Glossary Terms

UNIX: It's a computer operating system developed in 1969 by AT&T employees at Bell Labs. To open a file you had to type in a series of codes and commands. It was extremely hard for the inexperienced.

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Upload: It's the upload of a file or program from  one computer to another.

                     

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Uniform Resource Locator:  More known as URL, it specifies where an identified source is available and how to retrieve it.   Ex:  http://www.blogger.com/

Usenet: It's a a worldwide distributed discussion system.It functions as the bulletin board for the internet and it's used in all online discussion boards and forums. It's composed of many ever changing servers that store and forward messages to each other. Users can read and post messages through their local internet service provider, university or employer. Then the sevrers will exchange messages making them available to anyone.

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Utility Programs & Software: It's a computer software which is designed to help manage and tune the operating system, computer hardware or application software by performing a single task or a small range of tasks. Ex: Disk Defragmenter, Anti-Virus, Data Compression and so much more.

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Vector Graphics: It's the use of geometrical primitives which are like lines, points and curves to represent images in computer graphics. What makes it really good is the fact hat no matter how much you zoom in on a picture you still have the image quality as before zooming in since it's not based on pixels.

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Video Conference: It's a technology that allows 2 or more parties to interact online using a webcam.

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Video-on-demand: It's a system that allows users to select and watch the video content on demand.

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V-RAM: This is the memory used to store image data that the computer displays. It acts as a buffer between the CPU and the video card. When a picture is to be displayed on the screen, the image is first read by the processor and then written to the VRAM.

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Zune HD Releases 3D Games For Free!

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The last Zune HD firmware update allows you to play 3D games and the most importantly they are free. Anyone with Zune HD 4.3 can go to the Zune marketplace where they can acquire these games. Some of the many games are: PGR: Ferrari Edition, Lucky Lane Bowling, Vans Sk8, Piano, Audio Surf: Tilt, and Checkers.

Samsung Makes The Switch!

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Starting 2010 all Smartphones made by samsung will have Windows Mobile- and Android-based platforms. But instead of the Symbian they will adopt a new operating system, Samsung Bada. Also Digitimes has it from the exec that its new proprietary mobile OS will be taking the place of the Nokia-friendly platform.

Candylicious the World's Largest Candy Store Opens in Dubai!!

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Dubai does it again! The largest candy store in the world is next to the largest aquarium in the world which is inside the largest mall in the world which is next to the biggest fountain in the world and the tallest building in the world. It seems like Dubai are obsessed with having the biggest everything. This huge store is 10,000 square feet of pure candy. They have EVERY single flavour and type of candy that you can ever think in hundreds of shapes. Even the walls are filled with candy and sweets. This idea is one of kind and till now it's a big success!

X6 takes Nokia back on top!

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This master piece took the spotlight from the Iphone and put it right back on Nokia. It has an astonishing memory of 32GB to fit your songs functioning as both an ipod and a phone. Its 5MP camera and Auto focus makes this phone both multimedia and a camera phone. Its 3G internet and EXTREMELY powerful battery make it a very fierce competitor to many multimedia phones. The most important feature is the battery which can last 420 hours on standby time, 8h and 30mins on talk time and 35 hours on music play. One of the negative things about this phone is that there is no memory card slot so you can't increase your memory once it's full. Nokia should also start manufacturing android phones to compete with the android lines made by Motorola and Acer. The X6 will soon be coming to Lebanon.

Smartphone Rivalry!

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The Blackberry Bold 9000 and the 9700 clash head on! It looks like the 9700 is winning this race with its new design and size. The 9700 has a length of 4.29" while the Bold is 4.48" long. Also the 9700 weighs only 122g compared to the Bold with a weight of 136g. Also the Bold is 6mm wider then the 9700. Also the 9700 beats the Bold with its 2.1v for the bluetooth device which means faster transfer. The high resolution in the new Smartphone is a new upgrade to the Smartphone series. For all the businessmen out there, i suggest you buy the 9700 for longer talk and standby time. The 9700 can last for about 19 days on standby time and 6 hours on talk time while the Bold lasts onl 10 days on standby time and 4 hours on talk time. The Bold has 1 advantage and that's the Onboard memory which is 1GB while the 9700 has an Onboard memory of only 256MB. So all in all the new 9700 is dominating the Blackberry market.

The Decomplicator!

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Tired of worrying about your id or credit card while on a night out? Case-Mate just solved all your problems with this new PRACTICAL case. It can hold your credit card and your id and it's only 2.5mm thicker than the usual cover. The case is now available in Lebanon in most electronic stores!

Scanner in Your pocket?!!!

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The new DocuPen X-series will make your life a whole lot easier! The people in Planon have been working on a portable pen scanner that can capture at a full 600dpi. There are 3 models and they all have these features: a memory of 64MB, bluetooth connectivity, an OLED screen and a Lithium-Polymer battery. This product is now available in the market for $369.99.

