Saturday, October 31, 2009

Maintain Your Office Printer with Quality Laser Printer Parts

A laser printer should give you excellent print quality for text, graphics, and photos, and the equipment should be maintained with quality laser printer parts for peak performance. Parts wear out with regular use, and in addition to parts replacement, maintenance intervals should be followed. The maintenance kits include directions and parts, and should be installed at the manufacturer?s recommended time frame. Parts in a maintenance kit typically include paper pickup rollers, paper feed/separation rollers, a transfer roller, and a fuser assembly.

Commonly replaced parts of a laser printer include system boards, fuser assemblies, and toner cartridges. The system board provides electrical connections so the system can communicate. The fuser assembly uses heat and pressure to make the ink permanent on the paper. The toner cartridges (ink) can be remanufactured, refilled, or recycled, and need to be replaced based on usage.

Self tests should be performed when your printer is working well, so that an accurate comparison can be made when your printer is not working. Replacing laser printer parts and maintaining your laser printer assures that the printer performs as expected and you avoid premature failure. Check for software updates recommended by the manufacturer and clean and dust your printer regularly.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Journey at Dell till now

I always believed that the end of one journey(in this case IIIT) marks the beginning of the other(in this case DELL) and this journey for me has been as good as the one at IIIT if not better. Well the joining procedure began with a shocker as all the Dell selected students had to attend a induction program on May 13th which incidentally was about the mid date of the planned batch tour and we were told strictly not to miss out on the induction program. As if this shocker wasnt enough, they had more shockers in store left for me. Our offer letter stated that we were to join on or before July 20th and as expected all of the other joinees had selected the last date which was July 20th as the joining date so that they could make the most out of the last set of summer holidays they could get. If you are still wondering why was it a shocker to me then you are not wrong, even I wouldn’t mind a long summer vacation but my problem was that July 20th is my birth date and then this was not my 1st time that my birth date was occupied by some occasion [If you guys still remember 19th July,2005 was our joining date in IIIT and incidentally 20th July was my first day in an hostel ever and our first class took place on that day] .

During the morning session of the Induction day, we had a formal introduction of Dell IT in Hyderabad which mainly comprises of DBI and EBI [but it contains few teams of EST and DBA's as well]. After lunch we had a campus walk with our seniors at Dell in which they showed pretty much everything including the Gym, Bunker rooms, Badminton courts, parking lot, cafeteria etc and then they introduced us to what they said would be our home at Dell for the first few months (Training room ). The afternoon session comprised of Pay Package explanation and few other things I don’t remember at the time of writing this post but the sad part was that the pay package explanation seemed like Greek and Latin to me [while listening itself I was like I can ask my father about it later]. The day ended with a high tea with all the IT managers and I was surprised at the way there were interacting with us , they were ubercool and were cracking jokes on each other like anything. Incidentally I had a chat with my current manager on that day itself and He asked me whether We have the habit of drinking [there were few of my batch colleagues there beside me] except for 1, the other 3 of us replied ‘No’ then he stated that he wouldn’t like to have a person who doesn’t drink in his team in a cool way [Now only time will tell if I start social drinking but I think it is a more of a no than a yes]. The day ended with they giving us with a return gift to take home (

And then I had to turn up on our joining date at Dell with no knowledge of what the hell is going to happen. By the time I reached few of the other new joinees had already turned up at that place [Oh I haven't mentioned anything about them. Dell IT,Hyderabad had recruited 15 people from 3 colleges this year( 5 from IIIT, 7 from CBIT, and 3 from JNTU which comprised of 9 boys and 6 girls ( for more details I would like you to do the math with all the known facts and yeah please don't refrain from assuming a few facts )).  Surprisingly according to the Security, our names were not in the list of people who were supposed to join on that day but then I pointed out it to him that he was seeing the list of people who were supposed to join on june 20th instead of searching our names on the July 20th list. More shocks as our names weren't there on that list either and then finally after someone rang up the HR and told what was going on, we were allowed to move into the induction room. What happened in the induction room is all the blah blah blah blah stuff that people talk about (yeah, includes payroll(not that I am not interested), security, code of conduct, and blah blah) but the point to be mentioned about is the fact that we were handed a file with about half a dozen forms to fill in with all sorts of confusing columns and headers which we took about 5-6 hours to fill(most of them weren't complete yet … and the fact that they needed so many details was irritating in the first place and was an mission impossible kind of a thing in the second place). By the time I reached home it was already like 8.30PM and it was supposed to by birthday …. with no enthusiasm left whatsoever all I could do was relish on good homemade food.

The 2nd day was also kinda boring with us filling the forms which we had left incomplete the previous day. By god’s grace [I couldn't have taken it any longer] we were asked to move onto the floor after lunch. In the evening we were taken to the training room in the IT floor for a session from the Training & Resource Manager who flew all the way from Bangalore (I know its not that far away). He told us about the training program, schedule, instructors etc and left us with the schedule of the whole thing. The next 3 days were really interesting and that is from where I shall continue on my next blog post.

PS 1: One of my friends happens to be from Rajahmundry which incidentally happens to be the place from which I came to Hyderabad. People from Rajahmundry are kind of haunting me(Not that I have a bad record over there) … they did in IIIT and now over here too.

PS2: As always at least one of my batch mates is younger to me …. Why do people not let me occupy this place :’( .

Updates from office:

1) Slowly gaining in lost trust among the BAs with more efficient work and giving them almost realtime updates (I know I generally keep people updated).

2) Our offsite was a success and has helped me know a lot more people among the EBI floor(EBI is the department I work for JustInCase You didnt know).

3) Listening to black eyed peas has become boring … Need to find some new band.

4) Nov 10th is expected to be the day I put my project in production so I have set myself a deadline of Nov 3rd.

