SATA 1.0 vs SATA 2.0 vs SATA 3.0 : The hunger for speed

1. Today technology runs faster then u blink. Today when someone has not even come to terms from IDE TO SATA 1.0 and when mostly have not even heard of SATA 2.0,in comes with a bigul siren SATA 3.0.YESSSSS!!!!with a whooping 6 Gb/Sec, and a range of new features for bandwidth intensive users, a much rapider future lies ahead. SATA 3 is bound to increase the interface speed but to fully realize its potential the viscera of a hard drive need to get quicker. 

2.   SATA 3 introduces changes including "a new Native Command Queuing (NCQ) streaming command to enable isochronous data transfers for bandwidth-hungry audio and video applications, better power management, and the connection mechanism for compact devices with connectors designed for the smaller 7mm optical drives in laptops and a Low Insertion Force connector for 1.8-inch drives.

3. Thanks Digit again!!!!

INTEL vs THE SEVEN SAMURAIs

1. The old story of  “MUTTHI MEIN TAQAT" has come up with a new version in the 21^st century in the form of SEVEN SAMURAI

2. Dysphoric with Intel’s dominance in the sector, the conglutination of processor designers and manufacturers has teamed up to develop a revolutionary new microprocessor. The coalition is led by the recent merger of NEC, Renesas , Hitachi, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Panasonic and Canon. Nickname for the group: THE SEVEN SAMURAI

3. The new microprocessor will be based on innovative energy-saving software. The final, commercial CPU will run on solar cells; it will be smart enough to use only as much power as is needed for the data being processed at the time; and it will remain switched on even during power cuts. A prototype is reported to be running at 30 percent of the power of current CPUs and remains ON even when mains power is cut. This new standard, along with the CPU is likely to be introduced in 2012.

4. Come on ….come on brains of the world…fight more with each other  for consumers like us who wish to get the best!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Thanks www.thinkdigit.com and http://www.osnews.com

xB Browser - Makes you anonymous

1. xB Browser is a free and open-source anonymous web browser in the world which is just a click away from anonymous surfing right now! With xB Browser you can securely and anonymously surf the internet, and bypass firewalls and website censorship.

2. The main advantage compared to other anonymous web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration or technical knowledge in order to achieve anonymity. xB Browser is open-source so you can feel safe knowing what goes into our code. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick .

3. xB Browser was previously known as Torpark. It does not store a cache on the user hard drive, nor does it store cookies, so there is no mess to clean up with eraser programs. xB Browser also has advanced features such as SSL MD5 RSA certificate vulnerability detection, DOM object and flash cookie protection,cross-site scripting attack prevention, user-agent cloaking, and java proxy control. xB Browser also detects and disables malicious browser addons that are hidden in the windows registry.

4. I recently downloaded the same from http://download.cnet.com/windows/3055-2144_4-10660326.html?tag=pdl-redir and I am really impressed with the same......the only thing I got perturbed was with the speed.Having ridden on chrome for over a year...the speed is not a match.It is about 45 Mb in size...isn't that heavy...well any way...CHROME rules still.

E mail a Web Page : http://www.emailtheweb.com/

1. This one also comes as a pretty handy tool when u expect your friends to open a web page by clicking the link you had sent to them on e-mail.It may open....and it may not open....the thing is ensured and guaranteed if u use the feature given at http://www.emailtheweb.com/

2. A few advantages this will be able to ensure are :

- will saves your recipients time by not making them click a link to read your web page. For busy people, this improves the likelihood that they will read the linked web page.

- All scripts and dynamic elements of a web page is stripped out. This protects your recipients from popups and other annoying activity that may be malicious.

- Allows you to email a page to someone who doesn't have access to the the web page (either because the page was dynamically generated or the page is password-protected.)

- Today's web is more dynamic than ever and web pages are changing all the time. By emailing the entire web page, you ensure that your recipient is seeing the same web page as you—even if the original web page is changed.

- Many people need to have a archive record of a web page and use.

3. I have tried the same and find it pretty okay.....you need to have a new account or you can simply access the same using your Google/Gmail account.

Use KEYBOARD for MOUSE

1. This one is a small worth a look trick which you can use to impress anyone.This trick allows you to move your mouse pointer using your keyboard ie Numeric keypad.

2. Press your left alt+shift+numlock in your keyboard to enable this feature.

3. Now press ok.

4. Use the keys 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 of numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer.

