tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43649165104515975802024-02-22T00:11:25.549-08:00PC Technologyultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-64709340977894331842012-09-14T21:23:00.000-07:002012-09-14T21:23:54.483-07:00Apple stops iPhone 3GS production
Apple has officially announced that it will discontinue production of iPhone 3GS which started was available for sale in 2009.
Last year, after the launch of iPhone 4S, iPhone 3GS became the first free smart phone with a two year contract. Due to this, Apple was able to capture another market segment for low level smart phones.
Starting this Wednesday, after iPhone 5 has been announcedultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-79932539349525665822012-09-14T21:08:00.003-07:002012-09-14T21:08:44.907-07:00A system which blocks notifications if the user is busy
Desktop notifications play a crucial role in warning the user about what's going on his/her system. Often times though, these notifications become more of a distraction from doing work or simply using the computer. In result, in university of Japan researchers developed a system which determines how busy the user actually is at any given time and makes a decision whether to show these ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-48124734933394010302012-06-27T22:52:00.000-07:002012-06-27T22:52:15.586-07:00PHP Search Text In Files (Recursively)Many times when developers work with someone else's code they run into problems trying to find the location where variable has been initialized because of all "include" and "require" statements. Trying to go through every single time is a hassle and time consuming. Therefore, there has to be an easier way of accomplishing such task without having to pull the hair out of your head thinking "who ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-1402094094448739352012-02-20T03:13:00.000-08:002012-02-20T03:14:43.591-08:00Owners of Twtter.com and Wikapedia.com Fined for FraudWebsite owners of Twtter.com and Wikapedia.com were fined $156,000. These resources duplicated web design and content from original valid sources and used as their own while charging users for use as well as misdirecting online users into winning a free Apple iPad.
This fine isn't big enough to affect the market or actual owners of valid websites but these copies fooled users into giving away ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-90143293344471069942012-02-01T11:28:00.000-08:002012-02-01T11:28:45.075-08:00PHP PDO Count Results - MySQLMany PHP developers are seeking a solution in counting number of returning rows from a result set using SELECT statement. The PDOStatement::rowCount( void ) function only works for DELETE, INSERT and/or UPDATE statements by counting affected rows. So that's out.
To help you out there are two solutions I found to be most efficient (if you found other ones please post them so we can all learn fromultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-35272780332672375072012-01-16T21:04:00.000-08:002012-01-16T21:04:06.973-08:00Microsoft beats Yahoo in search engine competitionDuring previous ComScore statistics Bing was breathing down Yahoo's neck in search engine competition within United States. Now, finally, Microsoft's search engine (Bing - a.k.a Bing Is Not Google) has become more popular than Yahoo. According to company's analytic data in December of 2011, Microsoft Bing received 2.75 billion search requests within United States while Yahoo received ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-6733879411486381912011-09-04T15:10:00.000-07:002011-09-04T15:10:11.309-07:00Desktop PC - Windows 7 Disable HibernateIf you have Windows 7 on your desktop computer then it's a little difficult to find how to disable your computer from hibernating or going to sleep after a period of time.
The steps are quite simply actually, here they are:
1. Open Control Panel
2. Change "View by" from Category to Small icons
3. Locate and click on Power Options
4. By default Balanced radio button is selected - so click Changeultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-4290044783320602642011-09-04T10:12:00.000-07:002011-09-04T10:12:22.478-07:00Start Real rain using a laserPick a cloud in the sky. Aim and shoot at it with a laser. Result, pouring rain. Sounds unreal, doesn't it? But researchers of the University Zheneva found proof that this is possible. This technology is not the first attempt to initiate artificial rain but possibly the most ecologically safe method of doing it.
Technology to create rain has been around for quite a while now. Actually, you can ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-28134269448010131752011-07-28T11:11:00.000-07:002011-07-28T11:11:08.653-07:00How To Install Facebook Like ButtonOne of the best ways to achieve high quality traffic to your website is through word of mouth. In digital world this can be achieved through social networking websites. Today, Facebook is ranking the highest among social networks. Using Facebook you can share website links to your friends and they can share to their friends, etc - chain reaction effect.
