Recovering data from technical devices sometimes becomes very important in our real life. Many of us store our important data like bank account number, password for credit card, mobile phone number, contact number etc in our PCs laptops or other mechanical devices. The most important thing is that sometimes we can not retrieve some of those documents even paying high amount money if the electronic device is affected badly. I found an interesting article regarding the ways people face to lost their data which I find very funny but very possible in our real life. In that article Simon Steggles, director of Disklabs, an UK-based data recovery institution, talked about some of the incidents faced by their clients which, though, are seemed to be very silly but the information they lost were not so. I am quoting some of those incidents from the article:
“My cat urinated on my laptop - Disklabs technicians had to thread gingerly in handling a Toshiba laptop which had been urinated on by a client's pet Persian Blue.
I accidentally threw it out of a window - A student claimed he was 'messing around' with his roommate's laptop. But instead of pretending to throw the laptop out of the window, he chucked it for real – much to the dismay of his roommate.
I was showing my friend how to delete data on the spare hard drive, but I deleted the wrong one - Enough said.
My wife threw my laptop down a well - Another marital dispute. Excuses offered failed to placate an irate wife who took her revenge by throwing her husband's laptop into a 60 foot well.”
I knew that Einstein’s wife put a bucket of water on his head, so, I have to admit that this wife is very acted politely to her husband not making any physical harm to her husband and her husband is very lucky (of course more than Einstine!) that he was not thrown in the well. Well, this kind of silly mistake and carelessness may cost your fate to retrieve your lost data. So, the only thing needed here to be a bit of careful and patient in using technical devices like laptop.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Lenovo N100: New laptop Computer
A new model of laptop computer is marketed by Lenovo, a manufacturer of laptop computer. The specialty of this new recruit in the laptop world lies in its dual core processor. The users will enjoy a big screen, Intel Core 2 duo processor with this new product. A built-in WiFi connectivity will be another attraction of this new laptop. Regarding their new product Marc Godin, vice president of worldwide notebook marketing for Lenovo, expressed their objective and goal. I am quoting from an article:
"The new Lenovo N100 offers small business customers better, faster connectivity and performance while delivering the reliability, ease of use and value our customers expect; with the increased performance of Intel's latest processors, better wireless connectivity and Vista upgradeability, the new N100 combines great value and the latest features to give our customers a worry-free computing experience."
So, laptop users may expect another user-friendly laptop in coming days.
"The new Lenovo N100 offers small business customers better, faster connectivity and performance while delivering the reliability, ease of use and value our customers expect; with the increased performance of Intel's latest processors, better wireless connectivity and Vista upgradeability, the new N100 combines great value and the latest features to give our customers a worry-free computing experience."
So, laptop users may expect another user-friendly laptop in coming days.
All about Acer: A Giant in Laptop Computer World
Acer is one of the popular names in the laptop world. This China based institution is the one of the top five PC manufacturers in the world. Acer has a wide range of popularity over the world for its various products. It markets desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistance (PDA), monitors, digital cameras, memory chips, servers, storage device and many other products. The company has distributor over the 100 countries and over the 60 countries it has sales subsidiaries. It has 56000 dealers and distributors over the world.
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This computer hardware institution is now leading in the notebook sector in EMEA region including Europe. Middle East, and Africa. During the first quarter of 2005 the company held 18% of the total share market in this region. Acer became first in terms of its sales in 13 European countries in 2005. Though it has its biggest sales in Europe with 60% of its total sales, it is very strong in the Asia region too. It is now in the top position in the Indian PC desktop and notebook market and the highest vendor in the county’s education sector. Moreover, Acer still holds the highest 41% of the market share of laptop sold in Vietnam. Now Acer is focusing much on the Asia Pacific region because of the growing users of computer in this region. With the association of the Ferrari Formula 1 Team, it is making a huge benefit in the Europe. It introduced some Ferrari Series laptops which are getting much popularity among the users. The company has also made a contract with Formula 1 Team to sponsor this tournament till 2008. In 2004 its yearly revenue was US $ 7 billion which was about double the figure of the previous year of US$ 4.9 billion. Company’s growing rate of revenue also continued in 2005 with US$ 9.7 billion.
Acer Aspire 31o3 WLCi
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Acer is conducting its world wide business under the control of the Global Headquarter situated in Taiwan including regional Headquarters naming Acer Italy S.r.l. situated in Milan, Acer Incorporated situated in Taiwan, Acer America Corp. situated in United Sates and Acer Sales & Services Sdn. Bhd. situated in Malaysia.
