How technology has advanced. 2000-2010

Computers:

Year	Event
2000	Computers continue to work and the world doesn’t come to an end on January 1, 2000 as some feared might happen because of the year 2000 bug.
2000	Microsoft Bill Gates relinquishes his title as CEO  to MS President Steve Ballmer on January 13, 2000.
2000	CNR is introduced by Intel February 07, 2000
2000	Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000.
2000	U.S. Judge Thomas Penfield announced today after over 2-years in the court that Microsoft be split into two companies although will remain intact until the appeals process is exhausted.
2000	On March 10, 2000 NASDAQ hits its record high and marks the turning point of the dot-com boom.
2000	The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act becomes effective April 21, 2000.
2000	ATI introduces their Radeon product line on April 24, 2000.
2000	On June 24, 2000 U.S. President Bill Clinton makes the first ever Presidential webcast among the announcements President Bill Clinton announces a new web site that will be able to search all government resources.
2000	Jack Kilby is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
2000	ATA-5 is approved by ANSI.
2000	Microsoft releases Windows ME June 19, 2000.
2000	Microsoft introduces C# to the public in June 2000.
2000	Microsoft release DirectX 8, November 9, 2000.
2001	January 1, 2001 – Microsoft announces Windows 95 is now a legacy item and will no longer be sold or shipped to any more customers.
2001	January  02, 2001 – Intel announced that it will recall its 1.13 GHz Pentium III processors due to a glitch. Users with these processors should contact their vendors for additional information about the recall.
2001	Linus Torvalds releases version 2.4 of the Linux Kernel source code on January 4th.
2001	Bill Gates unveils the Xbox on January 7th 2001.
2001	Napster reaches over 26 million users February 2001.
2001	The man who practically invented the Silicon Valley success story, Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William Hewlett, dies at his home, he was 87.
2001	Chip-making giant Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire Xircom Inc., a maker of mobile computing gear, for about $748 million.
2001	Claude Elwood Shannon, the mathematician who laid the foundation of modern information theory while working at Bell Labs in the 1940s, died on February 24, 2001. He was 85.
2001	March 08, AOL membership surpasses 28 Million.
2001	Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 6.0 in August 27, 2001.
2001	The CDDB is officially renamed to Gracenote.
2001	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.0 code named Cheetah.
2001	March 09, MacAfee releases first handheld virus protection software.
2001	March 31, After 21 years of selling hard drives, Quantum on Friday formally left the business to turn its full attention to higher-level storage products and services.
2001	April 20, Dell computers becomes the largest PC maker.
2001	June 5, 2001, Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to vote to legalize online gambling.
2001	Airlines begin to implement methods of gaining Internet access while flying.
2001	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.1 code named Puma.
2001	USB 2.0 is introduced.
2001	Microsoft announces April 11, 2001 that it will no longer include Clippy with future releases of Microsoft Office.
2001	July 20, 2001 – PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell grows.
2001	Egghead files for Bankruptcy protection on August 18, 2001.
2001	SATA 1.0 is introduced in August 2001.
2001	AST Computers goes out of business and stops selling computers.
2001	Hewlett Packard announces plans to buy Compaq on September sixth.
2001	Apple introduces the iPod.
2001	Microsoft Windows XP home and professional editions are released October 25, 2001.
2001	Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems is released.
2002	Excite@Home, one of the largest ISP’s files for bankruptcy and closes its doors March, 02, 2002.
2002	Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide since the mid-’70s, according to a study released by consulting firm Gartner.
2002	PayPal is acquired by eBay on October 3, 2002.
2002	Napster files for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 3, 2002.
2002	WorldCom the Number 2 long-distance telephone and data service company files for bankruptcy June 21, 2002.
2002	PCI Express is approved as standard.
2002	The first Trackback is used on Movable Type.
2002	Edsger Dijkstra passes away August 6, 2002.
2002	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar.
2002	Cartoon turtle named “Dewie” introduced to help promote Internet safety and security.
2002	Microsoft releases DirectX 9, December 19, 2002.
2002	Roxio acquires the Napster name and logo in a bankruptcy auction on November 25, 2002.
2003	PCMCIA announces the development of a new standard codenamed NEWCARD on February 19, 2003.
2003	Supreme court rules that sex offenders information and pictures can be posted online on March 3, 2003.
