Recycle Electronics Responsibly

Posted by in Electronic on September 7, 2011

By Mark Middleton

It is very important for the safety of our environment that people responsibly recycle all electronic devices. There are special services and companies dedicated to this cause that will take your electronics for proper disposal and recycling. Electronic devices that can be disposed of are cameras, computers, old cell phones, telecommunication equipment, printers and just about any other device you can think of. Proper disposal of electronic devices, especially computers will ensure that deadly toxins and harmful materials are not put into landfills and later seep into the natural environments. Studies show that in the next decade millions of old computers and other electronic devices will carelessly be dumped into landfills. These all contain harmful components that can damage the ecosystem and even pollute drinking water.

So what are some of the things that can be recycled and why is it so important to properly dispose of them? Computers, batteries, cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices that are no longer in use or are outdated are thrown away every day and end up in the garbage dump along with all other household trash. This sector of waste is referred to as “e-waste” and accounts for a vastly growing amount of landfill waste as technology continues to advance and old products become obsolete. The problem with improper disposal of electronic devices is that they contain harmful materials such as lead, mercury, chromium, cadmium and several other metals. These can be very damaging to the natural environment if dumped into landfills. Most consumers are unaware of the dangers of throwing away electronics. But the cold hard facts are that the chemicals from these can seep into ground water and even damage ecosystems.

In order to maintain a healthy planet for generations to come it is important that we recycle electronic devices properly. It is our responsibility as consumers to be aware of the dangers of throwing away electronic devices into landfills. If we care about the planet we will act responsibly and with conscience thought when it comes to what we throw away. Due to the growing demand for recycling of electronics you can probably check online for local companies that are well equipped to dispose of any electronic equipment you have on hand that you no longer need. With very little effort we can keep our landfills free from dangerous toxins and our drinking water and ecosystems free from danger.

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Top Ways to Help Speed Up Your Computer

Posted by in Computer on September 7, 2011

By Akash Pruthi

In today’s world,Computers have become a part of our lives which are very useful for keeping the personal and professional data safe and secure. If you want to make certain that a PC continues to work fine, then it is necessary for you to perform some maintenance activities.

There are loads of tools available in the market today, like computer maintenance software and other tools which will help you to keep your computer safe and secure.

Following the given steps, you can maintain your computer and it also helps in increasing your PC speed and performance.

1) Defragmentation:
Defragment your PC at least once in a week. Your computer breaks all your files into too many pieces and scatters them on your hard drive. Defragmentation helps in collecting those scattered pieces and organizes them in a neatly manner and gives you a little more space. It allows storage to be used more conveniently and also helps in reduces data access time. Some Operating System automatically do the defragment while some of them requires a special UTILITY for this purpose. Windows XP comes with a utility called Disk Defragmenter.

Go to Start>>All Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Disk Defragmentar and then a dialogue box will open. There you can see a button name “Defragment”. Click on it and the defragment process will begin. It will take time. When the process will complete, you will see some get some extra free space which was allocated by all the junk files in your computer.

2) Registry Cleaning:
One of the most essential part of the windows is Registry which contains all the details about your computer like where the programs are stored, list of all Start menu shortcut.Basically, everything you do on computer is recorded somewhere in the registry.It acts like a database which contains all the information about your PC.

There are many things which cause registry errors. If you browse the internet very often and download various programs, audio files or games then your computer opens a gate for Malware such as Trojans, worms and viruses. All these malicious programs add embedded keys within the registry and these keys cannot be deleted manually and can cause many serious problems to your computer. It may damage your hardware and even prevent your computer from booting.

The best way to fix these registry error is to download a good registry cleaner. It is recommended to clean your registry once in a week and also every time you uninstall any software especially freeware.

Go to Start Menu>>>All Programs>>>Accessories>>>System tools>>>Disk Defragmenter and click on Defragment. It will defragment your hard disk.It will clean your system and remove all the bad sectors on your system.

3) Good Anti-virus:
If you want to run your PC smoothly then you have to install a good Anti-virus which will help you to get rid of all the viruses and Trojans. Viruses are a piece of code or an executable program which will delete your files on hard disk and sometimes even crash your system. When your system got infected by viruses,it acts differently like you get unusual screen display,error messages,slows down your system,system will hang eventually,Windows will work incorrectly etc.

They say that “Prevention is better than cure”.Preventing your PC from viruses by using an anti-virus program is better than dealing with infected PC. Some of the best anti-virus software available in the market are Kaspersky, ESET NOD32, McAfee etc. These antivirus program will not only help you in dealing with viruses but also with other threats like adware, spyware and Trojans.

4) Getting rid of unwanted startup program:
Startup program are those program which are automatically started by Windows everytime you turn on the computer. The main problem occurs when viruses, Trojans and spyware set themselves to start automatically whenever the Windows starts. Some of your startup program will be visible on your system tray(located on lower right hand corner).

The Startup program will be running in the background causing your computer to run slower by eating your system memory. Some of the startup program are very critical for your Operating System, You don’t have to disable them unless you know they are unnecessary.

