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From the house of Green House, we can present you today a new impetus to introduce flash-based storage devices that are in Half-Slim SATA and mSATA form factor appearing in the trade.

Both new models feature a SATA 3.0Gbps interface, 64MB of DRAM cache, a controller of the company Phison and support for TRIM and NCQ on. Are the individual models are available with either SLC or MLC NAND Flash chips and we have you listed the various options:

SLC-based models with read / write speed

• 1GB per second with 29/17MB
• 2GB per second with 55/34MB
• 4GB per second with 100/65MB
• 8GB per second with 120/100MB
• With 120/100MB 16GB per second

MLC-based models with read / write speed

• 4GB with 34/12 MB per second
• 8GB with 66/24 MB per second
• With 120 16GB / 45MB per second
• With 135 32GB / 90MB per second
• With 200 64GB / 170MB per second
• 128GB per second with 200/200MB

The Raptor Gaming team has introduced a new headset, the H4 will appear as a Raptor Gaming Headset from late August at a price of 70 € in Europe. The new H4 headset will provide great sound and can be used, among other things with the PC, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

Among the technical features of the Raptor H4 gaming headsets include a frequency range of 20Hz to 20kHz, a microphone, a control function on the cable and the 40-millimeter speakers that are housed in the earpieces.

From Verbatim, we present the new Portable USB Audio Bar, Which comes as a new sound system for portable devices like laptops and netbooks used.

The new USB audio bar is connected via the USB interface on the device, and can thus receive and play back audio content. The approximately 108 gram USB audio bar appears in the black piano lacquer finish and has the dimensions 200 x 34 x 34 millimeters.

In addition to a red LED power indicator, there is added a clip mechanism, Which can be the USB Bar Audi simple and straightforward fix on a laptop or netbook.

Anyone interested in the USB audio has a bar, Verbatim can buy these at a price of € 19.90.

From Verbatim, we are now moving on with the new Store ‘n’ Stay USB sticks, which will appear in capacities of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB of storage space in the trade. The starting price for the new USB sticks is the equivalent of around 15 € and they can be used and higher in combination with operating systems like Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 or Mac OS 9.x.

All new USB flash drives appear in a sleek design and offers a USB 2.0 interface for connection to a laptop, PC or Mac.

From AMD, we move on with another Radeon HD6450 graphics card, which, though starting from the February 2011 is already available, but only in the range of OEMs. AMD Radeon HD 6450 brings the new low-end graphics card is now available for regular customers in the trade and the new model appear at a price of about 55 € in the trade. We offer you at this point the technical data:

* 40nm GPU Caicos
* Low-profile design
* TDP of 27 watts
* 160 Stream Processors
* 8 texture units
* GPU clock speed of 750MHz
* 64-Bit Interface
* 512MB GDDR5 graphics memory with 3600MHz clock speed
* Passive cooling
* GPU clock speed of 625MHz
* Interface: D-Sub, DVI, HDMI 1.4

Nowadays companies have to deal with a huge number of documents. These documents can variety from accounting, legal paper work and technical documentation. A great amount of the company’s resources have to be allocated to manage documents. However, computer software has made this job much easier and also less costly. This software is called Document Management Software. So you have to choose proper things for your business.

Here the features of a good Document Management System —
• A good document management system has to maintain a warehouse for the electronic documents.
• It must have a searching option for searching the documents.
• It must have use logical archive and physical archive for document and information storage.
• It must have a workflow management to automate the flow of documents and information in the work process.
• It must have the ability to incorporate with other software that used by the company for other purposes.
• It must have the ability to put all the documents into a defined workflow.
• It must use four Ws (Who, What, Where, When) to supply audit data.
• It must have to comply with regulatory requirements such as retention, backup, security, etc.
• It must have to contain technological solutions for electronic capture, indexing and permanent storing of formatted output data (printed pages) in electronic format.
• The check-in and checkout process must be simple and quick.
• The ability of previewing a document before actually checking the document out of the vault is a good of a document management system.
• It must have a useful method for ensuring or checking unauthorized access to documents.
• Document storage system varies from organization to organization. Therefore, a good document management system must be flexible enough and customizable enough to suite an organization’s needs.
• An organization has different departments. Therefore, a DMS must have the ability of interconnecting different departments of the company to store the documents in a central warehouse.

Different software may have different special features but these are the features that are needed for making a document management software a good one.

It has been a problem to almost all personal computer owners to have their computers shut down without any warning. Many of us are confused why this is happening to our computers. To keep away those doubts and questions we have in mind. Below are some of the possible reasons why our computer will shut down without warning.

The possible causes why a computer would turn off without any warning include heat related issue, hardware issue or error, computer virus, issue with operating system, and other failing hardware.

Heat related issue – this can be the reason why your computer turns off without warning. Majority of the computers today and designed to automatically shut off or reboot if any of the computer’s devices gets too hot. On the other hand, unusual noises created by your computers like high squealing can be an indication that your computer fan is not functioning properly.