2003	Intel Pentium M is introduced in March.
2003	Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released on March 28, 2003.
2003	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003.
2003	The first computer is infected with the Spybot worm on April 16, 2003.
2003	The first D Conference is held in May.
2003	The Mozilla Foundation is officially formed on July 15, 2003.
2003	MySpace is founded.
2003	Intel announces the new BTX form factor.
2003	Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) standard is announced on November 18, 2003 as a planned replacement for DVD.
2003	Eugene Kleiner passes away November 20, 2003.
2003	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003.
2003	Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18, 2003.
2004	Comcast purchases TechTV March 25, 2004 to form G4TechTV.
2004	Google announces Gmail on April 1, 2004.
2004	Lindows changes it’s name to Linspire April 14, 2004.
2004	Kelkea purchases the assets of MAPS.
2004	Intel starts the development of the BTX form factor.
2004	Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12, 2004.
2004	Firefox 1.0 is first introduced on November 9, 2004.
2004	IBM sells its computing division to Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion on December 08, 2004
2005	Lenovo completes the acquisition of IBM’s Personal Computing Division.
2005	YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005.
2005	Yahoo announces that it will acquire the popular photo service Flickr on March 21, 2005.
2005	Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005.
2005	Microsoft announces it’s next operating system, codenamed “Longhorn” will be named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005.
2005	IBM officially announces on July 14, 2005 that all sales of OS/2 will end on December 23, 2005 and that all support from IBM for OS/2 will end on December 16, 2005.
2005	MySpace is purchased by News Corporation for $580 Million US on July 18, 2005.
2005	On September 12, 2005 eBay acquired Skype for approximately  $2.6billion.
2005	Adobe completes its acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005.
2006	The blu-ray is first announced and introduced at the 2006 CES on January 4, 2006.
2006	On January 5, 2006 Intel introduces the Intel Core and Viiv.
2006	Toshiba releases the first HD DVD player in Japan on March 31, 2006.
2006	Toshiba releases the first HD DVD player in a computer computer with the introduction of the Toshiba Qosmio 35 on May 16, 2006.
2006	John Hui, the former owner of eMachines purchases Packard Bell.
2006	On July 27, 2006 Intel introduces the Core 2 Duo processors.
2006	The Intel Core 2 Extreme is first released on July 29, 2006.
2006	On August 6, 2006 MySpace announces its 106 millionth account was created.
2006	Amazon.com opens AWS.
2006	Skype announced that it had over 100 million registered users.
2006	The GIF standard and pictures becomes officially free on October 1, 2006.
2006	Google announces plans to purchase YouTube for 1.65 Billion on October 9, 2006.
2006	On November 14, 2006 Microsoft released its portable Zune media player.
2006	Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista to corporations on November 30, 2006.
2007	Apple announces in January 1, 2007 that it will drop computer from its name as it becomes a company who deals with more than computers.
2007	Apple introduces the iPhone to the public at the January Macworld Conference & Expo.
2007	Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the general public January 30, 2007.
2007	Apple releases the Apple iPhone to the public June 29, 2007.
2007	Amazon.com releases the first Kindle in the United States November 19, 2007.
2007	Google releases Android November 2007.
2008	The HD player war comes to an end when HD DVD calls it quit, making Blu-ray the victor on February 19, 2008.
2008	Apple introduces its latest line of Apple iMac computers on August 28, 2008.
2009	Apple removes support for AppleTalk in August of 2009 with its introduction of Mac OS X v10.6.
2009	Google announces places to acquire reCAPATCHA.
2009	Microsoft releases MSE on September 30, 2009.
	Microsoft releases Windows 7 October 22, 2009.Back in the day used to rock it with windows 98 se with a massive 64megs of sdram pc100 powering it was all powered by an amd k6-2 500mhz cpu, video specs sis550 i think 4 or 8 megs of integrated video memory and for storage had a nice 10gig hd . For internet dialup..lol terrible experience but webpages where lighter back then to so its not exactly as comparable today dialup is far worse now. Also pc was purchased somewhere towards the end of 98 paid over 1k for it people wanna complain about price on current tech..was higher years ago and the older products are crap by todays standardsIntel® Core i7-920 Processor • 6GB DDR3-1333 Memory • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB • 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD • 22X Double Layer DVD+/-RW

