Facebook and Google+'s video chat tools compared

Video chat is the big thing again, at least according to Facebook, which let loose a new video chat service yesterday. Powered by Skype, the new feature lets Facebook users start video calls with one another while continuing to use the site.

While other video chat tools may have been built on top of Facebook's application platform, this now comes out of the box for Facebook users, old and new. The result is that Facebook's added yet another way for its 750 million users to communicate with one another.

But moving beyond the hype, the big thing you're probably wondering is how this new service stacks up to the groovy video chat tools found in Google+, the social network Google recently launched as a "field trial" (see CNET's hands-on). One of its crowning features, besides providing an alternative to Facebook, is that you can video chat with your friends in multiple ways. How do the two compare? The short of it is that Facebook is simpler to use. The longer answer is that you might be happier with Google in day-to-day use.

To help illustrate that, I've delved into some things you might want to do with these services to see how they really compare. The best way to do that is with common scenarios you'd run into when wanting to video chat with someone else. Below are five I ran into when putting both services through their paces (Google+ over the past week, and Facebook's all of today).

Scenario: You want to video chat with a technologically impaired friend/family member

How it plays out on Facebook: Facebook's added a video call item to every user profile to let you (or them) start a chat from that page. If they've never used the feature before, Facebook has them download a tiny plug-in file to run, which installs without requiring a browser restart. They then click on a button that confirms they want to chat, and the video starts up.
Want to start a video chat with someone on Facebook? It's hard to miss the option to do it.

Want to start a video chat with someone on Facebook? It's hard to miss the option to do it.
(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET)


Arguably the most difficult part in all this is getting someone to download that plug-in and install it. Facebook says it only takes about 10 to 20 seconds, but you're going to want to make sure your friend or family member can actually find the plug-in installer file in the first place. Luckily, modern Web browsers do a pretty good job nowadays with helping you locate what you just downloaded. Facebook also does a bit of hand-holding here, telling you what to do to first get going.

How it plays out on Google+: Pretty much the same deal as on Facebook with regards to the plug-in aspect. The big difference is in where Google surfaces the video chat option.

There are two points of entry to get a video chat going: the chat list on the left hand side and the hangouts feature. These are entirely different chat experiences, with the chat being a one-to-one experience, and the hangouts being a place where you can chat with one or more users at the same time. Between the two options, it's easier to search for, and find someone to talk with from Google+'s home page using the chat tool. Facebook arguably has the edge here in keeping its buddy list equivalent on the same part of your screen at all times--something that's useful for folks who get lost easily.

Scenario: The conversation gets awkward/boring

You suddenly don't want to talk to this person, or the conversation has stalled. Most people would call an end to it but you don't want to. How do you fill in the time?

How it plays out on Facebook: You're left to your own devices. For better or for worse, the video chat is just that and nothing more. You can't share anything with the other person than your words and whatever's coming from the Web cam.

How it plays out on Google+: It's the same situation in Google+'s standard video chat. But with "hangouts" there are a number of social options to spice things up. You can start watching YouTube videos either by yourself, or have others watch with you. If what Google's done with turning links into content in Google Chat is any indication, more features like this should be on the way.

I attempted to keep my colleague Jay Greene entertained by watching videos of giant explosions on YouTube. That's certainly easier than blowing something up in front of your computer to keep the other person entertained.
(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET)

Scenario: You get a phone call and need to duck out for a minut

How it plays out on Facebook: This is one of those areas where comparisons need to be drawn back to the product Facebook's video chat is derived from, which is Skype itself. In Skype you get a bevvy of options, though notably ones to mute the line and pause the video. Here you're just forced to go to another room, or end the video call. Simply minimizing the chat window will keep the video rolling in the background.

What did we end up doing? We canceled out that Facebook video chat session, then resumed it when the call was done. That's a minor inconvenience, but an inconvenience nonetheless.

How it plays out on Google+: Here again we have to break it out as the Google Chat video experience, and the hangouts experience.

• With the Google Chat video chat, you get quick mute button for the audio, which you can toggle on and off. You're the only one who sees and control this option.

• With Google+'s hangouts you get a microphone and video mute for yourself, as well as the option to mute the audio of others. This means you don't have to fumble for your computer's system volume knob to tell the other person to be quiet for a minute. Hangouts also makes it more transparent about what the other users are doing, whether it's muting their microphones, or hopping onto watch a YouTube video. This means you can keep tabs on what's going on when you get back from your phone call and are wondering what the other person is doing.

Scenario: The other person doesn't want to video chat

How it plays out on Facebook: First of all, if a person's not online, you can't begin a video chat with them; the video option is not present on an offline user's

profile page. But if they are, and are just away from their computer (or intentionally ignoring you), your request will eventually time out.

Here's what's neat about Facebook's approach: the company is taking advantage of its video message service to let you record and leave a video message. These show up in your inbox like any other message, as well as in the chat dialogue on the bottom of the screen. Sure this is just an existing feature that's been re-bundled into something else, but it's smart.

How it plays out on Google+: If someone's offline, you're simply out of luck. Like Facebook, there's not an option to begin a video chat with them. And there's not an option to send them a video message that they can see after the fact.

With Google's YouTube Webcam recording feature you could theoretically work around this by recording a video there first, then sharing it privately through Google+, but let's face it, that's an enormous amount of work. Will Google likely add a video message recording feature to the sharing options of Google+? Maybe.

Scenario: You want to video chat with two people at once

How it plays out on Facebook: So far this is a no-go. During yesterday's press conference, Mark Zuckerberg noted that this could change farther on down the line with multi-person video chat. But for now if you want to talk to two people on video, it's going to be a one at a time affair.

