Best Methods Of Data Destruction On Computer Hard Disk Drives by Chris Seeley
We are constantly reminded of the importance of recycling. In the ICT industry, recycling of computer equipment can be useful for educational or charitable organisations. It can however be detrimental to the previous owner. Charitable establishments such as Computer Aid International will... Discarding computer equipment without due care could lead to irreparable, financial, political and personal damage to the owner or organisation. ... To sanitise a drive 32 times will take copious amounts of time, therefore wasting electricity, time and obviously human and computer resources.

Toner Cartridges: Should You Use Remanufactured or Compatibles? by Andrew F James
First a little history.... In 1938, the first invention that would lead to the laser printer and toner cartridge was patented. The process, knows as "electro photography", used a dry printing method, not that different than today's laser printer. It was 1948, however, before the commercial... Under these circumstances this policy should give you a full warranty to have the equipment repaired ASAP at no cost to you. ... In 1978, the fine tuned technology was applied to the computer printing needs of business and private citizens.

Do We Really Need Windows Vista? by George Lunt
Microsoft has just released its Vista operating system. There are many other analysts that will tell you that Vista requires new equipment and more memory to run efficiently and that it may have problems using current XP hardware or software. However, in this article I'll look at whether we... Activation means you can only use the system on one computer. ... You can bet that Vista will have a lot more nagging dialogs and push you toward buying more Microsoft software like Office 2007 that you probably don't really need.

Lean Cell Manufacturing History and the Modern ERP Software Package in Globalization by Dusty Alexander
When industrial visionaries create improvements in manufacturing technique far ahead of their time, reluctance to change is the common response of managers comfortable with traditional, production methods. From Adam Smith’s eighteenth century “pin factory” to Frederick Taylor’s “scientific... Lean cell technique results in the batching of several orders together to buying to the job or project. ... In system flow models, high volumes of unit production (as repeat items ) flow through the plant with ease by the use of lean cells —collections of workstations that physically tie together...

Getting Started With Your New Printer by John Sollars
If you have recently bought yourself a new printer, follow the directions in the manual for setting up cables. Put the installation CD into the CD drive and follow the set up instructions. If you are using Windows 95/98, select Start Menu, then select Printers. ... Turn the equipment off and remove and re-insert the connection on both the printer and the computer to ensure a solid connection. ... If you get repeated error messages, then reboot your computer and redo the steps above. ... Installing Printer Drivers A printer driver is a piece of software that allows the computer to...

All About DVD Part 1: DVD Format by Artem Chlegov
Types of DVD and history of development It's been a long time since DVD became common in our everyday life. However, most people don't seem to know what it is exactly. Answers to questions like "what sort of arcane symbols are printed on disk boxes" , "how come DVD is different from CD if... DVD-Data DVD-DATA is used to store computer data on DVD. ... Buying disks over the internet or from EBay also became a problem. ... DVD - the history of conflict In 1997 several large manufacturers of electronic equipment established organization called DVD-Forum (earlier known as DVD...

Software Piracy by Simon Fowler
SOFTWARE PIRACY We regularly hear reports about the cost to the software industry of software piracy, but are the claims to be taken at face value? Statistics are notoriously biased towards what the author is trying to say. Types of Software: There are three basic types of software,... The days of mainframe computers costing hundreds of thousands of dollars is not gone, but the small computer in a network has taken over in many areas, so the professional software that would earlier have required a mainframe connection and a whole basement full of equipment will now run happily on a...

Guide to Buying a Webcam by Andrew Gates
How web broadcasting works Webcams are those handy little cameras that attach to your PC and send images to a web page that can be viewed by others. This enables you to share daily life events with friends and family in other parts of the country or the world, or to arrange a video-conference... The broadcasting end has a camera that captures the images, feeds them into a computer to an ISP and out to viewing pages across the Internet. ... Before you make a choice about any webcam equipment, it helps to decide exactly how you want to use the technology, in other words, what you are...

Server Consolidation - What They do not Want You to Know! by Wes Tafoya
How to Reduce Costs & Increase Productivity Do you have too many servers? Many companies realize that they have too many servers or maybe they need to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server. They know they are spending too much money on maintenance and equipment. ... From their super computer-based cross bar technology to mirrored memory, NEC has thought up of just about everything. ... Though, the performance benefits of 64-bit can be experienced by many high-end workstations and server applications such high-traffic e-commerce sites, computer-aided engineering, and...

Laptop Security -Where'd My Laptop Go? by Steve Freedman
Laptops are lovely. They are convenient, mobile, powerful and prestigious. They are also thief magnets. Over 400,000 laptops disappear each year, leaving their owners wondering where they went, what is happening with their data and what to do next. Some of the laptops are just lost – left in... Think about it – What other piece of equipment or personal possession do we routinely carry around that is worth over a thousand dollars, by itself, and may be worth thousands more in data? ... BIOS is the first program to load when you turn on your computer.