• How Apollo 11′s 1.024MHz guidance computer did a lot with very little

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    October 28, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Hardware, Software

     

    early 44 years ago computer hardware was in an entirely different place than it is now. The levels of performance don’t even fit on the same scale. The anniversary of the Apollo 11moon landing is upon us, and those brave space pioneers got by without a 3GHz multi-core CPU. The guidance computer used on the Apollo 11 mission ran at only 1.024 MHz.

    The moon landing was the height of technological achievement at the time, and some of the rocket technology is still relevant today. That computer, though, has been left in the dust. In fact, it was well and truly obsolete a few years after the landing.

    The Intel 8086 came about roughly ten years after the Apollo landing, marking the beginning of x86. Apollo 11’s computer had 4 registers — essentially slots for holding numeric values. The 8086 boosted that to eight 16-bit registers.

    The IBM PC XT ran the next version of that chip, the famous 8088. This computer ran at 4.077MHz, which sounds incredibly slow by today’s standards, but is still four times faster than the Apollo 11computer. The XT also packed in eight times the memory used on Apollo 11.

    The Apollo 11 guidance computer actually had some impressive software features for a system that didn’t even run a graphical interface. It could multitask up to 8 different operations, but it didn’t work the way we think of multitasking. Today’s operations use preemptive multitasking that allows the OS to distribute computing resources as needed. On Apollo 11, programs were in charge and had to give control back to the OS periodically. A kind of virtual machine was used to allow developers to mix hardware-level instructions with virtual machine commands within the same assembler code.

    Inputting commands required translating the English words into “verb noun pairs,” which could be input as numbers. There was a handy sign in the cabin as a reminder. To top it all off, none of the computer’s systems were software upgradeable. All the code was stored in read-only memory. Several years after Apollo 11, Apollo 14 was forced to manually input the code to patch a system malfunction — it took 90 minutes just to type it in.

    Maybe your computer is a little sluggish, and your smartphone is a couple years old, but you have it better than those astronauts

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  • SanDisk microSDHC and microSDXC Fastest Presents for 4G Smartphones

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    October 27, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Hardware

    JAKARTA, WEDNESDAY – For owners of smartphones, tablets and digital cameras, microSD memory card with a large and fast-performing highly preferred. Especially if its a lot of HD video recording.

    SanDisk listen to the demands and released what it claims is a world’s fastest memory card. Extreme SanDisk microSDHC and microSDXC UHS-I mentioned it is able to transfer up to 80Mbps and 50Mbps write on, or allow shooting shot-to-shot and faster continuous burst mode. This card, SanDisk said, is designed to support HD video and imaging in the future 4G smartphone. tablets and digital cameras.

    The presence of this new card, SanDisk said, triggered by two things. The first is the smartphone. Because expected in the next year or the next, there will be about a billion new smartphones sold., And the average capacity of 6GB up in 2010 to 24GB in 2015. The smartphone users will begin using video and camera features are embedded in a smartphone. And 4G smartphones need faster memory.

    The second driving force is the growing number of tablets being used as a personal device. And embedded memory in tablets will clearly be inadequate if the tablet is widely used for digital imaging activities.

    Extreme Sandisk microSDHC memory cards and microSDXC available in capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Price, depending on the capacity, range from U.S. $ 60 to U.S. $ 200.

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  • This series Notebook & Desktop Latest AIO Lenovo

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    October 26, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Hardware

    JAKARTA – Lenovo increasingly aggressive in the market by launching a series of notebook PCs and desktop All-in-One (AIO) Touch. Vendors from the Bamboo Curtain country to bring a notebook and the latest Touch AIO desktop to the consumer segment.

    This new product line comes with a series of innovations to consumers in an era that claimed Lenovo PC as PC + era.

    “Today is the era of PC +, no longer his time PC old. Therefore we must provide innovation in the PC industry by encouraging innovation,” said Country General Manager Lenovo Indonesia Rajesh Thadani, in the launch line of notebook and desktop AIO Touch at The Foundry, Jakarta , Tuesday (02/07/2013).