Dell cienko przędzie

W dellu jest cienko. Bardzo cienko. Jest tak niewyobrażalnie cienko, że nawet laptopy produkują cienkie. Wszak Dell Adamo XPS to jeden z najcieńszych laptopów na świecie. W dodatku przez niektóre osoby model ten jest uznawany za mityczne zwierze. Pełni on rolę jednorożca . Tak więc możecie sobie wyobrazić moje zdziwienie faktem wypuszczenia informacji na temat jego specyfikacji. No kurcze, jakby mi wylądował E.T na ganku to bym się mniej zdziwił. A tu proszę, coś takiego jak Adamo XPS jednak istnieje i w dodatku jest wyposażone w dwurdzeniowy procesor Intela 1.4GHz lub 1.9GHz. Do tego został dołożony dysk twardy SSD o pojemności 120 lub 180 giga, 4GB pamięci RAM DDR3, grafikę Intel GMA X4500MHD. Efekty działania tego zestawienia będziemy mogli sobie obejrzeć na monitorze o przekątnej 13,4 cala w rozdzielczości 1366 x 768 pikseli. Nice teraz trzeba tylko poczekać na wieńce danych i być może szykuje nam się przebój gwiazdkowy od firmy Dell.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Top 10 Enterprise Features in Windows 7

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise is designed to meet the evolving needs of users and IT professionals alike. Explore the top 10 features that will also make CIOs smile.

Desktop operating systems are geared toward making life easy for end users—and Microsoft Windows 7 is no exception. Performing everyday tasks and working on new projects is designed to be more intuitive than with any previous Windows system. The Windows 7 OS is also designed to be fast, reliable, and more secure than the Windows XP and Windows Vista® operating systems. Most importantly, productivity enhancements help remove barriers that prevent access to information, regardless of where the data is stored.

At the same time, the Windows 7 Enterprise platform helps simplify management by making it easy for IT organizations to meet diverse client requirements. It offers enhanced security and control by building on the security foundation of Windows Vista, and delivers additional flexibility for IT teams charged with securing desktop and mobile client systems and data. In addition, because administrators can often leverage the same tools and skills they use with Windows Vista for Windows 7 Enterprise desktops, laptops, and virtualized environments, the transition requires minimal training—freeing IT staff to focus on strategic projects.

Ten key features of Windows 7 Enterprise work in conjunction with the Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 OS to advance enterprise efficiency:

  1. DirectAccess connectivity: As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and many employees work remotely at least part of the time, the question of productivity becomes increasingly critical. To be as productive as they could be in the office, workers must be able to connect to enterprise resources seamlessly and securely.
    The DirectAccess feature enables mobile users to access enterprise resources simply and securely when out of the office—without the extra step of initiating a virtual private network (VPN) connection. This capability helps to simplify IT management by allowing for an “always managed” infrastructure, which helps ensure that client systems used by mobile workers remain healthy and updated.
  2. BranchCache™ local caching: For large enterprises with several branch offices and centralized applications, low network responsiveness and slow connection speeds can create significant bottlenecks that hamper productivity and lead to a subpar user experience. The BranchCache feature helps address this issue by caching content from remote file and Web servers at the local branch office, which allows branch office users to access important information quickly. It supports commonly used network protocols to reduce the need for additional IT training. In addition, the BranchCache feature supports network security protocols such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPsec), helping to ensure that only authorized clients can access requested data. It also helps to reduce wide area network (WAN) traffic, boost network application responsiveness, and increase efficiency for end users accessing the content.
  3. AppLocker™ application control: For enterprises that demand the highest levels of compliance, administrators can leverage the AppLocker feature to dictate which applications are allowed to run on desktop and mobile client systems. This feature provides a flexible, easy-to-administer mechanism that allows IT organizations to exercise control over the infrastructure while also giving workers the ability to run the applications, installation programs, and scripts that they require to be productive. As a result, enterprises can enforce application standardization while also enhancing security and streamlining compliance.
  4. BitLocker™ security: Because mobile workers often take sensitive information with them on their laptops when they leave the office, encrypting hard drives and removable storage devices can go a long way toward preventing security breaches.
    The BitLocker feature gives IT administrators and end users the ability to right-click on a drive to enable BitLocker protection. By supporting automatic creation of the required hidden boot partition, BitLocker advances key management over previous versions of Windows. In addition, the BitLocker To Go™ feature offers data protection for removable storage devices and gives the IT team enhanced control over how removable storage devices can be used.
  5. RemoteApp™ access: Employees need the same programs when they are working remotely that they use when they are in the office—but installing and maintaining those applications on every laptop can be a serious hurdle for IT staff.
    The RemoteApp feature for Windows 7 Enterprise is designed to enable end users to access the programs they need without actually installing them on the remote computer. Because IT staff can make application updates centrally, this feature helps save administration time and reduce maintenance costs. Updates can then be distributed automatically when users log in.
  6. Multilingual support: Instead of creating a separate image for each language used in the enterprise, administrators can use Windows 7 Enterprise language packs to support several dozen different languages using a single Windows master image.
  7. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI): Designed to improve end-user productivity while also simplifying desktop administration and security for IT staff, VDI supports desktop functionality using virtual machines hosted on servers. It allows users to access their desktops remotely, as well as reuse virtual machine images to boot a physical desktop, laptop, or workstation. VDI also helps reduce IT maintenance overhead by centralizing management and avoiding the need to perform patches and upgrades on each physical computer in the enterprise.
  8. Image management: For organizations that support multiple operating systems and configurations, image management can be a complex, time-consuming, and costly task. But with the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool in Windows 7, IT administrators can build and service OS images using a single consolidated tool set.
    Image management tools built into Windows 7 Enterprise allow administrators to add optional components; add, enumerate, and remove third-party device drivers; add language packs and apply international settings; and maintain an inventory of offline images. Administrators can also use DISM to manage Windows Vista system images, which helps to reduce administrative overhead and costs for mixed deployments.
  9. Power management: Desktop and mobile computers are responsible for a significant percentage of the power consumption in most enterprises. Because cutting down on energy consumption can help IT strategists improve the bottom line, Windows 7 Enterprise includes a variety of power management features designed to increase platform and processor efficiencies. For example, Windows 7 helps improve idle efficiency by minimizing resource utilization and enabling processors, disks, memory, and network activity to go into low-power states during extended periods of inactivity. In addition, technologies such as adaptive display brightness and low-power audio help conserve energy and contribute to an efficient, cost-effective enterprise.
  10. Windows PowerShell™ command-line shell: Used with Windows 7 Enterprise, the Windows PowerShell command-line shell and administrator-focused scripting language can help increase management control and enhance IT productivity. The tool helps simplify management of Windows-based servers, workstations, and applications through an interactive shell, scripting functions, and graphical interface applications. It offers more than 130 standard command-line tools and utilities as well as a consistent syntax to enable IT teams to accelerate automation easily. It is also designed to work with existing IT infrastructures and existing script investments to facilitate early adoption, learning, and use.

