commenting system. Now anyone can make comments on a particular blog posting. As blog commenting has grown more popular, so has spam commenting. In this newsletter, we’ll go over why comments are a great form of feedback for your blog, how they help the credibility of your content, what spam comments are and how to prevent them from happening.

Comments – A great form of feedback

When blogs first came around, they were simply online journals. No one could post comments on a blog posting. That all changed in 1998 with OpenDiary, a site which allowed people to comment on blog postings. Now every blog, whether it is remotely or self-hosted, includes this option to comment.

Commenting is great because it allows real people to tell you what they think about your form. It gives you feedback on what you are doing right and what you may need to improve. Comments can be encouraging to you and motivate you to post more quality blog messages. Or they can be constructive criticism to make you work harder to get better at writing content.

Whatever the style of comment is, it is still very useful to your blog. High numbers of comments have the ability to make a blog look credible because they show that the blog is being read by a lot of people. That’s something that every blog owner wants, and comments help to let them know just how many people enjoy their content.

Bad comments

Unfortunately, spammers have now started to use comments as a way to spam. How do you know what a spam comment is? Well, a spam comment is a comment that only advertises another site or product. If the comment seems bland/generic with a cheap link thrown in, then it’s definitely a spam comment.

Here is an example of a typical spam comment:

“Hey, this site is really cool. Check out my really cool site at spamsite.com.”

Of course not all spam comments will be this blatant, but you get the point.

Fortunately for bloggers, as spam comments have grown, so has the ways to prevent it. Here are a couple ways that you can prevent spam comments from even being posted on your blog.

#1: Close off commenting on older blog posts

There are options for you to stop comments from being posted on any particular blog post. Lots of times, spammers will post comments in weeks or months old posts. So take away this opportunity from them to keep it from happening. Most blog hosters now offer this as a standard option in the tool panel. If one of your posts has been up for a couple weeks, close it up.

#2: Take advantage of software offered to prevent comment spam

If you host your own blog using WordPress, you can use an option in that software to prevent spam. Even if you aren’t using WordPress, you can still use other Spam comment blocking software like Spam Karma, Akismet, and Bad Behavior. While these aren’t 100% effective, they have proven to be quite effective in preventing spam from happening.

#3: Take a look at your settings and see what can be tweaked to toughen your protection

Lots of blogs now have settings to help prevent spam. If you already have a spam blocker on in your blog and are still experiencing spam, take a closer look at the settings to see if there’s anything that can be tweaked to make your protection stronger. However, if you do this, you should closely monitor your posts to make sure legit comments aren’t being blocked out. If they are, you might have to lighten up a bit.

#4: Regularly read your blog comments

Be sure to keep an eye on your comments. Even the best software or setting can’t prevent everything, so you will have to occasionally manually remove comments on your own.

By applying the above principles, you can ensure that your blog is full of only good, quality comments, which will help your credibility tremendously.

Comments are a great form of communication between yourself and your readers. They help the credibility of your blog!

Bluetooth Technology for Computers

2008-08-10T17:43:00.000-07:00

There are lots of different ways that electronic devices can connect to one another. For example:
• Component cables
• Electrical wires
• Ethernet cables
• WiFi
• Infrared signals
When you use computers, entertainment systems or telephones, the various pieces and parts of the systems make up a community of electronic devices. These devices communicate with each other using a variety of wires, cables, radio signals and infrared light beams, and an even greater variety of connectors, plugs and protocols.
The art of connecting things is becoming more and more complex every day. In this article, we will look at a method of connecting devices, called Bluetooth, that can streamline the process. A Bluetooth connection is wireless and automatic technology, and it has a number of interesting features that can simplify our daily lives.

The Problem
When any two devices need to talk to each other, they have to agree on a number of points before the conversation can begin. The first point of agreement is physical: Will they talk over wires, or through some form of wireless signals? If they use wires, how many are required -- one, two, eight, 25? Once the physical attributes are decided, several more questions arise:
• How much data will be sent at a time? For instance, serial ports send data 1 bit at a time, while parallel ports send several bits at once.
• How will they speak to each other? All of the parties in an electronic discussion need to know what the bits mean and whether the message they receive is the same message that was sent. This means developing a set of commands and responses known as a protocol. Bluetooth offers a solution to the problem.

Why is it called Bluetooth?
Harald Bluetooth was king of Denmark in the late 900s. He managed to unite Denmark and part of Norway into a single kingdom then introduced Christianity into Denmark. He left a large monument, the Jelling rune stone, in memory of his parents. He was killed in 986 during a battle with his son, Svend Forkbeard. Choosing this name for the standard indicates how important companies from the Nordic region (nations including Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) are to the communications industry, even if it says little about the way the technology works.

Optical Mouse Work

2008-08-10T17:33:00.000-07:00

In using Computers, it appears that the venerable wheeled mouse is in danger of extinction. The now-preferred device for pointing and clicking is the optical mouse. Developed by Agilent Technologies and introduced to the world in late 1999, the optical mouse actually uses a tiny camera to take 1,500 pictures every second. Able to work on almost any surface, the mouse has a small, red light-emitting diode (LED) that bounces light off that surface onto a complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor.

The CMOS sensor sends each image to a digital signal processor (DSP) for analysis. The DSP, operating at 18 MIPS (million instructions per second), is able to detect patterns in the images and see how those patterns have moved since the previous image. Based on the change in patterns over a sequence of images, the DSP determines how far the mouse has moved and sends the corresponding coordinates to the computer. The computer moves the cursor on the screen based on the coordinates received from the mouse. This happens hundreds of times each second, making the cursor appear to move very smoothly.
Optical mice have several benefits over wheeled mice:
• No moving parts means less wear and a lower chance of failure.
• There's no way for dirt to get inside the mouse and interfere with the tracking sensors.
• Increased tracking resolution means smoother response.
• They don't require a special surface, such as a mouse pad.
Although Technology LED-based optical mice are fairly recent, another type of optical mouse has been around for over a decade. The original optical-mouse technology bounced a focused beam of light off a highly-reflective mouse pad onto a sensor. The mouse pad had a grid of dark lines. Each time the mouse was moved, the beam of light was interrupted by the grid. Whenever the light was interrupted, the sensor sent a signal to the computer and the cursor moved a corresponding amount. This kind of optical mouse was difficult to use, requiring that you hold it at precisely the right angle to ensure that the light beam and sensor aligned. Also, damage to or loss of the mouse pad rendered the mouse useless until a replacement pad was purchased. Today's LED-based optical mice are far more user-friendly and reliable.

Website File Management for Internet Creator

2008-08-07T23:33:00.000-07:00

One nuisance that has been around for as long as the internet, is the existence of extraneous files that accompany websites.

When you upload your website, you need to make sure that along with it you upload every image file you want to use, every Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) that determines font styles, every video or audio clip you want to include, and lots of other files as well.

If you don't have a well organized filing system, it is easy to misplace or lose files amonst the clutter. And even with a good system, you may leave old files on your site that are no longer used and are just taking up space.

File Clean Up

The makers of XSitePro 2.0 understand the problems associated with building and maintaining a website, so they have built tools into their software to manage a lot of those problems with a minimal amount of effort.

The program's suite of Website Cleanup tools are able to tell you if there are any files that are no longer needed, redundant, or out-dated. And, because this powerful package can handle the publishing of your website to the server, it ensures that everything is uploaded in an organized fashion.

Mapping Your Site

Along with creating all of the files and content for your website, you also have to remember what everything is for and where it is. When a site comprises just a few pages, that may be simple, but as your site grows in content and size, it becomes more complex.

Enter the automatically created Full Sitemap function. It helps you keep track of each facet of your site, and is an excellent way to help your website's visitors find precisely what they are seeking. And, as an added bonus, sitemaps help ensure that your entire website gets indexed by search engines.

The Time is Now! Or, Whenever You Want it to be

Now this is a program that has been designed to make hard things easy.

When you first build your website using the new version 2, you'll find that it helps you along and makes it easy to produce a great looking website. Once you've completed making it, it will be easy to see why it is imperative to keep everything up to date.

With the Taskbar Scheduler, you can set up everything in advance and simply tell the program when you want to make changes, and XSitepro will take care of the rest for you.

This user friendly website builder is easy to buy, easy to download, and easy to learn. Its developers have made it easy for you to create and publish a website, and smoothed the way for you to maintain it and keep it updated.

