TODAY’S COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

Computers were once looked upon as a unimportant piece of technology “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” – Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943, “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home” – Ken Olsen, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977, now inventors have been trying to perfect and improve the core operating functions of the computer. Computers that were initially built for calculation purposes has now led us into the twenty first century of portable laptops, handheld PDA’s, desk tops, robotics (self-cleaning vacuum, robot toys, etc), animated films, GPS Systems, world wide web, and so much more.
As our technology continues to advance rapidly, I wonder what inventions will created in the near and distant future? Will desktops become obsolete and replaced by another form of technology? Will newer advances in electronic technology replace the need for paper? One thing that frightens me a little is computer technology replacing the need for human interaction. For example, the use of cameras in traffic lights, radar equipment to detect speed without a police officer ever pulling you over, GPS devices to track you where ever whenever, machinery replacing labor in the construction fields, and so many other areas that have been taken over the by the computer. Will these advances in technology eventually control us and replace people in the work field? These are questions we need to ask ourselves as we move into the next century.

Ericsson promises 42Mbps HSPA demo using multi-carrier technology

Leave Ericsson alone for five seconds, and it goes and makes the technology it was just bragging about seem archaic. Just in case Telstra's 21Mbps Next G network seemed a bit -- how do you say, sluggish? -- Ericsson will be showcasing a new approach that enables peak downlink data rates of 42Mbps at Mobile World Congress. In order to achieve such tremendous speeds, it will rely on its so-called multi-carrier technology, which is the next (or is that next-next?) generation of HSPA. The secret? It allows users to "receive data simultaneously on two frequency channels," which doubles the data rate in the coverage area of an HSPA network and on the cell edge. The best part of all this isn't that you can one day look forward to crushing your cable modem with a wireless USB stick, it's that "one day" will be ready to happen before the dawn of 2010. Huzzah!

Eee pc slim laptop! Small wonder delivers big hype

Slim computers generally run your wallet over $2,000 a pop. Get ready for a wonderful new computer that weighs 2lbs (six and a half by nine inches and 1 inch thick) and costs exactly the same as the iPhone.
Made by high-end laptop maker Asus, the Eee PC is a slim, full-fledged computer. Eee PC has a respectable seven-inch screen, and sacrificing a thick and heavy hard drive it instead features 4GB of flash memory. Now, this little guy can't replace your super computer, but it's Linux-based OS makes it easy to create both open-source/free and Windows Word docs. There's built in wi-fi, so your Eee can play with it's bigger computer friends.
This little tiny, eeeny, elegantly pearl-colored guy is perfect for your purse, and if you still want to make calls there's alway Skype and the new Skype phone. You've got some options for a business person on the run, who's trapped in their Verizon, Team Mobile, Sprint, etc. contract, waiting for an iPhone or next generation iPhone.
For me, it's a close tie, but to be clear, this small wonder is going to deliver big hype in the coming weeks!

Computer Mediated Communication

Computer mediated technology has opened up a whole new world of privacy concerns. There are hackers that can access computers anywhere and get sensitive information. Employers can Google applicants to check their personal lives to see if they are what they think is a "good" fit for their company. Privacy concerns even turn into anonymity concerns where anyone can pretend to be someone else. CMC offers digital trails everywhere for those who know how to find or record them. This includes at the workplace, the library, on your cell phone, e-mails, instant messages, chat room discussions, forums and other digital communication mediums.
"Much of the media coverage surrounding young people and online social networks has focused on the personal information teens make available on these networks. Are they sharing information that will harm their future college or job prospects? Or worse, are they sharing information that puts them at risk of victimization?" (Lenhart and Madden, 2007). This question posed by research specialists is heavy and infers a plethora of negative consequences for choosing to share the wrong information or to make one's online profile public. There have already been stories of men who have tracked down under age girls to commit illegal acts and identity thieves who buy and sell sensitive information online (Sullivan, 2008). Privacy laws are still trying to be adjusted to help fight against such crimes, but digital criminals can be hard to track. One study discusses how, "too much bad privacy, such as ‘imposed modesty, chastity, and domestic isolation' ... prevents exposure of the spousal and child abuse" (EPIC, 2004). The problem is that protecting privacy online is becoming increasingly more difficult and more impossible to guarantee (Sullivan, 2008).
Other concerns for privacy online include those related to the US government, among others, data mining information about its citizens (Müller, 2007). In "Would You Mind Being Watched by Machines? Privacy Concerns in Data Mining,” Müller contents that either artificial intelligence is breaching privacy by understanding what it is tracking or the person who inevitably otherwise must be analyzing the information is breaching privacy (2007). His ultimate conclusion is, “The more sophisticated defenders of data mining suggest that its problem lies in how it is used: ‘One of the principal reasons for public concern about these tools is that there appears to be no consistent policy guiding decisions when and how to use them’ (DeRosa 2004, vii). I have tried to show that any use violates a right to privacy – unless it is authorized by the person concerned” (Müller, 2007). With all of the options for CMC to be tracked, there still seems to be some illusion of privacy though in some way all information online is vulnerable and recorded somewhere. Perhaps the future of CMC will find a way to solve these issues and give a realistic expectation of privacy online that if afforded in homes.