In these ways, Windows 7 Enterprise can help significantly boost client security and productivity while simplifying end-to-end IT management and control. For large enterprises intent on advancing business efficiency while reducing total cost of ownership, the question is not whether to migrate to Windows 7—but when.

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

HP, Ubuntu is no more, if it ever was.

According to the blog of ever increasing entropy, HP have decided to kill off it’s FreeDesktop based Mi netbook on the same day that Microsoft Windows 7 came out.

In a way this is both surprising and not surprising to me.

It’s a surprise because I never figured Hewlett Packard for being this spineless and cretins. Throwing away large sums of development money in order to help short term OEM deals with Microsoft? Well sure, HP might be in pain from OEM contract terms from Microsoft Windows and it might make business sense this quarter. But surely someone in HP must have a sore arse, or are they all cowering behind their “good for business” mantra which must be fairly strong to protect them from doing the right thing for their future business.

Now I’m not surprised that the Mi with Ubuntu pre-installed has ended. Yes that’s right folks, it was Ubuntu and it was even developed by Canonical on behalf of HP. They paid a pretty penny to have their own interface and customizations put into the OS.

But look at what they did, they rejected the idea of including the Ubuntu brand with their shipments. The only mention that it was a FreeDesktop at all comes from a note about it being “Linux based” (whatever that means these days).

There is a mutually beneficial arrangement when it comes to brand marketing in the community. Dell sells machines with Ubuntu on them and both Dell and the Ubuntu community benefit from that arrangement. Instead of my LoCo group marketing Ubuntu for just old machines that came with Windows, I could safely point people at Dell and let them buy new computers complete with Ubuntu. Dell benefits because they get customers from the community advocacy and the community gets a big well known OEM to give it credibility and a partner that can ship working systems for cheap.

But HP didn’t want that, they wanted to control the branding of the OS and it’s not a surprise that they didn’t get many people from the Ubuntu community recommending their products. It’s not a surprise that every time someone said “Lets get me an Ubuntu machine” they went to Dell instead of HP.

Which is shame, because HP’s printer division is a much better collaborator. And most of my LoCo peers recommend HP printers simply because we can be almost pretty assured that no matter which one is bought, it’ll work.

So to get back to Microsoft, they’ve shaped the market to make Windows more attractive than it would be on a level playing field, they’ve manipulated OEMs to such a degree that it makes a mockery of anti-competition laws. If you’ve got any doubt of the reasons why bug #1 has to be fixed, it’s because we shouldn’t have to put up with this reduction in fair competition.

If I were dictator of the world, I’d tax any desktops shipped without a FreeDesktop dual boot.

Android This Week: Verizon, Dell Join the Party; e-Books Abound

The Android (s goog) world is getting bigger all the time. After much speculation, Verizon (s vz) this week confirmed the introduction of its first Android phone with a slick advertising campaign. The Verizon Droid, which is expected to be announced next week, will be made by Motorola. (The handset was previously dubbed the Sholes.) The ad campaign includes TV spots in the U.S. listing the various ways that the Droid is better than the iPhone (s aapl). Based on press kits sent to the media, the Droid is expected to start shipping Nov. 9.

Meanwhile, recent announcements are making it clear that Android isn’t just a platform for smartphones — it can be leveraged on other devices as well. No fewer than three e-book readers based on the OS were announced this week, including Barnes & Noble’s (s bks) Nook, Spring Design’s Alex, and enTourage’s eDGe. All three of the readers bring unique qualities to the e-book reader space, and having open-source Android onboard opens the door to a wave of possible applications on the devices. Given the closed nature of the Kindle, Amazon (s amzn) could have reason to be nervous.

Plus, Dell (s dell) was spotted in Thailand showing off a UMPC with Android under the hood. The 5-inch Dell Streak has no voice capability, but uses Wi-Fi and 3G to provide ubiquitous connectivity. Not much is known about the little gadget, or if the company will add it to its offerings. But the video demo of the device shows a very compelling handheld web tablet.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Today's Best Market Rumors (10/20/2009) (NWS)(NVDA)(BCS)

Updated throughout the day.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are refusing to trade with faltering hedge fund Galleon  (WSJ)

Former News Corp (NYSE:NWS) No. 2 Peter Cherin is advising Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) on its bid to buy NBCU from GE (NYSE:GE)  (NYTimes)

Boeing (NYSE:BA) will post poorer-than-expected quarterly results (TheStreet.com)

Q4 GDP growth could jump to 5.5 %  (Forbes)

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) can search Twitter tweets, even if they have security protection.  (Mashable)

As Galleon sells holdings to fund redemptions some of the stocks it holds could come under price pressure. These include Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY)  (Barron’s)

