Know more of your Laptop Battery

16 Jan 2008 In: Laptop

Laptop Battery

Laptop battery plays an important role on laptop as it serves as the source for laptop to handle its task. Taking care of your laptop battery could be a great idea to keep your laptop run longer. Most laptop batteries can hold a charge up to five to eight hours. Laptop users are commended to remove the laptop battery while laptop is running on electricity source. The fact is when the battery is in place while using the electricity as a source of power, your laptop is still running on battery even when it is plugged in. Removing laptop battery in this case will help you save electricity and at the same time extends the life of your laptop.

Some laptop batteries easily heat up especially when it is used in a longer time. This is specially true to laptop with low specifications. Specifications include the model of the battery and laptop processor.

There are some laptop owners who were skeptical with the idea of removing the laptop battery while it is being plugged for use. This is because placing the laptop battery in and out could damage the battery. Experts in the industry greatly suggest that first time buyers for laptops should look carefully at the specification of the laptop on how to take care of the laptop battery before doing some actions.

Protecting Your Laptop Against Potential Damage

16 Jan 2008 In: Laptop

 Laptop

High quality laptops usually could last up to several years of use. The life of the laptop has a great relation on how the owner takes care of it. Here are the list of potential risk that will surely help you protect your laptop and extends its life.

 Connectivity as an issue       

Most laptop nowadays has a wireless feature that enables a user to easily connect to the Internet in a Wi-Fi hot spot. Getting connected in the Internet could bring you closer to malicious programs such as virus. Viruses can deteriorate the performance of your laptop and worst destroy your important files. To keep your files protected, install a latest anti-virus and update it regularly.

 Keep away from scratches

New laptops usually come with a free carrier bag. Keep the laptop inside the bag when laptop is not in use. Doing so will reduce the incidence of scratching and smears.

Temperature Control

If you notice that laptop is overheating, immediately turn it off and keep it cool for a while. Laptop usually has a maximum internal operating of 45 degrees. You can also download free software that can monitor the heat status of your laptop

Proper placement and location

Most laptops usually exert a huge amount of heat at the bottom obstacles that distracts the airflow like p obstacles that distracts the airflow like placing a laptop from a blanket and other soft surfaces.

Other external factor to consider

Just like other physical objects, laptop computers are also prone to moisture. Heat and dirt can cause damage to your laptop.

Avoid direct contact

Laptops are so sensitive. Keep your laptop away from direct exposure to sunlight. Place the laptop in a safe and appropriate environment.

Beware of spills

Keep you laptop away from any form of liquid. Avoid eating or drinking near the laptop. This will keep the laptop safe against unwanted spills.

Taking care of laptop is a primary responsibility of the owner. Following the simple ways will help you protect and extend the life of your laptop.
 

More About Data Security

15 Jan 2008 In: Data and Viruses

Data Security

Data Security plays an essential role for a business success. Keeping data secured should be a top most priority for most businesses especially where the use of computer is involved.

Creating backups using dedicated servers is a great way to maintain the security of data since computer systems are subject to failure and accidents.

Once of the biggest problems is the computer virus. Viruses destroy a great number computer files every year. One good idea for a business to protect the security of data is to have a separate computer that would store the data. This computer should be well-updated and disconnected to the internet as much as possible to avoid internet risks.

Data recovery would entail a big amount of money. Subsequently, there are some data that would no longer be recovered and creating backups and other counter measures would be helpful to avoid data loss in the future.

World’s Most Costly Viruses

15 Jan 2008 In: Data and Viruses

Virus
It has been said that the World Wide Web is the second best invention ever made. However, just like other man-made inventions, the Internet has its own menace. Foremost of the known menace is the virus.

A commuter virus is an executable piece of code that infects or attached it self to others s commuters.

Most of the computer viruses are considered malicious which infects and delete files. It is estimated that one in every e-mails circulating contains viruses. Virus are growing and propagating more effectively these days.
Viruses and their damages:

Love Bug

Love Bug is computer virus infects information system has caused a damaged of 5.5 billion US Dollars. Love Bug is also know as the “I Love You Virus”. It is estimated that 10 percent of all computers connected to the Internet were infected during the time of this virus.

Melissa

This virus was detected on March 29, 1999 and shut down Internet mail systems that got clogged with infected e-mails. It is designed for harm and can mass e-mail itself through Microsoft Outlook 97 or 98. This virus reached a damaged of 1.2 billion US Dollars.

Nimda

It has disrupted many of Internet users across Asia, United States and Europe. Nimda got its name from the backward spelling of “Admin”. Just like Code Red virus, it infects computers and slows down the performance of the Internet. Nimda is designed to propagate quickly among personal computers. However, it does not erase files. It spreads itself with the attachment named REDME.exe. Nimda is the first worm the modified websites and used normal end user machines to search for other vulnerable websites. It infects Windows 95, 98, NT4, ME and 200 users. It infected $370 million worth of damage.

Code Red

The other popular term for this virus is I-worm or Bady. This is a self-propagating virus and produced another variant called Code Red II. It takes advantage of a hole in the Microsoft Internet Information Server or IIS web software. However, this virus does not infect Windows 95, 98 and ME.

The difference between the original Code Red to Code II is that Code Red II installs a backdoor into the systems it infects. The Code Red virus cost $ 2.6 billion worth of damages world wide.

Vietnam to Regulate Blogging

15 Jan 2008 In: Blogging

Blog

Blogs have been exploded in this country in recent years. Blogs sites have been popular especially among professionals and youth.

The Vietnamese government said in a statement that that they need to regulates blogs to avoid the incidence of sexually explicit content on web.

The issue about the Spratly Island is just one of the hottest topics debated over the Internet. This particular issue has sparked protest and cause public disorder. The ministry in charged with the regulation said it was now drafting the rules that would penalize bloggers who post sexually and subversive blog contents. The Vietnamese government is concerned about the country’s foreign affairs.

Since it is impossible to control the Internet, the government of Vietnam believes that there will be no one will be able to supervise web blogs better than the bloggers themselves.

What Makes Compact Disks Sensitive?

15 Jan 2008 In: Data and Viruses

Compact Disks

Compact disks are generally made of plastics. Unlike floppy disks, they are not sensitive to magnetic fields. Compact disks follow the principle of light reflection. It has a laser inside that is primarily used to read data. The moment when the laser is focused onto the compact disk, the beam gets reflected to a point containing data. If there is something that breaks the path of the laser light, like for instance the dust or dirt, this may result to a refraction of light causing data loss to the reading source.

One of the reasons why compact disks don’t usually run when being played is that there might be something that obstructs the laser from reading the compact disk. Dusts and fingerprints are just some of the most common causes of destruction of CD’s. It is strongly recommended to clean the shiny surface of the CD in the moment that they CD will no longer play. Using a piece of cotton to clean the CD and place it properly inside a CD case to avoid exposure to dust.

Buying some CD kit could help extend your CD’s life longer. DVD’s on the other hand, also works the same principle with compact disks. However, DVD’s are more sensitive as compared to compact disks.

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