How it plays out on Google+: Same deal with Google+'s Chat component. The difference is with the hangouts feature, where up to 10 people can be together. The obvious thing to point out here is that they'll all be talking with each other since this is a shared chat.

Conclusions

For all around ease of use, Facebook gets a definite edge when it comes to simplicity and ubiquity. It's obvious where to access the feature from user chats and user profiles alike, and you can get a video chat up and running with someone else in less than a minute.

If you want more bells and whistles, then Google's video chat efforts in Google+ beat Facebook's handily. Google's offering users a system that is completely familiar if you're used other Google products like Gmail and iGoogle, and a much more advanced group chat option with the hangouts feature.

So to answer the original question of which one to use, the answer depends on who you want to talk to. Ultimately video chatting is all about getting in touch with someone else in a way that's technologically convenient for both of you. Right now the simple truth is that Facebook's made that easier. It has more than 750 million users, any of whom with a Web cam can now talk to one another across the digital divide.

The huge--and I do mean huge--caveat here is that these two services are by no means sitting still. Google+ is still on its way to being a publicly available product (assuming it makes it there), and Facebook is on a constant march to add and change features. Knowing what Skype, which powers Facebook's video chat feature, is already capable of in software form gives us some road map of where it could be headed within Facebook's

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What’s new in Microsoft Office 2010?

At its Worldwide Partner Conference 2009, Microsoft Corp has announced that Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the technical preview engineering milestone.

The Redmond-based company has also revealed its plans to release Office 2010 for manufacturing in the first half of 2010. Currently, tens of thousands of testers will be invited to get a taste of Office 2010 and Visio 2010 Technical Preview.

What’s new in Microsoft Office 2010?

According to the Redmond giant, Microsoft Office 2010 gives you rich and powerful new ways to deliver your best work whether you are at work or home on a computer, Web browser or Smartphone. By offering more ways to access your files from virtually anywhere, Office 2010 puts you in control all the time.

Office 2010 Applications

Microsoft Word 2010
It has enhanced features to create professional-quality documents, you can work together with multiple people and almost anywhere access to your files. You can create and organize documents in less time, with less effort. Store your documents online, then access and edit Word 2010 from practically any Web browser.

Microsoft Excel 2010
Now, you can track and highlight important data trends with new data analysis and visualization tools. Like Word 2010, you can work in group over the Web. Whether you are producing financial reports or managing personal expenses, Excel 2010 gives you the proficiency and flexibility to accomplish your goals.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 delivers improved audio and visual capabilities, which will tell you a crisp, cinematic story that is as easy to create and also powerful to watch. With new easy-to-use tools, you can polish your presentations and keep your audience’s attention even longer. You can also access to PowerPoint 2010 from your Smartphone or the Web.

Microsoft Outlook 2010
The most innovative features are present in the Microsoft Outlook 2010 to have a world-class experience. It gives you tools required to stay on top of practically everything. You can save valuable inbox space with improved email conversation tracking and management. Compress long e-mail threads into conversations that can be categorized, filed, ignored or cleaned up with a few clicks.

Microsoft OneNote 2010
It gives the ultimate digital notebook experience, which stores and shares notes in one single, easy-to-access location. Now capture text, photos, video and audio files and check them virtually anywhere.

Microsoft Publisher 2010
With Microsoft Publisher 2010 you can deliver professional-quality results without having a background in graphic design, whether you are creating brochures, newsletters, e-mails, postcards, or greeting cards.

Microsoft Access 2010
With ready-to-go templates and powerful tools, Access 2010 empowers you to make the most of your information, with fewer barriers and at a lower cost.

Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010
In Office 2010, Groove 2007 has been renamed as Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010, which expands the boundaries of collaboration by offering fast access, online and off, to all SharePoint content.

Microsoft InfoPath 2010
With Microsoft InfoPath 2010, developers can create advanced forms for departmental and enterprise business processes, including composite SharePoint applications and document workflows all using little or no code.

Office Web Applications
Office Web Applications allow you to access documents from anywhere. You can even simultaneously share and work on documents with others online. You can view documents across PCs, mobile phones and the Web without compromising document fidelity. By offering more ways to access files from almost anywhere, Office Web Applications enable you to get things done according to your schedule.

Office Mobile
Office Mobile brings the Office 2010 tools to use on your mobile device. Now you can view documents, charts and presentations in a rich interface designed for small screens with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Mobile. Further, enjoy a familiar e-mail experience with Outlook Mobile and connect with colleagues on the go using Office Communicator.

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Windows 7 or Ubuntu 9.10???

Since its launch five years back, Ubuntu has turned into one of the most popular Linux operating system. After the launch of Windows 7, a major update of Vista, Ubuntu 9.10 or "Karmic Koala" has launched on October 29th. At present, Linux operating system has about 1% market share for desktops as compared to 92% of Windows, whereas it is popular for servers or embedded systems. Ubuntu, based on the Linux’s Debian flavor has focused to bring Linux operating system to the common people.

Here, the article compares some of the features of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10:

Installation and upgrades

Users can easily upgrade their PCs with the new version of Ubuntu and it can be also installed on your current PCs without any hardware requirements. Further, like Windows 7 and Mac OS X, Ubuntu 9.10 automatically keeps users’ operating system up-to-date. While, Windows 7 will update only the Microsoft software and the operating system, Ubuntu updates itself with any other software installed on users’ system.

Multimedia

Due to their own terms and conditions, Ubuntu does not ship with the ability to play commercial DVDs. However, you can download the commercial DVD support via Ubuntu Restricted Extras in the Software Centre. It has Rhythmbox player for music and the Movie Player for video.

Microsoft’s Windows 7 come preinstalled with Windows Media Player and Media Centre, which take care of your personal files. Further, if your hardware permits, you can also watch live TV on the PC.

