open source software

open source software is free software that can be used studied and modified without restrictions. it can also be changed and then changed again and everything like that.

daily event...11-6-08

Obama could be the first interenet president becasue he used the internet for more of his campaign. also he uses the internet to prosuade the opinion of the congress. he used it to get more donations and things like that. he sent regular text massages to his supporters annnouceing some of his moves and things like announcing his selestion for vice president over text message. using a social networking site on facebook obama supports were able to find people that they could call to get involved with the election and the vote.

For more info go to:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212000815&cid=nl_IWK_daily_H

daily event...11-5-08

i believe that windows 7 is very awsome. it hasnt really changed from many other windows before it so it fits right in with its "family". i think that the extra tabs down on the bottom of the desktop are very handy.i think that it is very nice that you can still hook up your cell and get things from there to your computer etc...

daily event...10-30-08(TV`s effect the climate on the earth)

Earlier this year, researchers warned that growing popularity of flat screen TV`s was releasing increasing amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. it is said that the TV`s level of gas is four times as high as previously estimated and they are raising quickly. nitrogen trifloride is the main cause of this problem. the colourless, odurless, non-flammable gas is used in the electronics industry for equipment cleaning, for etching microcircuits and for manufacturing liquid crystal flat panel displays and then film cells. however, industries are under no obligation to provise accurate accounts of how much NF3 they are emitting.

For more information go to this website:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn15032-flatscreen-tvs-turn-up-the-heat-on-climate.html

daily event...10-29-08( cells phones may take the place of laptops)

The internet is always evolving, it will change the way they use their money. this will help with the people needing charity. most of the small income families cant afford the computer. they can afford a cell phone more then a computer. 61 percent of the countries are interenet users and most of the people around th world are not uses computers because they are traveling more and cell phones are faster these days more then computers and more convient.it is helping the families personalize there donor links fast and directly.
for more info go to:
http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=143698&cat=whitepaper&cid=nl_IWK_daily

daily event...10-28-08( snow leapord)

The forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6 operating system, know as "snow leopard" will focus on performance, stabilty and resource efficiency rather than feature. on thursday three applications were published and supported that promise by showing improved techniquesfor executing computer code on multi central processing units and graphics. the software has not yet caught up with the chip industry yet. snow leapord is said to help enhance MAC`s performance and set new standards for quality. it dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valiable hard drive pace for music and pics.

For more info visit:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600246

daily events...10-27-08

The G1 smart phone is comeing out and most people want one but the author still thinks that you should wait to get one of the phones until the bugs are all worked out and more applications are available. the smart phone is worked with an Android mobile operating system and has any voice service plan with unlimited Web, e-mail and GoogleTalk Instant Messages plus T-Mobile HotSpot access and 400 messages . the operating system is an open headset piece that feels comfortable and is conveient when texting and things like that.

For more information go to :
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-Android-Smart-Phone-a-Solid-Device/?kc=MPOP

daily event...10-23-08

moore's Law is the observation made by gordon moore, the co-founder of intel, in 1965. the observation was about the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the intrgrated circuit was invented. moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. data density has doubled approximately every 1 and 1/2 to 2 years. intel has kept that pace for nearly 40 years. intel's commitment to this law has delievered a massive increase in the number of transistors integrated into intel processors.this helps the companies in memory, energy efficiency,performance and support for the hardware. everything is linked to moore's law includeing the size of pixels in digital cameras. it has increases the expedient use od digital electronics in nearly every segment of the world.



For more information:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/Moores_Law.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

daily event...10-22-08

MY OPINION OF TV`s IN 2020:

I do believe that in 2020 TVs are going to be no more and that we are going to have helmets or something like that, that make the "movie" seem like it is actually happening to us and happening aroung us. everything about the movie is going to be totally realistic and maybe even made into a way that you can interact with the movie like you were one of the characters.

in the article it talks about how researchers have created a display that van be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes. to create television sets the images would need to be changing multiple times each second but they are very optimistic this can happen.they say that soon enough there will be 3-dimensional movies all in action unfolded on your coffee table. the descriptions of the set will be a screen on the wall that shows 3-D images, with all the image writing lasers behind the wall, or it could be like a horizontal panel on a table with holographic writing underneath.this could hit the markets in the next 5-10 years. also there could be virtual reality television by 2020.

