Social Networks
The biggest craze today seem to be online social networks. A few years ago it was MySpace, then Face Book and now we are all in a Twitter. Social Networks are not new and in the future they will still be here, only in ways that some high school teen developer is only now imagining. [...]
What Will You Be Watching on June 12th
This is not a trick question advertising a special TV show, but the simple fact that June 12, 2009 is the date that over the air television will stop broadcasting the analog TV signals, that have been in use since the beginning of television, and start broadcasting completely in digital. There has been many rumors [...]
Flat Screen TVs and Our Kids
Reports are showing that as more families are replacing their old tube TVs with flat screens, and with it more children are being injured by having them fall on them. Flat screen TVs are lighter than tube TVs of the same size. Most of their weight falls in a couple of inch wide area with [...]
A Ball in Space
It was on October 4, 1957 that the Soviet Union took the first step in what has been called the US-USSR Space Race. It was on that date that they put Sputnik I into Earth’s orbit. The first artificial satellite was 58 cm or 22.3 inches in diameter. This is just a little over twice [...]
Kodak – Eastman Picks a Name
What’s in a name? For George Eastman the name is Kodak. It was on September 4, 1888 that he patented the name Kodak. When applying to the British Patent Office his comments were; “This is not a foreign name or word; it was constructed by me to serve a definite purpose. It has the following [...]
Screen formats (Aspect Ratios) for motion pictures
1.33:1 – Standard television screen. 1.37:1 – Movies made prior to the 1950’s when wide-screen formats were introduced. 1.66:1 – Popular wide-screen format in the 50’s and 60’s. 1.78:1 – Format of 16×9 that’s on HDTV sets. 1.85:1 – Popular format for many movies. 2.35:1 – Super widescreen format used by many movie ‘epics’.
Portable Computers
After the announcement by Steve Jobs at MacWorld 2008 for the world’s smallest computer, the MacBook Air, I started thinking about the first time I saw a portable computer. It was in the early 1980′s when computers were just in their infancy. I was a young man who grew up with an interest in electronics [...]
Keeping Your PC Performing Smoothly
1) Have the right software installed. Every computer will come with the operating system installed. The first ones to install now would be Anti-virus, firewall and ones that will protect you from ad-ware and spy-ware. After those it’s time to determine what other software you need to do your work. 2) Keep the operating system [...]
Electronic gadget to give as a gift
1) A digital camera. Digitals cameras now can be purchased inexpensively that will give good to great printed photos. Recommendation is for the camera to have no less than 6 mega pixels and 3X optical zoom. 2) Memory card. If you know someone who already has a digital camera, give a memory card. The cost [...]
About DTV
1) DTV stands for Digital Television. Broadcasters are able to deliver within their licensed frequencies sharp pictures and sound. In DTV you will either receive or not receive the signal so there will no longer be ghosts and fussy pictures. 2) HDTV (High Definition Television) is defined as high resolution programming in a widescreen format. [...]
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