The Wireless IP Camera

 By Jorge L Barba 

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The wireless IP camera is one of the many fairly recent products that came into fruition from the long promise of technological convergence between computers and telecommunication technology. It's one of the crowing jewel of the electronic product lines that far remove not only extended wires attached to security cameras, but it also has everything the digital world has to offer - encryption, data compression and web transmission.
In the early 90's, there was this long desire among technological vendors to merge the advancing computer technology with the current electrical or electronic devices such that you, as an end-user, will no longer have a hard time configuring whatever electronic devices and equipment you want to install at home. Some companies foresaw then the possibility that you as a consumer will be required to learn less the intricacies of the technology to use a particular product at home.
Thus, it is getting easier for you to make use of your basic computer skills to control everything that surrounds you using your very own personal computer or laptop for that matter. It's actually a win-win solution approach - the vendor getting more sales of their new product line and on the other end you, as a user, will have the easier way to manage all sorts of stuff you installed in your home thereby shifting in the mindset from the century-old analog to digital system the way you control your installations of devices or equipments.
Wireless IP camera is just one of these fairly recent products line that incorporates the use of the existing analog system, mainly the transmission between transceivers between the device and the router/modem used for internet connection. You don't need to learn much of the intricacies between the two communicating devices and could just concentrate more of configuring the equipment for your basic home needs.
The signal transmission between the remote camera and the computer are fully un-wired thus saving you the hassle of connecting the unit using the messy wiring. Thus, wireless communication saved you not only the hassle of wires running all over the house but also the danger of faulty wire connection which can lead to faulty wiring accidents which claimed loss of property or worse, lives.
In some countries, wiring electrical/electronic equipment usually requires you to contact professional installers such that when there are troubles around, there would be someone to refer to rather than the user who is maybe in danger of doing the wiring himself that could lead into insurance claims being forfeited. An ordinary household also is running the increased risk of electrocution if he is tinkering around the high voltage wires installed in the house.
Today, there are things that have been so far improved like for example the longevity of batteries and availability of solar technologies that can easily be integrated into the camera system hence improving the possibility of detaching an electronic unit from messy and undesirable home electrical connections when installing a device inside or outside the house and expected to last for many hours without recharge.
So the foreseen integration of electronics and computers into single one unit like this security camera came at the time when all other integrated parts are available or commercially possible.

Jorge is an IT guy who loves any new product lines that improve the lives of homeowners and ordinary users. For more information about wireless camera, you many visit his blog at The Wireless IP Camera or his camera review site at Wireless IP Camera Review

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Dual Monitors - Are They More Efficient?

By Lajos Nagy

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Dual monitors, often thought to be twice as efficient at putting application windows in front of the user. That much is true, but twice the mass of readily available information does not equal twice the productivity. Whether you believe I'm right or wrong depends on what kind of use you'd imagined the second display would get. Let me explain.
Single-tasking
There are lines of work where you can be more effective at "shipping the product" when you can focus on one thing at a time. These are usually creative tasks, such as copywriting, front-end web design or graphic design.
A note regarding graphic design: though it's mainly a single-tasking job, huge monitor area or even dual monitors can be helpful when working with large images, and a common use for the second display is to hold toolbars at. In this sense two monitors serve the purpose of more comfortable single tasking, which can improve efficiency.
Being a person who works with text, I find all kinds of distraction to be very harmful to the quality of my work as well as the volume I'm able to produce in any period of time. The creative mind, when forced to come up with something new, tries and grabs any little detail it can. Let that be the menu bar at top of the screen or a secondary monitor filled with unnecessary clutter.
And it's not only me who thinks that; writing applications pop up by the dozen, which do one thing and nothing else at all. They're called dark-room apps. Basically, they're full screen text editors, with the sole purpose of hiding everything but the text from you.
Imagine what kind of devastating blow would a second monitor deal to the productivity and efficiency of the person who thrives on the focused attention he pays to the piece on his screen.
That granted, not all tasks are single-tasking heavy. Programmers, as I found out, can actively work on two separate displays at any given time without losing track of active windows on either.
Multi-Tasking
Programmers are technical people with great attention to detail, yet don't lack the capability to embrace complex problems. They seem to have no problem with working on two monitors at a time. In fact, they often say they need two to not switch back and forth between windows.
Their assignments require them to be able to multi-task and that's where dual-monitor display setups soar and thrive.
One monitor has the code in Eclipse, the other monitor runs a browser where they can instantly test whatever they're developing. System administrators' brains work in a similar way, except that they're keeping an eye on everything at the same time.
A friend of mine who oversees a computer network in his local high school described the sweet-spot in amount of monitors as 'more'.
Conclusion
If you're a creative type person, who comes up with new ideas for a living, you're probably not going to profit from a second monitor. You can chuck a second browser window there, or your e-mail client, and feel busy all the time, but you're not going to be more efficient at what you do due to the constant stream of distractions you're bound to face.
If you're more of a strategic thinker and a practical person, you want to have a second display so you can more effectively multi-task. In this case effective multi-tasking means more efficient work performance.