CELL PHONAGE

2000
3G appears.

2002
FCC decides to shut down the analog network

2003
GPRS and EDGE, technologies for faster (but not too fast) data transfers, launch. It’s 2.5G. 3G networks are not available yet.

2007
iPhone launches. Still runs on 2.5G technology, but adds Wi-Fi for data transfer. 3G cellphones start to become ubiquitous.

2008
February 19
Cellphone analog networks can shut down

-texting has become more popular

-You can now browse the web, watch tv etc. on the phones today.

-Smart phones can be compared to pocket sized pc’s.

VIDEO GAMES:

How much have video games advanced from the year 2000?

Well, I will show the top game from 2000, and 2009.  Compare the visuals and the PC requirements.

Unreal Tournament was one of the top games of 2000…

Here is a screen shot.

Annnnddddd!

A screen shot from Crysis:

DIGITAL CAMERAS from 2000- now

Top 5 from the year 2000

A Quick Comparison

	Canon PowerShot G1	Canon PowerShot S20	Nikon Coolpix 990	Olympus C-3030 Zoom	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P1
Image Sensor	3.34 megapixel CCD	3.34 megapixel CCD	3.34 megapixel CCD	3.3 megapixel CCD	3.34 megapixel Super HAD CCD
Optical Zoom	3x	2x	3x	3x	3x
Digital Teleconverter	2x/4x	2x/4x	incremental steps, from 1.1x to 4.0x	2.5x	2x Precision Digital Zoom
Types of Image Sizes	2048×1536, 1024×768 or 640×480	2048×1536, 1024×768 or 640×480	2048×1536, 1024×768, 640×480, option for 3:2 aspect ratio 2048×1360	2048×1536, 1600×1200, 1280×960, 1024×768, 640×480	2048×1536, 2048 (3:2), 1600×1200, 1280×960, 640×480, 320×240, 160×112
Compression Modes	RAW data, Superfine, Fine, Normal	Superfine, Fine, Normal	14 (3 JPEG levels at each image size, plus uncompressed TIFF at 2048×1536 and 2048×1360)	TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2	Uncompressed TIFF, Normal
Sensitivity	Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400	100 (Auto), 200 (+1), 400 (+2)	100/200/400, manually or automatically selectable	Auto, 100, 200, 400	(not reported)
Lens – Focal Length (35mm equivalents)	7 to 21mm lens (equivalent to a 34 to 102mm lens on a 35mm camera)	6.5 to 13.0mm (32 to 64mm equiv)	8 to 24mm lens (38 – 115mm equiv)	6.5 to 19.5mm (32 to 96mm)	8 to 24mm lens (equivalent to a 39 to 117mm lens on a 35mm camera)
Lens – Aperture Range	f/2.0 (wide angle) to f/8.0 (telephoto)	f/2.8 (wide angle) to f/4.0 (telephoto)	f2.5/4.0 (wide/tele) – f/11, continuous range, 1/3 stop increments	f/2.8 – f/11	f/2.8-f/5.3 (wide angle), f/5.6-f/9.6p (telephoto)
Shutter Speed Range	8 to 1/1000	2 to 1/1000	8 to 1/1000	1 to 1/800 (16 to 1/800 in Manual)	2 – 1/2000 sec
Exposure	Automatic, Program AE, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual plus preset modes	Auto, Manual, Image (special modes), and Stitch Assist (Panorama)	TTL, Automatic, 3 metering modes (spot, center-weighted, 256-segment matrix), 3 auto-exposure modes (full program, aperture-priority, shutter-priority), plus full manual exposure mode	Program, Aperture, Shutter, Manual	Automatic
Exposure Compensation	+/- 2.0EV at every 1/3 EV increments Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) is available	TTL program AE	+/- 2EV, 1/3EV steps	-2 to +2 in 1/3 EV increments	-2 to +2 EV in 1/3 EV increments
Self-Timer	12 seconds	10 seconds	3 or 10 seconds, selectable	12 seconds	10 seconds
Focus	Auto or Manual	Auto, TTL w/assist light	Automatic (4896 steps including macro range), 5-area multi AF or selectable spot focus, manual focus	Auto (TTL contrast-detect) and Manual	Auto, plus infinity preset
Standard Focus Range	2.3 feet (70cm) to infinity	26 inches (66cm) to infinity	~12 inch (30cm) to infinity	8 inches (0.2m) to infinity	19.75 inches (50cm) to infinity
Macro Range	2.4 inches to 2.4 feet (6 to 70cm)	4.7 to 26 inches (12 to 66cm)	0.8 (2cm) to infinity	8 to 31 inches (0.2 to 0.8m)	4.0 to 19.75 inches (10 to 50cm)
Storage	CompactFlash Type I or II	CompactFlash Type I or II	CompactFlash Type I	SmartMedia	Sony Memory Stick, 8MB included
Image Capacity	8 Large/Superfine – 161 Small/Normal images (16MB)	6 Large/Superfine – 31 Large/Normal images (16MB)	1 (HI Full) – 333 (Basic VGA) (16MB card)	1 (2048 x 1536 TIFF) – 165 (640 x 480 normal SQ2) on 16MB card	5 (2048 x 1536 Normal) -118 (640 x 480 Normal)
File Format(s)	RAW data, JPEG, Motion JPEG	JPEG	JPEG, TIFF	JPEG, TIFF, WAVE, QuickTime Motion JPEG	JPEG, TIFF, MPEG, GIF
Interface	USB	USB and serial RS-232C	USB and serial RS-232C	USB	USB
Flash Range	2.3 to 14.8 feet (70cm to 4.5m)	6.7 to 10.8 feet (17cm to 3.3m)	1.0 to 7.5 feet (0.3 – 2.3m)	31 inches to 18.4 feet (0.8 to 5.6m)	1.6 to 7.5 feet (0.5 to 2.3m) (wide angle) – 1.6 to 3.9 feet (0.5 to 1.2m) (telephoto)
Flash Modes	Auto, Red-Eye Reduction Auto, Red-Eye Reduction (normal), Flash On, Flash Off	Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye Reduction	None, Forced, Auto, Auto Redeye, Slow-shutter	Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In, Off, Slow-Sync, External	Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Forced, Off
Viewfinder	real image optical	real image optical	real image optical	real image optical	real image optical
LCD Screen	1.8 inch, TFT, color (113.578 dots)	1.8-inch, low-temperature, polycrystalline silicon TFT	1.8-inch, 110K pixel low-temperature silicon (110K dots)	1.8-inch TFT color	1.5-inch color “Pixel Precision” (123K pixels)
Video Out?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Special Unique Features	Continuous shooting, Auto Bracketing, Stitch-Assist and Movie modes	Sharpness & contrast adjustment, special exposure modes	Matrix & Spot metering, digital tele assist, black & white mode, AE lock, Aperture- and Shutter-Priority metering modes, full manual exposure mode, multi-zone auto-focus, multi-zone white balance	Panorama, Sequence, Movie, Sound and Picture Effects	Movie, Voice, E-mail, Clip Motion and Text Capture modes, five preset Program AE modes
Power Source	Battery Pack or AC adapter	Special NiMH pack or 2CR5 lithium	4 AA batteries, 7-8v DC	4 AA batteries, optional AC adapter	NP-FS11 InfoLITHIUM battery pack
Applicable Battery Types	BP-511 rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack	NB-5H rechargeables, 2CR5 lithium	Alkaline, lithium-ion, NiCd, NiMH	4 NiMH, NiCd, Alkaline, Lithium-Ion	Sony NP-FS11 only
Size	119.7 x 76.8 x 63.8mm	105.4 x 69.4 x 33.8mm	150 x 78 x 38.1mm	107.5 x 76.4 x 66.4mm	113 x 53.9 x 43.8mm
Weight	420g	270g	375g	300.5g	250g
Software	Canon Digital Camera software, Adobe Photoshop LE 5.0	PowerShot, PhotoStitch, Adobe PhotoDeluxe	NikonView	Camedia Master	MGI PhotoSuite, MGI Video Wave
Price	S$1,599	S$1,399	S$1,788	S$1,799	S$1,399
Warranty	1 year	1 year	1 year local	1 year local	1 year

