Modes of Data Transmission
Talking about data transmission can get confusing sometimes, we talk of types, modes, ways, these terms maybe synonymous to each other however they do have very distinct differences and cover different aspects of data transfer, I recently covered ‘types’ of data transmission in a network, which consists of how they maybe transferred, serially or in [...]
3 Hyped Products We Missed
I’ve been away from blogging for quite a while until recently when i kicked things off again. In that time the blogosphere and the whole of the Internet pretty much has been buzzing with 3 products from two adored (or maybe not) tech giants.
Windows 7
This is the predecessor of Microsoft’s (failed) Windows Vista operating system [...]
Turn your Computer into a TV
There are two ways you could do this. One would be the ‘hardware way’, where you fix a TV card to your computer and make your computer a detector to TV transmission so you would have all local channels on your computer but why would you want that when you have a real TV which [...]
Try a Different Way of Surfing, Use Gestures
Shortcuts make things a lot more productive while you surf, keyboard shortcuts that is, and to the tech-lovers it would be ‘cool’, but what if you could make a shortcut even shorter?
With mouse gestures you can do just that, the concept is popular among web browsers, all major web browsers now support it in terms [...]
Globe7 Review
Company – Axill Europe
Head office – UK
Brief Description – Cheap, popular, feature-filled VOIP provider
Ratings:
Sound Quality – 4/5
Price – 5/5
Software – 3.5/5
Features – 5/5
Connectivity – 5/5
Rating Description
Sound Quality
Sound quality is good. [...]
Data Validation
All data entered into a system is validated. Data validation is performed by a computer program. There are a variety of validation methods used on data to ensure accurate entry of data. Let’s look at some of the validation methods used:
Length Checks
In this validation technique, data entered is checked to make sure it is a [...]
Legal Free Music Service to be launched
A new service named Qtrax is to be launched providing totally free ad-supported music for download featuring over 25,000,000 songs. A file sharing service which allows tracks to be downloaded from major labels including Sony BMG, Universal Music ad Warner Music.
The service will be funded through ads displayed while downloaded songs are been played by [...]
OMR Technology
OMR (which stands for optical mark reader or optical mark recognition) is quite an old technology which is extensively in use specially to process data entry forms in various institutes and companies. It is the ability for OMR hardware to identify predefined ‘marks’ on hard copy sheets of paper and produce an outcome based on [...]
How data is checked for errors
Ever wondered how data is checked when it is transferred from A to B? When you download a file online, wondered how the downloaded file is checked to see if it was downloaded properly? Here’s how.
Parity
One way data is checked is by checking the bits in a byte, if you have a fair knowledge of [...]
EDGE Technology
EDGE technology stands for Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution It provides connectivity mainly for mobile device and could be called the enhanced version of GPRS (general packet radio service), EDGE technology provides much faster data transfer speeds, typically up to 200Kb/s because of the fast data transfer speeds EDGE connectivity could achieve, it belongs [...]
