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Which Digital Camera is Right for Me?

Digital camera gives us an ease to perpetuate the image or important moment, and share to the others. But choosing a digital camera products that are suitable for our needs is not easy.


taken from articlesbase.com

Market is flooded with digital cameras from various brands. They too vary in sizes, in features and in specifications. It is obvious to get confused which one is better in this festive season for your family. Here follows the article that tries to impart some of the useful digital camera buying tips:

What do you need the camera for?

If you are looking for a simple one that can be used at home, you won’t get interesting features that you may need for taking really good photographic pictures that normally professional photographers look for. Otherwise it would be a waste of money if you have the digital camera with latest features only to be used for personal photography. Digital cameras available in the market are of three basic types:

Point and Shoot, Lifestyle and Professional. Based on the purpose one can choose from the following main three types:

•Point and Shoot: - reasonably compact, with common features and size like 35mm digital cameras.
•Lifestyle: - with moderate features, it’s sleek and compact, so you can carry it around with utter ease.
•Professional: - with interchangeable lenses, flashes and other accessories, this type of digital cameras is robust and feature laden, just the best choice for a professional or serious photographer.

Features You Must Look for Resolution

Digital images are made up of dots (.) called as pixels. The higher the number of pixels in your captured image, the better will be the quality of the image. This will therefore help you enlarging your image to higher pixel dimensions without creating a pixilated (broken) image, which we normally called as blurred image.

Compression

Compression shrinks a photo's file size so that more images can be stored in the memory card. If you need the absolute best quality images, you have to consider buying a digital camera that takes uncompressed photos but will accommodate less number of images.

Memory

A digital camera's memory size will determine the number of images that can be stored. Memory of 128MB will be good enough if you want to use the camera for personal purposes. If you are on a vacation or when you cannot download images for longer days, a memory of 512MB to 1GB the best option.

LCD Screen

Most digital cameras come with at least an optical viewfinder but many digital cameras also come with an LCD screen built into the back. The display panel varies from 1.5" - 2.5" from camera to camera.

Lens

It is the length of a digital camera's lens that determines how much of a sight will fit in a picture. A "Normal" lens is about 50mm, most closely approximate to what your eye sees.

Optical Zoom

This enables a photographer to zoom in on an object without lowering quality of pictures. Depending on the magnification number, you can zoom in more up to its specified limitation.

Digital Zoom

This feature enables the photographer to zoom in on the centre of the picture by removing the edges of the image. Doesn’t this feature make a digital camera cool.

Focus an Exposure

In most digital cameras, the correct exposure for the lighting conditions is automatically determined. A camera rated ISO 100, has approximately the same light sensitivity as that of a traditional film camera loaded with ISO 100 film. A higher ISO rating means that the camera is more sensitive to light and is potential enough to take pictures in darker settings.

Audio and Movie Capture

This feature allows you to record sounds and moving images at the same time, in exactly the same way that a camcorder works. Some digital cameras offer the facility to record a few seconds of audio with each shot, thus letting you add a personal sound bite to your photos.

Movie Mode

This is a feature that lets you take short film clips with your digital camera. The total record length is typically limited to 10 to 90 seconds.

Flash

Most digital cameras come with an in-built flash. Some cameras however include additional features, such as red-eye reduction or night portrait mode.

Image Erase

Most cameras also let you select pictures to erase. This handy feature gives you the chance to edit out the photos you don't want in order to save more space in the memory for more snaps.

Self-Timer

A self-timer allows a digital camera for a delayed exposure, usually giving you about 10 seconds before the picture is taken. So no problem if you don’t find anybody to take your photos. You can set your digital camera on self-timer and go back to your position to take a perfect photo of yours.

Computer Connections

Most high-end digital cameras have software and connections for all Mac, PC computers and laptops. However it is necessary to make sure the digital camera you want is compatible with your platform before you go for a buy.

Image Stabilization

This feature enables the photographer to capture still images of something moving very fast. This feature is a must for all professional photographers, especially sports photographers.

Printing

Now-a-days, you can buy special printers, depending on the compatibility of your camera, to print off your pictures without connecting it to a PC. This applies both for digital and SLR Professional cameras.

The Significance of Digital Camera Size and Portability
Size is another very important factor to be taken care of. If you are to use the camera for non-professional purposes the size has to be small as you cannot afford to carry huge sized cameras when you are enjoying a vacation. And there is kind of security problem as there may be a chance of theft.

