Judging from the 9-11 hearings and many reports by first responder organizations for increased needs during major catastrophic events or INTERNATIONAL Terrorism Attacks of communications, it appears that the average citizenry with personal needs will also need their personal communication available to contact family members, make arrangements for travel, etc. If First Responders soak up […]

For the past ten years USB and FireWire have struggled to dominate the desktop interface market. Until five years ago, because of the relatively fast 400 Mbps offered by FireWire, USB, jokingly referred to as Ultra Slow Bandwidth, was relegated to low-bandwidth applications such as keyboards and mice. At the end of 2001, however, USB […]

Jane is a value conscious shopper. She is always looking to compare prices before buying any product. One day, she walks into a local retailer pricing out digital cameras. She writes down several camera model numbers so she can go online later that evening to see if she can find it cheaper […]

The world of the cellular phone and cellular phone service has certainly grown up quit ea bit since the first cell phones hit the market. The first cell phones were utilitarian devices only, great for an emergency but certainly not something you would want to carry around all the time or show off to […]

In this next part of our series on the history of the telephone we pick up with Bell’s meeting with the director of the Smithsonian Institute, Joseph Henry.
Up until March of 1875 Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson continued their work on the harmonic telegraph at the urging of Hubbard and a number of other […]

How often do you see someone sitting in an airport lounge or coffee shop working on a laptop computer? Sure they could be playing solitaire, but the odds are increasing that they are corresponding via e-mail, sending a report back to the home office, or downloading a presentation for their next stop and staying one […]

This article attempts to answer some of these questions by running through the various types of printers out there. We’ll cover both ink jet and laser printers, so read on and find out more about these two categories of products.
A selection of some computer printers
Ink Jet Printers
Ink jet printers are the slowest type of printer, […]

When Irwin Jacobs, chief executive and founder of Qualcomm Inc. had his laptop stolen from a journalism conference in September 2000, it shed light on a growing problem.
Other recent events have focused national attention on the laptop security issue, consider the following:
• In July 2001 the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that 184 laptops had been […]

Calibrating a monitor is necessary for screen displays, which in turn replicate what is printed on paper. Calibrating a printer makes it certain that a print job is coherent with what is reflected onscreen.
The fundamental action in printer calibration is to calibrate the monitor. The correct driver for the printer has to be simultaneously ensured. […]

Recently, I’ve noticed a pretty good amount of visitors
hunting for a free prepaid cell phone online. I hate to
break it to you folks, but there is not now, nor will there
ever be such a beast.
Cellular companies don’t offer free cell phones to be nice.
The main reason they do this is to […]