Acer recently introduced their new laptop computer of Aspires series, Acer 3103 WLCi with a variety of offerings. This laptop is claimed to be a budget conscious laptop which costs just US$ 680. The laptop is powered by 1.8GHz AMD Sempron 3400+ processor with 512 MB of memory and 60 GB hard drive and many more facilities. Acer has also announced a Vista- Ready laptop recently which costs A$1599.
The company initially was named Multitech while founded in 1976. Later in 1981 the name was changed into Acer. Acer Inc. is a business unit of the Pan Acer Group which involves some other independent business groups.
If you are interested to know more information about Acer then you can have a tour in the following websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_%28company%29
http://global.acer.com/
http://www.cbronline.com/companyprofile.asp?guid=AFCD3128-E3A5-4DAB-8D1C-32726B4473A8&CType=Background
Laptop Computer: Yahoo Employee did not know the Problem?
A laptop computer caught in flames caused serious problem at yahoo college campus situated in Silicon Valley. An employee of Yahoo’s Mission College Campus was using the Dell laptop containing faulty battery. The fire caused hundreds of yahoo employees to leave the eight storied campus building. It took forty five minutes to evacuate the whole building. Fortunately, no one was hurt by the fire.
After coming to know about this fault, Dell recalled 4.1 million laptops last month. Unfortunately, the Yahoo employee did not bother about the warning. Not only Dell, Apple Company also used the same battery and last month, they recalled 1.8 million laptops.
The main problem of the lithium-ion batteries, produced by Sony is that they catch flames due to overheat. The laptop computer recalled by Dale is the all time biggest recall in consumer electronics history.
I really feel bad for this incident. The careless employee is responsible for this. At the same time, I am very happy with Dell’s immediate action. In such a situation, Dell has taken the right decision. In short terms, Dell might incur some loss but this prompt action has saved the company’s image and good will. Dell employees should work harder to collect all these defective laptop computers from other countries as soon as possible.
Losing 1,137 Laptops: No Big Deal! Losing 1 Laptop: Big Deal!!
It seems that the last few days have been a time for both US and UK governments. However, the US government officials are not that much concerned about the theft of 1,137 Laptops. They are on a relaxed mood. On the other hand, officials of the police department of Britain got so much concerned about the loss of just one laptop computer that they changed their security arrangements.
The Department of Commerce of US, out of their 30,000 laptops, has lost 1,137. This STOLEN INFORMATION came out after the congress pressurized the Department of Commerce. According to the report published in arstechnica, from 2001 till now, the Department of Commerce has lost 3.8% of its machines. This includes laptops, handheld devices and thumb drives. Ironically, most of the stolen machines belonged to the Census Bureau (YES!! You are right the organization who keeps track of population!!). The field employees who were hired on temporary basis were given a laptop to collect data. After the completion of the work, these people did not return their laptop computers. The bureau office did not feel the necessity to keep the names and addresses of those workers.
At least the good thing is that the data inside the laptops did not leak. The field workers collected information on people. These includes various sensitive data like social security numbers and other things. Once the data was entered, it cannot be reopened. The census office collected the data and erased it from the laptops. Such security measures saved the bureau from further embarrassment.
On the other hand, the police department of Britain had to change their security arrangements after one of their laptops containing security measures of the upcoming labor party conference went missing. The laptop was stolen from a car belonging to a member of the armed force.
Both the Ministry of Defense and police inquired the whole situation and reviewed the security arrangements. They have assured the press that they know what type of information the laptop contained and what part of the security arrangement should be changed. They already brought changes in their security plans.
So you see that one laptop is more important than one thousand. That is why NEVER JUDGE A LAPTOP BY IT'S LOOK BUT BY WHAT IT HAS!!!
The Department of Commerce of US, out of their 30,000 laptops, has lost 1,137. This STOLEN INFORMATION came out after the congress pressurized the Department of Commerce. According to the report published in arstechnica, from 2001 till now, the Department of Commerce has lost 3.8% of its machines. This includes laptops, handheld devices and thumb drives. Ironically, most of the stolen machines belonged to the Census Bureau (YES!! You are right the organization who keeps track of population!!). The field employees who were hired on temporary basis were given a laptop to collect data. After the completion of the work, these people did not return their laptop computers. The bureau office did not feel the necessity to keep the names and addresses of those workers.