Budget – The "Cannot Be Ignored Option"

Based on the budget the features will vary and the overall offering of a digital camera. Today's digital cameras run anywhere from Rs 800 to Rs 30,000, depending on resolution and feature specifications. While the initial expense of a digital camera is still high you may find that the added convenience and savings in film and processing costs are worth it.

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To enhance the mobile device display, you can change the default theme on your mobile device. Here's some of beautiful mobile themes that you can download the suitable your taste. This download is for personal use only.

How to use:
* Find phone model behind your battery
or check your mobile-OS
* start download
* Save the file on your PC
* Transfer the file to your phone

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Best Anti-Porn - Porn Filter - Porn Blocker Software

Preface

Internet Pornography

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed by means of various sectors of the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups. While pornography had been traded over the Internet since the 1980s, it was the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991 as well as the opening of the Internet to the general public around the same time that led to an explosion in online pornography.

Like videotapes and DVDs, the Internet has proved popular for distributing pornography because it allows people to view pornography (essentially) anonymously in the comfort and privacy of their homes. It also allows access to pornography by people whose access is otherwise restricted for legal or social reasons.

Porn viewing during working hours can damage companies by leading to sexual harassment suits, spreading viruses, adware and spyware on company owned computers as well costing time and productivity.

An explanation given for this phenomenon are the poor economy which cause employees to need a release from stress and to feel that management is too tied up to notice their activities. Other explanations include porn becoming a mainstream activity among younger workers and sites that are becoming easier to quickly click on and off.

Free vs. Commercial

On the Web, there are both commercial and free pornography sites. The bandwidth usage of a pornography site is relatively high, and the income a free site can earn through advertising may not be sufficient to cover the costs of that bandwidth. One recent entry into the free pornography website market are Thumbnail gallery post sites. These are free websites that post links to commercial sites, providing a sampling of the commercial site in the form of thumbnail images, or in the form of Free Hosted Galleries—samplings of full-sized content provided and hosted by the commercial sites to promote their site. Some free websites primarily serve as portals by keeping up-to-date indexes of these smaller sampler sites. When a user purchases a subscription to a commercial site after clicking through from a free thumbnail gallery site, the commercial site makes a payment to the owner of the free site. There are several forms of sites delivering adult content.

Internet Pornography Effects on Children

Finding pornography website is very very easy through Google. We just typing the word "sex" and as soon as possible the site links listed. Ease is impact on children and teens.

Children who get free internet access and exploring pornography-sites, slowly but sure will affect for their negative-activity. Sexually explicit conduct includes various forms of sexual activity such as intercourse, bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, and lascivious exhibition of the genitals. Therefore, required of the role of the parents, teachers, and related institutions in order to monitor the use of the internet for them.

Best Parental Controls Software for Windows

One of way to avoid children viewing Web-pornography, we can use content-filter software. A variety of content-filter software is available to block pornography and other classifications of material from particular computers or networks. Web filters like Net Nanny, Anti-porn, Child Control, and others can help. Anyway, I was selected Anti-Porn for my best porn-filter Software. Anti-Porn have complete features, small file size, user friendly, and light (does not reduce for computer performance). Anti-Porn is a comprehensive net filter software to protect children from Porn web contents.

These are steps "How to use Anti-Porn v9 Program":
1) You can download it here or the latest version here
2) After download completed, you can install it on your computer.
3) Don't forget the password you've created


4) After installation finished, you can see Anti-Porn icon in system tray (at the bottom-corner-right). Right-click the trayicon to see Anti-Porn menu.


5) Choose Exit to exit the program


6) Filter options - Restriction list. Purpose to block web-address (Domain blocking)


7) Filter Options - Keywords. The website will not open if contains this keywords.


8) Eye protection to lock desktop


9) Other Options - Hiding options. Best way to hide the program existence, and don't forget to make Hotkey


10) Log Settings to see the records of internet activity


11) Game restriction to block the Game software


12) Chat tools to lock the chat programs


13) Filter options - Permission list to allow the trusted-sites that contains "adult keyword"


According to my experience on Anti-Porn v9 that I installed in Internet cafe and Gaming center, this program works very effective (around 98% depend on your configuration) to block pornography website. The parents will not worry against their children who browsing internet.

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Nine-year-old has written an application for the Apple iPhone


taken from news.bbc.co.uk

This boy has name Lim Ding Wen, a nine-year-old Malaysian boy in Singapore has written a painting application for the Apple iPhone. He started using a computer when he was aged two.

Lim Ding Wen created the finger painting program, known as Doodle Kids, for his two younger sisters aged three and five.