Douglas A. McIntyre

ATi Integrated Graphics Card

Wie ich auf meinem Dell Vostro 1000 Windows 7 installierte, stellte ich nach der Installation fest, dass es keine Treiber mehr für die Onboardgrafikkarte gibt.
Zumindest sind bis jetzt keine Treiber auf der Atitreiberseite eingetragen. Vielleicht habe ich Glück und Ati stellt beim Verkaufsstart von Windows 7 einen entsprechenden Treiber bereit.
Windows hat nach der Installation über Windows Update einen Treiber heruntergeladen mit sich bis jetzt ganz passabel arbeiten lässt.
Verbaut ist eine Ati Xpress 1150.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Dell Inspiron Mini IM12 12.1 инча

По-големият брат на Dell за Inspiron Mini 9, Inspiron Mini 12 (модел IM12) в черен обсидиан по-голям 12,1-инчов екран с 1280 х 800 пиксела с висока резолюция резолюция. Той е идеален ипотпал за тийнейджъри, Tweens, пътешественици и “Пищялките”, за да сърфирате в уеб чат с приятели (и двата текста и чрез използване на вградена 1.3-мегапикселова уеб камера), поточно видео и audiocontent, и да качват по-определителен член-отивам снимки в блогове или социални мрежови сайтове. Стандарт вграден Wi-Fi е бърз и лесен достъп до безжичен интернет горещите точки у дома, на територията на колежа в местното кафене, в офиса или на конференция.

Супер тънък и ултра-портативни.
В Inspiron Mini 12 ипотпал се отличава с интуитивен Dell развит потребителски интерфейс дома екран, който е проектиран да позволяват лесно да намерите това, което търсите. Интуитивен икони връзка директно към групите на подобни приложения, като игри, уеб и развлечения, както и връзките към любимите мрежа за бърз достъп. Освен това, по произход екран може да бъде персонализиран, пускането си фаворити предна част и център.

Светло 12.1-инчов дисплей гланцирана е проектиран да бъде в състояние да представи уеб сайтове без много ляво право да превъртате, и клавиатурата е с големи и лесни за навигация. Други характеристики включват 80 GB твърд диск (капацитет, преди да е инсталирана ОС), 1 GB оперативна памет (533 MHz; максимален капацитет), интегрирана Wi-Fi и Bluetooth свързаност, три USB порта, 3-в-1 четец за карти памет, и до 3 часа от живота на батерията.

Той идва с предварително инсталиран Microsoft Windows XP операционна система за домашно, която предлага по-опитни потребители засилено и новаторски опит, който включва Windows Live функции като Windows Live Messenger за мигновени съобщения и Windows Live Mail имейл за консолидираните счетоводни отчети на вашия работен плот.

Ипотпал Dell Inspiron Mini 12 тежи само 2,72 кг.

Дори повече място за съхранение и достъп до вашите файлове
Dell си партнира с Box.net да предложи изключително уеб-базиран файлов съхранение, достъп и обмен на потребителите Inspiron Mini, включително безплатно основно с 2 GB пространство за съхранение на отдалечени това е разширяема до 25 GB. В Inspiron Mini 12 включва директен линк към DELL-изключителен начална страница на Box.net (www.box.net / Dell), ви предоставя лесен начин за добавяне на допълнителни онлайн пространство за съхранение, за лесно подреждане на цифровите ви живот. Граждани могат безопасно и сигурно качване на файлове от всякакъв тип, за да им кутия, включително снимки, видео, музика, документи и презентации, а след това достъп до тези файлове от почти навсякъде, с всяко устройство.

Освен това, с Dell за отдалечен достъп можете да намерите, използват и споделят вашия дигитален свят, дори когато се намират далеч от дома. Независимо дали използвате мобилния си телефон с уеб браузър, компютър извън дома си, или споделяте файлове и папки с един приятел, ще имате възможност за достъп до файлове и устройства в дома си от всяка точка с интернет достъп. Ето някои примери за това как можете да използвате Dell за отдалечен достъп:

Отдалеч от контрола на персонален компютър с Windows XP или Windows 7 на домашната си мрежа, като че ли седяха пред него.
Ако имате смарт телефон с документ зрители, можете да отворите презентации, електронни таблици и документи.
Направете снимка на телефона си и да го качите в папка на вашия компютър … и след акция на папката с един приятел.
Докато сте на почивка, трансфер снимки от вашата камера (с помощта на Интернет, свързан персонален компютър) в папка на вашия домашен компютър, така че вашите приятели и семейство може да види вашата ваканция в реално време.
Нови проектиран  Intel Atom Z520 използва съвсем нови 45nm (нанометра) проектиране структура с нови хафний-влива вериги – което намалява електрически ток в транзистора – запазване дори и повече енергия и ще ви даде повече време далеч от контакта на стената. Процесорът Intel Atom Z520 предоставя 1,3 GHz на процесора с предно-533 MHz шина (FSB) и 512 KB L2 кеш – която използва само 2 вата енергия. (An L2, или средно, кеш временно съхранява данни и по-голям L2 кеш паметта може да допринесе за ускоряване на ефективността на системата. ФСБ носи на данни между процесора и RAM, и по-бърз предната шина ще доведе до по-добро цялостно представяне.) Необходимо подкрепя на Intel архитектура 64-битовите компютри, които могат да разрешат използването на разширен виртуални и физически памет съвместима с 64-битов софтуер, както и на Intel Hyper-Threading технология за по-бързо многозадачност.

екран и Аудио
В ипотпал Inspiron Mini 12 е с 12.1-инчов LCD екран с TrueLife технология high-gloss/anti-reflective, който разполага с рязък контраст завърши това е много подходящ за потапяне в 3D игри и гледане на видео. Този преносим компютър е един високоговорител за моно аудио възпроизвеждане.