Software and applications

According to developers, Ubuntu is like Apple’s iPhone and supports vast software and applications. Users can have instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications. It comes with free OpenOffice.org 3.1 installed by default as its office productivity suite through which you can create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The suite is compatible with all office apps including MS Office.

Windows 7 users have to buy Microsoft Office, or they can download OpenOffice and GIMP. While Windows users will have Outlook for their email, Ubuntu comes with Evolution, its emailing and calendaring software.

Windows 7 comes with Internet Explorer 8 and MSN Windows Live messenger, Ubuntu 9.10 ships with Firefox 3.5 and Empathy multiple protocol IM client.

Cloud Service

The new Linux version offers cloud storage to the masses with its Ubuntu One service, where users can store upto 2GB of data for free, but will have to pay for more storage. Ubuntu 9.10 can also take advantage of Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.

Microsoft also provides a cloud storage application called Live Mesh that offers 25GB of storage for free, but the service is not integrated with the OS as in Ubuntu.

Speed and hardware

In terms of speed, the latest operating system of Microsoft is definitely lighter on hardware than its predecessor, Vista and it will run well on older hardware. However, Ubuntu 9.10 also works well on a wide range of hardware.

Security

According to various analysts, Linux operating systems are more secure than Windows and are not easily infected by bugs and viruses. In Windows 7, Windows Security Center has been renamed to Windows Action Center, which covers both security and maintenance of the computer.

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AMD vs Intel

AMD is trying to cope with greater computing capabilities that Intel is planning to bring in future with its Clarkdale, Arrandale and Sandy Bridge. The company has reported new details on its platform roadmap during its financial analysts' day. In the roadmap, AMD also speak about the company’s future strategy for persistent growth in 2010 and beyond. Further, it has announced the future solutions for servers, desktops and notebooks.

2009’s Milestones

In the current year, AMD has transformed into a design innovation leader, which brings consistent financial results. The company has also achieved various milestones in 2009 to counter the monopoly of Intel.
The various milestones are:

1. Creation of one of the world's largest independent semiconductor foundries, GLOBALFOUNDRIES.

2. Introduction of next generation DirectX 11 capable ATI Radeon HD 5800 and HD 5700 series of graphics cards.

3. It has launched its VISION Technology to simplify the PC selection process.

4. Achieve major technology transitions such as 40nm and DirectX 11.

5. AMD also launched its 1st and 2nd generation Ultrathin Notebook Platforms, Dragon gaming platform based on its Phenom II processors and the 6-core Opteron processor.

In the coming years, it will expand its momentum with new server and client platforms, which will put AMD on a clear path to industry leadership.

Recently, both companies have obtained patent rights from a new 5-year cross license agreement, after which Intel and AMD will leave any claims of breach from the previous license agreements. However, Intel will pay $1.25 billion to AMD.

Roadmap for 2010

In 2010, AMD will introduce various new platforms for balanced performance and superior multimedia and visual computing capabilities.

It will launch its Danube platform for notebook that is based on quad-core processors and is predicted to offer more than 7 hours of battery life. For ultrathin notebooks, AMD will introduce its 3rd generation Nile platform, which also provide seven or more hours of battery life. Both the new platforms will challenge Intel’s Arrandale platform.

On the Opteron server chip side, AMD is developing its Maranello platform, with the Magny-Cours chips bearing from eight to 12 cores. Its Opteron 4000 Series platform that is code-named San Marino and Adelaide is expected to offer four to six cores and two memory channels and will participate in the rapidly growing Web and Cloud Computing segment.

AMD will also introduce the industry’s first six-core desktop CPU called Leo for gaming enthusiasts as the platform supports DirectX 11 graphics and ATI Eyefinity Technology. It will challenge Intel’s Clarkdale processor.

Roadmap for 2011

AMD Fusion: One of the key future plans of AMD is its Fusion strategy, which combines CPU and GPU into an all-new PU, called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), a concept that was first introduced in December 2006. APUs will be available in the second half of 2011 with the codenames Bulldozer and Bobcat, which will be based on new x86 cores platform.

Intel’s Sandy Bridge, the planned successor to Nehalem, will be launched in 2011 and is a processor micro-architecture based on the 32 nm manufacturing methods from Westmere platform. AMD Fusion technology will counter the Sandy Bridge platform.

While Bulldozer will target desktop and server market, Bobcat will look after the low power, ultrathin PC markets. AMD added that the two cores are being designed to be extremely scalable and able to be united with GPU circuitry and other IP assets into application-specific APUs. The company is also developing Zambezi desktop processor with up to eight cores based on Bulldozer platform.

The roadmap for AMD cites 32nm Llano processor on the Sabine platform for mainstream notebooks and desktop PCs by 2011. For ultrathin notebooks, AMD will offer the Brazos platform, with the Ontario processor supporting the DirectX 11 graphics technology.

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Do You Have Audio and Video In Your Web site?

Author:

Dorothy Frank

Why Do You Have A Silent Web site?
Will You say 'May I Help YOU'? LIVE to your on-line acquaintances?
Talking websites and e mails create it doable since audio and video generators were created. These are the technologies that are giving us the chance of having talking websites and e mails.

You wish interactivity to create relations, to build confidence, to form trust.
Audio and video in our communication system are great enhancements that are serving to us to extend focused attention of our visitors and give us a higher response rate.

Credibility is enhanced, and there is a powerful price that creates trust. The non-public touch ads a way of excitement as we tend to will interact with our visitors.

Well known world leaders, consultants, speakers, authors and plain people from all walks of life are flocking around these awesome technologies.

Streaming voice and audio are the newest trend in Internet communication, and by using streaming audio and video in your websites and e-mails you\'re going a step sooner than the crowd.