    “This year we are facing challenges in the PC industry. Market PCs now it is decreasing, but we in the PC business is still going well. For the consumer segment, we are the number one PC vendor in the world,” said Rajesh.

    This new product line, said Rajesh, a part of Lenovo innovations in the PC + era. The latest line of notebooks Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga is 11s, Touch IdeaPad Z400 and IdeaPad S210 Touch. As for the desktop IdeaCentre A520 AIO is Touch, Touch IdeaCentre B540, C540 and C440 Ideacentre Touch. All new products are equipped with third-generation Intel Core processor and Windows 8 operating systems.

    The specifications of the latest product series include 11s IdeaPad Yoga has a 11.6-inch IPS HD screen that supports 10-point multi-touch with a side order size of 0.67 inches. Ultrabook comes in a choice of colors Silver Grey and Clementine Orange.

    11s is the successor to the IdeaPad Yoga Yoga series past and is still the same as its predecessor, the convertible notebook has four modes that can be converted into a laptop, tablet, stand and tent.

    IdeaPad Z400 comes with Touch screen 14-inch HD LED Backlit Display (1366 x 768) that supports 10-point multi-touch. Moreover, it also comes with extra bass and Dolby Home Theatre v4 to produce a better sound. For type carrying the IdeaPad S210 Touch HD 11.6-inch screen with Dolby Advanced Audio v2 seritifikasi, and comes with a Companion applications such as Lenovo, the Lenovo, and Lenovo Cloud.

    While the IdeaCentre A520 Touch has a full HD 23-inch display with 10-point multi touch, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 4GB of DDR memory, and has additional features like Dolby Home Theater v4. IdeaCentre B540 comes with a 23-inch full HD screen that supports multi-touch 3D display and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.

    While IdeaCentre C540 Touch has a 23 inch screen, and supports up to NVIDIA GeForce 615 graphics 2GB. While the C440 AIO Touch has the same features and functionality with Touch C540, but with a smaller screen that is 21.5 inches.

    IdeaPad Yoga 11s, IdeaPad Z400 Touch, Touch S210 IdeaPad, IdeaCentre A520, IdeaCentre B540 Touch, Touch IdeaCentre C540 and IdeaCentre C440, has been available in the market at each price Rp10, 4 million, Rp 7, 4 million, Rp 4, 7 million , Rp12, 9 million, Rp13, 4 million, Rp 9, 9 million, and Rp 8, 4 million.

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  • Easy Solutions Helps Fight Mobile Banking Fraud with Detect Safe Browsing (DSB) 4.0, Now Available for iPhone and Android

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    October 24, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Internet Informations

    Easy Solutions, the Total Fraud Protection® company, today released Detect Safe Browsing (DSB) version 4.0. With DSB 4.0, financial institution can provide an important additional layer of fraud prevention to the end-user, to better protect against malware and other sophisticated threats such as, pharming, man-in-the-middle (MITM) and man-in-the browser (MITB) attacks. With DSB 4.0, Easy Solutions now extends this support to the two most popular mobile platforms: Android and iOS, ensuring that over 90%1 of mobile users can securely access their mobile banking accounts.

    The APWG recently reported over 1.3 million confirmed-malicious files for Android alone2, making mobile malware one of the fastest growing classes of threats.

    “Mobile banking has become the preferred method for many consumers to conduct their online banking. Unfortunately for financial institutions, some of the most insidious and difficult-to-detect malware is now being targeted at the mobile end-point,” said Daniel Ingevaldson, CTO of Easy Solutions. “With Detect Safe Browsing now available for iPhone and Android devices, financial institutions will be able to provide their customers with a simple and unobtrusive way to secure their mobile banking experience.”

    DSB is a critical component of Easy Solutions’ Total Fraud Protection platform, which provides comprehensive fraud protection across all channels, and extended to the end-user. By combining cross-channel risk-scoring, transaction anomaly detection, multi-factor authentication, secure browsing, and detection and take-down services, Easy Solutions blocks criminals at all three phases of the fraud lifecycle – planning, launching, and cashing – while ensuring that authorized users can conduct business.

