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LADYBAGS
Written By: jedzo
Category: Web, HTML, Tech | Key words:
Date: 2008-03-30 09:05:40 | Views: 1373

Forgetting essential items at home, like your wallet or cell phone, may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to six women attending the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. These students have developed a purse called the LadyBag that keeps track of its contents using RFID sensors.

The RFID sensors are small enough affix to anything you don't want to leave behind, which the ladies assume would include your wallet, keys, and cell phone. If one of the tagged items is missing from the bag, a small icon that represents the missing object lights up on the outside of the purse to alert you before you walk out the door.

Another function of the LadyBag is its ability to display its owner's emotional state, based on physical interaction with the bag. The bag has sensors throughout, so if its carrier wants to show the world she's happy, she can hug the sides of the bag to produce a smiling emoticon. Fiddling with the zipper produces a nervous emoticon.

The LadyBag's fun, young women creators created it with fun, young women in mind. So it's perfect for those who wish to express themselves or just need a little help keeping track of their gear. I doubt it will be in stores anytime soon, since this bag is still in prototype form. But the ladies are working on making it available to all someday.

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TODAYS HUMOUR in Tech
Written By: Foxxy
Category: Web, HTML, Tech | Key words:
Date: 2008-03-17 23:59:55 | Views: 662



TECH SUPPORT

Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?

Female customer: A white one...

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Customer: Hi, this is Maureen. I can't get my diskette out.

Tech support: Have you tried pushing the Button?

Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.

Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.

Customer: No , wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet... it's 
still on my desk... sorry.... 

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Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of 
the screen.

Customer: Your left or my left? 

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Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?

Male customer:  Hello... I can't print.

Tech support: Would you click on "start"  for me and

Customer:  Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm 
not Bill Gates. 

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Customer:  Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha,

I can't print.

Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer'.  

I've even lifted the printer

and placed it in front of the monitor,

but the computer still says he can't find it... 

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Customer: I have problems printing in red...

Tech support: Do you have a color printer?

Customer: Aaaah...................thank you. 

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Tech support:  What's on your monitor now, ma'am?

Customer:   A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at Woolies. 

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Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.

Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?

Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.

Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.

Customer: OK

Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?

Customer: Yes

Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is 
there another keyboard?

Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does 
work... 

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Tech support: Your password is the small letter "a" as in 
apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.

Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters ? 

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Customer: Can't get on the Internet.

Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?

Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.

Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?

Customer: Five stars. 

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Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?

Customer: Netscape.

Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program.

Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer. 

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Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen 
saver on my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it 
disappears. 

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Tech support: How may I help you?

Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.

Tech support: OK,  and what seems to be the problem?

Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how 
do I get the circle around it? 

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A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with 
her printer.

Tech support:  Are you running it under windows?

Customer:  "No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good 
point.  The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a 
window, and his  printer is working fine." 
 
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And last but not least...

Tech support: "Okay Colin, let's press the control and escape 
keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle 
of the screen. Now type the letter "P" to bring up the Program 
Manager."

Customer:  I don't have a P.

Tech support:  On your keyboard, Colin

Customer:   What do you mean?

Tech support:  "P".....on your keyboard, Colin.

Customer:  I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!.

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Windows Mobile Phones
Written By: otuonick
Category: Web, HTML, Tech | Key words: WiFiFoFum, Remote Desktop, vXutil, Task Manager, Core TCPMP, Windows Mobile, SKTOOLS, mobile software.
Date: 2008-03-09 23:18:51 | Views: 1037

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If you have a Windows Mobile, you'll need to add some extra software. Here I give you a short list of essential and recommended software.

Photo: My HP,iPAQ,hw6515,touchscreen,phone

These programs should wherever possible be installed to your SD card so as to preserve your valuable mobile device (PPC) memory. There is one essential program you need to keep your PPC in good working order (SKTOOLS), and the others below are useful but may be considered essential according to your needs.

SKTOOLS

In short this software, which is fantastic value for all the numerous things it does (around $15), is more than a "Swiss Army knife" for your PPC. You'll need it to make partial or full backups to your SD card (in the event your PPC becomes messed up or lost), as well as for changes to the registry and several other settings not available via the normal control panel.

