All you ever wanted to know about cell phone batteries Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries: Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Lithium Polymer is the most recent type and [...]
Before you purchase a printer you need to consider many factors, things like, whether you want a color or monochrome printer, do you want to print text or images. Printers are a long term investment and you’d be wise to weigh many factors before making the right choice. Laser printers can draw crisper lines than [...]
Cell phone antenna may pose health hazards There is growing consensus that cell phone antennas may be harmful to humans due to the huge volume of electromagnetic waves that get concentrated around it during the receipt and placing of calls. This danger is even further aggravated by cellular manufacturers who place the internal antennas close [...]
If a Layer Two switch doesn’t have the capabilities to run IGMP Snooping, it will be able to run CGMP – Cisco Group Membership Protocol. CGMP allows the multicast router to work with the Layer Two switch to eliminate unnecessary multicast forwarding. CGMP will be enabled on both the multicast router and the switch, but [...]
What are the future e-Government trends? Pointing to the future, one key point came out of the lively discussion from the floor. Not enough is being done at the moment to bridge the divide between the local politicians and chief officers who have to drive e-Government policy and practice, and the IT practitioners who understand [...]
To pass the CCNA exam, you’ve got to know how to work with IGRP and EIGRP unequal-cost load balancing. You may not see much IGRP in production networks anymore, but you’ll see a lot of EIGRP, and part of fine-tuning your EIGRP network is making sure that all paths are in use while allowing for [...]
The True Cost of Data Loss There was a time when only the IT or IT-related businesses needed to rely heavily on data. But now, there are no commercial organizations from a global IT giant to a humble corner shop that do not need their data to remain intact. Let us now concentrate only on [...]
The Global positioning System (GPS) is often used by computer equipment, such as NTP Server systems, to provide an accurate timing reference for time critical applications. This article provides an overview of GPS for timing applications and describes the equipment used to install a GPS antenna in a static location. Overview – Using GPS for [...]
An article discussing what to look for in video cards. The proper graphics card can help speed up almost any system by taking the responsibility of many visual functions, allowing the CPU to work more effectively in other areas. Let’s take a look at a few of the key features to look for in a [...]
Website content, as articles, has taken center stage as web publishers scramble to differentiate their online offers. As both the quantity and quality of articles have accelerated, so too have online directories. These directories often resemble mere lists, but they can be powerful content additions that serve to deepen the value of the overall selling [...]