“I always go for the latest Windows security patches, but sometimes I neglect other programs which stand as a security risk when they are not up-to-date.”
Fast Fix: Now to test the security of the apps, you need to use software called Secunia Software Inspector which is available freely. The process is simple. This software doesn’t need any kind of installation. Once you have it on your pc, click start and follow the instructions. Here the scan requires Sun Java JRE 1.5.0_12 version which works with Windows 2000 SP4 and later editions.
What does this normally do? Well, it identifies all the apps that are outdated. If you want for more details, then click the plus sign next to each entry. Many applications on the disk leave older versions when installing updates. This is mainly to ensure backward-compatibility. Remember to backup the system before you start deleting older versions of concerned apps.
“Experts always have an opinion about defragmentation saying it helps the system improve its performance. But the problem here is, finding time to defrag the disks is getting more difficult.”
Fast Fix: Well, defragmention can be a good way to go if you find that your system performance is deteriorating. Make windows do the disk-defragmenting. Please refer back to part 3-Quick Fix 3. Here you should make a change. When editing the command line in Advanced Properties, change to cmd.exe /c defrag c: -f -v > “c:\doc\report.txt” (the path to your report file may be different).
When coming to Vista, do the same, but change the text in the ‘Add arguments (optional)’ box to /c defrag -c -f -v -w > “c:\doc\report.txt” (the path may differ).
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Microsoft has released Entity Framework Beta 3 and has officially announced that ADO.NET 2.0 and third party database vendors have agreed to support the framework. Entity Framework Beta 3 provides data access APIs for .NET 3.5. It is the next version of Framework Beta 2 which was released in August.
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The countdown has already begun! Are you looking for an advanced digital entertainment? This one probably should do it. The new HP Pavilion DV6568SE Notebook PC comes with the leading edge mobile performance and communication features, it has a Dual headphone with Altec lansing audio that can help you enjoy and share your new entertainment. Also contains Intel Mobile Dual Core technology which enables you to use multiple demanding applications such as playing games, DVD burning and more.
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Americans think they help the earth when they recycle their electronic gadgets like computers, cell phones etc. But in reality, they contribute to the global trade in electronic trash that pollutes the environment overseas.
The latest figures show that in about 50-75 percent of the 300,000 tons of electronic trash collected for recycling in the U.S each year ends up overseas. Workers from various countries like China, Nigeria use hammers, and their hands to extract metals, and other recyclables exposing them. This endangers workers.
Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network said that it was being recycled in a horrific way. He said that they were preserving own environment while contaminating the rest of the world.
Recycling industry officials say that the gear most likely to be shipped abroad is collected at free recycling drives. Officials say that companies, cities and counties hire the cheapest firms and do not question on what is the outcome of the thrown away equipments.
The problem can get poorer. According to the Environment Protection Agency data almost 2 million tons of electronics discarded by Americans annually goes to landfills. Activists say that states are banning wastes from landfills, which could drive more waste into the recycling stream in the near future.
Many claim that they export items which are used for reuse in poor nations. Recently in Hong Kong customs officials were tipped off by environmentalists for the same reason. They found out containers which had old electronic equipments discarded by Americans.China has banned the import of electronic waste.
John Bekiaris, chief executive of San Francisco-based HMR USA Inc said that people were getting away with exporting electronic waste. People who wanted to dispose their electronics needed to do an inspection of the vendors they used.
Fortune Sky USA, a subsidiary of a Chinese company was shipping containers. Recently General Manager of Fortune Sky told his company thought that it was buying and shipping used computers, not old monitors and was trying to get its money back. Fortune Sky, exports used computers to China, Malaysia and other Asian countries.
The General Manager of Fortune Sky said that there was a huge market for secondhand computers. He continued saying that if the equipments could still be used, then it was good for everybody and it could not cause pollution.
Puckett of Basel Action Network said that reuse was a new excuse, which was a passport to export. Activists were complaining that exporters don’t check the items to make sure they work before sending it overseas. On the other end, at customs the goods don’t get checked.
In 2007, Hong Kong authorities returned in about 80 containers of electronic waste which included 20 from US. The authorities at Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department said it was impossible for them to check every container that was imported to Hong Kong.
In the US, exporting electronic waste isn’t illegal, but US does bar the export of monitors with cathode rays, but authorities in the US lack resources to check most containers.
Electronic makers should take back their products and recycle them. Such laws may help in making products that are easier to recycle and can contain few dangerous materials.
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The Abu Dhabi goverment’s investment unit has planned to buy an 8.1 percent stake in world’s No. 2 microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) for $622 million.
The Mubadala Development Co of UAE received 49 million issued shares on Thursday when the prices closed at $12.70 each, reports came in, on Friday. After compensating the United Arab Emirates investments firm for roughly $14 million in expense AMD received in about $608 million, reports said.
AMD held out a view saying it would use the proceeds for corporate purposes including investments in research and development, product innovations etc.
Mubadala will not receive any board representation as part of the non controlling, minority investment, the company said. AMD shares went up from 8 cents to $12 in the morning trade after rising to a high of $13.36 early in the session.
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