The program allows iPhone owners to draw images on the handset's touch screen using just their fingers.

The program has been downloaded more than 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in less than two weeks.

While most children of his age are painting or drawing with crayons, Lim Ding Wen has been programming.

Lim, who is now fluent in six programming languages, first started using a computer when he was two-years-old, discovered programming aged seven, and has since completed more than 20 programming projects.

His latest application, Doodle Kids, allows users to draw pictures using their fingers and then clear the screen by shaking the iPhone.

"I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw," said Lim. "But I am happy that people like it."

Lim wrote the original application on his computer but has now adapted it for use on an iPhone.

He told The Electric New Paper in Singapore that he wrote the application in just a few days in Pascal.

Go on my son

Writing on his website, Lim's father - Lim Thye Chean - a chief technology officer at a local hi-tech firm, who also writes iPhone applications, was modest about his son's achievements.

"Ding Wen is an above average boy with an interest in computers, especially Apple IIGS and Macs, likes to do programming, and that's it.

"Doodle Kids is an extremely simple program that can be done by anybody. Everybody can program - if Ding Wen can, so can you," he wrote.

Lim Ding Wen is now working on a sci-fi game for the iPhone called Invader Wars and plans to join his school's robotics club.

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Laptop Maintenance

Tips for Maintaining the Laptop or Notebook

taken from zenexpress.com

Laptops are expensive gadgets made for mobility. Generally, they are not very tough, and are not known to take too well to being mishandled. If you do end up messing your laptop, even the smallest of repairs will set you back by thousands of rupees. Read on to learn how to care for your laptop. We have also included some important pointers you need to stick to before, during and after using your laptop.


Clean It Right

Since your laptop is such an expensive gadget (falling prices notwithstanding), be extremely careful while cleaning the screen. Make sure the cloth is very soft, and has no imprints or monograms on it, as these may scratch the screen. Also ensure that the cloth is lint-free, else it will leave fibres on the screen, and make the display unclear. Make sure you don't spray any cleaner directly on the screen. Instead, spray onto the cleaning cloth, and allow the cloth to capture the dirt and contaminants.

Choosing The Spray

The screen is the most expensive component of your laptop. Adequate care must be taken while choosing the cleaning spray. Harsh sprays could turn the screen yellow, and may even cause cracking. Use plain water or vinegar to clean the screen.

Placing The Laptop

Hard drives work on the property of magnetic flux, so any electrical field may damage the hard disk and the data on it. Make sure your laptop is at least 13 cm away from any electrical appliance that generates a strong magnetic field-such as a microwave oven.

Give It A Breather

If you have just shut down your laptop, give it 30 seconds before you start it up again. This ensures that the hard drive has spun down, and is not subjected to sudden switching on and off.

Data Backup

Always back up your data. Laptops are mobile devices, and are susceptible to breakage. Also, it's possible that the hard disk simply crashes. Remember, you can never back up too frequently.

Laptop Battery Care

The bane of most laptop users is the lack of a really long battery life. There are three main types of laptop batteries:

* Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
* Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
* Lithium Ion (Li-ion).

Nickel-Cadmium

This type of battery must be fully discharged and then fully recharged every few weeks. If you don’t do this, it will quickly lose battery life due to what is known as the `memory effect'.

The memory effect means if you don't follow the above procedure, your battery will only charge up to the percentage of the last charge. For instance, if you discharge it to 30 per cent, it will only charge up the remaining 70 per cent. Do this repeatedly, and the 30 per cent will become unusable, giving you an effective 70 percent charge even though the indicator will still show a 100 per cent charge each time you charge it.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Ni-MH batteries are similar to Ni-Cd batteries, although they are less susceptible to the memory effect. They also have a higher capacity.

Lithium Ion

These are the latest type of batteries, and have no real problems as far as the memory effect is concerned. The problem with these is that they lose their effectiveness if overcharged or ­left for a long time with a full charge. Always discharge these batteries if you're going to be storing them away.

Keep Your Battery Healthy

* Before the first use, charge the batteries for 12 hours or the minimum charge time, as mentioned in the manual.
* For daily use, charge the battery to capacity, then run the laptop on battery power until it is completely drained (for Ni-Cd or Ni-MH batteries, this prevents the memory effect) or almost drained. (For Li-ion batteries, this can help prevent overcharging).
* Don't leave your battery unused for long periods of time. Even if you use AC power most of the time, use the battery regularly to keep it in good condition. Switch off your AC adapter when the laptop is not in use. This prevents overcharging.

