What is Linux and who would use it? Would you? Keep in mind this is worth 10 points so it will be graded accordingly. Also, remember to use your own thoughts and ideas.
Linux is an operating system. It is installed on mobile phones to supercomputers, but basically used in servers. Per Linux.com, Linux does not need anti-virus protection because the user is very rarely logged into the root. The virus would have a hard time modifying the registry. "AVG Free for Linux" is designed for Linux and it's free, so it cant hurt.
Anyone would want to use Linux after you get used to it. Its an operating system that has no virus as of yet and very stable. You can use OpenOffice instead of MicroSoft Office,The Gimp instead of Photoshop, Foxfire instead of Internet Explorer, Thunderbird instead of Microsoft Outlook and MMMS Mplayer instead of Windows Media Player.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Blog 10
Microsoft is developing an embedded program for hand-held internet devices. As you surf the internet on your internet hand-held device there will be this little symbol showing by a words or picture. When you tap this, its like a hyperlink that will take you right to your word or picture.
I will add that the iPhone basically has this feature already. MS seems to be one step behind!
I will add that the iPhone basically has this feature already. MS seems to be one step behind!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Blog 9
Do some research and find a cool multimedia device or software. Tell me about it and give me a web URL I can find out more information about it.
"cyberguys.com" (best place ever to shop if you are a computer geek!!)
The multimedia device that I would really find fun and handy for my office as we do not have laptops, we have desktops, would be a "Handwriting Recognition System"
This is a pen and a "reader" that takes what you write, on any type of paper, write all your notes page after page and you can upload to your computer as a text file. This can hold up to 50 pages of info. It uses regular ink so that you save money on special ink and you can use any kind of paper unlike some expensive brands that need a specific "Tablet".
This comes with handwriting recognition software, extra regular ink, 17 languages, USB cable and 2 batteries.
This does not work with a Mac. This will work for Windows 2000/XP/Vista and works with Office XP/2003/2007. Cyberguys.com sells this for $73.39
This is sold by IOGEAR. There is more specific information on the IOGEAR website at www.iogear.com, but don't buy it there as its $99.95 on that site.
This is just one multimedia toy in this catalog that I love. My other favs are power strip liberators and USB hubs.
"cyberguys.com" (best place ever to shop if you are a computer geek!!)
The multimedia device that I would really find fun and handy for my office as we do not have laptops, we have desktops, would be a "Handwriting Recognition System"
This is a pen and a "reader" that takes what you write, on any type of paper, write all your notes page after page and you can upload to your computer as a text file. This can hold up to 50 pages of info. It uses regular ink so that you save money on special ink and you can use any kind of paper unlike some expensive brands that need a specific "Tablet".
This comes with handwriting recognition software, extra regular ink, 17 languages, USB cable and 2 batteries.
This does not work with a Mac. This will work for Windows 2000/XP/Vista and works with Office XP/2003/2007. Cyberguys.com sells this for $73.39
This is sold by IOGEAR. There is more specific information on the IOGEAR website at www.iogear.com, but don't buy it there as its $99.95 on that site.
This is just one multimedia toy in this catalog that I love. My other favs are power strip liberators and USB hubs.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Blog 8
Chapter 8, page 359 "hands-on Project" Project 8-1 Use the internet:
What is the price of the internal floppy drive? You can get an internal for about $25 at Tigerdirect.com.
What kind of connections do the external floppy disk drives uses? the particular one I looked at used a 34 pin floppy connector.
What is the price of an external floppy drive? You can get an external floppy drive for about $20 at TigerDirect.com.
Why do you think external drives cost more than internal drives? Because they need to be self sufficient and they have a case.
What are the advantages of external drives? Handy to carry around.
Internal Drives - Stability as far as cant be dropped, you cant loose them and you can transfer data to other machines carrying a floppy.
In addition, define these terms:
*******I need help with the layman's terms for Low level formatting and IDE...
DMA - sends data from drives to memory with out going through the CPU. DMA has 7 speeds 0-6
low level formatting - I read this and still cant tell you in my own words what this is.
SATA - A serial ATA has a bit following the next. They come in 2 cables, eternal and internal. They are thin so that airflow in the case is not compromised. External SATA are 6 times faster that USB or Firewire. They are more costly than a parallel cable, because they are new. They are expected to be for high-performance large drives. Several drives now use the SATA.
ATA - This is what controls speeds and transfer methods of drives and how they work with computers. There are 2 kinds, serial and parallel.
IDE - Technology used internally by a harddrive. (taken from the book. I still cant figure this is my terms)
What is the price of the internal floppy drive? You can get an internal for about $25 at Tigerdirect.com.
What kind of connections do the external floppy disk drives uses? the particular one I looked at used a 34 pin floppy connector.