The list of things that SKTOOLS do is just too long to mention here, please take a look and download the full or free trial version from the S-K-TOOLS website.

RSS Reader

The best and free (though you should give a donation if you appreciate the programmers excellent work) RSS readers for PocketPC's (PPC's) is pRSS reader. Read more about it and where to download it in this article we have dedicated to explain in more detail what pRSS is and how you can use it.

Skype

If you want to make use of text chat (free if you are using WiFi) to chat with friends, family or colleagues using Skype on their PC or PDA, or to make lower cost phone calls, Skype for mobile is your answer. Unfortunately it does not do file transfers nor sending of SMS messages. If you want an alternative for making universal SIP calls, give SJphone a try, and for text chat and file transfers, use mChat with a Jabber account. mChat also supports ICQ, MSN Messenger and a Russian mail program, Mail.ru.

Google Maps

This works with or without a GPS receiver. Without GPS you can still find your location and map a route to your destination. With GPS it will automatically display your current location. It's free of charge for download from m.google.com then click on More then on Maps (download).

Keep Recordin'

A simple and free little program to allow you to record easily without using the built in notes recorder, Keep Recordin' has more options such as recording files to the SD card.

Cell Location Display

Do you miss the display of your cell location that you get on your mobile phone? Simply download the free BatteryStatus program and tick the "Show Cell Broadcast Messages" option. You'll also need to go to the Settings on your PPC and select Settings > Personal > Phone > Channels > Channels > and add Channel number 50, then tick Enable all channels.

With this program you now have a neat battery status indicator on your today screen with the cell location info neatly displayed beside it, and no pop ups each time you move in and out of mobile cell areas. There are plenty of other options you may like to make use of with BatteryStatus, but we found this to be the most useful feature for the Toshiba G900 device we tested it withIP Dashboard

IP Dashboard is a Today Screen plug-in that enables you to quickly and easily monitor the state of all your wireless and wired network connections.

Unlike other system and battery monitors, IP Dashboard is the first Today Screen plug-in designed just for network users, so that all major networking information is just one or two taps away.

This product is essential for anyone who connects to wireless networks regularly from their Pocket PC - you'll soon be wondering how you got by without it!

Pocket Lamp

Turn your PPC into a torch - very handy - with this simple program. Get pLamp and if you like it, do make a donation.

Screen Capture

Need to take photos of the display on your PPC perhaps to aid in tracking problems or to show when writing about your device on your blog? Try the Ilium Software Screen Capture.

Smart Time

Keep your mobile PPC clock precisely accurate with this excellent little program. Get the .cab file for direct download and installation to your PPC here.

Core TCPMP

This you may need for playing mp3 music and other audio files that the built-in Windows Media Player may refused to play. Get it from here.

Task Manager

tMan is another great little and very useful program from PDA Jaspanaka - if you find it useful be sure to make a donation on his web site. This program will allow you to easily and quickly shut down various running programs (since the PPC otherwise just lets everything run, using up valuable memory), as well as fast and easy soft-reset and other useful features. Get it tMan pda.jaspanaka.com.

vXutil

The swiss-army knife for all things network: create passwords, ping, traceroute, dns, device info, port scanner, wake on LAN, finger, http, host name lookup, quote host, time service, whois, and IP subnet calculator, perhaps even more! Get it from Cambridge Computer Corporation.

Weather Watcher

Another highly useful great program for keeping an eye on the weather, worldwide or at your location, giving current conditions, forecasts and more. We think this is the best (and free) weather program out there for your PDA/PPC, written by Mike Singer you can get it from his web site at SingerCreations.com.

WiFiFoFum

Want to scan Wireless networks in your area or while on the move? Detects all open and encrypted networks and displays them in a neat table. WiFiFoFum is a super-fast scanner that shows you what WiFi internet signals are within your range, listing encryption type, MAC address, SSID and type (peer to peer or Access Point). It can also display them on a "radar" map. Download WiFiFoFum from Aspecto Software.

Remote Desktop

You'll have to search Google or MyG900.com for this one - look out for "WM6 Remote Desktop" - if you want to be able to access your PC from your PPC and control it remotely. Very useful when you are out and about and need to access something from your PC at home, provided you leave it switched on.