    DSB 4.0 from Easy Solutions provides visibility and real-time intelligence of the threats impacting consumers. Based on a proprietary cross validation technology that prevents re-direction to fraudulent websites, DSB 4.0 includes some of the following capabilities:

    • Secure Mobile Browsing with the DSB App: The free DSB app, now available for both iOS and Android devices, gives customers a simple way to protect bank transactions performed on their mobile device or tablet
    • Accelerated Disinfection: DSB enables customers to quickly deploy on-demand cleanup procedures for malware related advanced persistent threats (APTs), enabling financial institutions to mitigate zero-day and targeted attacks.
    • Active Phishing Protection: DSB provides enhanced phishing protection based on Detect Monitoring Services’ (DMS) black list. Since DMS detects phishing attacks in early stages, DSB users are protected from the very latest phishing scams, minimizing their exposure to fraud.
    • Proactive, Real-time Malware Protection: DSB employs proprietary cross-validation technology that detects DNS poisoning and ensures that the end user can connect to the protected site. When an active redirection is detected, DSB stops the fraudulent connection.

    ABOUT EASY SOLUTIONS

    Easy Solutions delivers Total Fraud Protection® to over 100 clients, with over 32 million end users. The company’s products protect against phishing, pharming, malware, Man-in-the-Middle and Man-in-the-Browser attacks, and deliver multifactor authentication and transaction anomaly detection. For more information, visit http://www.easysol.net, or follow us on Twitter @goeasysol.

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  • Google Maps Can Detect Traffic Accidents

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    October 23, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Internet Informations, Software

    Jakarta – Google has just updated the Google Maps application with new features. This feature comes reports of traffic accidents and the number of ways to access the various facilities.
    Google Maps with accident information can be used on Android and iOS based devices. Overall, this application displays maps and their reliable navigation and traffic information.
    Warning about the accident will appear on the map showing traffic flow and road construction. This information is also recommended that these options are not stuck in traffic around the accident site.
    Last June, Google bought Waze, the creator of popular apps that inform traffic flow. But Google has not confirmed whether Waze’s data associated with this application or not.
    The new application also allows users to find out if the place you want to target viable or not. Features »Explore” display greeting cards enjoy a meal and good night.
    Through these features, users can be helped with a variety of information about the place in detail. There is also a rating system that allows users to find somewhere assessment.
    Google Maps with navigation devices had previously been released for the Android and iOS platform. Product Manager for Google Maps, Nobuhiro Makida, said the superior feature of this application is the My Location, search, and referrals.
    “Through My Location, users can know of its existence through the map, even if the device does not have GPS,” said Makida.
    Next is a local search to find a business category. While referrals are the best route to a destination, even if the user is driving, walking, or taking public transportation.
    Features can indicate the distance and direction of travel time to get to the destination. The Google Maps Navigation can be run via voice commands.

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  • Smartphone HTC One X+

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    October 23, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Hardware

    Compete with Extra Ability

    Lapse of more than half a year since the launch of the One X is quite a success, then give refreshment and HTC launched the One X + (plus). With increasing processor speeds and provide extra capacity storage media and batteries, this series is expected to remain competitive amid the onslaught of newer-generation smartphone.

    u5-435-HTCKonstruksi HTC One X + is still the same as the previous series that uses materials that are designed in the form of polycarbonate unibody. Design which has the characteristics of this matte than more resistant to fingerprints, it also provides a more stable grip. The face is still protected by Gorilla Glass. The difference, he had to use the second generation of the tough glass. In general, no different from the appearance of the HTC One X and HTC One X +.

    Because of the similarity of physical appearance as well, screen HTC One X + also still uses Super IPS LCD2 with a diagonal size of 4.7 _ and a resolution of 720 × 1280 pixels. PCplus still like the quality of the display screen is a slick, well-balanced color saturation, and brightness levels are adequate, especially when used in the sun. One thing that is steady on the screen HTC One X + is a point of view that could be considered extraordinary. Even at extreme angles, especially the color display looks as if no change / fade at all.