Top Digital Cameras of 2009

EOS Digital Rebel T1i EF-S 18-55mm IS Kit

Incredible performance with a 15.1 MP CMOS Sensor which captures remarkable Full HD videos.

• New 15.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 Image Processor for faster processing of fine detail and natural colour reproduction, 14-bit A/D conversion for smooth colour tones and gradations.
• Full HD video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution with HDMI output for HD viewing of stills and video.
• Live View Function for stills (Quick, Live and Face Detection AF modes) and video.
• 3.0-inch Clear View LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) monitor with anti-reflective and scratch-resistant coatings for improved viewing and smudge protection.
• Auto Lighting Optimizer applies just the right amount of brightness and contrast, correcting underexposed images.
• Wide range ISO setting 100-3200 (ISO expansion: 6400, 12800).
• Creative Auto goes a step beyond auto allowing control over frequently-changed settings.
• Auto Image Correction technology analyzes and classifies photo scenes automatically and makes necessary corrections to help create even more beautiful digital photo prints.
• Compatible with over 60 Canon EF/EF-S lenses and most EOS System accessories.

Scientists Make Breakthrough With First Programmable Quantum Processor

           In the future, quantum computers will accomplish in seconds what would take years with our best computers today. Physicists at NIST have made a significant leap towards this goal by demonstrating the first “universal” programmable quantum information processor.

           This is the first time anyone has developed a processor that can handle any set of instructions for more than one quantum bit or “qubit.” Rapid progress when you consider that the first single-task quantum processor  arrived on the scene less than a year ago.

                I think that this technology will be a major step in computers. It will allow endless posibilities and allow us to be much more efficient. I believe we will not see this technologies in stores for at least another ten years. This will be a major turning point  in technology. This computer will probably be used by the US as an anti-terrorist cryptographer way before it is released to the public.