FOR MORE INFO GO TO:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/06/holographic.television/index.html

picture taken on october 22, 2008 from the article on: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/06/holographic.television/index.html

daily event...10-21-08

On thursday google revamped its personalized home page(igoogle), to provide a better experience for users and a better platform for publishers and developers. i google represented google`s attempt to improve search through personalization and to encourage users to spend more time on google sites. igoogle requires a google account, which allows google to track user actions across its web properties and to leverage that ingormation to improve services and enhance revenue. the new igoogle uses its gadgets for text advertising. publishers and developers can now deleiver something much closer to the user experience they could offer vistors to their website with googles banner and search box at the top of the page and the igoogle menu bar on the left hand side of the page. developers can put any ads on their google site.

daily event...10-16-08

on oct.9 micron tech annouced that it is shutting down it NAND flash memory business that it co-owned with intel. micron is cutting 15% of its worldwide work force(22,600 person). the reason for all this is the struggle with the falling preces of DRAM and NAND memory. the fall in memory has continued to drop due to overstock in the market. it is said that the price of memory will continue to fall while the financial crisis continues and consumer spending slows down.millions of people could loose their jobs and everything they own due to the decrease in the flash memory price. some workers will be forced to move their job postion to the IM flash Technologies facility, a joint venture company between micron and intel.
For more information go to:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Micron-Technology-Shutters-NAND-Flash-Memory-Production-Plant-Cuts-Workforce/?kc=WBGNLSTR10142008STR4

What is NAND flash memory?

NAND gate flash uses tunnel injection for writing and tunnel release for erasing. NAND flash memory forms the core of the removable USB storage devices known as USB flash drives, most Memory card formats available today and many nintendo DS storage devices such as N-card. NAND flash is data in a block can only be written sequentially. makes up the core of the USB drives and used in iPods ethernet controllers,DSL modems, wireless network devices

current event...10-15-08

Smartphone makers are rushing to partner with software houses,both are seeing bgi bucks in giving thrie customers mobile enterprise access. it is said that people can dish their laptops for the new blackberry for a portable capablity, some users think it will be easrier to have everything on their blackbery instead of having diffrent devices for diffrent operations.

what plan GM has for PDA's:

GM is looking to provide more business intelligence and realtime dashboards and reporting on smartphones, including apps that drill fown into vehicle sales information,financial performance, manfacturing metrics and project management status. they hope to support mobile devices and ensure that these devices seamlessly access our corporate wireless network using Wi-Fi technology. they are working on interfaecing smartphones with medical records and UPMC`s picture archiving and communication system and always online X-Ray and CT scan database.

For more information go to:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210605369

current event...10-14-08

Apple reports plans to introduse new laptops next week. it will unveil an $800 laptop that would close muc of the price gap with low cost PC laptops. the allegerly crafted from single pieces of aluminum using a laser and water jet process know by the code name "brick" would be a dramatic price drop from apples current lowest price standard laptop, which carries the retail price. apple is not commenting on website blog rumors which tend to furl the publicity build up. 12 new mac laptops will be presented at next weeks official announcement event.

BRICK IS ":

Is a block of high-quality, aircraft grade aluminum. it is the beginning of the new apple anufacturing process to make MacBooks. it is totally revolutionary, a game changer. one of the biggest apple innovations in a decade.

THE 9 TO 5 MAC IS:

A website that decribes and discusses the diffrent things dealing with apple software. its modo is apple intellegence, it pretty much has anything you want to know about apple computers, ipods, iphones and diffrent toys made by appple. The 9 to 5 mac web site noted that apple has been experimenting with a new manufacturing process utilizing aluminum.

APPLE IS BUILDING A FACTORY IN THE US???:

John Martellaro of the Mac Observer a few months ago came up with the brillian idea of apple sliding fown the value chain abit and building its own plant for manufactureing components. at some point in the future,if that relationhip were to sour owver some larger issue, apple, depending as it does on china for the manufacture of its ipods and iphones, would be out of business.they are thinking about building a plant in mexico ro canada. when thinking about lacateing a factory companies have traditionally looked at lacations where electricity is cheap.apple could be actually be thinking about building its own wind and solar pwer devices, which will help with the cost of things, it will be run by robots and Macs, and also be located in west texas,arizona and california.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THESE WEBSITES:

apple article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210900001

what is "brick"and what you can find on 9 to 5 Mac: http://9to5mac.com/macbook-brick

apple building a factory in the US:

current event...10-13-08

The blackberry touch storm is released it is going to allow verizon to rise over its rival the iphone3G.the storm has 3.25 inch touch screen. like the iphone the storm has support for multi-touch interface, but RIM`s device will have haptic feedback for its virtual keyboard. it is caple of cut and paste.. the keyboard has PIM`s suretype layout in portrait mose and it will be a full QWERTY layout in landsacpe orientation. the handset is still a blackberry which means it has suppot for multiple e-mail accounts including microsoft.

