Archive for May, 2008

ZPower launches silver-zinc batteries

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

All mobile devices users may soon be able to run their devices for a longer period without any recharge as ZPower claims to have developed a silver-zinc based battery which will last longer as compared to lithium-lion batteries.
ZPower claims that silver-zinc batteries will run 40% more as compared to lithium-lion batteries, so if a lithium-lion based battery runs for 2 hours then a silver-zinc based battery will run for approximately 3 hours which company believe is a very good improvement.
The Silver-Zinc batteries are also said to be safe as these batteries uses water-based chemistry which makes it nonflammable, whereas lithium-lion based batteries use dimethyl carbonate which is flammable and can go off like “firecrackers” in times of fire.
Silver-Zinc batteries also degrade at a very low speed as compared to lithium-lion batteries as lithium-lion batteries looses upto 30% of its capacity in the first year whereas silver-zinc batteries do not lose any bit of its capacity though after the first year it degrade at the same speed as the lithium-lion batteries do.
Many market analysts say that this new type of battery will be costly as it uses silver which is expensive and it may take some time before silver-zinc based batteries can be seen used at a large number
ZPower also says that this is a new kind of battery and it will take some time before they can know and improve all of its drawback, but still this new battery will be available for shipment at the end of this month.

Apple acquires P.A.Semi for $278 million

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Apple has agreed to acquire P.A.Semi Inc. for approximately $278 million as per according to the reports published by Forbes.
P.A.Semi was founded by a veteran chip designer Dan Dobberpuhl and presently has more than 150 employees who have worked for other major companies such as Intel Corp, AMD Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
The company processors are based on IBM Power microprocessor architecture which were used in 1990’s under the brand AIM (Apple-IBM-Motorola) which made PowerPC line of CPU’s. For a long time Apple relied on this line of processors until it completely abandoned them in 2006.
This acquisition will enable Apple engineers to have much better control of what they make as processor plays a important role in every product and also this will enable them to keep the underdevelopment products a secret.
As this news came to light, many different opinion (much more of rumors) are coming out as some market analysts believe that Apple took this step to make its own processors which will enable them to enter the low-cost laptops market which is booming in developing countries such as China and India and some analysts believe that this acquisition can be the first step to next generation iPods and iPhones.
Apple has not announced anything as why it acquired P.A.Semi but it is sure that this acquisition will enable company to further enhance their present line of products as Apple had been known for their unique creativity.

Web hosting

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I am sorry friends as I haven’t been able to write anything on this blog for a long time now and this is probably going to be the only post for the next six months again :) … well you guessed it right I am just a lazy piece of s*** :) and I take a lot of pride in being called that as this is what this life is all about isn’t it? doing as less work as possible and getting maximum results out of the little or no work you do.

Having said all the above here is how a smart webmaster chooses his or her web hosting regardless of where they belong to as smartness knows no boundaries. Before I tell you the way I choose my webhost I would like to shed some light on the way some one who is not so lazy and at the same time less smarter individual would do… go to google and search for words like webhosting or good hosting and stuff like that and then look at each and every result that google throws at you and read through web hosting company sites which just tells you what they want you to hear about them.
Here is another scenario… a Lazy (but successful webmaster who hates to use spell check and doesn’t like to work at all and still want excellent results) webmaster but a smart one wants webhosting and all he or she would do is open up this web hosting site :) and check out what other webmasters have to say about a particular web host and just read web hosting reviews and pick up the one that appeals the most and is disliked by a very few people and liked by many according to the excellent rating system this website has.

The best thing about the website I mentioned above is that it doesn’t throw advertisements at you and thats where you can distinguish between a serious site meant to serve the webmaster community and a site which is just sitting there to make money on every single visit.
Read a few web hosting articles and get some in depth knowledge before jumping on to the pay now page at any web hosting site and you wont regret.

The reason I wrote this above article was that I have been getting a lot of personal messages on the forums asking me about which hosting to sign up with and all those sort of questions… so now you wont have to ask.

Some one please open up a thread in the webhosting section and link to this blog post please and I will make it sticky.

Happy new year every one :) (yea I know its a bit too late for that but then as they say better late then never)

Thanks and please stop sending me PMs on the forum about hosting… this site has got it all at one place.

Laptops

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Laptops : One of the easiest ways to get around and still carry on with important work using a computer is a laptop, which has come a long way with it improvements and popularity. Since the time that laptops have been invented they have provided one of the best services for people. Allowing them to do work where ever they may be, whether they are in their car, on any kind of public transport, or practically being anywhere away from home. In today’s date people can also access the internet using wireless internet access using data cards, and there is a lot more that one can do with a laptop these days.
The laptops have come in use for many people and especially business men, as they are now able to bring their presentation on their laptops to present to their clients, they can communicate with clients using the internet access they have, and do what ever kind of business work being away form the office. Apart from business men it is also something useful for students, who can carry out their projects and do assignments from their laptop without having to stay at collages or school to complete their work. It is also easy for them to move around with their laptop as being a student means moving homes every year and commuting regularly.
There are many types of laptops which you can choose from, and it all depends on what you require the laptop for. Some people purely purchase a laptop for doing their work which means typing and therefore do not require any specific features. For those who use the internet require their laptops to have a large hard disk, fast processing and speed for an overall superb performance of their internet access from their laptop. The other category is for gamers who have to have the top rated laptop as they play games which are loaded with graphics. But no general case it is personal preference to what you require to have in your laptop and of what size and speed.

Property Prices in UK

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Cheap loans took the market righ up in the past but now property prices in the United Kingdom are falling down tremendously, and as compared to previous years the prices have gone down by 20%. This is good news for those people who yet to purchase homes, but for those who have recently brought homes, regret this a lot as only a few months down the line the same house they have brought would have been 20% cheaper. This whole change has also had an affect on the mortgage rates in the United Kingdom and the rates are gone down, meaning there are very little number of buyers in the market. The reason property prices shot up in the past was cheap loans provided by banks and building societies.