Мрежи, свързване & Разширяване
Този преносим компютър има вграден 54 грама безжична локална мрежа това е напълно съвместим с 802.11b / г безжични мрежи. С вградения Bluetooth връзка, можете да общуват и да се синхронизира с Bluetooth-давам възможност на периферни устройства като PDAs и мобилни телефони, както и използването Bluetooth-давам възможност на хендсфри слушалки за видео разговори. Той идва със следните външни конектори:

3 USB 2.0 порта за свързване на широк набор от периферни устройства – от цифрови фотоапарати за MP3 плейъри
Аналогов видео изход: 1 VGA
10/100 Fast Ethernet мрежа
1 слушалки (Line-Out) и 1 микрофон (Line-In)
3-в-1 четец за карти памет съвместима с Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital с голям капацитет (SDHC), Multimedia Card (MMC) и Memory Stick

Размери
Това Лаптопът е с размери 11,77 х 9,02 х 0,92 инча и тежи 2,72 килограма.

Какво има в кутията
Този пакет включва Dell Inspiron Mini IM12-2869, 3-клетъчна акумулаторна батерия, AC адаптер, както и печатни документация. Това е подкрепено от 1-годишна гаранция с пощата в експлоатация. Dell предлага разнообразие от услуги и допълнителни предложения относно възможностите, за да гарантирате устройства са лесни за използване и поддържане на оптимална производителност, в т.ч.:

Център за поддръжка на Dell: Dell Бърз достъп до услуги и подкрепа от иконата на работния плот, която осигурява автоматизиран поправки, подобрения и софтуерни инструменти, за да запазите вашата система актуална дата и работи ефективно.
DellConnect Remote Assistance: Dell експерти помогне диагностициране и решаване на проблеми, компютър чрез интернет връзка (достъпен само за Windows-базирани системи).

Friday, October 16, 2009

Dell Latitude E4300 Review

The Dell Latitude E4300 is Dell’s most powerful ultraportable machine released to date.  This 13.3″ notebook is powered by low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processors and boasts an incredible battery life and does not seem to be slow. Dell Latitude E4300 Specifications: Intel Core 2 Duo SP9600 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) 13.3″ LED WXGA LCD Screen (1280×800) 1GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM 80GB 7200RPM HDD Intel X4500MHD video card Backlit Keyboard Measured Weight: ~ 3.7lbs The Latitude E4300 starts at $1,349, which is fairly average for an ultraportable business machine.  However, we all know that the extra options and features always cost more – this notebook as configured will set you back by a staggering $2,054. Reviewers normally expect vertical viewing angles to be quite poor on notebook displays (because of the type of LCD technology they use).  The E4300 defined a new level of poor.  When viewing the screen from above colors quickly wash out and become unreadable, and when viewing the screen from below the screen fades away ever so quickly. Horizontal viewing angles were fortunately fairly good.  Viewing the screen from almost any position to the left and right of the notebook still produced a very readable display even though colors would start to wash out. Thanks NotebokReview for hard work!

The Dell Latitude E4300 is Dell’s most powerful ultraportable machine released to date.  This 13.3″ notebook is powered by low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processors and boasts an incredible battery life and does not seem to be slow.

Dell Latitude E4300 Specifications:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo SP9600 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
  • 13.3″ LED WXGA LCD Screen (1280×800)
  • 1GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
  • 80GB 7200RPM HDD
  • Intel X4500MHD video card
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Measured Weight: ~ 3.7lbs

The Latitude E4300 starts at $1,349, which is fairly average for an ultraportable business machine.  However, we all know that the extra options and features always cost more – this notebook as configured will set you back by a staggering $2,054.

Reviewers normally expect vertical viewing angles to be quite poor on notebook displays (because of the type of LCD technology they use).  The E4300 defined a new level of poor.  When viewing the screen from above colors quickly wash out and become unreadable, and when viewing the screen from below the screen fades away ever so quickly. Horizontal viewing angles were fortunately fairly good.  Viewing the screen from almost any position to the left and right of the notebook still produced a very readable display even though colors would start to wash out.

Thanks NotebokReview for hard work!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Greening the data center : The hype alert is chartreuse ...

This morning I just happened to read past Dell creates a “data center” in a briefcase. Will someone PLEASE slap the next perpetrator of ridiculous hype?

Dell’s “data center” consists of 2 servers, a Gigabit Ethernet switch, and a few miscellaneous parts in a case. Does this REALLY qualify as a “data center”? I mean, I’ve used the term “micro data center” to apply to small installations before but this is a “nano data center”! And how special is this, really? Give me a 19″ rackmount equipment case, 2 Rackable Systems half length 1U servers, and a few odd parts and I’ll build you your own “data center briefcase” too.

I recently commented on the hype about Disney “greening” their data center. What was their secret? Fix the air leaks in their raised floor, replace missing filler panels, and turn the temperature up. This is news?

This is like the paparazzi and the IT version of the National Enquirer. Just because it has a famous name attached to it doesn’t mean it’s anything special.

Vern, SwiftWater Telecom

data center, web hosting, Internet engineering

Acer стъпва на врата на Dell - продължава нагоре

 

 Според последна информация от фирмата за пазарни проучвания – Gartner Acer са задминали Dell и вече заемат тяхното второ място по пазарен дял в компютърния сектор за целия свят. Тази информация се базира на проучвания за третото тримесечие на 2009 година. За този период пазарния дял на Acer е скочил от 12,5% на 15,4%, докато Dell държат малко под 12,8%. Лидер продължава да бъде HP с 19,9%.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

How to enable PC/SC support for Dell Contactless Reader

Finally I found the solution!

In a follow up to my post on the “Dell embedded contactless reader“, here is how you enable PC/SC support for this reader.