FOR MORE INFO GO TO:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210605369

current event...10-9-08

Some text messages can save your love life for good. all you have to do is say the right thingand send it at the right time and their love life is back in action with the one they love deeply. most at&t users say that they have used texting for sending flirts and to send romantic notes. of course older people were found to not text as much as younger people..so pretty much the study has found a nother reason for being able to text.

daily event...10-7-08

Nokia is expected to unviel a touch-screen smartphone dubbed tube later this week. When it is talking about the iphone killer it is talking about the smartphone wiping out iphone from its populaty spot...the smart phone does everything that the iphone does plus morelike tv support and wi-fi. it has a touch screen handset using symbian S60 OS.

VS.



For more info go to:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/smartphones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210604835

daily event...10-6-08

IBM lotus releases iNotes ultralite, a web application available as part of IBM`s lotus domino web Access 8.0.2, that lets its users acess their notes e-mail from apples iphone. this application is free that gives access to calendars and contact lists throught apples safari browser on apples iphone. however to use this application yhe user must be a lotus notes subscriber. it si also suggested that iphone users use lotus mobile connect virtual private netwrok software to make sign in more easier. lotus is trying to keep up with it competetor microsoft.

For more information go to:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/IBM-Lotus-Embraces-Apples-iPhone-With-Free-INotes-Web-Application/?kc=EWKNLBOE10032008STR3

10-2-08 current event

Pages Application moves into the ranks of full-fledged word precessing. it is in compition with the microsoft word. the pages application allows you todesign a document and write a document at the same time. it offers more document templates and snazzy track changes feature then the microsoft word.it is trying to over lap the microsoft word and google docs. pages has alot of great applications that microsoft word lacks that supports everything that you do.most of these are a a reasonable price of $79.

For more information go to this website:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Apple/Apples-Pages-08-is-All-Grown-Up/

THE IWORK

Iwork is a program designed for mac computers, it is like publisher,excel and word all in one just for the Mac.it allows you to make gorgeous documents, presentations and spreadsheets in minutes.

for more information:

http://www.apple.com/iwork/

information from:

http://www.apple.com/getamac/faq/

this website answers questions on how you can get diffrent Mac applications on a microsoft computer or at least similar ones. answers questions about wi fi and stuff like that just alot of questions about the diffrence of the Mac and the PC.

10-1-08 current event

people have discovered that the add campaigns that Microsoft has been airing lating of people from all walks of life that use windows based PCs were created on their rival the Mac. microsoft was embarrassed. historically macs have always been the favorite of creative people.the message was created on a mac but it being made on the mac had nothing to do with the campaineing. Despite this both systems retain popularity with those that are used to the way of the operation.
For More Information Visit: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/im_a_pc_made_on.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL?cid=nl_IWK_daily_T

09-30-08 begin of class assignment(robotics)

I dont know much about robotics, i just know that most of the things that control this world deals with robotics. that most robotics deal with computerized controls and things like that. i have a friend that is interested in biomedical enginneering. im not sure if they are anything in comman but her interest deals with electronics like robotics. if a robotic course was available in the earier time of my high school years i would have extremely been interested in taking the course just to find out what it is about and to have knowledge in some other feild of study. i still dont know what i want to do yet so i think this course might have helped my decicion. if we had programming classes i would take them to because i think that the two courses would help with each other some what and i would want to know alot of things which will alway expand considering the electronic society keep on growing through the years. if we were to have these classes i would like the 7 period day bacuase then i could take both classes at the same time and they will work together so it might be alittle easier then taking one one semester and the other the 2nd semester.

Warm-Up 09-29-08

Right now a 7 period day next year wouldnt bother me because this year is my senior year and im not going to be here next year. i feel sorry for the people that will have to deal with that change but again i dont have to go through it because i will be in college at that time. the people that will be taking this change will be able to get more classes in during the year. it kind of to late to be a computer completion but i would have like to have that.