H.264–Mpeg-1–Mpeg-2–ADOBE FLASH VIDEO

H.264	Pros H.264 delivers incredible video quality at data rates one-fourth to one-half the size of previous video formats H.264 offers dramatically lower bit rates and better picture quality than MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or H.263+ Cons H.264 requires longer encoding time It is certainly not constricted and low-bandwidth friendly Licensing agreements are complicated.	Mpeg-1	Pros Excellent image quality Cons Very high playback requirements Majority of installed base not capable of viewing MPEG Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video.	Mpeg-2	Pros Excellent image quality Cons Very few people are currently capable of viewing MPEG-2 Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video.	Adobe Flash Video	Pros Browser Penetration: The Flash player is installed on a higher percentage of end user computers than any other video format. Cons Less Maturity: Flash video does not have the same depth of history as the other major formats and it has experienced some “growing pains” in the last few years.

Codec Comparison Chart:

I will list the advantages and disadvantages of the following codecs:

 

H.264:

Pros

• H.264 delivers incredible video quality at data rates one-fourth to one-half the size of previous video formats
• H.264 offers dramatically lower bit rates and better picture quality than MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or H.263+
• It is 2X times more efficient than MPEG-4. and file size is 3X times smaller than comparable MPEG-2 Codecs
• It is easy to integrate and covers wide range of picture format. Hence used in large application segment.

Cons

• H.264 requires longer encoding time
• It is certainly not constricted and low-bandwidth friendly
• More Hardware overhead is also one of the limiting factor
• Licensing agreements are complicated.

Mpeg1

Pros

• Excellent image quality

Cons

• Very high playback requirements
• Majority of installed base not capable of viewing MPEG
• Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video. There may also be fees for MPEG-1; there is some uncertainty regarding this.
• Not well-suited to WWW video (the upcoming MPEG-4 standard will address this)

Mpeg-2

Pros

• Excellent image quality

Cons

• Very few people are currently capable of viewing MPEG-2
• Licensing fees (typically US $0.04 – $0.40 per unit) are required to distribute MPEG-2 video.

 

ADOBE FLASH VIDEO:

PROS!!!

Browser Penetration: The Flash player is installed on a higher percentage of end user computers than any other video format. Although not all end users have the latest version installed (so they may not support the latest Flash video codec), Flash still enjoys the best overall support.

Consistency & Compatibility: Flash files look the same and work equally well on PCs, Macs, Linux, etc. Flash files are completely consistent, so once you test and implement your Flash video, you can be confident that it will function the same way for all end users (apart from obvious variables such as connection speed). It’s hard to overstate the importance of this for web designers.

Advanced Features: Flash provides unparalleled options when it comes to interactive content and other advanced features. Even Quicktime pales in comparison.

 

CONS!!!:

Less Maturity: Flash video does not have the same depth of history as the other major formats and it has experienced some “growing pains” in the last few years. Between versions 5 and 8, Flash video went through two major changes which required a lot of upgrade work for producers.

We do feel that Flash has now settled down and there should not be any more big changes on the horizon, but Adobe/Macromedia has yet to prove that the format can go for years at a time without requiring producers to play catch-up.

Initial Difficulty: Although it’s possible to publish your first Flash video in less than an hour with no previous experience, you can do the same with other formats even faster. For example, you can embed a Windows Media file in a few minutes by copying and pasting some HTML. Even the simplest Flash installation is a little more complex.

If your only concern is to get video up and running immediately, and you already have your clips ready in another common format, then you might want to stick with your existing format.

Working with FLV Files: FLV is the Flash video file format. There’s nothing wrong with the format itself but because it’s not a common distribution format like Windows Media or Quicktime, you may find that you often have to convert files from other formats to FLV. This takes time and any extra conversions between compressed formats will reduce quality.

 

 

Features of Windows 7 and Google Chrome OS

Windows 7 is the new operating system recently launched by Microsoft. Many people were disappointed with Vista as there were very few new features when compared to XP, and the annoying security made it a very poor predecessor. Microsoft hopes that this new operating system will gain back peoples respect with its many features and user friendy appearance. Here are some of the features: Big-screen support, Start button search, BitLocker To Go, Document libraries, Nag-free System Tray, Drag and snap windows, Location-aware printing, UAC silencer, and Media streamer playback.

                         Google Chrome OS is a new operating system. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

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Scary Fly

After biting a lion living near a radiation power plant the fly began to form the features of a lion.

Uses for google sketchup

What is it? Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like. It measures the length of each object and uses 3 axis’s. x,y and z. After building a model you can import it to google earth. There are tons of video tutorials and most people get on it and start building within the first 5 minutes. You can build models from scratch, or you can download what you need. People all over the world share what they’ve made on the Google 3D Warehouse. It’s a huge, searchable repository of models, and it’s free. It could be used for drafting, redesigning your house, your car, your girlfriend, lol, not really, but kinda of.