About SEO (Search Engine Optimization)- Internet Tools

2008-08-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

It's tough getting noticed on the Web. A Web page can provide useful information about a popular subject in an interactive and engrossing way, yet still attract few visitors. One of the most reliable ways to improve traffic is to achieve a high ranking on search engine return pages (SERPs).
Imagine that you've created the definitive Web site on a subject -- we'll use skydiving as an example. Your site is so new that it's not even listed on any SERPs yet, so your first step is to submit your site to search engines like Google and Yahoo. The Web pages on your skydiving site include useful information, exciting photographs and helpful links guiding visitors to other resources. Even with the best information about skydiving on the Web, your site may not crack the top page of results on major search engines. When people search for the term "skydiving," they could end up going to inferior Web sites because yours isn't in the top results.
While most search engine companies try to keep their processes a secret, their criteria for high spots on SERPs isn't a complete mystery. Search engines are successful only if they provide a user links to the best Web sites related to the user's search terms. If your site is the best skydiving resource on the Web, it benefits search engines to list the site high up on their SERPs. You just have to find a way to show search engines that your site belongs at the top of the heap. That's where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in -- it's a collection of techniques a webmaster can use to improve his or her site's SERP position.
In this article, we'll look at two SEO philosophies: the white hat approach and the black hat approach. We'll also learn about some of the problems webmasters can encounter when trying to satisfy both the visitors to the site and search engines.
We'll take a general overview of what SEO really means on the next page.

Internet And Business Online

2008-08-07T03:43:00.000-07:00

by: Scott Lindsay

The best role of business online is that of interdependency. We’ve all heard the old saying, “No man is an island.” When it comes to online business this is especially true.

If a business owner who takes their business into the online world determines they will be self reliant and never accept the help of anyone then that individual will not be in business long enough to change their minds.

It is accepted fact that the greatest tool for long-term exposure to your website is through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Without it potential customers can’t find you. It is unreasonable to expect that you can adequately develop a website without optimizing your website for the best possible search engine ranking.

Search engines also place a high value on sites that have links placed on existing sites. These ‘backlinks’ demonstrate to search engines that others trust your site. By placing your link on their website these other businesses indicate a trust and recommendation for your site.

In effect the two strategies listed above rely exclusively on what others can do for you when it comes to your online business.

Shirley Temple once proclaimed in her movie Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, “I’m very self-reliant.” American westerns are filled with lines dealing with pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and holding down the fort. Many of us have grown up to believe if we want something done right we have to do it ourselves.

This thinking is in opposition to the rules associated with an online business.

The online world can only exist because people share. Individuals share technology, but the also share links, reviews, blogs, forums and a wide range of other marketing strategies that find a commingling of interdependency.

In online business you are as dependent on others as they may be on you. Unlike the word ‘dependent’, the term interdependent indicates a mutual dependency. In other words you are depending on others to help provide links back to your site while they are equally dependent on you (or others) for the success of their business.

Have you really taken a proactive approach to networking? It’s possible you are reading this today and you’ve never considered asking someone else to place a link to your site on his or her online business site.

It can feel awkward depending on others to achieve online success especially if you’ve been lead to believe reliance on others is also a sign of imposing on their otherwise brilliant generosity.

I suppose it could be a deep-seated sense of pride that makes it hard to consider the need to ask others for help. However, the truth is depending on others is really what has made the Internet possible. The growth of this online world is comprised of a link of computers, networks and servers that are connected in a way that provides the maximum benefit for all.

Building an online business can feel a bit like trying to build a house of cards. Without the ability to rely on the other ‘cards’ around you it is virtually impossible to build.

Interdependence. This is the essence of online business.

Getting to the Top of the Search Engine List with SEO

2008-08-06T05:11:00.000-07:00

By: Steve Morris

There are hundreds of books and websites devoted to helping businesses
get their web sites on the first page of the search engine’s results
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rather taking smaller steps that will generate almost immediate
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page of a search engine result listing. While it’s true that some
people will go to the second results page, this is generally not the
case. When someone has typed in their search term and gotten
results, they’re going to choose someone from the first page. So,
if you’re not there, you’re not going to get higher traffic
numbers. To increase your a
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Denver /a businesses should follow these three tips:
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make sure that you’re researching your customers to see what kinds of
keywords they use when they’re looking up their query. If you
fail to do this, you’re not going to be using the best keywords to
increase your rankings. Try to use various keyword finders as
well as look at what keywords your competitors are using to get a list
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2. Focus on one keyword for each page – While it may
seem like a good idea to use as many related keywords as possible,
focusing on just one per page is what will increase your search engine
optimization. Denver businesses will often create a list of
keywords and then give them to writers that will write out articles
that focus on that keyword, repeating it once a paragraph or so.
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3. Make sure you have a lot of pages on your site –
If you only have five pages of SEO articles on your website, that isn’t
going to help your search engine optimization. Denver companies
will often create over two hundred pages of related content for the
site in order to create a site that’s both useful for customers as well
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to make sure that you’re adding these pages over a long period of
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they’re not being ‘left behind’ on the second page of search engine
results. Even taking the time to follow these three tips will
help guarantee that you’re not going to be stuck with low traffic

Online Chat Room

2008-08-05T03:36:00.000-07:00

By Nisha Gragg;

Chatting on internet is a very motivational method of communicating with several people. This social telecommunications facility offered by the internet makes it possible for different people to share their ideas and beliefs with anyone who have come online. The Chat room offers a marvelous option for people to understand the cultures and ideology of others by chatting with them.

In online chat rooms, one can find several rooms classified according to age groups, interests and region. There are also other criteria of classification and chat rooms are formed basing on these understanding. Such rooms determine the subject category under which users can initiate a discussion. The subject, the age bracket or the gender determine the class of people entering into these rooms to chat. So, sharing of ideas has become easy and fun-filled. There are separate rooms for kids, adults and people belonging to a different culture altogether. People are known to talk on diverse topics and one finds a lot of suggestions and opinions while chatting with others. It enriches people and adds value in their lives.

Online chat is not just limited to sending or receiving of messages, like traditional telecommunications technology . The users can also make or receive calls to people sitting at the other end. It makes possible for people to make long distance calls to any place of the world. The entire process is based on cheap means of connectivity. It is not that people just make calls but they can also see them over the network with the aid of a web camera. The entire process is thus based on the lucrativeness of the method of call-making as well as sending messages.

With the introduction of this technology, the world has become a global village where it is found that anyone can communicate with others from any part of the world. Thus, intercontinental friendship is a very common feature of this system. Intercaste and inter-religion marriages also take place. The whole world thus becomes a better place with people opening up and living in a free world. The only criteria for this is that people should join in healthy chat rooms where wise people interact on a common understanding. It is true that, nowadays, the internet is being flooded with sites that offer degraded and meaningless chatting.

It is also true that online chatting is a low cost criteria. It is one method by which people can communicate with one another at a significantly low call cost. Now it is also possible for people to interact with others for a long duration of time. This is possible of the slashing in call cost that is involved in this process. The people to people interaction increases and it remains so even if they are staying in different countries. The services of this system are also up to the mark for messages are delivered instantly and there is absolutely no interruptions while chatting with people. This method of communication is just mind-blowing and has taken into the whole world like wild fire.

The services offered by this method of telephony is what makes the entire process so exciting. People can get involved in group conference and so a number of people can involve themselves in conferencing simultaneously. This makes the process unique and this technology is now being utilised by business organisations to become successful in their business ventures. It can be accessed just with internet connection and a computer.

How Speed Up Your Personal Computer (PC) Running XP

2008-08-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

By Kris Mainieri

Computers are essential in every aspect of our lives. We need them at work, school, business, recreation and a lot more. Because of this importance, you will virtually find every household equipped with PCs or laptops. Since this device is important in our day to day activities, keeping the computer in excellent shape is a must. But since this is regularly used, computers would start to malfunction and result to slow PC XP. There are actually several reasons why computers start to slow down its performance and how to resolve them.

The very first cause of a slow PC XP is the registry. This is basically responsible for holding the entire computer system, hardware and the software preferences. Registry will be damaged once it is infected with dirt hence cleaning is a must. This will not only free up the space but registry cleaning would also solve some of your computer system's errors that can give you computer problems in the near future. To clean the registry, you can find different cleaning registries in the market today. You just have to guarantee that what you will choose is updated and reliable. Cleaning your computer's registry will do miracles on your computer's performance and speed.

The spyware and viruses could also be one of the reasons of a slow PC XP. Once surfing the web, you will eventually encounter viruses and spywares that would infect your PC. Staying out of the internet is not an option instead, you have to make sure that your computer is installed with a virus or spyware scanner in order to prevent any virus infection. These spyware/virus scanner will clean and delete all these harmful viruses that could cause havoc to your computer's entire performance. Do not settle for any substandard anti-spyware as this won't help you in increasing your computer's speed. What you need is a good quality antivirus that can do great wonders in your PC. This computer trouble must be immediately solved as this could not only slow PC XP but also put your computer to a complete halt.