To extend battery life, you can try decreasing the LCD brightness while using your notebook. You can activate the `Standby' and `Hibernation' power­saving modes, too, for better battery life.

Battery Storage

* If you do not use your laptop for extended periods of time-a week or more ­remove the battery pack from the laptop, but only after discharging it fully.
* The batteries should be stored in a cool dry place, removed from heat, humidity and dust as well as metal objects.

Use A Laptop Case

It is advisable to spend a couple of thousand rupees and get a sturdy carry-case for your laptop.The case should ideally be hard from the outside and soft on the inside, while being a comfortable fit. It should be able to absorb shocks and carry your laptop accessories.

Keep Eatables Away

Obviously, no eating and drink­ing near or around your laptop. The least bit of water could short-circuit some sensitive laptop circuits, and render it useless.

No Hard Booting

You may sometimes be tempted to turn your laptop off by simply holding down the power button until it powers down. Although quick, this method is harmful to the laptop and could cause data loss.A hard reboot should only be used as a last resort. Sometimes this is inevitable, for instance, when Windows hangs. But this should not be a regular practice.

General Tips

* Shortcuts To Success

Create shortcuts to your most commonly used applica­tions, folders and files on the desktop. This way, you can access them quickly. If you like your desktop clutter-free, you can also create custom toolbars in Windows XP.To do this, right-click on the Windows taskbar, go to `Toolbars' and click `New Toolbar'. Next, choose the drive or folder you want to access using the toolbar. You can create different toolbars for different drives and folders.This is expecially useful for sales executives who want easy access to presentations, pro and other information they use on a day-to-day basis.

* Clean up The Junk

Uninstall applications you don't use. Apart from saving on disk space, you'll also prevent your notebook from slowing down.Be resourceful-keep backups of the OS, drivers and commonly used applications on a secondary partition so you can do some re­installing on your own if you face any issues when travelling. Carry driver CDs and recovery disks.

Laptop Security

* Don't Be A Jerk

Don't subject your laptop to jerks and shocks. This will help avoid damage to your hard drive.Preferably, power the notebook off before moving it from one place to another.

* Dusty Notebooks Don't Impress

Protect your laptop from dust. Ensure vents are clean to enable good air flow.

* Drinks And Laptops A No-No

Don't place any containers filled with beverages (hot or cold) near your notebook, to prevent accidental spills.

Power Saving Tips

* Let Power Be Managed By The Pros

Set the device to switch off the LCD screen, and hard drive after fixed intervals of time.

* Disconnect

External peripherals and accessories such as external opti­cal drives, PC cards and USB keyboard lights draw power from the notebook. Disconnect such devices when not in use.

* Suspend Your Notebook

Booting the notebook when it is not connected to a power source draws a lot of power from the battery. Instead of shutting down your laptop in the middle of a meeting, choose the `Suspend' mode if you wish to use it again after just a short interval. This will save battery and help you restart your work faster.

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Multi-Touch Patent has been Awarded by Apple

Patent Definition

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term patent usually refers to a right granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. The additional qualification utility patents is used in the United States to distinguish them from other types of patents but should not be confused with utility models granted by other countries. Examples of particular species of patents for inventions include biological patents, business method patents, chemical patents and software patents.

Some other types of intellectual property rights are referred to as patents in some jurisdictions: industrial design rights are called design patents in some jurisdictions (they protect the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian), plant breeders' rights are sometimes called plant patents, and utility models or Gebrauchsmuster are sometimes called petty patents or innovation patents. This article relates primarily to the patent for an invention, although so-called petty patents and utility models may also be granted for inventions.

Certain grants made by the monarch in pursuance of the royal prerogative were sometimes called letters patent, which was a government notice to the public of a grant of an exclusive right to ownership and possession. These were often grants of a patent-like monopoly and predate the modern British origins of the patent system. For other uses of the term patent see Land patents, which were land grants by early state governments in the USA. This reflects the original meaning of letters patent that had a broader scope than current usage.


Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent
taken from news.worldofapple.com

Congratulations to Apple Inc. because Apple has been awarded a patent that appears to cover much of the iPhone's multitouch user interface.

According to the US Patent Office Apple was awarded patent number 7,479,949 on January 20, 2009. The patent which was filed on April 11, 2008 covers multi-touch and all associated gestures such as pinch, swipe and rotation.

The patent is titled:
"Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics"

The initial patent abstract is as follows:
"A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items."



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