Hardware issue or error – is another cause why a computer will turn off without any warning. It is important for you to know that any hardware components of the computer that fails to function regularly could cause a computer to turn off unexpectedly. If it happen that you have just added a new hardware device, it is advised to have it removed first to make sure that it is not the one that causes the issue.

Computer virus – when the computer automatically shuts off without warning, it can also be possibly caused by a computer virus, as there are some viruses that are designed to turn off your computer without warning by the time the virus infected the computer. One of the indications that your computer is infected with a virus is when it suddenly shuts off when executing a program. To avoid this thing to happen, make sure that your anti-virus is updated.

Issue with operating system – this can be the cause of your computer’s auto shut off issue if after checking all the possible causes mentioned above, the computer still shuts off automatically. To determine if it is really a OS issue doing the following steps could help.

• Reboot your computer and enter the CMOS setup.
• While in the CMOS setup, let the computer set for a while.

If after following the recommended step and the computer does turns off while at its CMOS setup, it is a clear indication that you are having an issue with your operating system.

Other failing hardware – if after trying to determine the issue with the possible causes mentioned above and has tried reinstalling a new operating system and the computer continues to shut off automatically still, other causes of the issue could be a hardware failure. Most of the time when a computer shuts off without warning, this can possibly because your RAM, CPU, Motherboard, and or power supply fails to function normally. Makin sure that a hardware failure causes the issue is to have your computer tested using a hardware in lieu of your computer’s hardware. If you do not have any extra parts to test your computer, it is advisable to have your computer checked by a professional.

When purchasing for a hard disk drive, there are many issues to consider first before finally purchasing a new one. It is also important that you understand and verify first if the hard disk drive that you plan to buy will be suitable for your need and does not possess any features that you may not need in the future. With the changing features of hard disk drives, it can be hard to determine what best suits for you.

Interface – when buying for a hard disk drive for your computer, it is important to know how it will communicate with your computer or better known as the interface that it will be using to communicate. Various interfaces are available and these include IDE/ATAPI/ATA, SCSI, and the external like USB, Fire wire, and parallel.

IDE/ATAPI/ATA – this interface is one of the most common and can be seen on IBM compatible computer. Generally, hard disks with this kind of interface are easy to install and customize.

SCSI – this is another known interface and is commonly found in Apple as well as IBM computers. Hard disk drive with SCSI interface can be a faster solution but in some cases is harder to install compared to IDE/ATPI, for in order to install a SCSI hard disk, a SCSI card and connection on the SCSI cable connecting to the SCSI card is necessary.

External (USB/Fire wire/Parallel) – today, external solutions are already available for our comfort. External interface include USB Hard disk drive, Fire Wire Hard Disk drive, and Parallel Hard Disk drive. When considering to purchase and external drive, looking into speed difference for data transfer is important as well.

Speed – when purchasing your hard disk drive, looking into the file transfer speed is another important factor to consider. One must note that long transfer rates can slow down ones computer especially when transferring larger files. The hard disk transfer speed can be determined in the form of RPM or the rotations per minute.

Aside from the abovementioned factors to consider when purchasing for a hard disk drive, there are still many factors to consider including the warranty, support, components included upon purchase, internal and external transfer rates, S.M.A.R.T., ATA, ATA/33, ATA/66, and the ATA/100.

Warranty is an important factor to consider for this will be your resource the moment your hard disk drive have defects that are covered with warranty, thus, can be replaced at no charge.

Support is another helpful factor to consider, for they will be the one you can lean on in times of troubles.

Included items like the cables, standard drive rails, instruction and diskette or CD for installation must be present upon purchase.

S.M.A.R.T. is a hard disk drive feature that warns users of possible problems or troubles, thus an important factor to consider.

The ATA interface is another feature that allows the hard disk drive to transfer files as a faster speed. If you are into transferring files more often, then, this is an important factor for you to consider.

In addition, looking into your budget is another thing to consider, and thus, check prices first before buying.

Cooling fans are known to keep your CPU cool while in use. With today’s increase powers of computer processors, more cooling are needed, as today’s processors generates more heat. To keep your entire system maintains its best performance and safety, adequate cooling is required.  Since cooling system is important for your system’s performance and safety, you must make sure that your CPU cooling fans are fully functional.

The easy and simple to follow steps in checking if your CPU cooling fun are fully functional are mentioned below.

To check your CPU cooling fan’s performance, checking your CPU fan’s physical condition must be done first. In order to do this, you must first take off the side of your computer casing in order for you to see the CPU fan that is installed inside. You will then consult with your motherboard’s instruction booklet to make sure that your CPU cooling is plugged to a power lead that is adequate enough for your fan’s needs.  After you have checking and is now sure that the fan is plugged appropriately, it is now the time to turn on your PC to make sure that the installed fan is spinning. If it happen that your CPU cooling fan is not spinning, turning off your computer immediately is recommended.