And lastly, your computer's slow performance could be the cause of too little memory. As too much computer breakthroughs happen, more and more computer programs need more RAM in order for the computer to run smoothly. A computer equipped with sufficient RAM is a must in order to let your computer perform its topnotch shape. Adequate RAM is also important especially if you are running multiple programs at a time. A computer with a Windows XP operating system can usually run with a 512 MB of memory. But if your computer is equipped with many programs and applications, it needs twice as much as RAM in order to perform faster.

There are still many other factors that could slow PC XP however the above mentioned factors are the most common. These three, corrupt registry, viruses and inadequate memory are the factors that you should be careful about in order not lose your computer's speed.

Kris Mainieri is an accomplished Computer Tech focusing on innovative and unique ways to help people take their computing performance to a whole new level free.

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When Internet Speed is not Enough

2008-08-03T17:26:00.000-07:00

By Jimmy Ray Purser
Courtesy of Cisco

As your smaller business' network traffic grows, getting faster switches isn't your only option. Jimmy Ray Purser says that paying attention to a network's quality of service -- by classifying packets as they enter your network -- can be just as important

The one thing that any network admin can tell you (besides a massive amount of Star Trek trivia) is the increase in network traffic and users over the years. Networks are like kids: they start small and grow big, then don't listen to what you have to say.

To keep up with the demand, vendors have been building faster switches with deeper buffers every single year. This is an example of Moore's Law at its finest. But is that enough? Of course, any account manager will say yes! Buy more Cisco, problem solved. But a realistic network engineer needs to consider the role quality of service will play in the network. Most people understand how 802.1p works. Diffserv seems to be the big unknown in the world of QoS.

The real term is differentiated services, but the alpha geek crowd just says diffserv. Diffserv is concerned with classifying packets as they enter the local network. This classification then applies to a flow of traffic where a flow is defined by five elements:

Source IP address
Destination IP
Source port
Destination port
Transport Protocol
A flow that has been classified or marked can then be acted upon by other QoS mechanisms. Multiple flows can therefore be dealt with in a multitude of ways, depending on the requirements of each flow: voice this way and data that way and so on.

Diffserv uses a code point (the cool way to say this is DSCP) to determine the per-hop behavior of the flow. There are 64 total DSCP values. They range from 0 through 63. Remember that a high DSCP value is not equal to a high QoS queue. However, understand that in the assured forwarded (more to come) there are three drop probabilities. The DSCP determines the per-hop behavior (PHB) of a flow.

Virus Email

2008-07-31T21:01:00.000-07:00

Virus authors adapted to the changing computing environment by creating the e-mail virus. For example, the Melissa virus in March 1999 was spectacular. Melissa spread in Microsoft Word documents sent via e-mail, and it worked like this:

Someone created the virus as a Word document and uploaded it to an Internet newsgroup. Anyone who downloaded the document and opened it would trigger the virus. The virus would then send the document (and therefore itself) in an e-mail message to the first 50 people in the person's address book. The e-mail message contained a friendly note that included the person's name, so the recipient would open the document, thinking it was harmless. The virus would then create 50 new messages from the recipient's machine. At that rate, the Melissa virus quickly became the fastest-spreading virus anyone had seen at the time. As mentioned earlier, it forced a number of large companies to shut down their e-mail systems.

The ILOVEYOU virus, which appeared on May 4, 2000, was even simpler. It contained a piece of code as an attachment. People who double-clicked on the attachment launched the code. It then sent copies of itself to everyone in the victim's address book and started corrupting files on the victim's machine. This is as simple as a virus can get. It is really more of a Trojan horse distributed by e-mail than it is a virus.

The Melissa virus took advantage of the programming language built into Microsoft Word called VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications. It is a complete programming language and it can be programmed to do things like modify files and send e-mail messages. It also has a useful but dangerous auto-execute feature. A programmer can insert a program into a document that runs instantly whenever the document is opened. This is how the Melissa virus was programmed. Anyone who opened a document infected with Melissa would immediately activate the virus. It would send the 50 e-mails, and then infect a central file called NORMAL.DOT so that any file saved later would also contain the virus. It created a huge mess.

Computer Software Microsoft applications have a feature called Macro Virus Protection built into them to prevent this sort of virus. With Macro Virus Protection turned on (the default option is ON), the auto-execute feature is disabled. So when a document tries to auto-execute viral code, a dialog pops up warning the user. Unfortunately, many people don't know what macros or macro viruses are, and when they see the dialog they ignore it, so the virus runs anyway. Many other people turn off the protection mechanism. So the Melissa virus spread despite the safeguards in place to prevent it.

In the case of the ILOVEYOU virus, the whole thing was human-powered. If a person double-clicked on the program that came as an attachment, then the program ran and did its thing. What fueled this virus was the human willingness to double-click on the executable.

By : "HSW Newsletter Jul-08"

Introduction to Know Technology Viruses

2008-07-31T16:39:00.000-07:00

Strange as it may sound, the computer virus is something of an Information Age marvel. On one hand, viruses show us how vulnerable we are -- a properly engineered virus can have a devastating effect, disrupting productivity and doing billions of dollars in damages. On the other hand, they show us how sophisticated and interconnected human beings have become.
For example, experts estimate that the Mydoom worm infected approximately a quarter-million computers in a single day in January 2004. Back in March 1999, the Melissa virus was so powerful that it forced Microsoft and a number of other very large companies to completely turn off their e-mail systems until the virus could be contained. The ILOVEYOU virus in 2000 had a similarly devastating effect. In January 2007, a worm called Storm appeared -- by October, experts believed up to 50 million computers were infected. That's pretty impressive when you consider that many viruses are incredibly simple.
When you listen to the news, you hear about many different forms of electronic infection. The most common are:
Viruses - A virus is a small piece of software that piggybacks on real programs. For example, a virus might attach itself to a program such as a spreadsheet program. Each time the spreadsheet program runs, the virus runs, too, and it has the chance to reproduce (by attaching to other programs) or wreak havoc.
E-mail viruses - An e-mail virus travels as an attachment to e-mail messages, and usually replicates itself by automatically mailing itself to dozens of people in the victim's e-mail address book. Some e-mail viruses don't even require a double-click -- they launch when you view the infected message in the preview pane of your e-mail software [source: Johnson].
Trojan horses - A Trojan horse is simply a computer program. The program claims to do one thing (it may claim to be a game) but instead does damage when you run it (it may erase your hard disk). Trojan horses have no way to replicate automatically.
Worms - A worm is a small piece of software that uses computer networks and security holes to replicate itself. A copy of the worm scans the network for another machine that has a specific security hole. It copies itself to the new machine using the security hole, and then starts replicating from there, as well.
In this article, we will discuss viruses -- both "traditional" viruses and e-mail viruses -- so that you can learn how they work and understand how to protect yourself.

Free Movie Download online

2008-07-26T06:28:00.000-07:00

By: Ben Levanger

Free movie downloads online are the best alternative if you are planning to start a library with your favorite movies. Several websites now extend movie download services to internet users, and the movies offered include both old and new ones. These free movie downloads online can be accessed from anywhere at any time if you have a proper internet connection. There are mainly two types of services available for free movie downloads online. One is the P2P application that offers different pay schemes where movies are downloaded with the help of BitTorrent services. Sites using the P2P application facilitate movie downloads for lifetime, wherein the user has to pay a one time registration fee. Usually the registration fees range between 14 and 60 dollars. In these sites downloadable movies are provided to users through a file sharing network. These sites also provide free games, music and software downloads. These movie sites provide downloads using P2P network, and also through direct downloading from databases. The second type of service is that which charges a fee for downloading each movie or unlimited download of movies on a monthly subscription. Using a P2P network you can download a variety of items, whereas in direct downloading from database, your choices are limited. Direct downloading from databases is faster than downloading from a P2P network. When considering free movie downloads online, it is important to ensure that they are legal. The movie selections of legal sites belong to the owners of the site and they are licensed to hold it. This means that all movies in legal sites can be safely used. Legal movie sites might naturally have a lesser collection of movies than an illegal site. Free movie downloads online provided by illegal websites are often pirated copies. These movies violate individual copyrights, and handling these movies is punishable as per law. Additionally, these pirated movies very often have poor picture quality. Accessing illegal free movie downloads online can also harm your computer because of the possible presence of spyware and viruses in these illegal sites. Movie buffs can safely download DVD quality movies from legal sites at economical rates. You can get fantasy movies, detective movies, comic movies and more. Even old classic black and white movies are available in some sites. Browse the web and find a legal website offering free movie downloads online. Make your experience with free movie downloads online a pleasurable one by utilizing the services of reliable websites.

