Transformation to Hard drives

The year is 2010, its time some thing undergo changes. Technology has never been at ease, it changes everyday, something new turns up and outdates other. Now The Hard drives as we know them , are about to undergo a major format shift, this format shift will be the biggest in the last 30 years. It is being said that by early 2011 all harddrives will change how we the users store our data on them. The HDD’s will use advanced format to achieve this. This enhancement will help store more data, more effeciently & while conserving power usage. But the problem arises when we think that right now many users are still on Windows XP, who dont plan to migrate soon to Windows 7.

“The technology has changed but that fundamental building block of formatting has not,” said David Burks, a product marketing manager for storage firm Seagate.
By change in technology, it means that there were times when the hard drives were just few megabytes in size, and formatting them with a 512byte block partition made a whole lot sense, but what now ? when people are using 1TB ( 1024 GB) as a standard Drisk for their computing needs. This fine resolution on hard drives is causing a problem,manager said, because of the wasted space associated with each tiny block.Each 512 byte sector has a marker showing where it begins and an area dedicated to storing error correction codes. In addition a tiny gap has to be left between each sector. In large drives this wasted space where data cannot be stored can take up a significant proportion of the drive.

Moving to an advanced format of 4K sectors means about eight times less wasted space but will allow drives to devote twice as much space per block to error correction.

“You can get yourself into a corner where you cannot squeeze much more onto the disk,” said Steve Perkins, a technical consultant for Western Digital.

This shift also allows manufacturers to make more efficient use of the real estate on a hard drive.

“We can put more data on the disk,” he said. “It’s about 7-11% more efficient as a format.”

Source | BBC

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March 11, 2010 · Filed Under Hardware, Microsoft, Other

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Apple Sues HTC for Infringment of patents

Apple has taken legal action against phone maker HTC, alleging it has infringed patented technology. Apple issued a press release announcing it has sued HTC, According to the suit, HTC smartphones borrow key architecture and hardware elements from Apple’s handset.

below is the Re-production without change of the official press-release by Apple as taken from Softpedia

CUPERTINO, California—March 2, 2010—Apple® today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.

“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”

Apple reinvented the mobile phone in 2007 with its revolutionary iPhone®, and did it again in 2008 with its pioneering App Store, which now offers more than 150,000 mobile applications in over 90 countries. Over 40 million iPhones have been sold worldwide.

This is not the first time Apple has made a move like this, back in december of 2009 when it countersued Nokia on some similar grounds, The VP then said “Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours.”. The legal action has been filed with the US International Trade Commission and a district court in Delaware.HTC has yet to respond to requests for comment.

Official update from HTC regarding the charges by Apple : : “HTC is a mobile technology innovator and patent holder that has been very focused over the past 13 years on creating many of the most innovative smartphones. HTC values patent rights and their enforcement but is also committed to defending its own technology innovations. HTC only learned of Apple’s actions this morning via media reports, and therefore we have not yet had the opportunity to investigate the filings. Until we have had this opportunity, we are unable to comment on the validity of the claims being made against HTC.”

Source | BBC |Softpedia

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March 2, 2010 · Filed Under Hardware, Other

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Apple Macbook Air Price in India

Apple Apple Laptops are known for their sleek designs and powerful processors. Apple Laptops are loaded with great features and offer the latest technology and innovation. Since 1989, Apple Laptops has come a long way with the introduction of the 15.9 pound Portable Macintosh. In the early nineties, Powerbook line of Apple laptops were introduced which were followed by the best selling iBooks. In 2006, the iBooks and the powerbook lines were discontinued and were eventually replaced with the dual core Macbook, the robust Macbook Pro and the sleek and stylish Apple Macbook Air.

Apple Laptops has technology products across different categories, like monitors, notebooks, iPods, Handsets and the newly introduced iPads. Apple Laptops has successful operations across different countries with many retail stores and apple online store is also a great way to purchase the latest products and software. Find the latest Apple laptops models and compare their prices and features below.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop is a unique Laptop with a sleek and stylish design. It is very slim and lightweight making it easy to carry around. The Dimensions of the apple Macbook Air laptop are 32.5 x 1.94 x 22.7 and weighs just 1.36 Kg ideal for people who are always on the move. The Apple Macbook Air is an ultraportable notebook with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor, it has an extended desktop and video mirroring which simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop also has built-in iSight camera, Mini Display Port. It has a Core 2 Duo chip in a specially designed package and small motherboard that help reduce its thickness. The LCD screen is backlit with LEDs, which saves battery, and allows the screen to be dimmed much lower than CCFL screens for additional battery.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop is equipped with an integrated webcam and microphone that helps stay connected with your friends and family wherever you are. The Apple Macbook Air offers connectivity options like wi-fi, Bluetooth Ver 2.1 and USB.

The Apple Macbook Air Price is approximately Rs 109000 making it ideal for high level executives and business executives. For the latest Macbook Air Laptop Price in India and Deals visit Consumermate.com.

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March 2, 2010 · Filed Under Other

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FreePDF Creator 1.0.0.0

Create PDF documents from various Windows file types including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

FreePDF Creator is an easy-to-use application that will help you convert any printable document to a PDF file. FreePDF Creator provides high quality conversion to PDF that includes a simple to use interface.

Use the print command from the source program the file was created in. Other advanced options include the ability to optimize PDF output quality, set pdf security with 128-bit encryption and add PDF document information (such as author, keywords, title).

Requirements:

· Pentium processor
· 64MB RAM
· 10MB HDD

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February 28, 2010 · Filed Under Other

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Download CCleaner 2.29.1111

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