Top 5 technologies.

Top 5 technologies in the past 7 days on www.digg.com

1)Very creative advertisement from WWF [Pic]

This image is portraying the wildlife forest in a personifaction type style. The dying forest represents human lungs dying due to smoking.

2)DiggBar Launches Today!

You can share the digg bar on sites such as twitter and facebook. It allows you to easily share stories and read posts. You can also aquire related and ranmod stories.

3)BREAKING: Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay

After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal. How this affects me: There are many other torrent site that I perfer using such as btjunkie and demonoid.

4)Google’s April Fools Joke for 2009

“New! Gmail Autopilot” links appearing at the top of your G-mail. I’m sort of less impressed by this than the previous years.  Not funny-Says Mark De Jong as he log’ed in to his gmail unawares of april fools.

5)Unplug the Internet: No President should have this power

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate would allow the president to shut down private Internet networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access.
Though the internet contains a vast amount of information that may seen usaful to a President, I do not believe he should hold this power. Admins of websites hold the powers to conceal their information from others. It is their right to withhold their data from the government.

Internet Privacy Concerns

Privacy is one of the major important aspects in our lives that technology is overruling.  But when is too much too much?  You be the judge.  Google latitude is essentially a gps tracker that can be added to any cell phone.  It is real time or “live”.  It shows you where you are on Google maps and can later show you a video feed of where you were and when.  Google advertises it to be used by close friends to see where each other are. Facebook also holds a few privacy concerns as is can be used by the law to be legally binding.  Uploading images of oneself has also been a major concern with privacy on social networking sites.  The internet can restrict our privacy by tracking our phone, legally bind us, allow anyone to view our pictures.   Should employers be able to use this information to look up current or new employees?

One important note regarding google latitude is that it is only enables when the cellphone user received a text message via google latitude and accepts. Google latitude can be used by friends to see where each other are or by parents who want to check on their children.  While people may think the government may use this to be able to track them the sad truth is they already can and have been able to for sometime.  If one were to read their hundred page contract to telus, shaw, koodo, or bell they would come across something giving the Government the right to use these companies to trace their calls.  I do not believe this restricts privacy as you must agree to use it.  My only one concern is that someone may hack into the system or find a loops hole enabling them to track anyone.

When Facebook first came out it was impossible for a user to fully delete their account.  This caused many problems when people had embarrassing information on facebook.  Later after many complaints this was changes and by contacting facebook an account could be deleted. Facebook can also legally bind you for incriminating information.  Other networking sites such as myspace do not have these contracts. Facebook gets money by aquiring information about it’s users and displaying adds to that may interest them.   While some may view this as an attack on our privacy it does not disturb me what so ever. I believe that facebook should use this as we do not need to pay anything to use it.

The majority of people with social networking sites upload pictures of themselves.  While this may seem safe there is no way to guarantee that their pictures are strictly accessible to those using facebook. Privacy is often a concern for embarrassing images, often uploaded by friends against the users will.  While the user may get facebook to delete the image, once something is on the internet it never fully deleted.  Whether posted on another site, saved on someone’s offline WebPages, or stored on a flash or hard drive, those images will haunt the user for life. Images may also be used for incriminating evidence.

The privacy of an employee.  Many employee’s dislike their employers or do not wish them to be involved in their social life. This may be affected by social networking sites.  Your social life is not affected to your job or vice versa.  The quantity or quality of work done by workers should be acknowledged not their social life.  If an employer would want to know more about a possible future employee they should contact a their previous boss rather than use the internet. I do not think that employers should use the internet to research possible

The basics of binary

 

Adding two binary numbers together is like adding decimal numbers, except 1 + 1 = 10 (in binary, that is), so you have to carry the one to the next column: some examples:

    0001
+ 0100
  —-
  0101 (no carries to get this)

    0001
+ 0001
  —-
  0010 (1 plus 1 is 10, carry the 1 to the next column)

    0011
+ 0011
  —-
  0110 (1 + 1 = 10, so carry; then 1 + 1 + 1 = 11, so carry again)

Base 10:

0000 = 0
0001 = 1
0010 = 2
0011 = 3
0100 = 4
0101 = 5
0110 = 6
0111 = 7
1000 = 8
1001 = 9

1 bit (b) = 0 or 1 = one binary digit

1 kilobit ( kb) = 10^3 bits = 1,000 bits

1 Megabit (Mb) = 10^6 bits = 1,000,000 bits

1 Gigabit (Gb) = 10^9 bits = 1,000,000,000 bits 
 

or….