Web communications, are the cornerstone of your main reason for you to be on the internet, because it\'s your way to putting together relationships, as rapport and trust build guests additional willing to listen to your voice messages and even see you , rather than simply reading your messages..

As guests expertise the personal touch and human heat from your talking e-mails and websites, they feel better by visiting your web site against ancient websites and e mails.
Many Technological genius, teamed up to create the fastest, easiest, and economical manner to interact on the Internet increasing traffic and interest in our websites.

The employment of those technologies is restricted solely by our imagination.
Simply Click the Play Button and you might hear a whisper or a shout. The sound quality is so good that your message is delivered at your best convenience.

You record your messages using a normal phone, employing a toll free number. Inside seconds you receive the HTML code to cut and paste into your site therefore your visitors get the message simply at a click of a button. It is that easy.

Audio and video are convenient, accessible, requires no special equipment, is obtainable 24 hours each day seven days a week, easy to use even for newbies in technology, you\'ll record a message whenever you like and send the link to family, friends or customers therefore they\'ll hear you at once.

Friends, relatives and customers can be delighted to listen to from you. Your voice can be mixed with a true music track, therefore your message is more skilled and compelling.

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Dorothy Frank been writing articles online for nearly 2 years now. Not only does this author specialize in audio streaming ,you can also check out her latest website about: 120 Gallon Aquarium Which reviews and lists the best 120 Gallon Aquarium

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Get Great Rankings with Search Engine Optimization Packages

Author:

Malcolm Lawson

The sluggish and continuous procedure will certainly elevate your web-site to the very first page in the research engine optimization.

Search engine optimization, the magic acronym retains immense potentiality. For some, it is the most practical and strong technique for ensuring profitable business, for some others it is a devil\'s instrument, which can deceive even the most innovative lookup engines and that we really should be frightened of as the monstrous strategy, or as a black magic, that will need to be eradicated as soon as possible. When will Website positioning ultimately vanish? Never ever, as everybody has to turn out to be a pure portion of each web-site.

Search engine optimization stands for Research Engine Optimization, or optimize web-pages for lookup engines. This principle is familiar to all of us. But let us look at it from a a little broader context. What is actually an optimized website web-site? Optimization is a organic desire of webmasters to develop web site ranking. Not so lengthy in the past, optimization used to serve distinct aims like guaranteeing effortless-to-read through webpages for the display screen readers of cellular machine, Netscape Navigator and World-wide-web Explorer.

Optimization is not and has never been improper. Pages that are not optimized for Netscape Navigator in Netscape do not present virtually as much as research engines do not show up near to web sites which are not optimized for them. Some call it Search engine marketing, what else could it also be? Search engine marketing companies are so well-known that it deserves its own acronym. But it\'s not about any deception the website optimized for lookup engines in these types of a way that SEs realize them. Following all, they\'re just machines we require to meet their requirements.

The fact is that Lookup Engines are ready to search related web sites and suggest them to the on-line website visitors. It is crystal clear that the search engine will not suggest a web page that can not be realized. Website positioning is primarily based on the existence of total-text search engines. If the pages ended up not transparent for SEs then SEs could not have uncovered proper pages for its people to submit content and include things like paid advertisements.

Web optimization is an abbreviation for Search Motor Optimizer. Several SEOs supply valuable products and services for web site proprietors, from producing duplicate to giving recommendation on web site architecture and aiding to find appropriate directories and report submission web-sites.

Support for search checklist, locate even simple details about how to optimize. If the Website positioning practises had been a threat to SEs then it definitely did not compel the site owners to implement Website positioning methods. Even if you neglect about this, research engines nonetheless belongs to the class pages of information. Like other informational web pages searched pages also have promoting revenues, generally paid inbound links.

Hidden text, keyword repetition, hyperlink-farming and equivalent problems are regarded as Search engine marketing spam. Spam has very little to do with Website positioning. Any human activity can resort to unfair way. Calling anyone who makes use of Web optimization spam strategies an pro Search engine optimization is about the similar as calling a man who builds properties for single use, Mason.

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Benjamin is a search engine optimization (SEO) consutlant and spends lots of time composing on numerous SEO weblogs. Study a lot more about Benjamin and SEO right here Comparison of PPC and Search engine optimization Optimization, Uncomplicated Onsite Search engine marketing Optimization Strategies

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Unblock Filtered Sites With Two Tricks

Author:

John Lee

Many work places and schools are cracking down on the web sites and online services. Blocking access to social sites has been a common tactic. The most common websites that are blocked in schools include MySpace, Bebo and Facebook.

There are however always legitimate reasons to bypass the internet filters and visit the blocked websites. The following methods will help you access blocked websites in school, college or your company.

Trick A: Using a web proxy to bypass restrictions. Proxies that focus on website browsing are called web proxies. A web proxy works by acting as a 'middle man': it downloads the requested pages to its proxy server and in turn you download the page, all images and other such objects from the proxy server to your browser, thus bypassing any filters and annoying firewalls.

Assban.com ( http://www.assban.com ) is a popular web proxy. You can search on Google for 'myspace proxy' and find a great deal of other web proxies as well.

But chances are that your school administration has already blocked access to most web proxies as well. In that case, you have one more options:

Trick B: You can download Ultrasurf (http://www.ultrareach.com/company/download.htm ) and save it to a USB stick. UltraSurf is a green software, which means no installation process is needed nor system setting is required to change when using the software. UltraSurf implements almost all browser functions based on HTTP and user needs, such as browsing websites, login and posting on web forums, using Web mail, uploading and downloading data files, real time audio, video and other multimedia programs, etc.