Hope you have a better grasp on whether dual monitors increase efficiency for you, or not.
Have you decided you could make do with two monitors? My article comparing VX2450WM vs. VX2250WM gives you an insight on what to double up on.

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Learn How to Speed Up Your Computer

By Curtis Dawson 


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Remember when you first bought your computer and everything was fast and perfect. The problem with computers is that if you don't take care of them, they will start to run slower. The reason is because we tend to download a whole bunch of stuff without properly deleting it. We also tend to not clean out our computer properly, which leaves unnecessary files all over the hard drive.
The first step to cleaning out a computer is to uninstall all programs that you don't use anymore. If you are unsure about a certain program, you can easily look the program name up on Google and figure out if you need to keep it or not.
After you have deleted the programs, you will want to make sure you go into your programs folder and delete all of the folders from the uninstalled programs, they don't delete when you uninstall a program.
Another problem that most people don't take care of is clearing out temporary files and internet files. Whenever you visit a web page, you are storing data in a number of different places. Overtime, this can cause a massive build up of data which needs to be properly deleted to keep the computer running at top speed. There are programs you can download that will get rid of these files in one click, I would highly invest in such programs.
In your system tools folder, there is a disk cleanup and disk defrag program. You should run these programs once every two weeks, this will make sure that your computer is not getting bogged down with data. Defragging basically takes all the data on the hard drive and pushes it up to the front so it will open quicker.
One other thing that could be slowing your computer down is spyware. You should invest in a really good spyware cleaner, even if you think you might not have spyware, you never know. Spyware will lurk on your computer in files that you won't even notice. They can also steal your personal information such as credit card numbers and email addresses.
The last thing you will need to do is look at the start up processes. Most of these processes run the whole time your computer is on, the more processes running, the slower your computer will run. In most cases, you can use a program to disable these processes. Always make sure the process isn't necessary to keep the computer running.

If you want to learn more about keeping your computer cleaning out and secure, visit http://howtocomputerrepair.com

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Learn How to Speed Up Your Computer

By Curtis Dawson 


Photo: tipsandtricksworld.com

Remember when you first bought your computer and everything was fast and perfect. The problem with computers is that if you don't take care of them, they will start to run slower. The reason is because we tend to download a whole bunch of stuff without properly deleting it. We also tend to not clean out our computer properly, which leaves unnecessary files all over the hard drive.
The first step to cleaning out a computer is to uninstall all programs that you don't use anymore. If you are unsure about a certain program, you can easily look the program name up on Google and figure out if you need to keep it or not.
After you have deleted the programs, you will want to make sure you go into your programs folder and delete all of the folders from the uninstalled programs, they don't delete when you uninstall a program.
Another problem that most people don't take care of is clearing out temporary files and internet files. Whenever you visit a web page, you are storing data in a number of different places. Overtime, this can cause a massive build up of data which needs to be properly deleted to keep the computer running at top speed. There are programs you can download that will get rid of these files in one click, I would highly invest in such programs.
In your system tools folder, there is a disk cleanup and disk defrag program. You should run these programs once every two weeks, this will make sure that your computer is not getting bogged down with data. Defragging basically takes all the data on the hard drive and pushes it up to the front so it will open quicker.
One other thing that could be slowing your computer down is spyware. You should invest in a really good spyware cleaner, even if you think you might not have spyware, you never know. Spyware will lurk on your computer in files that you won't even notice. They can also steal your personal information such as credit card numbers and email addresses.
The last thing you will need to do is look at the start up processes. Most of these processes run the whole time your computer is on, the more processes running, the slower your computer will run. In most cases, you can use a program to disable these processes. Always make sure the process isn't necessary to keep the computer running.

If you want to learn more about keeping your computer cleaning out and secure, visit http://howtocomputerrepair.com

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