Telecommunication School vs latest Tech

2008-07-20T06:32:00.000-07:00

Telecommunications Schools, colleges, and universities prepare students for positions in many areas of the telecommunications industry. Instruction in telecommunications will provide for gaining associate degrees, bachelor degrees, master degrees, and certificates for specializations in areas of telecommunications.
New technologies and services are being introduced daily in the telecommunications industry, and these technologies and services necessarily change rapidly. These factors make the telecommunications industry one of the fastest growing and changing industries in the world economy. Telecommunications Schools are required to keep up with these ever growing changes. Some programs of study in telecommunications include courses prepared by various telecommunications industries designed to prepare students with state-of-the-art technical expertise, as well as with information regarding current and anticipated needs in the telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications Schools offering Associate degrees in telecommunications technology will have students ready for a variety of positions in telecommunications businesses and industries. Associate degrees will also have students prepared to further their education in fields of telecommunications electrical engineering, management, and administration.
Bachelor degrees in telecommunications allow for concentrations in engineering, global networks, telecommunications systems, wireless communications, data communications, network management, network administration, and more. Students will have the fundamentals of the telecommunications industry, including industry principles, applications, and technologies.
Master degrees offered at telecommunications schools are available in engineering, distributed systems, software development, network protocols and routing, and more. Masters in web-based applications in telecommunication systems offers practical and theoretical knowledge in voice and data communications networks for understanding technical and operational aspects of networks, foundational theory of voice and data communications, and network management.
A degree in telecommunications can net entry-level salaries upwards of $30,000; master degrees and experienced managers can earn salaries upwards of $85,000 with major companies; telecommunications systems software engineers will earn somewhere around $100,000 per year.
If you are interested in learning more about Telecommunications Schools, universities, and colleges, please search our site for more in-depth information and resources.
DISCLAIMER: Above is a GENERAL OVERVIEW and may or may not reflect specific practices, courses and/or services associated with ANY ONE particular school(s) that is or is not advertised on SchoolsGalore.com.
Copyright 2006 - All Rights Reserved Michael Bustamante, in association with Media Positive Communications, Inc. for SchoolsGalore.com
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Net-market Terms P-3

2008-07-20T06:29:00.000-07:00

Your cache is full and your CSS sheets are cascading into your CGI and your CPM is compressed by your CPC!
Internet Marketing is full of jargon designed to confuse and mystify a beginner. You can learn the old fashioned way through trial and error, or you can cheat and skip a chapter and read the Internet Marketing Jargon Buster from Lama Kalla. This article will explain some more of the common jargon.
Click
A click is where someone clicks on something - very simple - whether you click on an advert, a banner, or something else.
Click Through Rate
The number of clicks on a particular advert, i.e. how many people click through to your site. This is very important for you as an Internet Marketer. Why? Because you need to know how well your adverts are working. If you have a low click through rate then you may need to tweak your adverts or maybe even advertise in a different place. It might be that the place you are advertising in just isn't suitable for your product.
ClickBank,
Clickbank is an online marketplace with a huge catalog of products from a wide variety of publishers. It handles payments from customers and payments to affiliates. Clickbank is very much favored by Internet marketers because it is a fire and forget system. You can set up a website for your product, list it on Clickbank and then sit back and relax. Potential affiliates can pick up your product and sell it with no input from you. As they handle all the payments, all you need to do is receive the money and enjoy.
Conversion Rate
The conversion rate is how well your advert / website / sales letter converts, i.e. how many people who view your advert or visit your site go on to purchase your product. You need to know this because it has a big impact on your business. Firstly, it tells you how well your adverts are working, and secondly you can calculate from this how much you can afford to pay for your adverts.
There is a lot of jargon in the Internet Marketing world, and it's important for you to understand them in order to achieve the success you so desire.
How can you find out what all these weird and wonderful terms mean?
You can download the free Internet Marketing Jargon Buster from Lama Kalla today - claim your copy right now at http://www.GlossaryInternetMarketing.com
Copyrights 2006-2008 Lama Kalla
Lama Kalla- a fearless author and online entrepreneur. She is dedicated to help new internet marketers cut the learning curve to internet marketing mastery. To join Lama's Private List and download your FREE copy of Internet Marketing Glossary please go to http://www.GlossaryInternetMarketing.com
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Search Engine Position Strategy

2008-07-10T19:42:00.000-07:00

The content of your website can determine the success of your website. For SEO purpose, we must make sure the content that we have on our website appeal to human visitors and Google robots alike. It is useless to have 100 keywords in a single page, because that will never work.
It would be wiser to create 100 pages with contents that revolve only around one keyword instead. With the latent semantic indexing, search engine are able to identify content that are built just for the sake of getting high ranking for certain keywords. You obviously don't want to be one of these people.
Search engines like Google place higher priority on websites that are filled with quality contents because they know no one will be happy to have junk websites listed as one of their search results.
One of the secret to have a better search engine position is simply by targeting keywords with lesser search volumes. These keywords usually have lesser competition and that makes them easier to target.
Just imagine if you have 50 pages of contents that are targeting these keywords and each of these keywords is pulling in 20 to 50 daily searches. That means you have at least 1000 daily traffic from daily searches from these keywords alone!
It's better to have high ranking for 50 keywords in a month instead of focusing all your effort to get a keyword that pulls in 3000 daily searches that takes 3 to 4 months to rank. It's a no brainer!
About the Author
Kusuma Widjaja is an online marketer and he wants to share the real Internet marketing secrets and strategy to get targeted web traffic for your website.

Free For All Sites

2008-07-10T19:29:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know what an FFA site is, it's basically a website where you can post a link/add to your website for free. Generally it is also posted to many other sites at the same time and hopefully somebody sees your link...free advertising in other words. This also creates backlinks to your website. When you post a link, you are also giving permission (whether you know it or not) to receive confirmation e-mails back from the site owner. What seems to happen though is many people see this as free advertising and get angry when, not only do they not see a flood of sales come pouring in, but they start receiving other people's offers. I know when the first time it happened to me, I couldn't figure out what was going on and was frustrated at the results. Let's back up a moment and look at the bigger picture of what an FFA site is and its TRUE purpose. The true purpose of an FFA site is for the owner of that site to promote his/her business. It's really not just because he's a nice guy giving people a free advertising place. (If it were such a goldmine for pulling in sales, he would be doing it himself). That is just the bait, getting people to his site to post their links, thinking they are getting free advertising, so he can respond with "confirmation" of your link, and his business ad. Those confirmation e-mails are NOT spam. You had to agree to receive them in order to post your link. Who are reading these ads anyway? So is posting to FFA's a total waste of time? Not necessarily, you do get an occasional sale, people do go back to post their links and sometimes take a quick look through the links to see what's there while they're at it. So what's the answer? Get your own FFA site to promote your business. There are many excellent resources out there. I have found from personal experience however,that many of the services offering FFA's sites, offer a free version or a paid upgrade. The phrase "You get what you pay for" comes to mind with these. I've used several kinds and found that the paid upgrades more than paid for themselves in sales. Shop around however to compare between companies. You can promote any product through this method; information products, crafts, vitamins, whatever. You could have the very best on the entire internet, but if nobody sees your offer, it's not going to get the sales you desire. It takes traffic to get sales. These sites are options for driving those numbers to your site. Free classified ads sites are also in this same category with the same purpose and can be worth pursuing.
About The Author
By Valerie Garner - Owner and candlemaker of highly scented, quality soy candles, with hundreds of scents offered! http://www.joyfuldesignsinsoy.com

How to Improve Your Broadband Speed

2008-07-07T23:46:00.000-07:00

With so much information flying around about broadband, it is not surprising that users are becoming slightly confused about what they should expect from their deals. Here are a few answers to the most commonly asked questions.
One of the most common questions is why speeds do not match up with the speed they were promised when they signed up to the original deal. The answer is simple, connection speeds will vary considerably depending on the time of day you use it. Evenings are the busiest times as this is when most home users will be on the internet downloading and uploading.
Speeds will also vary depending on the item that you are downloading. Films require a lot longer to complete than a song would for example as the file is larger. As more people use their broadband to call friends and family abroad VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) which includes Skype has become very popular but takes longer and needs fast connections to use.
Tidying up your computer will also help improve the speed. As you surf and download your way through the internet, many files and viruses can find their way into your hard drive and simply erasing these can improve your connection speed. Many people compare broadband speeds but it is important to give yourself every chance of having those speeds and eliminating your computer of viruses is a must. You may want to get an expert to come and do this for you to ensure it is done thoroughly.
It is very frustrating for customers when the speeds they receive do not match the speed quoted to them by the operator. Asking the provider what the maximum and minimum speeds possible will give you a better indication as to what to expect from your broadband. The broadband speed test allows you to get an idea of the connection speeds in your area and once you know that, you can start to compare the various deals.
To ensure you get the most out of your broadband deal and achieve the fastest speeds, make sure your computer is free of viruses and unwanted files. Take the broadband speed test and find the speeds you should be getting and afterwards compare broadband deals from the leading providers.
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Music via Broadband