The more people are aware of these tricks, the more likely your network administrators will catch on and find ways to shut them down. So be sure not to let others know how to do these tricks. Accessing unauthorized web sites using the above tricks may be considered a violation of school or work policies and might put you in trouble. Use them at your own risk.

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John Lee is the admin of http://www.aplusproxy.com

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The Top 25 Facebook Games of 2010

Author:

Kashish Gk
Facebook games showed a lot of popularity over the last year. As Facebook adds more games to the menu and great entertainment you might wonder what games are the best and most fun to play. This paper provides reviews of games for each of the 25 best games of 2010 Facebook separate.

To begin the game reviews Facebook, let\'s start with a look at the number one game on Facebook called Farmville. Farmville, which is made by Zynga currently has about 73.8 million users a month and is growing steadily upward. Farmville is a game where you can become a farmer. Farmville lets you interact with your friends and neighbors still with them. Basically, you\'re going to do everything that a farmer Farmville during playback. Planting, cultivation, harvesting and cultivation of a farm successfully. Just make sure that playing this game you harvest your plants at this time. Different plants have different harvest times, and if harvest time the plants will die. The care of the farm, you get more points and level up.

Birthday cards take the place of the most popular game of 2010. birthday cards made by RockYou and has about 32 million users a month. When using the set of birthday cards you can customize and send cards for free, use a birthday calendar, a list of personal memories and personal anniversaries. The game also allows you to start the zoo own birthday too. It is popular for those who want to remember friends\' birthdays and send cards on Facebook.

The third most popular game on Facebook Café du Monde, which is made by Zynga. The coffee has about 31 million active users a month. World Café is a fun game to play, if you ever dreamed of owning his own restaurant. When the game you can cook, bake and cook what you want when you play Café du Monde. During playback of Café du Monde is the chef and restaurant owner, so hire servers. By hiring a server at Cafe du Monde, you can select one of your Facebook friends. Make sure you always have plenty of food ready for your guests.

The fourth most popular game on Facebook is happy Aquarium which is carried by CrowdStar. Happy aquarium has about 27 million active users a month. During playback of Aquarius happy in Facebook, you can create your own aquarium. This can be done by purchasing fish and other creatures. Make sure you always feed the fish in the aquarium happy reading, because the fish may die as in real life. It\'s a fun game for fans of desire and dream of having an aquarium in your home. The downside of this game is that you can not feed your fish friends, if you die.

The fifth most popular game on Facebook is FishVille is done by Zynga. FishVille is about 24 million active users a month. FishVille is very similar to the Aquarium happy where you set your own aquarium and fish care. When you have finished raising their fish, you can sell the coins and points. Aquarium happy that you keep your tank or poor creatures die.

The sixth most popular game on Facebook\'s Mafia Wars by Zynga is done. Mafia Wars is about 24 million active users a month. The goal of the game Mafia Wars is to grow your mafia family. This can be done by inviting Facebook friends to join you in Mafia Wars. Another objective is to increase the wealth of their group and provide their friends with guns. What do you say it\'s bigger and stronger the mafia is the group that comes to mind.

The seventh most popular game on Facebook is the Texas Hold\'em Poker, which is also made by Zynga. Texas Hold\'em Poker on Facebook has about 22 million active users a month. When playing Texas Hold\'em Poker on Facebook is more or less the same as playing the game in life. Before familiar with the rules on how to play Texas Hold\'em. Texas Hold\'em Poker on Facebook you can play with friends.

The eighth most popular game on Facebook is Pet Society, which is made by Playfish, Pet Society has about 21 million active users a month. Pet Society on Facebook is very nice game for animal lovers. While playing Pet Society, you can decorate your house and go to the house of his friends with gifts. It\'s a very cute and funny game.

The ninth most popular game on Facebook is Petville is done by Zynga. Petville has about 17 million active users per month. This game is another love for adorable. When this game will take care of your pet. When you become a player Petville be prompted to create your own pet. The options are endless and the end result is an adorable virtual pet. The goal is to keep your pet clean and well fed, walked and loved. This will help create an animal Petville happy for you. This game is very similar to Playfish Pet Society and other animal games.

The tenth most popular game on Facebook is YoVille is by Zynga. YoVille has about 17 million active users per month. When playing YoVille to live a virtual life. This game is very similar to the wildly popular Sims game for personal computers. While playing YoVille to build a virtual life. During playback, you can work, socialize, decorate your house or anything else you desire. It\'s a fun game for fans of the escape of a virtual world.

The eleventh most popular game on Facebook is Town House, which is done by SlashKey. City firm has about 16 million active users a month. Close the city is very similar to the game Farmville Facebook. When this game will take care of their own farm. To advance to higher levels, which are planted and harvested, invite friends to participate and hire workers to help on the farm. It\'s a fun game for those who want to be farmers, but living in the city.

Twelfth most popular game on Facebook is the restaurant in a city that is by Playfish. Restaurant in town has about 15 million active users a month. City Café is very similar to the city. During playback of the city restaurant you own a restaurant, to create the menu and hire workers. It\'s a fun game if you\'re interested in how a restaurant. This is a social game and you can interact with your Facebook friends.

Thirteenth most popular game on Facebook is MindJolt Games is made by MindJolt. MindJolt games are about 14 million active users a month. When playing MindJolt can play over 500 games. The games are arcade, puzzle, strategy, and more. MindJolt is fun for those who want a little variety of games.

Fourteenth most popular game on Facebook is glad to be done CrowdStar Pet. Happy Pets has about 12 million monthly active users on Facebook. When animals play I\'m glad your kitten develop into an adult. The aim is to care for cats as you can. How happy can cats take care of the animals happy? If you are overwhelmed with too many pets to take care not to fall into the temptation to sell their cats. not as good animals who sell their kittens.

