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Data and MP3 Compression: Understanding "Digital"
The MP3 and MP4 generation was generated mostly due to advances in data compression. Let us first take a step back and focus on digital music. There are two types of data in the world: Analog and Digital data. Read more →Data and MP3 Compression: Why Do We Compress?
In the last article (Data and MP3 Compression: Understanding "Digital"), I explained what a "digital" signal is. Remember, data can be stored as raw, or "analog" signals (like cassette tapes, VHS, or records) or they may be digitized (converted into a series of 1's and 0's) which we can later convert back into its raw format. Read more →Database Cleansing - They, What, Why, and How
Firstly the "What"Cleaning a database is done to:* Remove duplicate records* Ensure your data is consistently formatted* Correct data that is obviously wrong e. Read more →Defining Your Online Persona
When I think about all the tasks I do on the internet and all the great services that I use on a day to day basis, I have realized that my name and information is scattered all over the place. Read more →Defragging: What is It and Why Should I Care?
You've probably heard the word "defrag" before when talking to your resident computer nut. If you ask 5 different technology whizzes about it, you'll probably get 5 different answers about its effectiveness. Read more →Defragmentation Explained
Defrag Your Hard Drive, don?t think you can't do it sure, you can. Let?s get started.Have you ever noticed how your computer seems to run slower? and slower each week? Read more →Desktop News Ticker -- Best Way to Stay Informed
If you are among the people who are so much busy in their jobs that they didn?t even get time to read news then the desktop news ticker could be beneficial for you. Read more →Desktop Security Software Risks - Part 2
This is the third in a series of articles highlighting reasons why we need a new model for anti-virus and security solutions.Reason #2: the Desktop Security Software RisksThe risks of placing software on the desktop are such that I will be breaking this article into two parts. Read more →Diagnosing System Problems
"Without a road map, you might be driving in circles." - Bryce's LawINTRODUCTIONOkay, you've run your program debugger repetitively and everything checks out fine. Read more →Did Redhat Linux or Windows Xp Computed 2 Power 9,999,999?
If you ask any computer expert about the advantage of computer use, two of their answers will be: The numeric computation capability, and the speed at which any task is done. Read more →← Previous Next →
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Aphorism
The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.