Archive for the ‘Computers and Technology’


March 1st, 2008

Preparing For Icdl Certification

The International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) is a program designed to prepare students and working professionals for certification. It is open to anyone regardless of age, gender, education, experience or background and is designed to help people both at work and at home.

The ECDL Foundation is the global governing body of the world’s leading end-user computer skills certification programme, the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), which is known as the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) outside Europe.

February 28th, 2008

Gold Making Tips In World Of Warcraft Burning Crusade

Making gold in World of Warcraft Burning Crusade is a full time profession for some players and can be extremely boring in some instances. However, for the right players, there are always a few tricks and tips to get a leg up on the competition. Here are three popular gold making tips that will help you bypass all the hard work involved.

Gathering Cobra Scales

February 22nd, 2008

History Of Microsoft Sql Server

Microsoft SQL training is important to IT professionals interested in knowing how to work on the product. A history of Microsoft SQL server is also very important. Basically, the code for MS SQL came from the Sybase SQL Server, which was the first database Microsoft attempted. It competed against Sybase, IBM and Oracle. Then, Sybase, Microsoft, and Ashton-Tate worked together to create the first version of the SQL Server. It ended up being pretty much the same as the third edition of the Sybase SQL Server. Then, the Microsoft SQL Server 4.2 was available in 1992. When the 4.21 version was available it was at the same time as Windows NT 3.1. The first version of SQL that did not include any assistance from Sybase was the Microsoft SQL Server v6.0.

February 18th, 2008

Real Time Google Page Rank?

Everyone seems to agree that Google indexes web pages on a regular interval. This can be shown by uploading a new page to an active directory and checking Google’s cache until it appears. On larger sites it may only take a few minutes to be added to Google’s database. But how long does it take to get page rank, and does Google preform real time page rank?

Depending on when you publish your page, this means you may have to wait anywhere from 1 to 120 days to find out what its page rank is. What is much debated though is how often Google actually recalculates page rank. For some reason lots of people are under the impression that at any any given time Google knows your exact current page rank.

February 15th, 2008

Need Iphone Downloads? The 6 Important Criteria You Should Look For In A Download Site

You might be wondering where to download music, movies and games to your iPhone now. There are so many iPhone downloads sites appearing everywhere on the internet, some paid membership sites and some free sites that offer you downloads of copyrighted material. You would think that it is best to download from free websites right? Wrong! Many of these free websites publish the material illegally, and it would be a crime to get involved with them.

February 9th, 2008

Better Way To Shop For Used And New Laptops Or Notebook Computers?

Is there a better way to shop for a laptop or a notebook computer apart from physically going to a computer store?

Of course, there is still the old fashioned and classical way of referring to a thick catalog, which may span several volumes. But in this age of technology and instant fulfillment of needs and wants, there is nothing better than shopping online.

Running through the offers for the best computers we have in mind will easily take us several hours of pure browsing through a tonne of offers from many of the online stores. Owing to the sheer volume of manufacturers and the unending production of new models year after year, we are hard pressed to catch up with all the latest models and the designs and features .

February 8th, 2008

Are Screensavers Still Necessary In 2007?

Screensavers were initially invented as a way to prevent ‘burn in’ on computer screens. Burn-in is what happens when a single image is displayed on screen for an extended period of time, resulting in a ‘burn’ of that image permanently damaging your screen.

The older, earlier generation CRT monitors, particularly the black and white ones would generate a mark on the glass screen if a static image was left on for overly long. As an example you may have been playing a computer game, pressed the pause button to answer the ringing phone, and got so caught up in the conversation that you forgot about the computer. By the time you come back an hour later, the image would have burnt onto the display, leaving your computer monitor irreparably damaged. With an automatically starting screensaver installed, this situation would have been prevented.

February 4th, 2008

Latest Trends In Mobile Phones

People have been finding it difficult to carry a digital camera, a handy camera, an mp3 player and a mobile phone where ever they go. This has been well understood by the mobile phone manufactures.

In order to satisfy the customers and to attract more customers the first step taken in the development trend was the integration of the camera, video camera and mp3 in a mobile phone. Once this was done the next step was to develop these features.
The latest features that are present in mobile phones are

February 2nd, 2008

Laptop Computer - How To Choose?

One good replacement for desktop PC is a laptop computer which offers
larger monitors, more power and much faster processors compared to other
portable computers. If you are a frequent traveler or simply a lover of
just bringing your things wherever you are, then this is not your type
because it is bigger in size which you’ll find difficult and not
convenient to transport.

In this world today, we are presented with many choices of technology.
We can’t just simply say yes to all. There were large number of laptops
available for us to choose from yet we have to bear in mind to get only
what we need.

January 30th, 2008

Having Fun With Your Camcorders

You can have a lot of fun with camcorders, especially with new digital brands that let you transfer your footage onto a computer for easy editing and fun augmentation.

The possibilities are endless and transforms a computer to that akin to becoming the director of your own films. You can turn your family movies into nostalgic hits that everyone can enjoy. Whatever you choose to do, chances are that digital recording equipment can make it happen.

Buying a Digital Camcorder


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