5. To perform mouse click use the key 5

6. To perform double click use + sign.

7. To disable this feature click on NumLock.

8. Got this one from http://informativetipz.blogspot.com/

WiMAX - THE POWER

For so long ....may be about two weeks I have not been able to upload any posts on this blog...courtesy an opportunity to slightly dig deep into WiMAX...and I am really happy to have finally got deeper into this.I got to know about various Wireless Technologies and terms viz OFDM, MMDS, LMDS, Blue tooth,WiFi,EVDO, the 'G' family, HSPA, 802.16M, 802.20, Cable modem, broad band over power line, LTE, FTTH, spectrum bands, base stations, CPEs, NOCs, EDGE,Gateways,Back haul links,Security aspects of WiMAX.....a lot of learning...gr8888...will share brief on all these aspects in days to come....

Being BUSYYYYY

For last few days...have not been able to upload anything new since i have been busy with a real task on hand......will get back soon....!!!

SSDs vs HDDs : WHO is GOOD?

1. Off late few notebook manufacturer's have been seen promoting their product for being the first to introduce SSDs. Now at the first glance they really seem to be promising since they offer less energy consumption, less weight, no mobile parts and also offer better speed in some ways than regular hard disk drives. But the question is whether they are strong enough to deliver the performance through out their life span. This puts a question mark????????????

2. If you have just bought a shiny new SSD, it isn’t likely to continue performing at blazing speeds after some usage. An empty drive will always perform better than one written to. The good news is that after an initial dip in performance, SSDs tend to level off. Even if they do drop in performance over time -- undercutting a manufacturer’s claims -- consumer flash drives are still vastly faster than traditional hard drives, because they can perform two to five times the input/output operations per second of a hard drive.

Why does performance drop?

3. Unlike a hard disk drive, any write operation to an SSD requires not one step, but two: an erase followed by the write. When an SSD is new, the NAND flash memory inside it has been pre-erased. But, as data is written to the drive, data management algorithms in the controller begin to move that data around the flash memory in an operation known as wear leveling. These algorithms are used to more evenly distribute data across flash memory so that no one portion wears out faster than another, which prolongs the life of whole drive. Even though wear-leveling is meant to prolong the life of the drive, it can eventually lead to performance issues. SSD performance and endurance are related.

4. Generally, the poorer the performance of a drive, the shorter the lifespan. That’s because the management overhead of an SSD is related to how many writes and erases take place. The more write/erase cycles there are, the shorter the drive’s lifespan. Consumer-grade Multi-Level Cell (MLC) memory can sustain from 2,000 to 10,000 write cycles. Enterprise-class Single- Level Cell (SLC) memory can last through 10 times the number of write cycles of an MLC-based drive.

What Matters ?

5. ALGORITHM : A read-modify-write algorithm in an SSD controller will take a block about to be written to, retrieve any data already in it, mark the block for deletion, redistribute the old data, then lay down the new data in the old block.

6. Some manufacturers use algorithms that combine writes to more efficiently use NAND flash memory space; others use cache to store writes in order to lay them down more efficiently.

7. BUGS : Bugs Can Cause Slow-Downs, Too Intel’s X25-M SSD had a firmware bug that led to major fragmentation problems that dropped throughput dramatically . But what’s clear is SSDs need more development to address these long term performance issues.

8. Thanks PC WORLD!!!

FREE UPGRADATION - ONLY A TRICK!!!

1. This trick comes for those who wish to upgrade their processors in the respective computers for free.......(only the name)

2. Start -> run -> type regedit.exe -> press ok

3. In registry editor -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0

4. On right Pane Select ProcessorNameString and change the value to Pentium 5 or as you desire!!

Note: For those PC bugs only who just use the machine and don't worry of whats inside?Of course,they can be content with the name they give....viz an old celeron be renamed to QUAD CORE......and so on!!!!

5. Thanks again to http://www.technotips24x7.co.cc/

WHO ESPIED MY COMPUTER?

1. How many times would you be able to know who logged in or who used ur computer in your absence?NOt much most of the times!!!An easy to find out the details is a one liner solution......

2. So,here is the trick for that ..Simply type as given below in the RUN bar ie

Start - Run - TYPE eventvwr.msc

3. All details of login will be in front of your eyes.SIMPLE!!!!!!!

4. Thanks http://www.technotips24x7.co.cc/