Warm-Up 09-25-08

On wednesday, rupublican vice presidential candidate sarah palins e-mail was hacked by the 20-year old son of the tennessee democrat Mike Kernell. it was funny about the way her email was hacked for the youung man got into palins account from seeing screenshots of the email that were being passes on to wikileaks by someone that anonymous. the eleaged hacker posted details of the incident on a blog board. they got her password from the picture of of google, they got the year that her and her huband meet and things like that that was the password clue. he just used that to use the yahoo password recovery feature to acheieve the password. these thing were aslo found on wikipedia. the hacking is still under investigation. they suggested that yahoo should let people create their own security questions as Gmail and other emails do.

Warm-Up 09-24-08

A new iPhone application aims to help voters keep tabs on the election campaign. simply named campaign the software sells for 99 cent online to iPhone and IPOd touch users. this campaign feature everything you need to know about the elections even the candidates blogs.
this think that in 10 to 20 years this will help voters be more informed on the elections and to who they are really voting into the white house. i am so pro-obama but i did not sign up for the obama campaign text messages and i really dont feel that i will. this new application is one of many applications available along with news outlets and manymore.

For more information go to this website:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602749

the power point study guide opinion

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

I like dealing with the power point cuz it is expediant with everything it is just straight up to th point about everything and that is my style. i didnt really mind doing the study guide power point, its not really that bad, i dont mind if we do it again. if i could go back i would have made buttons to go to the next slide after you had got the question right and if you got it wrong anfd stuff. i think i liked the way me and my partner did it the colors really did well and it was easy to read and stuff. i wish we had come up with some other cleaver questions cuz some of the questions everyone had on their powerpoint so other then the buttons i think that would have been the only thing that i would change.

Warm-Up 09-23-08

we can be aware of new technologies in the world the same way we are aware of the disasters in the world we could stay in tuned with other countries and see what they are doing so that we might improve our our civilization. in hurricane crisis we can use technology to aid the people that have lost everything and need phones or computers or anything electronic. we use the technology of machines to build more homes for the people and more shops were they may get the supplies they need. our government should be well prepared ahead of time just in case of something bad happening. they should have all supplies and stuff for that situation.

Warm-Up 09-22-08

CERN is a system designed to conduct particle physics experiments. a group of greek people hacked into the corrider that was supposed to be tested wednesday and defaced a CERN web page with a message typed in all greek. these hackers called the CERN`s information technology security staff a bunch of schoolkids and said that they had no plan in disrupting the collider experiments. the big name that is associated with CERN is Tim Berners-Lee who invented the world wide web, he is incharge and the web got hacked so that means that their secirity is not that good. they should tell us about how to protect our websites from getting hacked like there company`s corrider did.

For more information go to this website:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601664

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7616622.stm

Warm-Up 09-19-08

Google documents is an online program that is kind of like the online email word that you can work on and creat documents but then you can send these documents to other friends and they can add things onto the document. you can star the documents and everything. this program has almost the same tabs and controls that a regular email has.

The google article was about how google owners has added new tools to their website that allows you to type documents faster. for example, they added the dictionary key that allows you to get the definiton of the word you want without opening a whole bunch of seperate windows. you can also get pictures and used the encyclopedia in the same way. these tools were added for the use of many college students or just the regular joe.

chapter three questions

1.Mac OS X`s user interface has borrowed elements from which of the following operating systems?
E. A,C and D above

2.Mac OS X`s kernel( the core of the operating system) is based on which of the following operating systems?
D.BSD unix


3.because the Macintosh mouse has only one button, which of the following is the equivalent of the right clicking?
C.Holding down the control key as you click

4.Holding down the open Apple key while pressinf a letter of the alphabet usually results in what action?
A.it issues a computer command

5.Holding down the option key while pressing a letter of the alphabet usually results in what action?
A.it keys an alternate character or symbol

6. In MAC OS X, the window bar is always found in what location?
B. at the bottom of the screen

7.Icons for which of the following may be founs in the Dock?
E.All of the above.

8. When you drag an icon from one window to another(on the same disk), what is the usual result?
B.it moves the file to the new location.

9. What is an alias?
D.a pointer or short cut icon that directs you to the original file

10. If you wanted to change the resolution of the screen, which system preference would you use?
B. Display preferences

FILL IN THE BLANK

1. the three faces of MAC OS X are Darwin, aqua and classic.