Meade ETX-LS brings the night sky a little closer

Meade are a well known name in consumer telescopes, recognised for using computer technology to make telescopes easier to use.
That technology reaches a peak in the new ETX-LS, which combines GPS and optical sensing technology to optimally align itself in 3 minutes, anywhere on the planet.
Once you’re looking at an object in the sky the telescope will work out what you’re looking at and if it knows about it, give you information through the built in speaker. It will even present related video on a connected TV.
For the uninitiated, here’s why auto alignment is cool: we are sitting on a ball of rock moving through space and spinning at 1000MPH. If you try to use a telescope to look at the sky you’ll find that it very quickly moves (remember we’re spinning) and you have to readjust the telescope to keep the sky still.
Motorised telescopes can do this adjustment automatically but they need to be told where they are on the earth so that they can work out which direction to move in.
So the ETX-LS can work out where it is automatically using GPS, fine tune itself by recognising the sky, find anything you want to look at automatically, keep track of it for as long as it’s over the horizon and also (if it’s a well known object) tell you something about it. Pretty neat!

Latest W200 Wrist Computer Gadgets

This is W200 wrist computer gadgets are providing new more advance technology and whole part of body this W200 wrist computer gadgets is very conceptual and based on latest technology. And Evan Ackerman is said:
Was the Zypad WR110 not quite feminine enough for your cyclopean curves and purple hair? Here’s a wrist computer that could enhance both your productivity and your mojo. The Ridgeline W200 from Glacier laptop is a wrist wearable computer does the trick, with sleek arm-hugging curves and a magnesium alloy case that’s a comfortable 10 ounces.
Now, I have to say, this thing looks an awful lot like the the Zypad WL1000 from back in 2006. Like, an awful lot. But at least it’s got mostly up to date specs, with a 3.5″ color touchscreen, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and various wired interfaces, running either Linux or Windows CE. As you might expect from its sporty and rugged form factor, the W200 is designed for people who want to get lost in the middle of nowhere without actually getting lost in the middle of nowhere. The batteries are hot swappable so that you’ll never lose your position, and the computer uses tilt sensors to tell if you’re actually looking at it, and if not, it powers down to idle.
I can see for myself use individual of these, for confident. Not since it’s in every way sensible or everything… No, presently so that citizens can notice me use it and say, “wow, that guy has a wrist computer, he must be awesome.” Via

Microsoft lets slip new computer mouse tech

What could this possibly be? If Microsoft is to be believed, they are really close to changing mouse technology forever. Of course, I’m talking about the kind that is usually mentioned in sentences with the word “Microsoft” not the furry kind that created our world in The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
First, their hardware page put up a glowing, blue image with the words, “9.9.08 Say Good-bye to Laser.” Then, the next thing anybody knew, an image is discovered on the German Amazon.com for a new Microsoft mouse with (lo, and behold) blue glowing… something instead of lasers on the bottom of it. The theory is that the new tech is some sort of technology that allows the mice to work on more surfaces than lasers can, which worked on more surfaces than trackballs could.
Microsoft has made a few innovations in the mouse segment over the years, lest we forget the IntelliMouse and any mouse that used the PS/2 format. Microsoft was also the first company to introduce a scrollwheel and the first to use optical technology instead of a trackball. Can you tell that I’ve been working on PCs steadily since I was four?
If information about this product becomes official before the September 9th date, we’ll be sure to let you know all about the mouse and whatever Microsoft is planning to call their blue light.