Pata has been superseded by Sata in 2003 and every modern computer utilizes this technology to save costs on cable production and to speed up the hard disk drive. Sata cables consist of 7 copper wire while Pata ribbon cables are made of 80, which theoretically makes the manufacture process for the new cables 10 times cheaper.
Laptops usually have one HDD with the really rare exception of gamer notebooks and industrial desktop replacement notebooks. These notebooks are made with most possible power in mind, portability was secondary so an extra HDD for Raid 0 or 1 setups are often added for more speed at retrieval of data. Details »
Published on March 5, 2010 11:38 am.
Filed under: Hardware Tags: laptop hdd, laptop SSD, notebook hard disk, notebook hard disk drives, sata notebook hdd
Among all pink laptop accessories, the pink laptop bag is the most important. The reasons are many, first of all because your laptop needs the perfect way to keep it in the safest conditions no matter the weather or the means of transport in which you carry it. Just think about the elegance and the practical style that this bag confers to your laptop or the multiple ways it can be used, for keeping also your mobile phone or your personal accessories, like pencils or some important documents. Details »
Published on February 8, 2010 7:34 am.
Filed under: Technology Accessories Tags: laptop accessories, pink laptop
Do you own a website that needs modifications and changes at regular intervals? Are you worried about out of date text and broken links on your website? Details »
Published on February 4, 2010 11:27 pm.
Filed under: Uncategorized, web services Tags: san diego seo, seo, Website Maintenance, Website Maintenance Services
I remember having a discussion with a fellow co-worker a while ago about how convoluted the current state of software evolution has become. Well, I wasn’t actually having the conversation, more like I was over hearing the conversation a couple of other IT software workers were having. It went something like this. The old school technology guy, thought the current state of computers had too many layers involved in it. I think this guy was probably used to programming in assembler, and didn’t like all the levels of software that existed between his mind, and the hardware of the computer. It’s kind of true when you think of it. There are so many different pieces of software that are involved in the smallest of computer operations. What’s actually really scary about this story, is that the conversation I’m relating to you here took place during one of my college co-op placements. That’s like over twenty years ago. Why I remember it, I don’t know, but just to put it in perspective, the computer machine he was talking about was an old Amiga home computer. Just imagine how much further things have progressed since then! I can’t wait to see what happens in the next few years.
Published on January 20, 2010 7:03 pm.
Filed under: Technology Discussion Tags: advancing technology, technology
I’m a firm believer, in being a self starter and and, that includes being self starter. I’ve learned a number of different languages (C++, .NET, Java, HTML, PHP) and technologies (web hosting, network administrator) in my spare time with the use of the internet. Being a technology person the internet is a great place to learn how to increase your skill set, and learning .NET is no exception. Being one of the most versatile frameworks in the realm of technology makes it a necessary skill for many an IT person. Even if technology, or programming is just a hobby for you, it pays to learn new tools and skills. One of the best sources for learning more about technologies and computers, is discussion forums. You could visit a PC forum, a programming forum, a web hosting forum, a Java forum, a SEO forum, or even a .Netforum.
Being able to interact with others that are going through the same learning curve or have perhaps just recently passed through that learning curve, is an invaluable asset. I know, as I’ve been there before. Developing games, marketing games, and playing games are things I enjoy doing, that have all benefited from my spending time in forums. You can generally be assured of getting unbiased information. Meaning, most people in forums aren’t trying to sell you anything. They’re simply participating in the forum, because they have similar interests as you have. Once many people have hung around a forum for a period of time, and taken a lot of information from it, they have a strong desire to give something back to the community.
I remember, when I first started using forums, I felt like such a leech. All I seemed to do, was ask a lot of questions and never provide anything new to the forum. After some time though, I got to a level of skill with the forum topic, that I was able to help others. It was a pretty cool feeling, and one of the reasons I keep going back. Sure, I still ask questions, but more and more I’m able to help others, by answering their questions, or at least pointing them in the right direction.
So, if your learning .Net, then I strongly suggest you find some forums on that topic. There are a number of forums available, and it’s best to spend some time at first just reading and getting a feel for the culture of the forum. Every group has their own code of conduct, and it’s best to know what that is before you start posting.