Fifteenth most popular game on Facebook is that RCK is by Zynga. RCK has about 11 million monthly active users on Facebook. Facebook is a fun game where you can create your own rock band. Ask your Facebook friends to join and help create a group of switches. This is a fun game for any music lover.

Sixteenth most popular game on Facebook is World Zoo is by RockYou. The zoo has about 10 million active users a month. When you play World Zoo on Facebook that will take care of zoo animals and zoo world cash. When you win the World Zoo money can buy new animals in the zoo and place in the zoo. It is a fun way to pass the time, if you like zoo animals.

Seventh most popular game on Facebook is Bejeweled Blitz is made by PopCap Games. Blitz Bejeweled has about 10 million active users a month. Bejeweled Blitz is an easy to master puzzle game. The curious thing about this game is that you can compete with your friends from Facebook. Many people spend many hours a day there playing Bejeweled Blitz.

ninth most popular game on Facebook is the world\'s fish made of Tall Tree Games. Fish World has about 9,000,000 active users per month. World Fish is very similar to Happy Aquarium. During the breeding fish in the world to care for their own virtual fish. Be sure to feed and care for them to stay alive. Sell your fish world fish are a common part of the game.

XX most popular game on Facebook is Pillow Fight, which is made by Shikha. Pillow Fight has about 8 million active users a month. Pillow Fight is a fun game if you like hitting your friend with pillows. The pillows are made of different materials and their friends can accept being beaten by pillows choose not to. The pillow you choose to use will be posted on the Facebook page to your friends.

The most popular game on Facebook twentieth (Lil) farm life that is made by Playdom. (Lil) Farm Life has about 6 million active users a month. This is another game that is very similar to Farmville and City Farm. When this game lets you create your own farm with crops, animals and buildings. This is another fun game for those who tire of Farmville and City Farm.

The first twenty most popular game on Facebook is the Sorority life is made by Playdom. Sorority Life has about 6 million active users a month. By playing this game, you can create your own guild. When you register for sorority life, you can invite friends to join your guild. Another feature is that you can dress up and customize to your liking. It\'s a fun game for those who miss their college fraternity lifestyle.

The twenty-second most popular game on Facebook is Paradise Island is done by Meteor Games. Paradise Island is about 6 million active users a month. It\'s a fun game where you create your own island paradise. When creating your island, you can grow plants, animals, or add whatever you want on your island. During playback of an island paradise, you can stop and visit friends. This is similar in Farmville, but for those who love life on the island.

The twenty-third most popular game on Facebook is the country life, which is made by Country Life. life in the country has about 5 million active users per month. This game is another that looks great in Farmville. When this game you take care of crops, the only difference in Farmville, is that you can make your own bread to more profit.

The twenty-fourth most popular game on Facebook Field history is made by Playfish. Country history about 5,000,000 monthly active users. This is another Facebook game farm theme. This game is ideal for lovers of the Farm / Farmville City and want to play something different.

The twenty-fifth most popular game on Facebook is happy Island is done by CrowdStar. Happy Island is approximately 5,000,000 monthly active users. By playing this game, you can create your own island. Attractions to add to most of their island win island. This is similar to Paradise Island, but with more buying and selling in question.
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Enhance Employee Productivity With a Dual-core Proxy Server

Author:

Helen Markova

Sharing a single Internet connection among multiple users has never been simpler and UserGate also lets untrained people (not System Administrators) limit the Internet connectivity of their employees.

With a single external Internet connection and multiple users you simply decide on your priorities. If you are managing an office or a corporate network, security and employee productivity take precedence.





One factor that is not commonly recognized is that unlimited Internet connectivity can harm employee performance. When it comes to business networks \'fast\' and \'unlimited\' do not optimize productivity. The Internet is rife with spyware and viruses that can significantly threaten your corporate security and productivity. It only takes one virus getting through your security defenses to corrupt or even destroy the information on all of your networked computers, costing you days and weeks of recovery time. Spyware routinely steals sensitive information such as passwords and private documents. Spyware dramatically decreases computer performance and it displays annoying pop-up windows that distract and have to be closed off. Viruses and spyware have effectively paralyzed even the most technologically sophisticated corporations and you can now benefit from what they learned with the safeguards built into UserGate.





Expensive productivity threats are not always as covert as viruses or spyware. The Internet holds many distractions to your employees’ attention. It has become common for employees to use their office computers and their work time to play online Flash games aptly called \'office killers\'. Online chats and instant messengers are a close second to computer games in wasting employee time. If you pay for Internet traffic, an employee using your Internet connection to download music, games or even movies will cost you directly. If your organization uses VoIP to save on long distance bills, it is vital that no employee can use your Internet connection’s entire bandwidth. Otherwise your calls will not go through, and you can easily lose a client because of a missed call or because the conversation quality is embarrassingly poor.





Even though these various threats are real and are severe, some very highly trained engineers put together a simple solution that minimizes them and increases your employee productivity. UserGate proxy server produced by Entensys (http://www.entensys.com/) provides Internet connectivity to your entire organization while eliminating the usual threats and performance bottlenecks caused by Internet Connection Sharing. UserGate blocks viruses and spyware with its advanced dual-core anti-virus*. UserGate limits your employees to their work assignments instead of socializing over the Internet or wasting time, and it saves on your Internet bills by monitoring, limiting and optimizing the bandwidth used by each employee.





*Dual-core anti-virus is very real and very powerful. When Intel released its first dual-core processor, the benefits of increased performance and smoother multitasking became obvious to even the most conservative users. With two anti-virus cores—Panda and Kaspersky—and real-time online updates, UserGate provides tighter security and higher reliability than any single anti-virus solution. Being a proxy server, UserGate prevents spyware and viruses from getting onto your employee computers by scanning all external Internet traffic.