At least the good thing is that the data inside the laptops did not leak. The field workers collected information on people. These includes various sensitive data like social security numbers and other things. Once the data was entered, it cannot be reopened. The census office collected the data and erased it from the laptops. Such security measures saved the bureau from further embarrassment.
On the other hand, the police department of Britain had to change their security arrangements after one of their laptops containing security measures of the upcoming labor party conference went missing. The laptop was stolen from a car belonging to a member of the armed force.
Both the Ministry of Defense and police inquired the whole situation and reviewed the security arrangements. They have assured the press that they know what type of information the laptop contained and what part of the security arrangement should be changed. They already brought changes in their security plans.
So you see that one laptop is more important than one thousand. That is why NEVER JUDGE A LAPTOP BY IT'S LOOK BUT BY WHAT IT HAS!!!
Laptop battery: Tough Time Ahead for Sony
Another fire incident due to laptop battery has led the Japanese Electronics company, Sony, to face a world wide controversy. The company is now thoroughly investigating the matter with a great importance.
Sony spokesmen said that they are looking into the matter and also they have not got any official conformation whether a Sony-made battery was used in the PC.
The last incident of fire took place in the Los Angles international airport form a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop in 16 September. Fire incident in the laptop batteries first came into the scene last month after recalling 4.1 billion lithium-ion laptop batteries by Dell which is a record for highest recalling in the consumer-electronics device. A week later, Apple, another leading laptop manufacturer in the world, recalled 1.8 million batteries. It is noteworthy that both Dell and Apple laptop batteries were made by Sony.
Now, the laptop users are looking into the manufacturers hoping to a quick solution of this avoidable matter.
Sony spokesmen said that they are looking into the matter and also they have not got any official conformation whether a Sony-made battery was used in the PC.
The last incident of fire took place in the Los Angles international airport form a Lenovo ThinkPad laptop in 16 September. Fire incident in the laptop batteries first came into the scene last month after recalling 4.1 billion lithium-ion laptop batteries by Dell which is a record for highest recalling in the consumer-electronics device. A week later, Apple, another leading laptop manufacturer in the world, recalled 1.8 million batteries. It is noteworthy that both Dell and Apple laptop batteries were made by Sony.
Now, the laptop users are looking into the manufacturers hoping to a quick solution of this avoidable matter.
Roll up Laptop: Now a Matter of Time
Flexible metal sheet has been developed by the Cambridge researchers. It is expected that this metal may add a new dimension to the laptop world. This metal sheet would eco-friendly too as it can be used in reusable packaging, roll-up keyboards and self-erecting temporary shelters.
The main advantage of this roll-up screen exists in carrying. It can easily be carried in to the file or pocket. Researchers are trying to make electronics flexible so that users can easily carry these important things with them without making any extra space for them. I am quoting Dr. Keith Seffne, the lead researchers of the Department of Engineering at the Cambridge University, from an article:
“The initial idea for making such screens came to them when they saw children's toys bracelets, which flicked or snapped by themselves. The main principle behind the roll-up screens is to control the stress within the structure for the users. The shape and stress are interconnected - the more shape changes, the greater the stress become, until eventually the object fails. What we have worked out is ways that you can make the shape and the stress interact with each other in a positive way.”
It is undoubtedly true that an A5 sized display screen of roll up laptop will definitely help to increase the number of laptop users in the world. In this regard, it can be taken as an example that electronic paper, seeking to display text and image in a flexible way, has already been developed much.
Related Article:
The Sydney Morning Herald
The main advantage of this roll-up screen exists in carrying. It can easily be carried in to the file or pocket. Researchers are trying to make electronics flexible so that users can easily carry these important things with them without making any extra space for them. I am quoting Dr. Keith Seffne, the lead researchers of the Department of Engineering at the Cambridge University, from an article:
“The initial idea for making such screens came to them when they saw children's toys bracelets, which flicked or snapped by themselves. The main principle behind the roll-up screens is to control the stress within the structure for the users. The shape and stress are interconnected - the more shape changes, the greater the stress become, until eventually the object fails. What we have worked out is ways that you can make the shape and the stress interact with each other in a positive way.”
It is undoubtedly true that an A5 sized display screen of roll up laptop will definitely help to increase the number of laptop users in the world. In this regard, it can be taken as an example that electronic paper, seeking to display text and image in a flexible way, has already been developed much.
Related Article:
The Sydney Morning Herald
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