Published on January 5, 2010 1:37 pm.
Filed under: Forums Tags: .net forum, .net lessons, learning .net, pc forum
Web services is much more than a concept that is bandied about by the marketing department to sell software. It is made up of bits and pieces of code, protocols, tasks, independence and connection tools. Lets just say a web service is a tiny piece of coding that performs a few jobs, usually utilizes XML, could care less about specific operating systems, are language agnostic and capable of connecting people and machines. How’s that for a terribly confusing run on sentence. Let me see if I can break it down a little more for you.
When you think of a web service, you need to think small. This is not a killer application in and of it self. What it is, is a small piece of the larger software solution. Think about things like getting an account balance, or sending an order request to a vendor. That’s it, that’s about the actual scope of a web service.
Web services are all about leveraging existing protocols and playing well with commonly existing standards. I know that can be a bit of a stretch for you anti-MS readers in the crowd. But it’s true. Web services work well with UDDI, SOAP, WSDL and HTTP. These protocols all exist to facilitate communication between applications. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer PRotocol), XML (eXtensible Markup Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), WSDL (Web Services Description Language), and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) can all be communicated with using .NET web services.
The nice thing about web services, is their agnostic approach to different operating systems. Meaning, basically that they don’t really care if there talking to Unix, Linus, Windows or MVS. Because they communicate using the above mentioned communication protocols they allow for different machines using different operating systems to speak with one another.
The advantages of Web Services should be obvious to just about anyone. Communication is the biggest hurdle to overcome between computers and machines, and web services tackles that solution first and foremost. Because of the size of the services, it makes deployment and development inexpensive and quick. Patches and new features can be implement in a timely and effective manner. Plus, once a service is developed for one application, it can be shared across multiple machines, platforms, and applications.
Published on December 31, 2009 3:59 pm.
Filed under: web services Tags: deployment, development, http, killer application, soap, wdsl, web services, xml
Well, to sum it up, .NET is a lot of different things all working together to deliver a seamless software solution. There are a few pieces that make up the .NET solution, and this article will touch briefly on the majority of the important ones.
Windows.NET is the technology upon which all of the other .NET services builds upon. It provides access for the developer to the key functionality and abilities of the windows operating system. It integrates with other .NET services such as digital media and building blocks. Initially designed for Windows XP and 2000, it now also works with Vista and the latest version of Windows 7.
Microsoft recognizes that apart from their Windows operating systems, their office productivity suite is one of their most used services. Office.NET is the service that allows the framework to work will with those tools including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. XML is a key part of this offering, and .NET works with that standard to allow for more interchange and interoperability between these existing Microsoft Office tools.
Probably the most exciting and anticipated components of .NET has to be ASP.NET. ASP.NET is the tool that allows the whole framework to communicate with WWW as a whole. It talks with HTTP, XML, SOAP, HTML, as well as a number of other languages. It’s the one piece that opens up the potential for truly dynamic, interactive and robust web based applications. It’s fairly easy for developers to work with, and provides essential features like authentication, scalability, XML, and event based software.
A reliable and easy to use IDE is what ties this altogether for the developer. It puts all building blocks, services, and standards at the fingertips of the people charged with bringing web based software services to life. As usual, Microsoft has built on the already hugely successful Visual Studio environment to include support for .NET. That IDE is now called Visual Studio.NET, and incorporates all the web services, forms, languages, ASP and ADO services together. Visual Basic.NET has also seen major upgrading to offer full access to the framework of .NET.
Throw in access to SQL Server and IIS, and you have all you need to build robust and dynamic web software solutions that are limited only by the designers, developers, and users that dream up the software of the future.
Published on December 31, 2009 3:40 pm.
Filed under: .net Tags: http, IDE, microsoft office, soap, SQL server, xml
First and foremost, .NET is about providing software applications that operate in a network environment. That of course, means the internet. So, you can be sure, the the first building block of .NET will be web services. Fundamentally, it gets the important information to the software applications that need it. The idea is to remove the need for intimate knowledge on the the part of the developer from the equation. That way services like SOAP and XML can be used to build applications without having to extensively train developers in the intricacies of those tools.