Select Dell Latitude and Precision systems comes with an embedded contactless smart card reader. Out of the box, this reader is not PC/SC enabled. The contactless reader is only available through the CV chipset (Dell Credentials Vault), meaning that it will only work in PBA (Pre Boot Authentication), and when enrolling a contactless card through the Dell supported software (EmbassySuite/ControlPoint). 

PC/SC support means that you can use this reader in your own and third-party programs, by using the standard PC/SC smartcard API.
I have contacted Dell about PC/SC support for the contactless reader, but they could not provide me with any information (they barely knew what PC/SC was).
After some frustration, I started searching through the installed files (Broadcom/Wave Systems), and I finally found the solution.

There is a utility called “ushradiomode64.exe” in the folder “c:\Program Files\Broadcom Corporation\Broadcom USH Host Components\CV\bin”.

This utility takes 1 parameter, namely the operation mode of the Contactless Reader Radio:

Example to Enable CV Only Radio Mode:   ushradiomode -c Example to Enable Normal Radio Mode:   ushradiomode -n

“CV Only Radio Mode” is the default mode, and in this mode the reader is only available to the CV/PBA. In “Normal Radio Mode”, the reader becomes visible in Device Manager, and can be found when enumeration the PC/SC terminals attached to the system.

Here is how you enable “normal” mode (meaning that the reader will now become listed under “Smart card readers” in Device Manager):

  1. Make sure you have installed the latest version of the “Dell ControlPoint Security Device Driver Pack” from http://support.dell.com. (Latest version as of 2009-10-09 is v1.1.30 A07)
  2. Open command prompt:
    Start -> Run -> cmd.exe
  3. Type the following 2 commands: cd c:\Program Files\Broadcom Corporation\Broadcom USH Host Components\CV\bin ushradiomode64.exe -n
  4. reboot (to make windows load the PC/SC driver)

When the system starts up again, check Device Manager and confirm that there are now 2 entries under “Smart card readers”, both called “USB Smart Card Reader”. (1 for the Contactless and 1 for the Contacted smartcard reader).

I haven’t tested many cards yet, only retrieved the ATR from a 1k Mifare Classic Card (Btw: Contactless cards don’t have ATRs, the ATR is generated by the reader or PC/SC driver).

If you find time to play around with this reader through PC/SC, please let me know by posting a comment below. What cards did you test? Did everything work as expected?

I Want One (nawet jeśli nie ma jabłuszka)

Tak, chyba się zadurzyłam. I to mimo iż widziałam go tylko z profilu i w półcieniu. Obiektem moich westchnień (mam nadzieję, nie są to westchnienia “na wyrost”) jest Dell Adamo XPS.
Po konferencji 9/09/09, na której Dell zasygnalizował premierę nowego designerskiego Della Adamo, wreszcie poakzano jego pierwsze zdjęcia. No i cóż rzec – robią wrażenie. Druga inkarnacja Adamo ma być rekordowo cienka – komputer ma mieć zaledwie 9.9 (!!!) mm grubości. Oznacza to, że będzie cieńszy od mojego ukochanego MacBooka Air. Ciekawe, czy chłopaki by się polubiły Dokładna specyfikacja techniczna, data premiery rynkowej oraz oczywiście – cena nie zostały jeszcze ujawnione.

Strona nowego Della

Dell Adamo XPS

Dell Adamo XPS

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Short Interest Steady, Down In Other Techs

The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was steady in the period that ended on September 30 at 16 million shares.The bet being made against RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) rose 13% to 13% to 19.2 million.  The shares short in other major techs stocks dropped.

Shares short in Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCD) dropped 14% to 19.1 million. Shares short in Juniper (NADSAQ:JNPR) dropped 11% to 36.8 million. The short interest in Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC)  dropped 8% to 12.9 million shares.

Among major tech stocks Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) short interest was up 9% to 82.1 million shares. Shares short in Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) fell 3% to 60.7 million shares. Shares short in Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) rose 6% for 41.5 million. Shares short in Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) were down 7% to 40.2 million. The short interest in Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was down 3% to 30.9 million.

Among widely held stocks the short interest in Sirius SX (NASDAQ:SIRI) fell sharply by 16% to 89.3 million shares. Shares short in Cell Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CTIC) rose 11% to 42.4 million. The short interest in Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) was down 11% to 33.8 million. Shares short in Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) dropped 4% to 32.5 million.

The short interest in Merck (NYSE:MRK) rose 4% to 179.3 million. Shares short in GE (NYSE:GE) fell 5% to 130 million. The short interest in Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) rose 3% to 267.6 million. Shares short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) fell 33% to 118 million.

The short interest in Ford (NYSE:F) dropped 14% to 96 million. Shares short in Sprint (NYSE:S) fell 4% to 95.1 million. The short interest in AT&T (NYSE:T) rose 12% to 48.9 million and shares short in Verizon (NYSE:VZ) rose 19% to 47.2 million.

Data from NYSE and NASDAQ.

Douglas A. McIntyre

DELL VOSTRO A860

Conditie: second – impecabila

Display: 15.6 inch Widescreen WXGA (1366 x 768) – ratio cinematic 16:9

Procesor: Intel Celeron Dual Core T1500

Frecventa: 1.86 GHz

Memorie: 1G DDR II Ram

Hard disk: 120 G (5400 rpm)

Placa video: Intel GMA X3100 – shared

Unitate optica: DVD-RW

Wireless communication: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), bluetooth

Porturi: 1 x IEEE 1394, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA

Altele: Card reader 4-in-1

Tastatura: qwerty

Baterie: Li-Ion, 4 celule, 65 W (functional minim 2h)

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Greutate: 2.49 kg

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Dell meint es Ernst mit dem Android-Telefon

Der Test im fernen China hat es wohl gebracht, denn nun kündigte Computerhersteller Dell an, seinen Handy-Versuchsballon auch in Amerika starten zu lassen. Der “Mini 3i” läuft unter Android und soll für den Heimatmarkt noch aufgemöbelt werden.