2008-07-07T23:41:00.000-07:00

It's no big secret that the way we listen to music has changed vastly over the last few years.
The emergence of bigger and better mp3 players has led to a surge in music downloads, even going so far as to shape the way music charts are compiled.
More of us now have access to a broadband connection, and many bands are now tapping into the online market in order to get their voices heard and records sold.
Record companies are making use of a wide variety of media and retail in order to get their artists heard - and now music is available to download from a range of different outlets - from your own PC to high street record shops.
Free downloads, offers with broadband packages and exclusive tracks are just some of the ways in which music corporations and independent artists are attempting to make our ears perk up and take notice of their material.
Social networking sites have also played a huge part in making music more widely available to the masses. Unsigned bands can now post material to pages which are viewed by thousands each day, offering the chance to download new material after hearing a short preview.
Such influence is now spreading to the mass media, with radio stations and indie television shows that specialise in undiscovered talent seeing increasing viewing and listening figures.
As the software and price war continues in the world of mp3 players - consumers now have access to a wide range of players of differing sizes (both in the player itself and how much data it can store)
Music stores have played a huge part in making downloadable music available to the consumer, with some predicting that receiving music down a broadband line could eventually signal the end of the physical CD single, normally available in the shops themselves.
And with many joining forces with the record companies in order to offer exclusive content on a range of bands, music fans and consumers alike appear to be going through a boom time.
As the world of downloadable music continues to grow, consumers could soon find themselves able to download that exclusive track from your favourite band during your weekly shopping trip in future.
Looking for better broadband? Perform a broadband speed test and compare broadband providers to find a deal that suits you.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=David_Collins

Suwangga friend Tips

2008-07-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

My advice is comes from my personal experience and previous testing of many of the spyware removal programs out there. First of all understanding the difference between Viruses & Spayware: If you are currently running a very popular virus protection software like Norton or McAffee and believe that your software will do the 'complete' job then you are completely mistaken. We have run a complete virus check on a particular PC and have found nothing. After the scan has been complete we have immediately run a Spyware scan and have found hundreds of Spyware infections on the same PC. This confuses the majority of people due to the fact that both viruses and spyware seem to be the same. Viruses... Some viruses are programmed to damage the computer by damaging programs, deleting files, or reformatting the hard disk. Others are not designed to do any damage, but simply replicate themselves and perhaps make their presence known by presenting text, video, or audio messages. Even these benign viruses can create problems for the computer user. They typically take up computer memory used by legitimate programs. As a result, they often cause erratic behavior and can result in system crashes. In addition, many viruses are bug-ridden, and these bugs may lead to system crashes and data loss. Spyware... Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spyware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs From testing all the differnt software out there the following seem to be the most popular - spyware doctor - adaware pro - counterspy - spyware sweeper But the best by far is Spybot search and destroy by safer-networking. First of all run this program with the internet turned off and after a fresh reboot. When you do run this for the first time, dont be alarmed at the amount of infections that it finds and that your virus protection has completely missed. After scanning which usually takes 20-30mins, spybot 'may' ask you to reboot and rescan. If this is the case then do so. The reason for this is because some of the spyware infections can not be removed at the time of that scan because they are currently running and need to be shut off to remove. Once completed reboot again and you will find your PC will be running so much faster. I hope this helps someone out there Regards Lee You can visit us at the http://www.easyPC.co.uk Great Links http://www.download.com

http://www.safer-networking.org

http://www.theeasypc.co.uk/files

Several free protection programs
About The Author
Lee Fowler I am the director of the easypc company and have been fixing PCs for over 10 years. For more information about me please visit our home page at http://www.theeasypc.co.uk

GPS Mobile Technology

2008-07-05T04:03:00.000-07:00

In recent times there have been some tremendous advances in the technology behind GPS (Global Positioning Satellites), and now this exciting technology is available to the general public. There are many uses for GPS, but the particular use we will be looking at in this article is its benefits for the motorist.
The in-car system comprises of an easily mounted small unit which you attach to your windscreen or place on your dashboard. The great benefit is that once you have the unit installed in your car, you just key in your required destination, it will then give you turn by turn directions by voice and in real time.
This is extremely useful for any travelers who are in an unfamiliar area, which of course applies to most of us at one time or another. Nearly all car rental firms are now installing GPS units in their entire fleet of vehicles as an aid to their customers, and of course this also has advantages for them.
Another benefit is that if you are unfortunate enough to have your GPS equipped vehicle stolen, the authorities can pinpoint the exact location of it with ease. There are several insurance companies that will offer you a discount if your car is fitted with GPS.
A lot of GPS systems on the market come equipped with monitoring services, which can help with roadside assistance, and help in any emergency situation. The in-car system has the capability to be automatically programmed to call the nearest 911 operator if an accident occurs.
The good thing is that as these services utilize satellites, the signal will never suffer any interruption no matter you may be. So you can see what a valuable piece of equipment an in-car GPS unit can be, as it is available 24/7. So, if you ever find yourself in an emergency situation, you will be glad you invested in this piece of technology and have piece of mind!

Laptop vs Desktop Free Info

2008-07-05T03:56:00.000-07:00

Is a laptop better than a desk top why would i buy a desktop thats in one spot all the time ? Naturally, a desktop computer is more powerful, expandable, and cheaper than a laptop. But you can't take carry it around with you, because the leads wont reach and its rather heavy
On the other hand, you could be sitting in a pub garden or a trendy coffee shop,having a drink while pouring over your e-mail and chatting on a mobile phone - now that's the way to go. Why you need a laptop Basically you want a laptop for one of the following reasons:
As your main computer Why bother about saving money with a desktop when you really want the portability of a laptop? A desktop computer can't pretend to be a laptop, but a laptop can certainly pretend being a desktop: You can use a full-sized keyboard and monitor with your laptop. You can also connect any number of desktop peripherals such as a printer, scanner, external hard drive, and so on. But, unlike a desktop system, you're free to disconnect the laptop and take it with you whenever you want.
As a space-saving computer system; Unlike desktops, you don't need to have a set place for your laptop computer - that is, you don't need a computer desk. If space is tight in your house, flat, or collage room, keep the laptop on the shelf or in a drawer. Then set it up on the kitchen table or coffee table when you're ready to work. Forget about the constant mess and clutter that orbits the typical desktop computer station!
As a second computer; Why buy a second desktop computer when you can get a laptop and enjoy not only the presence of a second computer but the ability to make that computer system portable? Further, you can network the two computers together, letting them share an Internet connection, printers, data, and files. But you still have the luxury of having one portable system. As your on-the-road computer; Laptops let you take your work on the road great for the salesman,delivery driver,courier. After a few moments of synch (transferring current files between your desktop and laptop), you're off and running to anywhere you like (though being in direct, bright daylight can make it difficult to see the laptop screen). When you return from your trip, just perform another synch, and you catch up both computers for the day. A laptop can give you the freedom to take your work with you: ï¿½ Laptops let you escape the confines of your office and do work anywhere you like for a few hours. Or if you have power at your location, you can plug in and work all day.
ï¿½ The laptop lets you take your work with you when you travel.as most motels/hotels have wifi connections
Why you don't need a laptop Laptops aren't cheap. They're also expensive to fix. They can easily get stolen. The battery life never lives up to the printed specifications. You may find getting work done on a jet or in a cafï¿½ really difficult because people either look over your shoulder or ask you questions about the laptop. Ack! But you may think that those minor quibbles don't outweigh the benefits of owning a laptop.

Make Your PC Going Faster

2008-07-02T01:21:00.000-07:00

After years of trials and tribulations, I've finally come up with a system to get my computer running very fast and efficiently. Here's how I do it, feel free to follow if you feel your computer and/or laptop (for the purpose of this article the term "Computer" stands for both) doesn't work as fast as you think its capable of given your RAM, CPU, Operating System, Hard Drive and Internet Connection. Many of these programs I've listed below, do the same or similar functions but I've found they get different results and I get the best results when I use them together in the order shown below. I do the following steps with the following software, every time I either reboot my computer, add or delete a program or if I feel the computer isn't working as fast as I think it should be:

1. I click on (TuneUp Utilities) 1 -Click Maintenance which quickly cleans up your registry and hard drive with one click. 1-Click Maintenance is part of this software and is the basic application I use from it.

