Posted in computers on Jul 31st, 2009
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an Internet protocol used for the transfer of accurate time, providing time information so that a precise time can be obtained and maintained on a network. Most UNIX and Linux operating systems provide built-in time synchronisation functionality with its NTP (Network Time Protocol) daemon. If the NTP service is not available on your version of UNIXLinux, NTP version 4 is open source and can easily be downloaded and configured, compiled and installed.
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Posted in computers on Jul 31st, 2009
Reverse engineering is a process of captivating apart an item to observe and make out how it functions in order to replicate or improve the thing. It entails generating 3-D images of manufactured components when a blue print is not accessible in order to re-manufacture the part.
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Posted in computers on Jul 29th, 2009
Atomic clocks are incredibly expensive and generally they are normally only to be found in large scale physics laboratories such as MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology (Colorado) or the National Physical Laboratory in the UK. Fortunately many national laboratories broadcast the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time from their atomic clocks via a radio broadcast.
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Posted in computers on Jul 28th, 2009
It seems to be an era of touch technology, where fingers can do wonders on a screen than merely pressing them on a boring keyboard. And it is none other than Microsoft who plays the pioneering role in continuously regenerating their touch screen technology - from tabletop Surface computers to the all new Microsoft TouchWall.
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Posted in computers on Jul 27th, 2009
The Walt Disney Co. has invested heavily in an amusement park cum 3-D gaming experience where the user can go on shooting spree like a video game in a real life amusement park. Opened last Tuesday the Californian Adventure based next to the Disney Land in Anaheim California is an amusement park where riders get a 3-D glass, ride the vehicle and travel though the carnival hosted by character from the Toy Story film. Each rider has his won weapon and can go on rapid fire fashion along giants screen displaying classic board games.
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Posted in computers on Jul 27th, 2009
After 33 years of fast paced career Microsoft Chairman and Founder Bill Gates has finally retired from his position at Microsoft to devote his time into social activities and promoting other technologies which can help human-beings in future generations. At his farewell speech Gates reflected his long time passion; the human touch interfaces which he believes will change the way we use computers today. According to him, anything from tablet PCs to handwriting recognition to touch screen table computers will recognize and analyze human touch and process the data accordingly.
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Posted in internet on Jul 26th, 2009
Outdoor or indoor activities have always been the foremost diversion for kids as well as adults. It freshens the intellect after a annoying and agitated day. All The Same, it is also true that with th…
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Posted in computers on Jul 25th, 2009
The French technology giant and pioneer of Multitouch technology, Stantum Technologies is making headlines yet again. This time for its 3.5 inch Pmatrix Multitouch display prototype. Stantum came into limelight for the first time in 2002 (then known as JazzMutant) for innovating Multitouch technology, were the first to develop multitouch screen, and later the first Multitouch product Lemur.
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Posted in computers on Jul 24th, 2009
With the Multitouch revolution already in full swing, a number of different companies have been coming out with multitouch devices that have made the people that purchase them very happy indeed. Microsoft has of course come out with the Surface and now they have come out with LucidTouch, something that addresses a very real logistical problem with a lot of handheld multitouch devices.
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Posted in internet on Jul 24th, 2009
We all know what spam is - unwanted e-mail content and attachments that clutter up our e-mail inboxes and waste disk space on our computers. We also know that we don’t like it, for obvious reasons. Mo…
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