Calculators by Steve Valentino
A calculator is a device that is used for performing numerical calculations. The first calculator was the abacus, which was constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. Calculations were made by moving these beads up and down the wires. ... They are called loan calculators, mortgage calculators, and auto loan calculators, respectively. ... The first few computers were mechanical desktop devices that were replaced by electromechanical desktop calculators and then by electronic calculators.

Financial Calculation With Excel Today by Vincent Wilmot
If you are concerned with financial calculation, then this will no doubt involve the use of Microsoft’s excellent Excel spreadsheet. Excel allows of both manual one-off calculation and of automated calculation. The main problems of manual financial calculation. ... But often today it makes much more financial sense to buy such a calculator, as even custom calculators may be available inexpensively. ... Hence it is possible today to produce an excellent Excel custom automated Mortgage Calculator to suit specialist needs, or many other types of automated financial calculators.

PDA's and Medical Software by Denny Knutson
If you are a busy medical professional like I am, then you know that you don’t always have the time to run and reference a medicine or diagnosis. Hence, the PDA and dedicated medical software. I use a software program called EPOCRATES. Its available as a free download from the epocrates site at... It has an ID infectious disease treatment guide, 400 alternative medicine monographs including interactions with drugs, Clinical tables and guidelines, Medical Calculators, IV compatibility checker, diagnosis and treatment for more than 1,200 diseases and conditions, Selection and interpretation...

Let's Take a Look Back in Time to See How the Computer has Evolved by John Gibb
In many ways, man has been using computers for millennia: an abacus is, after all, simply a very basic form of computer. The first mechanical calculator (the ‘calculating clock’) was built in the 17th century. Programming with punch-cards has been around for about 200 years now. ... These computers were massive machines, filling a large room (in some cases, a whole building) and yet having less computing power than a simple calculator does today. ... It was in the 1940s, however, that the first electronic, digital computers started to appear – that is, computers as we know them today.

Dashboard Widgets for Windows by Samsul Zamzuri Abu Bakar
For a windows user like me, just can watch with envy the new eye candy features in Mac OS X and wondering how I can have the same feature on my belove windows. Before Apple introduce dashboard in their latest Mac OS X, most of mac users already can have widget on their desktop using Konfabulator... Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your WiFi signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your current local weather." And on November 2004, Pixoria has released Konfabulator 1.8 for both Mac and Windows platform and its...

Oh Boy! A New (to me) Toy! by Mike Bryant
I am a very happy man this morning. It feels like Christmas and Santa has been good. You see, I made a purchase this past weekend that has me very excited—I now have another computer to play with. Now those of you who read my articles regularly or who know me personally know that I am, er,... Many calculators today have more processing power than this. ... Sometimes, even today, I find the morning sun coming up to remind me that I should probably stop banging away on a keyboard and get some sleep.

Travel Software - Faster, Better, Smarter by Johnny Mayer
Travel Software – the world moves faster and faster every day… frequent travelers only recourse to travel overwhelm is top quality Travel Software. Those with responsive travel software stay a step ahead of the competition. For example, most busy business travelers use personal travel software... These user friendly travel software wizards features offer cool interface graphics, maps, clocks, time calculators and enhanced digital sound. ... Travel Software - User Friendly & Cheerful Today travel software is fun, making travel planning more of a game than work.

The Rather Recent Past of Computers by Driz Memok
With the widespread use of computers today in all there many forms, it is hard to remember that computers are a recent event. A look back through time shows they are a recent event. The past of computers is actually the history of man's attempts to understand and manipulate mathematics. ... The Apple II had only a tiny bit of memory compared with today's PCs. ... After the war, when communication was resumed around the world, the Industrial age was giving way to the Technological age, and the personal computer of today was going to be the prime result.

PDA Pocket PCs by Kristy Annely
PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant, a handheld device (small and light enough to be operated while it is held in the hands) that is typically used as a personal organizer. It has evolved into a more complicated computer-like gadget capable of performing a multiplicity of functions, such... Today, PDAs are widely used as notepads, word processors, spreadsheets, and appointment schedulers and to synchronize data with a PC or home computer. ... Most PDA devices are not equipped with a keyboard like palmtop computers.

Epson Yesterday and Today by John Sollars
Epson started as watch making company Seiko Epson Corporation, Japan. Epson was established in 1961 to manufacture precision parts for Seiko watches, back then it was called Shinsu Precision Manufacturing Company. Epson’s first foray into the printing and imaging business was the Olympics of... It was one of the first printers for electronic calculators to hit the commercial market. ... The second disadvantage is that the particle size is not uniform and cannot be controlled, again because the process is mechanical put simply a grinding process!