After you have discovered that your CPU cooling fan is not spinning, the next step that you will do is to unplug your processor’s fan and have it plugged into another power lead. Instructions on finding for an alternative power lead can be found in your motherboard’s instruction manual. Though each motherboards are slight different from each other, most of the time, alternative power lead are located immediately to the right of the processor.

After you have plugged your CPU cooling fan to an alternative power lead, you then now turn on your computer to see if the fan is spinning.

After you have checked the physical condition of your CPU cooling fan, it is now time for you to check on the fan’s functionality.

In order to check your CPU cooling fan’s functionality, the first that you will do is to turn on your computer with the side cover of your casing open still. After that, you will have to download “Prime95 stress test”, the program that will make sure that your processor is working 100% well.

After you have done that step, the next thing that you will do is to run the stress test and watch out for your fan. If after you have started the stress test, your CPU cooling fan begins to spin faster, then it is a clear indication that your fan is functioning properly and is at its 100% capacity.

With the above simple to follow steps in checking for your CPU cooling fan’s functionality, surely, your computer will now be at its best always, maintains its proper performance, and is safe from overheating or damage due to lack of cooling system or due to a malfunctioned cooling fan.

Getting a website is now almost everybody’s business online. Of course, there is always an option of hiring those professionals to the excellent wed design for us. However, is not it great if we can do it ourselves, and this will be a dream no more with the various affordable web design software that we have in the market today. One can see various web design software for those aspiring designers of different level.

Before you are going to purchase your web design software, let us all know first what you should have to look for in web design software.

Ease of Use – this is an important thing to consider buying design software especially to those newbies, as not all of us have an extensive training in web design programs or scripting languages. In this response to this situation, an effective web design program is the one that is easy to use even for those newbies in web designing. It is of big help though for the aspiring designers to have a basic knowledge about markup languages and multimedia technologies, and any software with WYSIWYG or What You See Is What You Get components and intuitive interfaces can be a better choice.

Features – no matter what we are going to buy, we always check out with the features, and this is also applicable in buying for the right web design program for us. Generally, successful websites have the best of web 2.0 together with some proven design elements. When buying for your web design software, it is best to consider those that have utilities for inserting links, images, tags, and keywords. Another great feature that web design software must have is a security feature like site backup. This will allow the users to have the previous versions of the available in case of unwanted crash.

Tools – is another factor that one should look into when purchasing web design software. A great web design software are those that include various tools for comfort like utilities for photo editing, HTML editing, and site creation wizards, as this will help every user to create their web design fast and easy. Another tool that one should expect in his or her web design software is a server communication utility that is integrated into it so that one can upload new pages to his or her website easily.

Support – it is important for every user to have someone to lean on or ask to every time he or she is having trouble with the software. In this regard, a support system like a user forum, email support, product updates, manuals and tutorials are important elements to look for in well-rounded web design software.

Value – we always consider prices when buying for something. Of course, we want value for our money, which is also true when purchasing for the right web design software.

If you are one of those who are planning to buy for web design software, we hope that mentioned above have guided you in choosing for the right software for your success.

Website owners, online marketer, and earners are obviously familiar with the so-called Google PR ranking. However, how does thing PR thing calculated? All of us wanted to have higher PR and let us know together how our PR is calculated, but first, let us know what a page rank is. A page rank is a numeric value representing a website’s importance on the web. Ranking takes place when a page links to another page, thus casting a vote for a page. The more links a page have, the more it is important on the web. In addition, the linking page’s importance also determines how important the vote is. So, how a page rank is calculated? First, the page’s inbound links or the links within the site and links from outside the site are taken into account first with a formula of PR9A)=(1-d) +d *SUM ((PR(I->A)/C(I), wherein: PR(A) is the page rank of your page, d is the damping factor, which is usually sets to 0.85, PR(I->A) is the page rank of Page I that contains a link to page A. On the other hand, C(I) is the number of links of page I, PR(I->A)/C(I) is the PR value page A receives from page I. Finally, SUM (PR(I->A)/C(I) is the sum of all PR values page A receives from pages with links to page A. To make the equation or formula simple, the PR of a pageA is determined according to the PR of every page that has a link to the pageA. Thus, every time a page pointed to pageA, the PR of the pointing page is then divided by the number of links it has. The resulting value will then be cumulated and will then be multiplied by 0.85, and then 0.15 will be added to the result and the PR number will be determined. To explain further a page votes an amount of PageRank to each page that it links to, which is a little less than it own PageRank value, which is also divided between all the pages that it links to. With the above explanation, we can then conclude that a link from a page with PR4 and 5 outbound links has a higher worth than a link from a page with PR8 and 100 outbound links. We all know that the PageRank of the page linking to our page is important, but we must not that the number of links the page linking to us has is also important because the more the links the page linking to our page has, the lesse the PR value we can receive. One must also note that the moment he or she votes its PageRank value to other pages, it will not reduce his or her PageRank, for voting does not mean giving away PageRank value but simply a vote according to the number of shares held. Now that we have the basic idea of how a Google PageRank is calculate, we now have the idea on how to increase our PageRank value.