    The main focus of the HTC One X + is increased in order to support some important aspects of its overall performance. First, Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC that is used to work faster at 1.7 GHz: 200 MHz faster than its predecessor series. Second, a 64GB media capacity shelf, making it very relieved to save anything. Last but not least is a plus 300mAh battery capacity 2100mAh so so.

    Any of the software, HTC One X + is equipped with Jelly Bean Android 4.1.1 and Sense UI 4 +. Although the display is still the same, but the Sense UI 4 + is already avail-owned Butter Jelly Bean Project. This combination makes the HTC One X + runs very smoothly, especially navigating between menus. What is interesting, because it’s UI design, features Google Now owned by Jelly Bean is quite hidden. The trick is to press and hold the Home button for a few seconds, came the new assistant feature the Android smart style.

    If the previous HTC One X is an upscale line of smartphones, the series “plus” is easily dethrone the predecessor position.

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  • UBT and U. Learning Solutions for System Development Education

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    October 22, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Internet Informations

    JAKARTA – The education gap that occurred in Indonesia led to many obstacles in the implementation of teaching activities, especially for remote areas far from urban centers.
    Lack of infrastructure facilities and educators make the achievement of quality education in Indonesia less than the maximum. Supposedly the Communications Director of PT Surya Inti Word Tonny A. . Era in which the IT department, this issue should not have terjadi0.
    To meet the challenges of globalization in the era of fast-paced communication and transparency as today, required education system effective and efficient. One of these systems Ubiquitous Base Test (UBT) & Ubiquitos-Learning (U-Learning) Platform.
    Word is said Tonny A. UBT and U-Learning is introduced by the company North Star Developer’s Village (NSDevil) from Korea, is one of the solutions for the accelerated development of the education system is effective and efficient.
    According to him, with the innovation of new technologies such NSDevil, various limitations and problems in the teaching process can be overcome.
    “The application is not only Internet-based, but also expanded and facilitated by the ability beraplikasi using 3G wireless communication technology, or the network and mobile devices (smartphones) are already widely used in parts of the country people,” he said after signing the MoU between NSDevil cooperation with PT Solar Core Communications.
    The MoU was signed by CEO NSDevil Un Joo Lee, and Commissioner of PT Surya Inti Communications Honye Fauzia Aurelia.
    Tonny said that in the era of the IT department, Indonesia would not want to immediately implement a system of effective and efficient education. “This new system is the development of E-Learning has begun to be applied. E-Learning is limited to the Internet network. U-Learning while utilizing communication network of the vendor, without stuck on a PC or laptop, “he said.
    He explained that his company is considering cooperation with a number of educational institutions started elementary school, junior high, high school, and college. Education training centers, can also take advantage of this technology.
    “This technology is also appreciated by the Ministry of Education and Culture, which was considered to help bring about equality of education in Indonesia,” he said.
    Fauzia Honye Aurelia, Commissioner of PT Surya Inti Communications, adding the development in Indonesia since November 2012, has collaborated with the University NSDevil Pasundan Bandung, as a pilot project in penerapakan UBT and U-Learning.
    “From the evaluation of the first phase in June 2013, he said, showed significant results for students and faculty who have tested penerapakannya in the lecture, to semester exams,” said Honye.
    UBT Technology & U-Learning also applied in South Africa, Russia, Japan, and the Philippines. While in Korea has been applied since two years ago.

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  • Mozilla ponders blinkers for your browser

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    October 21, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Internet Informations

    Mozilla Labs has outlined an experiment it’s conducting in improving the personalisation web publishers can offer readers who browse their sites using Firefox.

    The outfit says it’s been working on the idea since last year, when it “conducted a series of experiments in which a user’s browsing history could be matched with interests in categories like technology, sports and cooking.”

    In return for opting in to the trial, lab rats were offered “insight into how they spend time online.”

    Mozilla Labs is now wondering “what if these interests were also available for the user to share with the websites they visit to get a better, more personalized browsing experience” so that “content creators and consumers could benefit from Web-based interests”?