What is the price of an external floppy drive? You can get an external floppy drive for about $20 at TigerDirect.com.
Why do you think external drives cost more than internal drives? Because they need to be self sufficient and they have a case.
What are the advantages of external drives? Handy to carry around.
Internal Drives - Stability as far as cant be dropped, you cant loose them and you can transfer data to other machines carrying a floppy.
In addition, define these terms:
*******I need help with the layman's terms for Low level formatting and IDE...
DMA - sends data from drives to memory with out going through the CPU. DMA has 7 speeds 0-6
low level formatting - I read this and still cant tell you in my own words what this is.
SATA - A serial ATA has a bit following the next. They come in 2 cables, eternal and internal. They are thin so that airflow in the case is not compromised. External SATA are 6 times faster that USB or Firewire. They are more costly than a parallel cable, because they are new. They are expected to be for high-performance large drives. Several drives now use the SATA.
ATA - This is what controls speeds and transfer methods of drives and how they work with computers. There are 2 kinds, serial and parallel.
IDE - Technology used internally by a harddrive. (taken from the book. I still cant figure this is my terms)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Blog 7
What is Second Life? Could it be used for anything useful? How could businesses use it? How could education use it? Would you use it? Why or why not? Again, make me think you know what you are talking about and make it more than a sentence or two.
Second Life is an online community.
Businesses could use this for advertisement and free downloads.
Education could use this to post ads for Universities and create possible “classes” that the avatars can attend. They could be free general classes or tutorials or create small paid classes that you would pay through the dollars you can earn on this game.
I signed on and created a person. Not sure I would use this as I’ve been “walking” around for a while now and there is no easy explanation of what I am doing. I'm an instant gratification person and this site is not it. I had a guy walk by and say something in another language to me and they he through up his hands when I didn't answer.
I'm not familiar with this site as of yet. There is so much exploration. I think sites like this are a little un-nerving for me as they are interactive with strangers. I’m going to explore and read up on this site a bit more.
Second Life is an online community.
Businesses could use this for advertisement and free downloads.
Education could use this to post ads for Universities and create possible “classes” that the avatars can attend. They could be free general classes or tutorials or create small paid classes that you would pay through the dollars you can earn on this game.
I signed on and created a person. Not sure I would use this as I’ve been “walking” around for a while now and there is no easy explanation of what I am doing. I'm an instant gratification person and this site is not it. I had a guy walk by and say something in another language to me and they he through up his hands when I didn't answer.
I'm not familiar with this site as of yet. There is so much exploration. I think sites like this are a little un-nerving for me as they are interactive with strangers. I’m going to explore and read up on this site a bit more.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Blog 6
Blog 6
There are many new innovative tools for people with disabilities. Find two, describe what they are, who they might help, how they work, and if possible, how much do they cost? Please make it more than one or two sentences....it is worth 10 points so I expect a little effort this time.
Mac OS X has a built in screen reading. This is a voice over program that tell you via the speaker what is going on, on your screen. It will tell you windows, menus, and more. This voice over program will let you control your Mac with your keyboard. Mac has braille display or you can use its multi touch trackpad. A Mac runs from $1000 to $3-4000
Another one of my favorites is Dragon Naturally Speaking. It will type as you speak, this helps visual impaired with letters, emails and several other programs on your computer It is very accurate and faster than typing. Dragon ranges from $99 standard to professional at $900.
Then there is my ultimate program. Its called Signtel Interpreter. This is for the deaf, hard of hearing, blind-deaf or visually impaired. This program translates speech and text to sign language. This is a program you load onto your computer. Laptops mostly. This program will run you $4,900.00 (text only) to text and voice for $5,400.00. Laptops can be added for another couple thousand.
There are many new innovative tools for people with disabilities. Find two, describe what they are, who they might help, how they work, and if possible, how much do they cost? Please make it more than one or two sentences....it is worth 10 points so I expect a little effort this time.
Mac OS X has a built in screen reading. This is a voice over program that tell you via the speaker what is going on, on your screen. It will tell you windows, menus, and more. This voice over program will let you control your Mac with your keyboard. Mac has braille display or you can use its multi touch trackpad. A Mac runs from $1000 to $3-4000
Another one of my favorites is Dragon Naturally Speaking. It will type as you speak, this helps visual impaired with letters, emails and several other programs on your computer It is very accurate and faster than typing. Dragon ranges from $99 standard to professional at $900.
Then there is my ultimate program. Its called Signtel Interpreter. This is for the deaf, hard of hearing, blind-deaf or visually impaired. This program translates speech and text to sign language. This is a program you load onto your computer. Laptops mostly. This program will run you $4,900.00 (text only) to text and voice for $5,400.00. Laptops can be added for another couple thousand.
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