Go to Start menu>>Click on Run>>Type “msconfig”>>Hit enter

You will see a screen called System Configuration Utility. There, Click on Startup tab on the extreme right hand side of the dialogue box. You can see all the startup program now which are scheduled to run on startup. The programs which are checked,only they will run on startup. If you want any program not to run on startup or you find any suspicious program, Then uncheck it and then Apply. It will ask you to restart your computer. Restart it and you will see all the unwanted program are gone from the System tray or they will not run on startup.

5) Uninstall all the unused programs:
Any programs that are not being used for such a long time are just taking up space on your hard drive. Deleting a program folder doesn’t mean that you uninstalled that program. You have to do it by uninstalling the program from Control panel.

Go to Start Menu>>Control Panel>>Add or Remove Program.
It will open a dialogue box in which various installed programs are given… Click on “Remove”.Now,the program will be removed from your computer.

6) Recycle bin:
If you delete any file, it will not completely removed from your computer, It goes to Recycle bin. Basically Recycle bin is a temporary storage for all the files that have been deleted by the user. Sometimes, files got deleted accidentally, You can recover those files from Recycle bin. But those files acts as a junk when it goes to Recycle bin. You will found all the unnecessary junk in the recycle bin. Keeping those junk for a long time might slows down your system. Empty your Recycle bin after a regular interval of time.

7) Delete Temporary Internet Files:
Every time you visit a website or open a file in it, a temporary copy is made and kept in your hard drive. Basically these are the files stored in computer and helps in speed up surfing. When you visit any website like http://www.ebay.com, Your browser will take particular files from that website and stores them in hard drive of your computer. Now,next time when you visit http://www.ebay.com, The page should load faster because you have the information stored in hard drive of your computer as Temporary Internet Files.

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Comparison for the Top 7 Android Phones

Posted by in Handphone on September 7, 2011

By Alice Puay

There are so many versions of android handphone in the marketplace. How do you know which is the best? Before you buy your android handphone, you need to do some homework. Choose an android handphone according to your needs and wants.

Having an android handphone which fits into your lifestyle will be superb! It gives you a lot of convenience.

So ask yourself these questions:

1)What do you want from your handphone?

2)Are you using your handphone for sms, take photos, take videos, listen to music, access internet, play games, make calls, check the weather, control your cash flow, GPS or keep track of your contacts?

3)How does this handphone benefits me?

Let us take a look into the top 7 android handphones in the marketplace now.

The 7 Android Handphones are:

1)HTC EVO 4G uses the Android-Operating System connected with the 4G network. This handphone is equipped with a 1GHz processor, 4.3-inch screen, dual video cameras, each of which has a 8MP resolution, and 1.3 Megapixel.

2)HTC Droid Incredible uses Android operating system 2.1 with HTC user interface sense. It has features that include 3.7 inch AMOLED screen multitouch, Snapdragon processor 1 GHz, 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, wifi and integrated GPS..

3)Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 uses the Google Android OS version 1.6. It.comes with a screen width up to 4 inch capacitive touchscreen and uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 1GHz. This phone has 8.1 megapixel camera that has been equipped with LED flash, micro USB Card slot.

4)Samsung Epic 4G has a physical keyboard, a front-facing camera and it runs on Sprint’s 4G network. You can choose either the TouchWiz keyboard, the Swype keyboard, or the native Android keyboard. It has Social Hub that combines streams from your Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts into a single view

5)Samsung i8520 Beam is has DLP Pico projector which is actually built into the device. It has a 14.9mm thin frame, a 3.7? WVGA Super AMOLED display, 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, GPS, Wi-Fi, DNLA, 7.2Mbps up HSDPA (900/1900/2100MHz), 16GB of internal memory, 512MB ROM / 384MB RAM and an 1800 mAh battery that is said to yield 7 hours and 50 minutes of 3G talk time. OS wise, the i8520 is running Android 2.1 with “Specialized Projector UI.

6)Acer BeTouch has a colourful touch screen. It is a compact unit which is 103 mm x 54 mm wide and is only 13 mm thick. This handphone makes use of the popular ST Ericsson PNX6715 416MHz processor in addition to the android operating system. It has GPRS and EDGE, USB and blue tooth connectivity. Internet access is available through its built-in HSDPA connection at a speed of 3.6 Mbps. It has an internal memory of 256 MB with the choice to utilise additional cards and the integrated microSD card slot to increase capacity if required. It has a colourful 3.15 mega pixel camera with video footage. It has entertainment features such as a stereo FM radio, an MP4/MP3 media player and games. It comes with a 2.8 inch TFT 240 x 320 pixel touch screen.

7)Motorola Quench synchronizes your phonebook contacts, media content, messaging and email trail with your social networking sources in a single home screen.It has entertainment feature such as media players that connects online with YouTube, TuneWiki, SoundHound and GoTv. There’s also FM stereo streaming support.It has a SWYPE data input option feature. It is a 3G phone on the triple band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA and a quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on 2G. It has WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP for local data transfers. It has a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and CIF video recording at 25fps. For headphones, you can choose between a wired 3.5mm headphone jack or wireless Bluetooth A2DP. It comes in four body colors, namely white, black, purple and licorice

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