2. To change system settings you use an application called Systems Preferences.

3. Icons view , List view and Panels view are the three ways to view content in a Mac OS X window.

4. A quick way to find out how to key a particular symbol is to use the Key caps utility.

5. If you hold down the c key while the macitosh is booting, it will force the computer to boot from a system file on a CD if there is one.

Warm-Up 09-18-08

On thursday SanDisk introdueced a 32-GB compactFlash card(picture to the left). This is the company`s largest CF storage device. this device is moved more towards people that use professional digital photographers and videographers. it is double the size of the companies precious product. this is not the fastest compactflash card sandisk makes, they have one that is up to 45 MB however it cost up to $400. the additional capacity is useful for storing pictures shot in RAW format. the format uses 10 times the storage as the regular JPG images, but has higher-quality images. all cards operate inder temperatures ranging from minus 13 degrees fahrenheit to 185 degrees fahrenheit.

this article is similar to our decussion in class because both of them talk about memory.

Warm-Up 09-17-08

VS.

The article is pretty much talking about how Microsoft and apple are in competition with each other and they are creating commercials to help the US citizens figure out if they want there computer or not. the apple MAC was first with a commercial about as young man( the MAC) talking about how much better he was then the older man( the PC)...bill gates saw this commercial and citizens started buying more MAC`s then DELL`s so he decided to make a commercial about him and Jerry Seinfeld talking about computers to catch the eye of the typical middle age family. in response to Jerry`s questions at the end of the campaign commercial bill gates did the robot to answer yes. i thought that the commersial was kind of stupid compared to the MAC computer commercial. these commercials were to help the companies but i think that apple did a much better job.their commercials are much funnier and more planned out becuase the microsoft commercial doesnt even talk about any of the programs or system that microsoft has and everything.

For more detailed information go to this website:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601357

A smart garment is a pair of shoes(soon to be any nike wear) that have electronic sensors placed under the inner sole of the nike running shoes that would interoperate sounds from any of the leasing apple products such as the ipod. runners will be able to listen to there music or other things from there garment while running, the shoe will talk to you while running or walking. this shoe could actually even determine elevation gain, calories burned the runners height, weight, age and sex.

what is the significance of Linux?

Linux is a clone of unix operating systems. this operating system is the most prominent example of free software and open source communication and development. all of its source code can be freely modified, used and redistributed by anyone to fit what the user needs.it has a GNU general public license. it is know for its great servers and its diffrent hardware, from embedded devices and mobile phones to supercomputers. many of the well-know companies today rely on linux.it is widely know for it portiblity and it has been copied and modiefied by many other diffrent companies.

for more info go to this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

what is open source software???assignment # 8

open source software is the creative practice of appropriation and free sharing of found and created content. it is free software found on the internet by many users. this can be shared between anyone throughtout the world.

Mainframe vs.PC

mainframe computers are mainly used by large organizations for critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, ERP, and finanical transaction processing. the original mainframes were housed in enormous, room-sixed metal boxes or frames. with a personal computer or PC you dont have to have alot of free space for it. this computer is designed for the use by just one person. unlike the mainframe computers that need a whole team to control them. mainframe computers take alot of energy to power them. to think that if scientists never evolved computers that computers would still be filling up our living room floors and we would be haveing a team of techinctions to come look at them every other day...holy crap! i like it the way it is now!...anyways today the size of computers have shrunk and the power it can create has has increase. the mainframe computer has always been known as the mainframe computer but the PC was once known as rhe microcomputer because of the complete computer being buily on a smaller scale than the huge systems in use by most businesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question543.htm

Compare and contrast of RAM,ROM,Virtual andCaching Memory

http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/articles/howcomput.htm


RAM: is considered “random access” because you can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that intersect at that cell. This memory comes from the main mother board of your computer. Unlike ROM it works only when the computer is turned on. This memory controls the moment by moment processes of the computer. RAM is the home of the operating system which in these days is most of the time Windows 95. The ram needs a lot of space to run all the programs it is supposed most users need.

ROM: this is known as read only memory, this memory is permanent, memory. This memory stays on the computer even when it is turned off. It cannot be erased or change in anyway. However PROM a type of ROM can be altered.ROM is responsible for storing the basic input/output systems (BIOS) that control the start-up and boot process. ROM can be found in any electronically operated device. EPROM –Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EEROM-Electrically Erased Read-Only memory.