8bits = 1byte

1024bytes=1kb

1024kbites=1mb

1024mbs=1gb

1024gb=1tb

 The Standard ASCII Character Set

         Today we learned about ASCII and the relationship between words and binary codes. Here is a chart:

Least Significant Bits

0 0000

1 0001

2 0010

3 0011

4 0100

5 0101

6 0110

7 0111

8 1000

9 1001

A 1010

B 1011

C 1100

D 1101

E 1110

F 1111

M o s tS i g n i f i c a n tB i t s

0 000

NUL (0) 00

SOH (1) 01

STX (2) 02

ETX (3) 03

EOT (4) 04

ENQ (5) 05

ACK (6) 06

BEL (7) 07

BS (8) 08

HT (9) 09

LF (10) 0A

VT (11) 0B

FF (12) 0C

CR (13) 0D

SO (14) 0E

SI (15) 0F

1 001

DLE (16) 10

DC1 (17) 11

DC2 (18) 12

DC3 (19) 13

DC4 (20) 14

NAK (21) 15

SYN (22) 16

ETB (23) 17

CAN (24) 18

EM (25) 19

SUB (26) 1A

ESC (27) 1B

FS (28) 1C

GS (29) 1D

RS (30) 1E

US (31) 1F

2 010

SP (32) 20

! (33) 21

“ (34) 22

# (35) 23

$ (36) 24

% (37) 25

& (38) 26

‘ (39) 27

( (40) 28

) (41) 29

* (42) 2A

+ (43) 2B

, (44) 2C

- (45) 2D

. (46) 2E

/ (47) 2F

3 011

0 (48) 30

1 (49) 31

2 (50) 32

3 (51) 33

4 (52) 34

5 (53) 35

6 (54) 36

7 (55) 37

8 (56) 38

9 (57) 39

: (58) 3A

; (59) 3B

< (60) 3C

= (61) 3D

> (62) 3E

? (63) 3F

4 100

@ (64) 40

A (65) 41

B (66) 42

C (67) 43

D (68) 44

E (69) 45

F (70) 46

G (71) 47

H (72) 48

I (73) 49

J (74) 4A

K (75) 4B

L (76) 4C

M (77) 4D

N (78) 4E

O (79) 4F

5 101

P (80) 50

Q (81) 51

R (82) 52

S (83) 53

T (84) 54

U (85) 55

V (86) 56

W (87) 57

X (88) 58

Y (89) 59

Z (90) 5A

[ (91) 5B

\ (92) 5C

] (93) 5D

^ (94) 5E

_ (95) 5F

6 110

` (96) 60

a (97) 61

b (98) 62

c (99) 63

d (100) 64

e (101) 65

f (102) 66

g (103) 67

h (104) 68

i (105) 69

j (106) 6A

k (107) 6B

l (108) 6C

m (109) 6D

n (110) 6E

o (111) 6F

7 111

p (112) 70

q (113) 71

r (114) 72

s (115) 73

t (116) 74

u (117) 75

v (118) 76

w (119) 77

x (120) 78

y (121) 79

z (122) 7A

{ (123) 7B

| (124) 7C

} (125) 7D

~ (126) 7E

DEL (127) 7F

 

 

Method 2:

So, how can I convert the binary number 1101 to a good-old decimal number? The best way to this is construct a table in which you can do some simple arithmetic operations to solve the conversion! Let’s try it! 

1.         First, I want to write the binary number in a row, separating the digits into columns: 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 





2.         

3.        Next, I want to decide whether each digit placeholder is “ON” or “OFF.” The reason for this will become a little clearer in a few minutes, but for right now just remember that a “1″ is “ON” and a “0″ is “OFF.” When we calculate the exponential expressions, we don’t have to calculate any digit placeholders that are turned off: 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 





4.        

5.        In the third step, we write the exponential expressions (”powers of two”) that represent each placeholder and multiply each expression by 1. We do this only for the placeholders that are turned ON. For the placeholders which are turned OFF, we simply bring down the zero from the number itself: 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 


Exponential Expression 
23*1 
22*1 
0 
20*1 





6.        

7.        Now, we can calculate the exponents to get a simple multiplication expression for each placeholder. Again, we do this only for placeholders which are turned “ON.” Again, we bring down the zero if the placeholder is turned “OFF”: 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 


Exponential Expression 
23*1 
22*1 
0 
20*1 


Calculated Exponent 
8*1 
4*1 
0 
1*1 





8.         

9.       In the fifth step, we solve the multiplication expressions from step #4. Again, we bring down any zeros for placeholders which are turned OFF: 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 


Exponential Expression 
23*1 
22*1 
0 
20*1 


Calculated Exponent 
8*1 
4*1 
0 
1*1 


Solved Multiplication 
8 
4 
0 
1 





10.      