Battle of the month! Air vs. Breathtaker

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The newly released Dell Adamo xps aka The Breathtaker destroyed the Macbook Air with its 9.99mm(0.39 inchs) width compared to the 0.75 inch laptop. The specs of the "Breathtaker" are still not released to the public but it will be out during the holidays and it will hopefully make a big hit in US market.

The Future of Honda

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The Japanese creation was designed by the spanish designer Xuacu Pérez Quesada. Incredibly enough the Honda RA-X was designed in a way to be made by our current technology and therefore production wil soon start. This concept car marks the presence of Honda in motosports and its name defenitly states it with the RA. Also you have the "X" factor that adds some more mystery to this incredible car. The smooth exterior lines form an X. The engine vents can be seen from the back and the tail lights are excentric with their triangular shape. The two-seater has a 350hp MR engine supplying power to the rear wheels. The doors open vertically which is an immitation to the lamborghini doors.

Vuzix Wrap Eyewear: A Breakthrough!

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A breakthrough in improving gaming experience is the lastest Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Eyewear. It's a stunning piece of technology! This gadget has a twin high-resolution video display and projects a 55-inch screen at 10-feet! This eyewear is compatible with almost all electronic devices that can be watched. ex: Ipod, iphone, mobile phone with output devices, dvd players, portable dvd players, Blu-ray players and so much more. It was released with a price of $249.95. The head of Vizux said to the press "The Wrap 310 also brings advanced features to the video Eyewear category that no product has. With capabilities to add tracking and cameras that enable augmented reality and incredible gaming experiences; there is nothing like it on the market". To anyone who wants to LIVE his gaming experience then i suges you buy these glasses.

Acer Liquid: The Solid Android

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The highly anticipitated Acer Liquid A1 has been recently released. After reading a couple of posts about it i realized that even though it is said it runs a 1GHz Snapdragon it's been under-clocked to 768MHz. It still has its original User Experience the Google Android 1.6 roots and it also has a nemoPlayer for multimedia files, DataViz for Microsoft Exchange support, and the Spinlets music streaming service. They also modified the clock and the task manager which now includes a preview of open apps. So all in all Acer managed to release this breakthrough product quicker and cheaper than anyone could have predicted. The Acer Liquid A1 price is only 380 euros or around 570 dollars.

SPECS (Taken from the website Acerliquid.net):

* 1GHz Snapdragon Processor – Fastest smartphone processor available

* WVGA Screen (800 x 480 resolution) – Most phone use half the resolution

* 3.5 inch Capacitive Touch Screen – Touch screen along with four flat, touch-sensitive buttons: home, back, menu and search

* 5MP Camera with auto focus and Geo-tagging – 5MP is all you really need and geo-tagging is a cool bonus

* HSPA Connectivity – 7.2Mbps Speeds High Speed Packet Access Internet Browsing

* Wifi Synching – Use your wifi connection to sync files between your computer and your Acer Liquid phone

* Android 1.6 Donut – The latest Android build that will finally have a good phone to shine on

* GPS: Internal GPS antenna

* Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets. Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi ®: IEEE 802.11 b / g, 3.5 mm audio jack 3.5 mm audio jack

* Memory: ROM: 512 MB / RAM: 256 MB ROM

* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

* Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. Capacity: 1350 mAh, Talk time: Up to 300 minutes Standby time: Up to 400 hours. (The above are subject to network and phone usage)

* Dimensions (LxWxT): 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm

* New UI including access to entertainment/bookmarks – Quick access to things you use most often

* Spinlets – Free music/video streaming that can be shared with friends/family through web/email

* Expansion Slot: microSD ™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

* Social Network Integration… Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and other Social Media/Networks

* Weight: 135 grams with battery

Omnia II : The Ultimate Experience

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 Samsung Omnia II is unique with its best-in-business display, WM 6.5, zippy processor and preloaded software galore

The Omnia II has several advantages, one of which is the amazing 3.7" AMOLED WVGA display. For the acronym-allergic - WVGA means 480 x 800 pixels resolution, which used to be acceptable for computer screens. It's not that rare nowadays  but the exciting part here is "AMOLED" - active matrix organic LED. Or in plain English - brilliant picture quality.

Last but no least - the 800MHz CPU is one of the speediest around and the available capacities of up to 16GB built-in memory and up to 32GB external storage via microSD card offer more than enough memory expansion. There's Wi-Fi and GPS, the autofocus camera shoots 5MP stills and D1 video at 30fps and has dual-LED flash, there's DivX playback out of the box and HSDPA and HSUPA push the phone to great wireless speeds.

The New Generation! IDroid . . .

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It's a unique phone which can't be described by words. The web is richer.  The photos are sharper. And the videos POP. It has the most advanced browser and Android 2.0 software with a blazing-fast processor and 3G speed for faster search. It has the world's thinnest QWERTY slider at 13.7mm which will help you in navigating your phone. It has a 5MP camera with a flash, plus loads of great camera features and a DVD-quality recorder to capture all your experiences. It's the phone with the "Hi" IQ. The camera has Image stabilization, real-time color effects, scene modes and location tagging. It can be put on Standby-Time for about 270 hours.