Once installed, UserGate becomes the only connection between your employees and the Internet. Workers cannot access anything beyond your corporate network and external influences cannot affect your computers. This approach allows for extremely effective control over how and when your employees can use your Internet connections. You can prohibit access to specific file types, sites, resources or protocols making it impossible for employees to chat, download personal-use files or play online games during their work time. VoIP connections can be prioritized over end-user traffic, allowing for crystal clear phone calls over the Internet. Additionally, thanks to extensive journal support, you will always be able to see exactly what has been accessed by each employee and the bandwidths they consumed.





In spite of its sophistication (or because of it), UserGate is easy to install and configure, and it requires no further administration or any extra attention. UserGate improves corporate security and increases employee productivity with no extra effort and zero administration. Download your free evaluation copy now from http://www.entensys.com/

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Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer Tips

Author:

Jason Williams

General Tips

Fire in Short Bursts





It’s as simple as this. If you keep your finger on the fire trigger…you’re going to die. Burst fire is by far the most effective firing method in call of duty 4. Short bursts are so effective because in most cases only a few bullets are need to stop your enemy and anything more then a short burst will decrease your shot accuracy





Flanking





Flanking, we’ve found, is the most under used AND most effective method for acquiring multiple quick kills in Call of Duty 4. Flanking is the method of making your way BEHIND your enemy (preferably while they’re in a fire fight with your team mates) so that you are positioned for an easy kill (or hopefully kills). Flanking is not always possible. There are a lot of positions on most maps were getting behind your enemy is impossible. But it usually doesn’t take long for the enemy to advance enough or move locations so that Flanking again becomes a viable strategy.





Use the Knife when in close range





If you are close enough to hit your enemy with the knife…DO IT! Even up against an enemy with a gun, knifes will almost always be more effective. The reason? It only takes ONE swipe with a knife to kill your enemy, were as it’ll usually take a few bullets to take them down.





Crouch





Crouching while moving is the most effective means of getting around the map. While crouching you’re fire is more accurate. To take advantage of this even more, try keeping your sites up while crouching and moving. Any enemy who comes running by will be easy pickins if you are crouched and sited. EXCEPTION: anytime you are in an open space with your back exposed to multiple locations…RUN. Run to a location where you can, 1. Take cover behind an object and crouch shoot or 2. Run to an area where your back is not exposed and you can crouch walk with your sites up.





Take Cover





When you’re taking fire, find the closest cover and crouch behind it. Be careful taking cover behind cars (It they haven’t already, they’ll explode when shot). Be careful taking cover behind objects that bullets can penetrate (crates, fences, clay walls, etc). Once the enemy has stopped firing, quickly take a look and return fire if possible. If you are being shot at by more than one enemy and want to get out from behind your cover to move to a more advantageous location, use a flashbang grenade.





Keep Moving





When you are not behind cover…you better be in motion. Standing out in the open is dumb, plain and simple. If you need to come out behind cover, make sure you know were you are going and if there is cover to hide behind when you get there. Using the crouch method described above when going from cover point to cover point is the best method for staying alive and achieving radar (3kills in a row without dying), airstrike (5 kills without dying) and Helicopter (7 kills without dying). The only time running is recommended is when the match first starts up and you are trying to get to a location that will give you a tactical advantage, (see map by map section), if you’re in an open area, or if you know an enemy is near and you are trying to make it into a building or behind a solid object

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Connect to Another Computer Using Remote Access Software

Author:

Mitz

Free Computer Tips

If you have Windows XP it has built in remote access software that helps you connect to a friends computer, by invitation, to help them by taking remote access control of their computer system. This means you could be in the USA and be helping your friend in Australia to find a solution to his or her computer problems. The technology to gain remote access to basically anyone\'s computer is available on most computer users start menu. I regularly give my friends computer support from the comfort of my own home.





What you need to use the Help and Support tool to gain remote access





1. An broadband or cable internet connection.


2. Windows Xp on both computers


3. An email address or be signed into Windows 4. Live messenger.





The easiest way to connect





It is very easy to connect two computers over the internet. One computer can take control and fix problems on the other computer. Following these steps to use the Help and support software that is built in to Windows.





1. Sign in to Windows Live Messenger and have your friend do the same thing.


2. Go to the start menu and choose Help and Support (shown below) Just the computer user that wants to invite does this.


3. The Help and Support Center will appear.


4. Click on Invite a Friend to connect to your computer with Remote Assistance. Located under the Ask For Assistance menu.


5. Then press Invite someone to help you. The window below will appear.


6. Choose your friends name from the Windows Messenger contact list.


7. Click on Invite this person.


8. This will allow your friend to see your desktop. If they want to control your they must press the Take control button and the other person must agree by pressing ok..





Check out the Screenshots for this article at How to connect to another computer. This is what I see when I am in control of my friends computer...I can go on the internet or read their emails etc..





Reasons to use Windows remote help and support





--Your problem is so minor, you do not want to bother an IT support person.





--You cannot afford an It technician, and your know a computer whiz..





--You have already rang software support or your internet service provider and they could not help





--You constantly need desktop computer help and using remote access software is easy!!








Notes:





--If you close the Remote Assistance Window it will disconnect. And you will have to start your remote access again if you want to connect.





--Don\'t worry if it is a bit slow because that is normal. The speed of your remote access depends on your speed of both internet connections.





--You can also connect using an email address. The invitation is sent through email.