Wir hatten schon in der Sommerpause über das flache Handy aus Texas berichtet. Von der Ausstattung her klang es bislang nach einem klassischen Me-too-Produkt: EDGE, aber kein Wi-Fi,  Bluetooth 2.0+EDR sowie GPS und eine Multitouch-Benutzeroberfläche (keine Tastatur). USB 2.0, MicroSD-Slot sowie 3-Megapixel-Kamera mit Autofokus, Blitz und digitalem Zoom sind ebenfalls an Bord. Die Chinesen fanden wohl Gefallen an dem androiden Mobiltelefon, denn mit verbessertem Gehäuse, einer höher auflösenden Kamera und anderen kleinen Tuning-Maßnahmen werde das Dell Mini 3i im Westen von der Leine gelassen. Gerüchteweise sei dafür die Nachrüstung mit WiFi/3G im Gespräch. Die Software-Ausstattung soll obendrein mit etlichen Libraries und Apps aus der Open-Source-Gemeinde aufgepolstert werden.
Als Vertriebspartner konnte Dell Telekomkonzern AT&T gewinnen. Anfang 2010 sei die Auslieferung geplant.
Für die Texaner ist das eine Premiere. Gewagt, denn der US-Markt ist heiß umkämpft. [rm]

[Wall Street Journal]

Dells China-Handy: Eher naja

Dell-Handy nur noch Tage weit weg – in China

MS-Kopfschmerzen: Googles Android wird zur Pandemie

Dell meint es Ernst mit dem Android-Telefon

Ode to Good Customer Service

If there’s anything @ComcastCare & @RichardatDell & the other brands on Twitter success stories have shown, it’s that good customer service still feels like an anomaly & people never seem to get tired of praising it. My reasoning has always been that we’ve got to continue to encourage this type of behavior, lest the big brands think us ungrateful & go back to not giving me the cable & internet I overpay for each month.

Such is the reason why today, when I encountered excellent customer service in the least likely place on earth—the DMV—I felt the need to repeatedly, desperately thank each lovely, wonderful employee who helped me. I found myself literally trying to come up with the words to properly express my extreme gratitude that these civil servants, who work in what has to be among the most depressing environments known to man, went out of their way to help lil’ ol’ me FINALLY, almost a year & a half after leaving Boston, obtain a California driver’s license.

I won’t go into details about what they did, but frankly, I shouldn’t have been able to get the license today. Even I’ll admit that. The red tape was all set up to stop me, but a few feisty California-DMV Santa Monica office employees worked together to beat the system for no real reason except to help me out. To me, it felt like nothing short of a miracle.

So, I’d like to take this opportunity to take back my statements in the past, in which I believe I referred to the DMV as “what hell must feel like.” Also, Zita from the Santa Monica office, if you’re out there reading this by any chance, I forgot to tell you, I really like your earrings.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Wisdom of the Masses

Your most valuable asset—employee knowledge—can be difficult to harness, but social media provides the tools you need to capture and distribute organizational knowledge effectively.

Regardless of your industry or the size of your company, your most valuable asset is the one that will never appear on your balance sheet: employee knowledge. This knowledge can be explicitly documented, in the case of policies and procedures, or it can be implicit—as in the case of relationships and experience. Both kinds of knowledge evolve over time as business conditions and the corporate culture change. And both can provide a competitive advantage when harnessed effectively.

For nearly two decades, enterprises have pursued formal knowledge management initiatives. A variety of technologies have been employed in the quest to streamline the flow of information, from centralized databases to search algorithms to Web-based portals. And while these efforts have helped to increase documentation and retain explicit knowledge, they often fell short on collecting implicit knowledge.

That’s where social media comes in. Because social media technologies mimic the way informal knowledge often flows in social relationships, they can be extremely effective for capturing information that may have been considered too anecdotal in the past (but is, nonetheless, important to the business). And because social media is designed to let information evolve over time as multiple contributors offer their own data, it can also provide more up-to-date knowledge than traditional knowledge management systems.

Build a Collaboration Culture

Organizations that use social media for knowledge management can benefit in indirect ways as well. In addition to encouraging more complete documentation of implicit knowledge, social media provides an intuitive, flexible platform for centralizing and indexing corporate best practices. This centralized resource can help to bring new employees on board quickly and effectively—as well as strengthen a culture of collaboration for all workers. It may even help to shorten product development cycles and reduce redundant work across departmental lines.

In many enterprises, critical knowledge has traditionally remained siloed within business units or functional groups. Social media can exploit the real-life relationships among employees in different areas of the business to help break the de facto boundaries for corporate information and, in turn, foster greater innovation.

In some cases, using social media for knowledge management can help enterprises solve tough problems quickly and with very little (if any) investment. This technique is called crowdsourcing. As the theory goes, massive collaboration within a large group tends to generate a better solution to a problem than experts working alone. The technique implicitly recognizes that good ideas can come from anyone—regardless of formal qualifications or expertise. A social media framework reinforces this viewpoint by flattening the organization and rewarding contributors whose ideas rise to the top.

Your Information-Gathering Arsenal

Enterprises can use several social media technologies to collect and distribute valuable employee knowledge. Wikis are perhaps the most important of these tools. By giving employees the ability to create and edit interlinked entries on the company’s internal network, wikis help simplify the gathering and indexing of corporate knowledge. And because wikis facilitate collaborative editing, they can be corrected, appended, and expanded by other employees over time—a practice that encourages accuracy and completeness.

Internal blogs can also capture key employee know-how. If your IT department enables author-generated meta-tags, these blog posts can be included in network-wide search results and incorporated into the larger body of enterprise knowledge.