How to install Facebook like button on ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-26379083382364238772011-06-09T10:27:00.000-07:002011-06-09T10:27:26.431-07:00Battery Plugged In, Not Charging (Windows 7)Happen to be a victim of the issue battery not charging even though power supply is plugged-in I managed to get it solved.
The steps are simple:
1. Shut down your laptop.
2. Unplug the power supply cable from the laptop.
3. Disconnect power supply from the power outlet.
4. Remove battery from the laptop.
5. Leave everything apart for about 10 minutes.
6. Assemble everything back together.
7. ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-32268601392469346472011-06-07T04:04:00.000-07:002011-06-07T04:06:17.592-07:00Nintendo Server HACKED!!!!Few weeks ago Ninteno officially announced that someone penetrated unauthorized access to their server. Nintendo is currently investigating the hack but it's safe to say that no data has been stolen.
A group of hackers, called LulzSec took the initiative to be responsible for Nintendo's hack on their Twitter page. LulzSec also mentioned that they had no intention of damaging the server and only ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-12217743162513014012011-06-03T05:25:00.000-07:002011-06-03T05:25:49.106-07:00Firefox or Chrome textarea resize disableFirefox and Chrome web browsers allow users to manually resize textarea input. If you would like to disable that option, then update your CSS stylesheet with the following command:
textarea { resize: none; }
That's all.ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-36042781133151194052011-04-21T11:19:00.000-07:002011-04-22T14:28:09.322-07:00PHP Dynamic Prepared Statement ExamplePrepared statement is currently one of the safest techniques to manipulate your database. The only problem is SQL statement has to be compiled first and then you have to populate/bind your parameters/values.
Here is how to create dynamic prepared statement in PHP. This example assumes you have setup database connection using PDO.
Requirement:
$host = "...";
$username = "...";
$password = "...";ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-11894949181786108772011-04-08T22:11:00.000-07:002011-04-08T22:11:24.082-07:00ASUS Eee on AMD Brazos technologyASUSTek Computer added few more netbooks in their collection. New netbooks ASUS Eee PC are the first of their kind, equipped with AMD Brazos and AMD Fusion.
ASUS Eee PC 1015B model has 10.1-inch screen (1024 x 600 resolution), Windows 7 Starter operating system, has single core AMD C-30 processor with 1.2 GHz frequency, and AMD Radeon HD 6250 video card. Also, netbook has 2 GB virtual memory, ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-66911453720554023322011-04-08T21:54:00.000-07:002011-04-08T21:54:10.675-07:00AMD Radeon HD 6790 has increased ROPPotential miss-communication between AMD and manufacturing company caused new line of video cards Radeon HD 6790 to have increased number of ROPs. This video card is designed to have only 16 out of 32 active blocks of rasterization in 40 nm technology Barts.
While this, so called, problem is a great advantage for end consumer it's very frustrating for AMD because it slows down line of ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-44467160617677404562011-04-07T16:01:00.000-07:002011-04-07T16:01:43.331-07:00Media laptop from MSI: MSI FX420 and MSI FX620DX on Sandy BridgeMicro-Star International (MSI) is releasing new line of portable laptops, MSI FX420 and MSI FX 620DX built on mobile Intel Huron River platform.
F series laptops look very sleek and have great performance. Laptops have Intel Sandy Bridge processors, NVIDIA or AMD video card, THX TruStudio Pro sound system, Blu-ray or DVD Super-Multi, and USB 3.0 port. Cinema Pro is used to enhance video and ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-10070373849590862602011-04-04T21:19:00.000-07:002011-04-04T21:19:55.296-07:00AMD Radeon HD 6790: Barts LEAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) officially announced the release of Radeon HD 6790 for sale, which should be a good competitor for NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 550 Ti.