2. I then use (Sammsoft) Advanced Registry Optimizer and click Scan and Fix Registry Now which further scans and fixes Errors

3. Then (PC Tools) Registry Mechanic and click Scan Your Registry which Deep Scans your registry for problems and corrects them.

4, I then repeat step one and use 1- Click Maintenance again

5. Finally, I use (Uniblue) Speed Up My PC which automatically optimizes your computer for maximum performance. It increases my broadband internet downloading speed greatly. This is a 2 step process involving a scan and optimization in the Overview (first page) section. I recommend you should also check Internet for Optimization all the time even if its blank.

I'd also recommend every time you add or delete a program you review what's checked on MSCONFIG if you have XP- I'm not sure what the equivalent is on Vista, and uncheck everything that isn't necessary at start-up, as the more items you have checked, the slower your computer performs. I only have 2 things checked on my computer, my anti-virus program and Google Web Accelerator. When you initially buy a computer, everything is checked for start-up. For those unfamilar with MSCONFIG, just put MSCONFIG on Run, click it and see what's checked on the furthest tab on the right marked "Startup" and delete the items checked that you don't feel are necessary during Start-Up. As noted above, I only have 2 items checked.

I also use (Webroot)Window Washer which deletes my Internet Cache (including Firefox) as well as other items, at least once a day and if I feel like the internet is running a tad slow.

Share file on web

2008-07-02T01:13:00.000-07:00

Online share files websites let you upload and share files of any size with friends and colleagues. If you have ever wanted to share files between computers you will know how difficult it is to move big files, with files too big for email, and USB memory devices requiring that you physically share the USB device with another person, difficult if they are not local to you. What is the modern solution to this problem which is becoming more of an issue as file sizes get bigger and more people become remote users working from home or traveling between offices.

Some companies setup complicated network access for home users which can be difficult to use and ties the user to one computer or laptop, for a modern solution we need a way of sharing our files no matter what computer we find ourselves working in front of.

If your files are small enough you can email them to your colleagues, and receive files the same way, but after a time it becomes difficult to manage all the files you have been sent, online share files websites remove all these issues. With online share files websites offering 2GB of free storage that's a lot of files and backups, more space can be purchased if required. You can store data, music and photos dragging and dropping files and folders between the online share and your own computer.

Share files and folders and automatically back up your files daily and weekly.

Users can also use the online share files websites to backup their computers, with automated daily and weekly backup schedules setup, the backing up of files happens automatically, and you never need worry that your important documents are not backed up and secure. With instant retrieval of your documents should you need to restore the data from your backup.

You can learn more about sharing files for free here:
http://www.earpy.co.uk/online-share-files.html

iPhone Movies

2008-07-02T00:38:00.000-07:00

Are you ready to start watching full length iPhone movies, but you don't know how. There are several ways to download and watch iPhone movies. Some are better than others. You should know the basics before doing anything.

1. Pick your iPhone movie download service carefully:

You need to first find a service that offers iPhone movie downloads. You want to read up on each before making a decision of which one you will use. You should read the stats provided by the site. You should also read the reviews on each site. This might be the best insight to download quality.

2. Monthly or one time:

The iPhone movie download service that you choose should be a one time fee. There are several sites that offer monthly fees or pay per download, but that is unnecessary. You should join the iPhone movie download site that has a one time fee. This is all about bang for your buck.

3. Know what you are getting into when downloading iPhone movies:

The iphone download site that you choose will more than likely allow you download movies using BitTorrents. Usually just called torrents, your site supports you downloading iPhone movies from other peers on the network. Your site will provide you with a software program that will facilitate the downloads called a client.

4. What if you iPhone movie download won't play:

You have now a iPhone torrent that you just downloaded and it won't play on your iPhone. What do you do? You need to have a converter to get your iPhone movie download to play. Your iPhone torrent service should provide a converter. If they don't you can just go to download.com and search for "iPhone movies." The search will give you options for a program to make those iPhone torrents play. Once again read the reviews on the converter.

You have a lot of choices for iPhone movie downloads, so you have to spend some time doing research before just going out and downloading.

Kyle is a gadget freak and the iPhone is his subject of choice. His site iPhonetorrent.net gives all the knowledge you need when it comes to iPhone Movie Downloads Check it out.

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WImax Definitions

2008-07-01T23:56:00.000-07:00

WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. It is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, which is also called WirelessMAN. WiMAX allows a user, for example, to browse the Internet on a laptop computer without physically connecting the laptop to a router, hub or switch via an Ethernet cable. The name WiMAX was created by the WiMAX Forum, which was formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the standard. The forum describes WiMAX as "a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL."
Definitions of terms
The terms "fixed WiMAX", "mobile WiMAX", "802.16d" and "802.16e" are frequently used incorrectly.[1] Correct definitions are:
802.16d
Strictly speaking, It has never existed as a standard. The standard is correctly called 802.16-2004. However, since this standard is frequently called 802.16d, that term is also used in this article to assist readability.
802.16e
Just as 802.16d has never existed, a standard called 802.16e hasn't either. It is an amendment to 802.16-2004, and so is not a standard in its own right. It is properly referred to as 802.16e-2005.
Fixed WiMAX
This is a phrase frequently used to refer to systems built using 802.16-2004 ('802.16d') and the OFDM PHY as the air interface technology.
Mobile WiMAX
A phrase frequently used to refer to systems built using 802.16e-2005 and the OFDMA PHY as the air interface technology. "Mobile WiMAX" implementations are therefore frequently used to deliver pure fixed services. The bandwidth and reach of WiMAX make it suitable for the following potential applications:
• Connecting Wi-Fi hotspots with each other and to other parts of the Internet.
• Providing a wireless alternative to cable and DSL for last mile (last km) broadband access.
• Providing high-speed data and telecommunications services.
• Providing a diverse source of Internet connectivity as part of a business continuity plan. That is, if a business has a fixed and a wireless Internet connection, especially from unrelated providers, they are unlikely to be affected by the same service outage.
• Providing nomadic connectivity.
Broadband access
Many companies are closely examining WiMAX for "last mile" connectivity at high data rates. The resulting competition may bring lower pricing for both home and business customers, or bring broadband access to places where it has been economically unavailable. Prior to WiMAX, many operators have been using proprietary fixed wireless technologies for broadband services.

WiMAX access was used to assist with communications in Aceh, Indonesia, after the tsunami in December 2004. All communication infrastructure in the area, other than Ham Radio, was destroyed, making the survivors unable to communicate with people outside the disaster area and vice versa. WiMAX provided broadband access that helped regenerate communication to and from Aceh.

Interdependency Bussines

2008-07-01T23:53:00.000-07:00

The best role of business online is that of interdependency. We’ve all heard the old saying, “No man is an island.” When it comes to online business this is especially true.

If a business owner who takes their business into the online world determines they will be self reliant and never accept the help of anyone then that individual will not be in business long enough to change their minds.

It is accepted fact that the greatest tool for long-term exposure to your website is through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Without it potential customers can’t find you. It is unreasonable to expect that you can adequately develop a website without optimizing your website for the best possible search engine ranking.

Search engines also place a high value on sites that have links placed on existing sites. These ‘backlinks’ demonstrate to search engines that others trust your site. By placing your link on their website these other businesses indicate a trust and recommendation for your site.

In effect the two strategies listed above rely exclusively on what others can do for you when it comes to your online business.

Shirley Temple once proclaimed in her movie Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, “I’m very self-reliant.” American westerns are filled with lines dealing with pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and holding down the fort. Many of us have grown up to believe if we want something done right we have to do it ourselves.

This thinking is in opposition to the rules associated with an online business.

The online world can only exist because people share. Individuals share technology, but the also share links, reviews, blogs, forums and a wide range of other marketing strategies that find a commingling of interdependency.

In online business you are as dependent on others as they may be on you. Unlike the word ‘dependent’, the term interdependent indicates a mutual dependency. In other words you are depending on others to help provide links back to your site while they are equally dependent on you (or others) for the success of their business.

Have you really taken a proactive approach to networking? It’s possible you are reading this today and you’ve never considered asking someone else to place a link to your site on his or her online business site.

It can feel awkward depending on others to achieve online success especially if you’ve been lead to believe reliance on others is also a sign of imposing on their otherwise brilliant generosity.

I suppose it could be a deep-seated sense of pride that makes it hard to consider the need to ask others for help. However, the truth is depending on others is really what has made the Internet possible. The growth of this online world is comprised of a link of computers, networks and servers that are connected in a way that provides the maximum benefit for all.

Building an online business can feel a bit like trying to build a house of cards. Without the ability to rely on the other ‘cards’ around you it is virtually impossible to build.