VIRTUAL:is a common part of the most operating systems on desktop computers. It has become so common because it provides a big benefit for users at a very low cost. With virtual memory, what the computer can do is look at RAM for areas that have not been used recently and copy them onto the hard disk. Virtual memory allows us to run programs because ROM and RAM doesn’t have enough space, virtual memory allows us to multi-task on the computer and internet etc. with the help of the virtual memory there is more room for the RAM to load a new application. This allows you computer to feel like it has more memory space then is actually installed. However if you computer has to heavily really on the virtual memory you will notice a significant performance drop. If the virtual memory is not working right the computer has to swap information back and forth between RAM and the hard disk, this is called thrashing this makes your computer incredibly slow. Both cache and virtual are types of memory supplement and perform the same function as RAM.this memory is a form of caching.

CACHING: helps you larger areas of your computer to be accessed quickly,caching is an important computer-science process that appears on every computer in a variety of forms. There are memory caches, hardware and software disk caches, page caches and more.modern computers have both L1 and L2 caches and now come have L3 cache.

end of the class assignment

what is the diffrence between application software and operating systems?????

-application software employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform.

computer history

1939-David Packard and Bill Hewlett found Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto, California garage. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator, which was used by many engineers.
....Walt Disney Pictures also ordered eight of the 200B model to use as sound effects generators for the 1940 movie “Fantasia.”
1941-Konrad Zuse finishes the Z3 computer which was an early computer which used floating point binary arithmetic and had a 22-bit word length.
1943- The original Z3 was destroyed in a bombing raid of Berlin.
1945-On September 9th, Grace Hopper recorded the first actual computer "bug" — a moth stuck between the relays and logged at 15:45 hours on the Harvard Mark II. She helped program the Harvard Mark I and II and developed the first compiler, A-0.
1948-Claude Shannon showed engineers how to code data so they could check for accuracy after transmission between computers.
1950- Engineering Research Associates of Minneapolis built the ERA 1101, the first commercially produced computer that held 1 million bits on its magnetic drum, the earliest magnetic storage devices it stored as many as 4,000 words and retrieved any one of them in as little as five-thousandths of a second.
this computer was first used by the U.S. Navy
1952- grace hopper completes the A-0 Compiler, a program that allows a computer user to use english-like words instead of numbers.

1958- the first integrated circuit is created to prove that resistors and capacitors could exist on the same piece of semiconductor material.

1962- the first widely accepted epitaxial gold-doped NPN transistor was created by fairchild camera and instrument corp.

1963- the first artificial robotic arm is created, the rancho arm, as a tool for the handicapped. its fjoints flexibilty deminstrate the motion of a human arm.

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1939
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1941
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1943
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1945
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1948
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1950
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1952
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1957
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1962
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1963

assignment # 3

The are several processes that need to be finsished before power is removed: data needs to put away, settings need to be calculated and stored, connections with devices and the network need to be terminated, and so forth.

- the words that are bolded helped me to define the word in red

class assignment #2

answer to the questions on the class blog:

1.Nanotube technology is an emerging field of research that looks to shrink already small components to a small size its a series of tiny tubes of rolled-up carbon hexagons.it was dicovered in 1991.

2.Nanotube technology is it looks like tubes 10,000 times smaller then a human hair

3.This evolvement could increase the power of a transistors , It could also increase a computers memory.

all info obtained from:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Claims-Breakthrough-in-Carbon-Nanotube-Research/?kc=EWKNLINF08272008STR1

The playstation 3

ok ok .... i know that most people know all about this game system and stuff but give me a second to talk about it.

The playstation 3 is the 3rd in the PS family, just like Playstation 2 it competes with nintendo and microsoft. playstation 3 also carries on with the complimenty online gaming exspirance as playstation 2. The playstation 3 comes with two diffrent chooses of hard drives, a 60 GB or a 20 GB.
like a computer the playstation has the options of downloading settings, photos, music, videos, games, networks, and friends. you can even access the internet from your playstation. with a similar version of the disk drive in a computer, the playstation 3 can copy songs off of a CD onto a connected device (like an I-POD) .you can even hook up a USB keyboard and mouse to the playstation 3 as you go onto the internet connection.



for more info go to this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3#Software

welcome all!

welcome everyone who is reading my name is lindsei. this is my second blog toward again another technology class. this time this blog is for my 4th period operating systems class.