Making new things out of glasses is an interesting hobby to pursue. It involves a lot of creativity. People proficient in making creative things out of glass are skilled in melting glass and then molding it in to the desired shape or size. Melting a glass is half the work done. The rest depends on [...]
Microsoft’s Windows OS has been mega successful ever since its launch, and continues to dominate the world’s computer market. It is stable, secure and user friendly, and the latest operating system Windows 7 has been a huge success, especially after Windows Vista’s recent debacle. However, if you are sure about your decision and want to [...]
New computers start up pretty fast. It’s with time that the booting process becomes slower, making the user wait for an uncomfortably long time before finally starting up. Start-Up time depends on file fragmentation, free space, processing power of the computer and start-up services. Changing these could help with a faster Start-Up time. Understanding Start-Up: [...]
Is shutting down the computer taking ages to complete? Do you think a hundred times before starting up your computer because you know the shutting down process is going to eat up your precious time? If yes then you need to take some measures to make the shutting down time faster. There are many simple [...]
The registry being a large database is prone to getting errors as it is adjusted on every instance you install / remove the programs, system components, applications or even when customizing the applications. An error in the registry can give you problems at startup, shutdown or even during run-time. As the registry working is important [...]
Pop Ups is a loose word used for windows that are usually advertisements and messages not preferable that open while browsing the internet. These can be insistent and you cannot navigate to another page on the net without closing these. There are many kinds of pop-ups: • Pop ups These are average usual advertisements that [...]
Computers have become a part of our everyday lives. But over time inside parts get dust accumulated in them. Dust enters through the pores or the net provided for processor fan’s outlet, and other open vents on CPU’s cabinet. So it is important to dust them up regularly to ensure smooth working. Dusting and cleaning [...]
Blue screen of death is a colloquial phrase used by computer technicians to describe what is officially known as a Stop error in computers. A blue screen appears on the monitor with text in white when the system experiences a critical error and needs to shut down to protect damage to the memory. The appearance [...]
When we use a computer we install programs and run applications, we normally configure and customize these applications according to our preferences. Our settings and options for numerous softwares are archived by the computer, and this archive is called registry. Prolonged computer use causes this registry to increase overtime, and if it is not properly [...]
Laptops and computers these days have become an indispensable part of our lives, and we all know how inconvenient our daily routines might get if these devices start slowing down or are down with some hardware problem. The keyboard is the most important input device, so it is essential to keep it clean. But if [...]
Dreamcast is a gaming console by Sega, a leading company in the gaming industry around the world. Released in Japan in November of 1998, Dreamcast enjoyed a mega successful launch across the world, selling half a million consoles in just two days, with a record sale of more than 200,000 consoles on the first day [...]
Wiretapping allows people to listen in on conversations occurring on a tapped telephone without either person on the line ends knowing that they are being heard by someone else. To be more specific, the method of listening in on a conversation between two parties by a third party using electronic equipment is called wiretapping. After [...]
Linux and windows have some fundamental differences. None of them go to say that one is better than the other. Each of the differences reflect the basic variations which are discussed below: Source Accessibility to the source is possibly the most vital difference which lies between the two operating systems. In case of Linux there [...]
There are many differences of opinions which crop up while deciding who invented the television. This is so because there are a number of inventions and discoveries which led to the development of the television. Early Origins The pioneering works of Michael Faraday, Joseph Henry, the invention of pantelegraph in 1862 by Abbe Giovanna Caselli [...]
Life without the internet cannot be imagined today but few among us know who invented it. The fact that the World Wide Web and the internet are different also leads to a lot of confusion and controversy. Origins The internet which basically means a network of computers was first discussed by Leonard Kleinrock in 1961. [...]
We all believe that space is becoming a huge problem in today’s scenario and therefore, our scientists and researchers are constantly working on how they can shrink the size of the gadgets we use so that we can save more space and make our gadgets better. Nanotechnology is one of the upcoming technologies that will [...]
The iPod is probably the most popular portable MP3 player in the market today. It is not a generic name for MP3 music players, bur rather a brand name that belongs to Apple Computer, Inc. Early Development It was Kane Kramer, a British national, who invented the first digital Audio player. He developed and patented [...]
Shortage of electricity is one of the major issues that the world is facing today, and therefore, people are looking for different ways in which they can save more electricity. CFL, also known as compact fluorescent lamp or compact fluorescent light is considered as the best thing that you can use to bring down your [...]
Communication is one of the important aspects of human life and therefore, we enjoy sharing our thoughts, ideas and our viewpoints with the people around us. Telephones have always provided us the comfort to talk from far away places, but it was with the advent of the cell phones that people began to communicate faster [...]
3D films are getting more popular today because people want to experience something that is very real and top Hollywood directors today want to give their audience something that would look very close to real. Hence, 3D movies and films are becoming a global phenomenon these days. The idea of 3D is providing the depth [...]