Interdependence. This is the essence of online business.

About The Author

Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. Make your own website in just 5 minutes with HighPowerSites at: http://www.highpowersites.com or Build A Website at: http://www.buildagreatsite.com.

Update Website Automatically

2008-07-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

RSS(Real Simple Syndication) is the newest form of content syndication to hit the Internet and is widely becoming the best known way online to deliver fresh targeted content to your website(s) to whatever audience you're targeting 24/7/365.

Now for those of you who aren't quite up to speed on "RSS" here's the basic definition -- RSS is an acronym for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", and the .XML extension is the format used for distributing your news headlines via the Web, which is known as "Syndication".

"Syndication" is where the TRUE power of RSS is unleashed, getting your message or information across the web in an INSTANT to websites, your subscribers and/or readers.

Why is this such Good News for website owners who publish content on a Daily or Weekly basis for there audiences?

Simple.

By having "RSS" plugged into your website with targeted RSS feeds you'll now have an endless supply of Fresh targeted content delivered to your website for your visitors and/or subscribers 24/7/365 without you ever having to lift a finger.

Just imagine how much time what would save you and how it would allow you to focus on other important tasks related to your business.

Time is something we are always fighting for and since web surfers primarily come online in search of 'Information' it can be a very time consuming ordeal to deal with on a Daily or Weekly basis.

The other great thing about "RSS" is it'll keep the 'Search Engine Spiders' coming back more frequently since "RSS" automatically updates your selected feeds 'Daily' with Fresh targeted content.

And if you know anything about Search Engines then you'll know that they LOVE fresh content to digest.

Now that you have a general idea of what "RSS" can do for you and your website(s), your probably wondering how you can take advantage of this right now and where to find these ever so valuable 'RSS Feeds'.

The answer is simple -- 'Article Directories'.

Now, not all 'Article Directories' have adopted "RSS" at this point But they will soon catch on once they see the value RSS offers there publishers(you) and readers.

Below I have listed a few 'Article Directories' offering RSS feeds in every category under the sun for you to choose from.

Article99.com
http://www.article99.com/rss-feeds/

GoArticles.com
http://www.goarticles.com/rss-feeds.html

EzineArticles.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com/rss/

Now, all you need to get your hands on(if you don't already) is a "RSS Reader Script" and have it installed on your server so that you can display the 'RSS Feeds' on your website(s).

All you have to do is a simple search on Google using the keyword "RSS Reader Script".

Once you've done all that and updated your website(s) pages with your RSS code, you can now just sit back, relax and let RSS(Real Simple Syndication) do all the work for you 24/7/365 while you go focus on other important tasks.

About RSS feed

2008-07-01T23:43:00.000-07:00

RSS is an abbreviation that has evolved into the following, depending on their versions:

• RDF Site Summary (also known as RSS 0.9; the first version of RSS)
• Rich Site Summary (also known as RSS 0.91; a prototype)
• Really Simple Syndication (also known as RSS 2.0)

Today, RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication', and it has the following 7 existing formats or versions:

• 0.90
• 0.91
• 0.92
• 0.93
• 0.94
• 1.0
• 2.0

RSS tools refer to a group of file formats that are designed to share headlines and other web content (this may be a summary or simply 1 to 2 lines of the article), links to the full versions of the content (the full article or post), and even file attachments such as multimedia files. All of these data is delivered in the form of an XML file (XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language), which has the following common names:

• RSS feed
• Webfeed
• RSS stream
• RSS channel

They are typically shown on web pages as an orange rectangle that usually has the letters XML or RSS in it.

RSS feeds can be used to deliver any kind of information. Some of these 'feeds' include:

• Blogs feed - each blog entry is summarized as a feed item. This makes blog posts easier to scan, enabling 'visitors' to zoom in on their items of interest.

• Article feed - this alerts readers whenever there are new articles and web contents available.

• Forum feed - this allows users to receive forum posts and latest discussion topics.

• Schedule feed - this allows users (such as schools, clubs, and other organizations) to broadcast events and announce schedule changes or meeting agendas.

• Discounts or Special feed - this is used to enable users (such as retail and online stores) to 'deliver' latest specials and discounted offers.

• Ego or News Monitoring - this enables users to receive 'filtered' headlines or news that are based on a specific phrase or keyword.

• Industry-specific feed - used by technical professionals in order to market, promote, or communicate with current (and prospective) customers and clients within their specific industries.

RSS feeds enable people to track numerous blogs and news sources at the same time. To produce an RSS feed, all you need is the content or the article that you want to publicize and a validated RSS text file. Once your text file is registered at various aggregators (or 'news readers'), any external site can then capture and display your RSS feed, automatically updating them whenever you update your RSS file.

RSS tools are useful for sites that add or modify their contents on a regular basis. They are especially used for 'web syndication' or activities that involve regular updates and/or publications, such as the following:

• News websites - as used by major news organizations such as Reuters, CNN, and the BBC.
• Marketing
• Bug reports
• Personal weblogs

There are many benefits to using RSS feeds. Aside from being a great supplemental communication method that streamlines the communication needs of various sectors, RSS tools and feeds can also have tremendous benefits in your business, particularly in the field of internet marketing.

RSS tools and feeds provide Internet users with a free (or cheap) and easy advertising or online marketing opportunity for their businesses. Below are some of the RSS features that can help make your internet marketing strategies more effective.

1. Ease in content distribution services. With RSS, your business can be captured and displayed by virtually any external site, giving you an easy way to 'spread out' and advertise them.

2. Ease in regular content updates. With RSS, web contents concerning your business can now be automatically updated on a daily (and even hourly) basis. Internet users will be able to experience 'real time' updates as information in your own file (such as new products and other business-related releases) is changed and modified simultaneously with that of the RSS feeds that people are subscribed to.

3. Custom-made content services. With RSS, visitors can have personalized content services, allowing them total control of the flow and type of information that they receive. Depending on their interests and needs, visitors can subscribe to only those contents that they are looking for (such as real estate or job listings).

4. Increase in (and targeted) traffic. With RSS, traffic will be directed to your site as readers of your content summary (or 1 to 2 lines of your article) who find them interesting are 'forced' to click on a link back to your site.

These are just several of the many things that you can do with RSS. The possibilities are endless, and they are all aimed at providing you with an effective internet marketing strategy for your business.

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About The Author

Terry Leslie is a very successful and world renowned authority figure in both on and off line marketing, and rapid business creation. A much sought after global speaker in the areas of internet marketing, business development, self-improvement and human peak potential training.

GPS, How it works

2008-07-01T23:42:00.000-07:00

The Global Positioning System (GPS) was funded, developed and controlled by the US Department of Defense. Since the late seventies, GPS has become an important aid to navigation around the world. Initially designed for the US military, GPS became publicly available years later and it is now considered an important feature in lots of consumer products.

How does GPS work? Well, basically there are three elements that make everything work: satellites, earth monitoring stations and receivers (ex: cell phone, telefone celular). GPS provides specially coded satellite signals that can be processed in a GPS receiver, enabling the receiver to compute position, velocity and time.

Today, most cell phones (telefone celular) are not limited to carry on just a conversation. Features like mp3 player, digital camera and video camera have all become standards in the latest cell phone models. It is expected that the GPS feature will soon be added to this list, and it will offer the capability of tracking any cell phone user.

The capability of tracking a cell phone user becomes important in emergency situations, like a car accident, thru the use of 911 emergency phone call, where every minute may be a matter of life or death. In situation like this, the GPS system may pinpoint the exact location of the road accident, enabling emergency services to be quickly dispatched.

It is important to mention that so far most GPS system in cell phone (telefone celular) is restricted to tracking information only. However, one can have navigational capability thru the use of full screen cell phone/PDA combos with map displays and other cellular phone accessories, and third party paid services. If one does not want to sign up for a monthly paid subscription service, he can make use of one-time-paid-only software programs that will enable some of the navigational capabilities.

Although there are many benefits in using GPS cell phones (telefone celular), there are some people who are concerned about the violation of personal privacy. Since the US Congress has not authorized location tracking without actual evidence of wrongdoing, there have been court hearings which have not approved the requests of government agencies in obtaining the cell phone GPS tracking information for suspects or ordinary citizens.

This privacy matter has made some progress towards the cell phone user`s rights, since there are some laws that have been passed which guarantees that GPS cell phone users will have some protection from the release of the tracking information, with the exception of 911 emergency cell phone calls (telefone celular). It is expected that these laws will guarantee that the benefits of GPS in cell phones will be enjoyed by everyone without infringing anybody`s privacy.