That completes my short list of useful software for your Windows Mobile. If you have any software or hardware issues feel free to contact me otuonick@yahoo.com

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Wndows Vista SP1 Do not Impress Me Much
Written By: otuonick
Category: Web, HTML, Tech | Key words: Vista, windows, SP1, Service pack 3,
Date: 2008-02-28 06:18:52 | Views: 643

Following the releasing to manufacturing of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on February 4, 2008, Microsoft made its own comparison performance. For the operating system responsiveness benchmarking, the Redmond company threw together Vista SP1, Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2 in the same arena. While it was designed as an evolution from Windows XP, Windows Vista RTM failed to impress in terms of added performance, with generalized criticism pointing to the fact that XP was in fact faster and more responsive than its successor. Microsoft subsequently hammered away at Windows Vista RTM, softening all the rough edges and promising even more added performance with the delivery of Service Pack 1. Well, SP1 is here, and drawing the line on the performance comparison between Vista SP1, Vista RTM and XP SP2, delivers a sad conclusion.

The sad conclusion? Well, with Vista RTM out of the way, Vista SP1 still failed to leave XP SP2 in the dirt. Principled Technologies revealed that Vista SP1 and XP SP3 "performed comparably on most test operations" designed to simulate a home environment. Why that's little flattering for Vista SP1. It took Microsoft over a year to cook Vista SP1, and at approximately four years after XP SP2, it's still delivering the same level of performance, with the differences between the two platforms being generally less than a half second. I do agree that XP SP2 benefits from the added boost of today's technology, but at the same time it doesn't seem that Vista is doing the same thing. Here are the conclusions for Vista SP1 vs. Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 in cold state.

One area that does indeed indicate improvement is the OS response in Warm state. Vista SP1 was faster than Vista RTM on no less than 87% of the benchmarking operations. No more than 2 seconds, but faster nonetheless. But the same does not apply to its predecessor. In fact, Vista SP1 only managed to outperform XP SP2 39% of the time, with the rest of 61% of operations seeing XP SP2 run faster. Again, sad but true. And the results were not that different on business scenarios.

Cold state - Vista SP1 was faster than Vista on two-thirds of the test operations, and this conclusion is also valid for XP SP2. Vista SP1 was also faster than Vista RTM on Warm state business operations benchmarks, by approximately 83%, but at the same time it is just equal to XP SP2, having outperformed its predecessor by just 54%. The sad conclusion: "Vista SP1 and Windows XP performed comparably on most test operations," according to PT.

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Ubuntu Linux in Windows
Written By: otuonick
Category: Web, HTML, Tech | Key words: Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, coLinux, OS, Tech news
Date: 2008-02-22 01:17:46 | Views: 1045

Microsoft has announced that it will start on a new path, one in which Windows Vista, Vista Service Pack 1, Windows 7 as well as Windows Server 2008, and in fact all current and future versions of the Windows client and server opperating systems will embrace open source solutions. The move comes as the company has geared both its high-volume products and business practices toward interoperability.

In this context, the Redmond company indicated that it would launch the "Open Source Interoperability Initiative - to promote and enable more interoperability between commercial and community-based

open source technologies and Microsoft products, this initiative will provide resources, facilities and events, including labs, plug fests, technical content and opportunities for ongoing cooperative development," Microsoft said.

But until Microsoft's plan to increase interoperability and openness of its products, as well as to start the sharing of proprietary technologies, will come into full swing, the fastest way to bridge Windows and Linux together is virtualization. Case in point: andLinux. Via andLinux users can run a full version of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux into a variety of Windows operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista, however, only the 32-bit versions of the platforms are supported.

andLinux would not be possible without virtualization technology, this because it relies heavily on CoLinux, with the official description of the product revealing that Cooperative Linux is actually situated at the core of the solution. Users of Ubuntu via andLinux on Windows will be able to tap a fully functional Linux operating system with the adjacent functionality, capabilities and programs.

Both Windows and Ubuntu in andLinux can be used simultaneously, as well as the applications installed in each operating system. But the two platforms will have to share the Windows desktop with Ubuntu present either as a second panel or as a second start menu in the system tray.

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