    Here’s one scenario the outfit has imagined as resulting from this line of thinking:

    “For example, let’s say Firefox recognizes within the browser client, without any browsing history leaving my computer, that I’m interested in gadgets, comedy films, hockey and cooking. As I browse around the Web, I could choose when to share those interests with specific websites for a personalized experience. Those websites could then prioritize articles on the latest gadgets and make hockey scores more visible.”

    Some publishers have already pressed the API for this kind of thing into service, according to the Mozilla Blog, but the code is not in the wild and is being tested – technically and conceptually – as Mozilla figures out how people will react to websites that dynamically change content based on readers’ past behaviours.

    One example of successful personalisation mentioned in the posts announcing the initiative is The Guardian’s offer to ensure its readers see no news about the birth of George Alexander Louis Windsor. That’s a service many will doubtless enjoy. Whether such personalisation can result in readers choosing only to encounter lines of inquiry and opinions they already agree with, and therefore deciding to consume media that re-enforces their feelings rather than offering broader perspectives, is a wider debate for another day. Or the comments.

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  • Leading Software Maniacs announces availability of innovative project management workshops

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    October 19, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Software

    FULL-DAY WORKSHOP:

    A full-day, duo-instructor workshop called Deliver Projects on Time™ With eXtreme Project Management® is now available to be scheduled for public or private classes. Not your typical re-explanation of thePMBOK® Guide or yet another “How to Be Agile” class, we’ve combined two popular full-day workshops, “Deliver Projects On Time, Every Time!” with Doug DeCarlo Group’s “eXtreme Project Management” into an accelerated, one-day workshop.

    This is the only workshop that giveas you proven Agile tools to accelerate planning and on-time delivery for any project. One day, 8 PDUs, two instructors, and a “lively” way to learn! PMI member registration fees start at $299 (early bird). For more information, point your browser to http://www.DeliverExtremeProjects.com.

    HALF-DAY WORKSHOP:

    For folks that can’t spare a full-day workshop we’ve created a new half-day Project Managers Agile Boot Camp. The instructional material has been condensed to give you what you need to understand project agility in just under four hours. You’ll learn how to distinguish the characteristics between the PMBOK® Guide, traditional waterfall, and Agile (Scrum) approaches to project management. The workshop is facilitated by Ken Whitaker, an experienced project manager, software executive, instructor, and author.

    The workshop is highly interactive, lively, and impactful. Attendee registration fees for the 3.5-hour of instruction is competitive priced starting at $159.

    OTHER SERVICES:

    In addition to workshops, Leading Software Maniacs provides consulting services as well as keynotes, eLearning classes, and no cost project management fun-filled videos. Please visit us at Leading Software Maniacs is a PMI Registered Education Provider.

    Leading Software Maniacs, Deliver Projects On Time, Decision Pyramid, the Leading Software Maniacs logo, PM University, and PM Chalkboard are marks of Leading Software Maniacs, LLC. eXtreme Project Management brand project management and Project Acceleration Event are marks of The Doug DeCarlo Group, Inc. For PM Chalkboard and PM University: No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “PM” apart from the mark as shown. PMI, PMP, PMBOK, the PMI logo, and the PMI Registered Education Provider logo are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. All other marks not mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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  • Facebook Testing New Navigation Menu

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    October 18, 2020 /  Computer Technology, Software

    California – Facebook amid redesign navigation bar for iOS and Android app for easy use. Some Facebook users reported that the new navigation bar has appeared at the bottom of the screen.

    But, it was not all users can get the new navigation bar that is still a beta version of it. With the addition of the menu at the bottom, the side navigation bar is now no longer in the beta version of the Facebook application.

    Android users who already have a new navigation bar using Facebook beta version of Google Play Store. While the Apple iPhone users who see the new navigation bar that has installed the regular version of Facebook.

    Android users who have installed the Facebook application is given a link to download the beta version of Facebook when they install updates. This all shows the changes coming from the server.

    There is no warranty on the features of the new navigation bar. Current navigation bar is still considered to iOS or Android app.

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