Best Practices for Encouraging Participation

Implementing social media technologies to capture organizational knowledge is one thing—but actually getting employees to use them is another. If you’re just getting started with knowledge management or social media, a handful of best practices can help increase your odds of success. The following guidelines can help ensure that your social media initiatives will catch on:

  • Get top executives on board. Without the endorsement of top managers, employees may feel that time spent contributing to knowledge management systems is not considered legitimate work time.
  • Get feedback from users before you roll out social media tools. How will employees actually use the social media tools you are considering? Do they find the technologies intuitive and straightforward? By reaching beyond the bounds of the IT department during the design phase for your knowledge management infrastructure, you can identify and correct any perceived obstacles to participation before rolling out the system company-wide.
  • Give the system time to catch on. Social media—especially when used to collect and distribute implicit employee knowledge—relies on voluntary participation. Although some employees may initially feel that they do not have the time or expertise to contribute to the corporate knowledge management infrastructure, a positive executive example can help increase widespread participation over time. The base of archived knowledge will also increase as employees begin updating and augmenting wiki entries in the course of their own work.
  • Recognize and reward top contributors. Social media gives everyone within the organization—not just people recognized as experts by virtue of their formal training or title—an opportunity to contrib­ute ideas. These discussions often cross departmental lines and therefore cannot be limited to input from just one area of the business. Sometimes, the best ideas may come from employees that work in a completely unrelated business group. By providing community recognition of the best ideas, regardless of their source, knowledge management through social media can help promote a meritocratic corporate culture that rewards innovation rather than rank.

Although employee knowledge can be difficult to harness, social media offers a range of tools that can help you capture and distribute organizational knowledge effectively. With the right tools and a best-practices approach to knowledge management, your enterprise can be on the path to leveraging the best of what your employees have to contribute.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Alienware M17x - Portátil de Topo

Hoje em dia, escolher os componentes que queremos ter nos nossos portáteis, tornou-se quase tão vulgar como nos pc’s de secretária. A Dell, através da gama de dispositivos da Alienware, é um bom exemplo disso. Mas o preço destes bichinhos, será talvez a razão para as vendas não serem muito elevadas.
Cria o teu Dell Alienware
Como escolhi os componentes:
Clica para ver a descrição completa.
- Processador: É sem dúvida o elemento mais caro desta configuração, e que com o tempo baixará de preço. Trata-se de um sistema QuadCore, que sem dúvida pesa no preço desta configuração. Por menos £500, pode escolher o Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9800 (2.93GHz,1066MHz FSB,6MB L2 Cache) que também é uma excelente opção, com um preço muito mais acessível.
- Disco: O tamanho conta. O preço das drives SSD ainda está longe de rivalizar com os tipicos discos rígidos. E normalmente, quanto maior o disco, menor o preço por Gb que se paga.
- Memória: Na configuração do site, é possível escolher até 8Gb de SDRAM. Mas pagar £900 por 4Gb adicionais de SDRAM, é inaceitável para 99% da população mundial, por isso excluí essa hipotese.
- Gráfica: Se prefere a ATI em vez da NVIDIA, pelo mesmo preço tinha a Single 1GB ATI® GDDR5 Mobility™ Radeon™ HD 4870, ou então poderia optar por sistemas SLI/Crossfire. Mas na tecnologia actual, ainda não se justifica esse investimento, por isso optei pelo sistema com apenas uma placa gráfica.
- Leitor: O blu-ray está á porta, mas a sua massificação parece demorar. Ainda não se justifica ter gravadores de blue-ray, até porque hoje em dia, se queremos guardar as nossas fotos ou videos, temos os discos externos ou media centers. Mas um leitor é uma boa opção a pensar já no futuro.
- Ecrã: As duas opções existentes, um com 1440×900, outro com 1920×1200, com diferença de £80, justifica completamente a resolução adicional, neste portátil de topo, preparado para a alta definição actual, e outras futuras.
- Bateria: a bateria de 9 celulas era a única opção disponível, por essa razão, tem obrigação de dar bastantes horas em uso ao sistema. Claro que isto depende sempre do perfil energético defenido no Windows, e das aplicações que correm.
- Outros elementos: Na escolha do software, não escolhi nenhum elemento excepto o Windows Vista, infelizmente, o Windows 7 ainda não faz parte da lista de Sistemas Operativos disponíveis. Antivirus existem aos molhos, e felizmente, a grande maioria são de boa qualidade, e cada utilizador tem o seu preferido, que nunca lhe deu problemas.
- Garantia/Seguro: Ter um seguro contra acidentes, pode fazer a diferença entre ter sorte, ou deitar dinheiro ao lixo. Quem joga pelo seguro, terá sempre(/ou quase sempre) sorte.

No geral, temos um computador portátil, mas não muito. Porquê? Um pc de 17″, com todos estes elementos, nunca deverá pesar menos de 3Kg. Apesar disso, é uma máquina excelente para correr as aplicações mais exigentes. Mas de momento, os portáteis com menos de 17″, não têm espaço fisico para tantos elementos, o que coloca restrições na escolha dos elementos destes, e tira alguma liberdade na sua escolha. Nesta configuração, o processador QX9300 será talvez o elemento que não justifica o seu preço, o que torna o T9800 na melhor escolha, e baixa o preço da configuração para as £2200 ~~ 2 391.77 €.
E num futuro bastante próximo, o Windows 7 será a melhor escolha, em termos de Sistemas Operativos.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Eladó Dell C640 - 40.000 HUF

Processzor: 2000 MHz
Memória: 756 MB RAM
Winchester: 40 GB
Kijelző: 14″
Optikai meghajtó: CD-RW + DVD-ROM
Akkumulátor: 2 db közel 100%-os üzemidő kb. 4 óra (megfelelő beállítások esetén)
Portok: LPT, COM, S-Video, Mikrofon/Hangszóró
Hálózat: WiFi kártya, LAN (10/100), Modem
Ajándék: Dell manager laptop táska

Ára: 40.000 HUF

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