An important concept behind the implementation of .NET is standardization. One of the most important aspects of any web application, is their ability to communicate with other web applications. Flexibility and interoperability are essential on the internet, and in demand by savvy software users. Standards like XML, SOAP, and UDDI help facilitate this, and it’s essential that .NET work with those standards to make communication seamless between them all.
Going mobile with our computers in the for of smartphones, cell phones, and handheld gaming presents an interesting dilemma to software retailers and developers. Where should the information used by these devices be used, and how many places should it be stored. Not to mention, how will it be stored, and later accessed. .NET address many of these questions, and provides solution through databases like SQL Server, NTFS and other services.
If there’s one thing that the internet has taught software solution providers, it’s to deliver updates rapidly and frequently. We like to know that our software is the latest version available, without of course dealing with buggy software. .NET allows for rapid delivery of application upgrading, on whatever platform the software needs to run. That includes mobile devices, as well as desktop based workstations.
Apart from green technologies, identity theft has to be one of the major touch points when it comes to technology. Being mobile and dynamic in our use of technology is great but it also opens up a lot of avenues for the unscrupulous to enter. Tougher authentication services are key to a successful .NET application. Not so much that we inconvenience the valid user, but to the point that they feel comfortable trusting their personal date to the applications.
Communication is certainly key to some of the biggest and most successful applications out there. Often known as killer apps. The first of those being obviously eMail. Who would have predicted at the beginning of the internet boom, that something as simple and plain as eMail would be the most widely used application online. That has of coursed blossomed into other useful communication tools like chatting and texting. You know .NET can be relied on to support these types of communication tools.
While calendaring in my opinion has never been successfully solved by any application on the market. Free or paid for. They always seem cludgy to work with. That’s no reason to ignore them, and tools like Outlook will continue to try and fix these problems as part of the building blocks of .NET.
Published on December 31, 2009 3:18 pm.
Filed under: Standards Tags: .net, building blocks, communication, green technologies, identity theft, standardization, web services
.Net has been around for a while, almost ten years to be exact. It was another one of Microsoft’s bold vision for the future of the internet. It was there attempt to provide developers with platform agnostic tools to develop for a wide variety of browsers and platforms. Additionally, it was meant to use the latest world wide web standards, and provide a framework for developing the web well into the future. For the most part, it has worked extraordinarily well. It has grown over the years, and has had significant new functionality added to it, such as ASP .Net.
Just a few of the requirements for .NET, were that it would play well with HTTP, SOAP, UDDI, and XML. What it really provides, is a framework to build upon. While there was some confusion early on, about it actually being an operating system, that is definitely not the case. It is actually tool to deliver software solutions in a web based world. Which is afterall, where the future of Software As A Service (SAAS) seems to be going. Slower than initially envisioned, but none the less, it is still moving in that direction.
The framework that is .NET, includes a number of libraries to perform many base functions. ASP.NET, and ADO.NET are just a few of those libraries. One of the really strong aspects of .NET, is it’s ability to incorporate existing languages like Visual Basic, JScript, C# and C++ under it’s umbrella. Even older but still popular languages like COBOL are supported. Future enhancements will incorporate other languages into the framework. All with the intended purposes of running applications on the web.
Microsoft also upgraded Visual Studio with a .NET version when .NET was initially released. It provides several new features for the developer, and better integration between the wide number of languages supported by the framework. Being a Microsoft product, you know that it will integrate exceedingly well with current and future versions of Windows. It does not to surprisingly, reveal a shift in Microsoft’s primary focus away from the single stand alone PC environment, and a leap into network based computing. That not only includes networked PCs and laptops, but also mobile devices such as smartphones, cell phones, handheld gaming consoles, and other mobile computing devices.
With Google moving into the software arena, it’s not surprising to see Microsoft strengthen it’s arsenal of internet based software development tools. The hard part for Microsoft will be to compete with companies like Google and Apple that are seen as true innovators in a very competitive field.
Published on December 31, 2009 2:53 pm.
Filed under: Introduction Tags: .net, apple, framework, google, microsoft
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