This model is built on PCI Express 2.1 x16 and is covered with black casing, it also uses double-layered cooling. The core of this marvelous piece of beauty is built on Barts LE chip with 800 multi-threaded processors, and 40 textured ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-88470798653615894012011-04-03T19:38:00.000-07:002011-04-03T19:38:02.163-07:00I-O DATA - three new storage devices with USB 3.0 interfaceI-O DATA HDCA-UT model is enclosed using black case with measurements 185 x 120 x 39 mm, weighs 1.1kg and is available in 1 or 2 terabytes (TB).
I-O DATA HDPC-AU weighs 350 grams, comes in five different colors with measurements 75 x 112 x 14 mm. Available in sizes of 320, 500, 640 or 750 GB.
I-O DATA TB-XT - case is a combination of blue and silver with measurements of 18 x 69.6 x 8.6 mm, ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-81938019189929693772011-04-03T19:27:00.000-07:002011-04-03T19:28:15.758-07:00Windows Home Server release in AprilMicrosoft representatives announced the release of Windows Home Server 2011. Operating system is ready, fully functional and ready for deployment. Microsoft Developer Network subscribers will receive access to new OS before everyone else.
Windows Home Server 2011 will be on sale starting May of this year. Unlike the previous version, this one supports 19 different languages, including Chinese,ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-80685211645705110842011-04-03T19:19:00.000-07:002011-04-03T19:20:24.873-07:00Grim Dawn - independent Diablo cloneIndependent studio Crate Entertainment published a preview of RPG game Grim Dawn.
This video shows a preview of game concept for Grim Dawn. The game resembles Diablo, especially the second project. The only main different between these two games is Grim Dawn has a lot more blood effects than Diablo.
Currently Grim Dawn is only in its development stage but so far it looks like a great game.ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-22931450174163502952011-04-03T19:12:00.000-07:002011-04-03T19:12:26.774-07:00WinMount 3.5.0331 - archive management ZIP/RARWinMount has updated their application which is used to work with .zip and .rar files. Instead of extracting/unpacking files to find what you need simply mount your archive as a virtual drive and access all of its information.
It's much faster than having to wait while a gigabytes of information unpack, in result having duplicate content on your computer. WinMount supports more than just ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-662036602847721332011-04-03T17:28:00.000-07:002011-04-03T17:28:01.952-07:00Ubuntu 11.04 beta version releasedUbuntu team has announced the release of first beta version towards the big release of mega operating system, called 11.04 and known as Natty Narwhal.
During the development stage of Ubuntu 11.04 programmers spent enormous amount of time on user interface, performance, stability and security of OS. The core of Ubuntu 11.04 is updated with Linux 2.6.38 and a single all supporting platform Unity. ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-6832099689060761302011-04-03T15:25:00.000-07:002011-04-03T15:25:00.249-07:00New features and interface Chrome 12 and Firefox 5Google is actively working on their web browser Chrome. Mozilla is also forcing the release of final version. This summer users will finally get Chrome 12 as well as Firefox 5. These version will include: increased productivity, fixed bugs, and optimization. Also, interface changes.
Recently Google announced a compilation of Chrome browser for developers version 12.0.712.0. Among all the new ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-6641126197976552622011-04-02T21:03:00.000-07:002011-04-02T21:03:30.039-07:00Crunchy Logistics equipped the first multi-touch bar in U.S.Company Crunchy Logistics published a video in which they show the first 8.5 m long bar stand, the top of which is covered multi-sensor display. Sensor panel accepts commands from unlimited number of points.
This spectacular display will lighten up any modern interior. Control panel currently supports a few effects which are triggered when someone or something touches the panel. Effects are, ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364916510451597580.post-27552134295686730462011-04-02T20:48:00.000-07:002011-04-02T20:48:35.993-07:00Chieftec Nitro 88+: power supply of 80Plus Silver classCompany Chieftec presented their new power supply, called Nitro 88+, which differs by its cable connections and 80Plus Silver certification. Chieftex Nitro 88+ is aimed for use in gaming systems.
Nitro 88+ power supplies include one line of +12 V, 140-mm fan and followed ATX 12V 2.3 standard. Announced time frame of operation is 100 thousand hours.
This line of power supplies includes 650, 750ultimatumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127680290757641553noreply@blogger.com0