Sometimes when there is a technological innovation, there are also some concerns about privacy or some rights infringements. But no matter how much of a concern this is, it seems that a compromise will always have to be reached, so that new technologies will take their places in everyone`s lives. After all, we all live in a globalized consumer world. By the way, have you already got your GPS cell phone?

This article is under GNU FDL license and can be distributed without any previous authorization from the author. However the author?s name and all the URL?s (links) mentioned in the article and biography must be kept.

This article can also be accessed in portuguese language from the News Article section of page http://www.polomercantil.com.br/celular.php

Roberto Sedycias has a bachelor degree in Business Administration and over 20 years experience in systems analysis and computer programming. Currently working as IT consultant for http://www.polomercantil.com.br

Cable Modem Speed

2008-07-01T03:36:00.000-07:00

There was a time, not too far in the distant past, when people were just happy to be connected to the Internet. They would sit down at their computers, visit with online friends around the globe, play their games or do what ever they found to do on the Internet. Some where along the way however, just as with the automobile the need for speed took hold and the rest is history.

Do You Want More Speed?

So what is Internet service speed anyway and what does it mean for you? If all that you do is chat, email and shop online should you really care about your Internet service speed? This is a question that you have to answer yourself, because for some people speed when they are online is a necessity, while for others it is merely an option.

A Precise Test

A cable modem speed test is given by an online service that not only will determine your Internet services actual speed, but they can also offer assistence in upgrading it. They do the test be sending your computer a data file that is first downloaded and then immediately uploaded back to them. The whole process is timed to see precisely how long it takes.

How Fast Are You Right Now?

Everyone from gamers, to online shoppers, to Internet business people, or anyone with standard dial up service that is just tired of waiting for things to happen online can use more speed. Even if you have the latest in broadband cable high speed service technology you still can get things moving a little more faster with new software that is now available. The first step that you need to take in your quest for more speed, is to take an online cable modem speed test to see where you are at right now.

Written by Jamie Charlesten. Find the latest information on a Cable Modem Speed Test as well as a Modem Speed Test

Internet Speed Test

2008-07-01T03:30:00.000-07:00

Make no mistake about it, speed is everything in this day and age. This fixation with speed has now transferred over to the Internet as well and it seems that nothing on the net now is ever fast enough. So how fast is your Internet service anyway? Is is up to your standards? These are a few of the questions that more and more web users are asking themselves and an Internet speed test is a great way to find out.

Download and Upload Data Transfer Rate

There are two components that actually determine your Internet speed and they are your upload and your download rate of data transfer. Both of these functions are measured in kilobits per second, but it is the download function that tends to be the most important, simply due to the fact that it is the function that is most often used by a person on their computer.

Newer is Better

The old way of testing Internet speed was pretty straight forward. A file of a known size was transferred and as it was done the time it took to do so was recorded and it was as simple as that. There is a new way however, that is far more accurate and also far less time consuming.

Increase Your Speed

It is done through an online service. What the service does, is to send your computer a package of data that your computer then sends back to them. In this way an accurate reading of your actual Internet speed is ascertained. Why do you need to know your Internet speed? Once you know your Internet speed then you can Begin to take actions to increase it. As you do these things, then you can go back to recheck your Internet speed to gage any improvements that have, or have not taken place.

Written by Jamie Charlesten. Find the latest information on an Internet Speed Test as well as a Online Speed Test

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About WIMAX

2008-07-01T03:29:00.000-07:00

Apparently Intel swears by it, but does anyone else really care? We are already surrounded by several technology mediums that will allow us to stay connected: pre-4G LTE (UMTS Rev 8), 3G (UMTS), 2G, (EDGE, GPRS) and WiFi - do we need yet another technology (yawn)?

What advantages (if any) would WiMAX have over our existing technology base?

1) WiMAX is NOT more expensive to develop than LTE. In fact, with the recent creation of the Open Patent Alliance and the goal of capping WiMAX royalties at 10%, LTE deployments will be significantly more expensive due to higher costs of base stations, and device manufacturers will have much higher development costs (LTE is targetting 15% royalty model).

2) Intel commitment to WiMAX means that every device running an Intel chip will be capable of running on a WiMAX network . With this large potential device ecosystem, WiMAX has a very legitimate shot at being successful .

3) For those who claim that LTE is an evolution from 3G while LTE is an alternative technology - that is just nonsense. Aside from some minor differences at the MAC and PHY layers, WiMAX and LTE are strikingly similar (SAE Gateway in LTE = CSN Gateway in WiMAX, PDN Gateway in LTE = ASN Gateway in WiMAX, both use OFDM transport, similar scheduling models, QoS models, etc). There will be no backwards compatibility for LTE to legacy 3G technologies - they are using different radio technologies (3G are CDMA or TDM, not OFDM), and therefore cannot be deployed on the same spectrum. This is why AT&T and Verizon have both heavily bid at 700MHz spectrum - for LTE deployment.

4) WiMAX is not really a replacement for T1 or DS3 Bandwidth. 3G is better suited to that. Quite frankly, if you are trying to replicate a deterministic bandwidth model (TDM) using a technology meant for burstiness (IP), you will spend a ton of money building a network that is built for SIGNIFICANTLY more capacity than it will ever see.

5) For those who are claiming that the span of time between production WiMAX networks and production LTE networks is shrinking - that is a very US-biased viewpoint. WiMAX networks exist today, LTE does not begin device certification until end of 2009. There are 3 issues that I point to that cause me to question LTE's time-to-availability:

a) With HSPA+ appearing, there will be significantly less incentives for European operators to migrate to LTE when they can leverage their existing spectrum, existing BTS, and existing handsets (backwards compatible) while still providing higher-speed data services.

b) With the telecom mentality that the LTE vendors have historically worked under, they develop for the next evolution of technology, not 3 evolutions down the road. So, with most worldwide operators deploying 3.6Mbps HSPA, there is still a roadmap to 7.2Mbps HSPA, 14.4Mbps HSPA, and finally HSPA+ (3GPP R7).

c) 3GPP R8 (official standards track of LTE) is slated for Stage 2 freeze in mid-2008 with official radification of Stage 2 planned for Dec 2008. WiMAX 802.16e was radified in 2005 and we still do not fully see an interoperability standard between vendors. This points to 2010-2011 before we will reasonably see anything similar in LTE.

Finally, anyone who claims that the move to 2.5GHz from the 900MHz and 1.9GHz of 3G means that the CAPEX model for 3G is significantly better than that of WiMAX - I think that is VERY highly imprecise. There is ALWAYS a tradeoff between capacity and coverage. If you want to attain the same coverage model for WiMAX as for 3G, you are right - you will need more towers. HOWEVER, if you are looking to create the same coverage AND increase capacity, regardless of the frequency used, you will need to create smaller cells with large overlap, meaning that the size of a 1900MHz cell providing high speed data services and the size of a 2.5GHz cell providing high speed data services will be roughly equivalent. You never get something for nothing.

Michael is the owner of FreedomFire Communications.... including DS3-Bandwidth.com. Michael also authors Broadband Nation where you're always welcome to drop in and catch up on the latest BroadBand news, tips, insights, and ramblings for the masses.

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Broadband Technology

2008-07-01T03:27:00.000-07:00

UK Broadband Providers have emerged in many numbers. They enable people to choose from among the various service providers. The broadband service providers offer various schemes to customers under which people can avail the best services of broadband companies.

The users of broadband service make the best use of this technology to connect to people and also download movies, videos, songs and games. The same is true for uploading, as now users can upload and share photos and videos. These photos can then be blogged on different websites.

Broadband has resulted in the evolution of services like VoIP. These services have made online telephony a high-end experience. It can be accessed at lower cost price and the user can make calls to distant places of earth. Internet telephony is normally kept free but it is dependent on the schemes of the service providers.

The users find it very commendable to make use of this technology to connect to people anywhere in the globe. Moreover, broadband can also be accessed wirelessly. The wireless technology can be accessed from any place of the world. The users usually prefer laptops in order to access broadband telephony.

As the UK market is full of broadband providers, so there is heavy competition in the market. As these service providers continuously compete with each other so there is stiff competition in the market. Some of the service providers charge for a one-time setup while other service providers do it for free. However, the users do need to sign in a connectivity contract that comprises of either a 1.5 year contract or other terms.

These contracts are further divided on the basis of plans. The plans enable people to access low capacity limits, mid capacity limits and Unlimited downloads. The first option is where the users can download upto 2-5 GB files. In mid-capacity the user can make use of 10-40 GB of space. The unlimited option obviously means unlimted downloads. But one thing that is common to all the plans is that with high speed internet access, downloading is also very fast. Thus it can be said that UK Broadband Providers have given a new definition to the world of internet telephony.

Know more about online shopping with price comparison deals on broadband providers and boradband internet connection here.

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