Archive for October, 2007
Cellphone Recycling
by MPK October 31st, 2007 | Cell Phones
In the United States, there are 130 million subscribers. These phones become obsolete more quickly than in other countries because Americans discard them either because they want to be able to download new ring tones or perhaps they want a video phone. Another reason they are discarded is the new law that allows one to keep their phone number and choose another carrier. We may be able to keep our phone number but the new carrier often will not allow us to use our phone because the embedded chip placed in the phone by the previous carrier will not function
Zone Alarm
by Michele October 24th, 2007 | Company Profiles
Zone Alarm is one of the leading personal firewall solutions. Zone Alarm blocks hackers and other security threats. If you have a always-on broadband connection, a personal firewall such as Zone Alarm is a must. Zone Alarm is made by Zone Labs, which is now part of CheckPoint, the leading corporate firewall company.
Plotter
by Michele October 13th, 2007 | Computers
A plotter is a vector graphics printing device that connects to a computer. A plotter prints its output by moving a pen across the surface of a piece of paper. This means that plotters are restricted to line art, rather than raster graphics as with other printers. A plotter can draw complex line art, including text, but does so very slowly because of the mechanical movement of the pen. (A plotter is incapable of creating a solid region of colour; but can hatch an area by drawing a number of close, regular lines.) Plotters are used primarily in drafting and
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
by MPK October 11th, 2007 | Software
CAD [Computer-Aided Design] is a category of software program used by engineers and designers to create virtual models or drawings on-screen to communicate their ideas. This type of software is used many professional disciplines today, including mechanical design, architecture, structural and civil engineering, electrical design, and many others. A mechanical engineer will create "solid models" of a suspension component or a piston inside an engine. An electrical engineer might use CAD to sketch out a circuit diagram, and a circuit board designer would use CAD to organize the layers of "traces" or lines that carry the signals in the circuit