11.       In the final step, we add all the multiplication answers from step #5 together to get our decimal number! 




Number 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 


Exponential Expression 
23*1 
22*1 
0 
20*1 


Calculated Exponent 
8*1 
4*1 
0 
1*1 


Solved Multiplication 
8 
4 
0 
1 


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
8+4+0+1=13 





 

Let’s take a look at another conversion. This time, we’ll try 101101: 




Number 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 


ON/OFF 
ON 
OFF 
ON 
ON 
OFF 
ON 


Exponential Expression 
25*1 
0 
23*1 
22*1 
0 
20*1 


Calculated Exponent 
32*1 
0 
8*1 
4*1 
0 
1*1 


Solved Multiplication 
32 
0 
8 
4 
0 
1 


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
32+0+8+4+0+1=45 





 

 

 

Why not try some on your own? Convert the following from binary to decimal. Click the answers link for each table for that table’s correct answers: 








Number 
1 
1 
1 


ON/OFF 
  
  
  


Exponential Expression 
  
  
  


Calculated Exponent 
  
  
  


Solved Multiplication 
  
  
  


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
  


Answer 
 





 





Number 
1 
0 
1 
1 


ON/OFF 
  
  
  
  


Exponential Expression 
  
  
  
  


Calculated Exponent 
  
  
  
  


Solved Multiplication 
  
  
  
  


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
  


Answer 





 







Number 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 


ON/OFF 
  
  
  
  
  


Exponential Expression 
  
  
  
  
  


Calculated Exponent 
  
  
  
  
  


Solved Multiplication 
  
  
  
  
  


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
  


Answer 





 





Number 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 


ON/OFF 
  
  
  
  
  
  


Exponential Expression 
  
  
  
  
  
  


Calculated Exponent 
  
  
  
  
  
  


Solved Multiplication 
  
  
  
  
  
  


Add to Calculate Decimal Value 
  


Answer 





 


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Method 3:

Binary numbers all consist of combinations of the two digits ‘0′ and ‘1′. These are some examples of binary numbers: 

1
10
1010
11111011
11000000 10101000 00001100 01011101 

Engineers and mathematicians sometimes call the binary numbering system a base-two system because binary numbers only contain two digits. By comparison, our normal decimal number system is a base-ten system. Hexadecimal numbers (discussed later) are a base-sixteen system. 

Converting From Binary to Decimal Numbers

All binary numbers have equivalent decimal representations and vice versa. Our handy Binary-Decimal Number Converter performs these calculations automatically for you. To convert binary and decimal numbers manually, you must apply the mathematical concept of positional values. 

The positional value concept is simple: With both binary and decimal numbers, the actual value of each digit depends on its position (how “far to the left”) within the number. 

For example, in the decimal number 124, the digit ‘4′ represents the value “four,” but the digit ‘2′ represents the value “twenty,” not “two.” The ‘2′ represents a larger value than the ‘4′ in this case because it lies further to the left in the number. 

Likewise in the binary number 1111011, the rightmost ‘1′ represents the value “one,” but the leftmost ‘1′ represents a much higher value (”sixty-four” in this case). 

In mathematics, the base of the numbering system determines how much to value digits by position. For base-ten decimal numbers, multiply each digit on the left by a progressive factor of 10 to calculate its value. For base-two binary numbers, multiply each digit on the left by a progressive factor of 2. Calculations always work from right to left. 

In the above example, the decimal number 123 works out to: 

3 + (10 * 2) + (10*10 * 1) = 123 

and the binary number 1111011 converts to decimal as: 

1 + (2 * 1) + (2*2 * 0) + (4*2 * 1) + (8*2 * 1)+ (16*2 * 1) + (32*2 * 1) = 123 

Therefore, the binary number 1111011 is equal to the decimal number 123. 

Converting From Decimal to Binary Numbers

To convert numbers in the opposite direction, from decimal to binary, requires successive division rather than progressive multiplication. Our Binary-Decimal Number Converter also performs these calculations automatically for you. 

To manually convert from a decimal to a binary number, start with the decimal number and begin dividing by the binary number base (base “two”). For each step the division results in a remainder of 1, use ‘1′ in that position of the binary number. When the division results in a remainder of 0 instead, use ‘0′ in that position. Stop when the division results in a value of 0. The resulting binary numbers are ordered from right to left. 

For example, the decimal number 109 converts to binary as follows: 

109 / 2 = 54 remainder 1
54 / 2 = 27 remainder 0
27 / 2 = 13 remainder 1
13 / 2 = 6 remainder 1
6 / 2 = 3 remainder 0
3 / 2 = 1 remainder 1
1 / 2 = 0 remainder 1 

Therefore the decimal number 109 equals the binary number 1101101.