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Remotely Spy on Another Pc

Author:


Jeek sun
Before you get start to spy on PCs you must first acknowledge and agree to the fact that you are the owner of the remote PCs you wish to spy on. It is a federal and state offense to install monitoring/surveillance software on a PC of which you do not own.
Why do you want to remotely spy on another PC?
1. To know who touched your PC when you are away.
2. To know what your kids do on the internet and keep them from bad stuffs.
3. To prevent company secrets from leaking.
4. To catch a cheating spouse online.

How to remotely spy on another PC?
Step 1.
Firstly, you need to get the reomte spy software Realtime-Spy
Realtime-Spy is the FIRST remotely installable monitoring solution designed to provide convenient access to the monitored PC from ANY LOCATION without the use of IP addresses and direct connections to the remote PC! It works in totally stealth and can not be detected by the user of the remote PC.
Step 2.
Create customized agent program.
Realtime-Spy comes with a configuration program that allows you to create a remote install module that you e-mail to the remote PC you wish to monitor. You must attach this file you create to an email, and then send it to the remote PC. From there the user must download and run the attached file to install Realtime-Spy. You can choose to enable or disable the \'alert user\' option that Realtime-Spy has. Once the user runs the file, their activities will be stored on our servers, so you can view them from any location - securely, of course.
To aid the install process, you can give any name to the install module you create - such as CoolPictures.exe or FunGame.exe (it must always end with the .exe extension to run).
Step 3.
Mask the agent program to Microsoft Word doc and Send it by email attachement.
Some e-mail systems may block executable attachments - do not worry, however, as this can be avoided. To bypass executable blocking by the remote e-mail server, you can drag and drop the Realtime-Spy module into a WORDPAD or Microsoft Works document. From there you can email this doc file with the embedded executable to the remote user - if they open the doc, and double click the executable - then Realtime-Spy will be installed. Zipping the file with software like Winzip also works.
Note: If the remote user does not download the Realtime-Spy module and run it, then the software will not work - you will have to physically install the software.
Step 4.
Now you are spying on the remote PC.
Login to your realtime-spy account and check the logs
The logs include:
Passwords typed
Keystrokes Typed
Real-time Activity and Keystrokes Viewing
Email Forwarding
Desktop Screenshots
Websites Visited
Windows Opened
Chat Conversations
AOL (including 9.0 and Optimized), AOL Instant Messenger, AIM Triton, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger (including 6.x and 7.x), Excite Messenger, GoogleTalk, Skype, XFire, and ICQ.
Applications Ran
Print Jobs Executed
File Usage
Documents Viewed
E-mails typed
Remote Administration
You can remotely shutdown, reboot, restart, logoff, or freeze the remote PC.
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Linux Vs Bsd

Author:

Juraj Sipos

What is a BSD Unix?

BSD family of Unix systems is based upon the source code of real Unix developed in Bell Labs, which was later purchased by the University of California - 'Berkeley Software Distribution'. The contemporary BSD systems stand on the source code that was released in the beginning of 1990\'s (Net/2 Lite and 386/BSD release).

BSD is behind the philosophy of TCP/IP networking and the Internet thereof; it is a developed Unix system with advanced features. Except for proprietary BSD/OS, the development of which was discontinued, there are currently four BSD systems available: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Mac OS X, which is derived from FreeBSD. There are also various forks of these, like PC-BSD - a FreeBSD clone, or MirOS, an OpenBSD clone. The intention of such forks is to include various characteristics missing in the above BSD systems, on which these (forks), no matter how well they are designed, only strongly depend. PC-BSD, for example, has more graphical features than FreeBSD, but there are no substantial differences between these two. PC-BSD cannot breathe without FreeBSD; FreeBSD or OpenBSD are independent of one another.

What is Linux?

Albeit users like to use the term 'Linux' for any Linux distro including its packages (Red Hat Linux, Mandrake Linux, etc.), for IT professionals Linux is only the kernel. Linux started in 1991, when its author, Linus Torvals, began his work on a free replacement of Minix. Developers of quite a few Linux system utilities used the source code from BSD, as both these systems started parallelly in about the same time (1992-1993) as Open Source.

Today, there are a few, if not many developers of their own kernels/operating systems (FreeDOS, Agnix, ReactOS, Inferno, etc.), but these guys simply missed the right train in the right hour. They did not lose anything except for the fact that they may be even better programmers, but without the public opinion acknowledging this at large. Linus built his fame also from work of many developers and he went on board in the right time. Linus deserves a credit as a software idea policy maker and he helped very much in this respect.

(Open)BSD vs Linux

It is often difficult to say what is better if you compare two things without regarding the purpose of their use. Mobile Internet may appear better for someone who travels often, but for people working at home such mobility is not necessary. In this view, it is a stupid question when someone asks: 'What is better, a mobile or static Internet?' It all depends...

If you compare Linux and OpenBSD in their desktop environment features, Linux offers more applications than OpenBSD; but in a server solution BSD systems are known to be robust, more stable and secure, and without so many patches distributors release soon after their new version of Linux slithered to light.

BSD systems are based upon real Unix source code contrary to Linux, which was developed from scratch (kernel).

Differences between BSD and Linux

1) BSD license allows users/companies to modify a program\'s source code and not to release changes to the public. In other words, BSD licenses allow commercial use and incorporation of a code into proprietary commercial products. This is how Microsoft incorporated BSD networking into their products and how Mac OS X earns money through muscles of FreeBSD.

Linux uses GPL license for most of the time (applications in Linux can also have a BSD license - or any license; it is up to developers how they decide). With a GPL-licensed program anybody can change the source code, but he or she MUST share it with the Open Source community to make sure that everybody will benefit from such a change.

2) BSD has the so-called 'core system' (without packages). The core system consists of basic utilities (like ssh, fdisk, various commands like chmod or sysctl, manual pages, etc.) and anything beyond this is strictly seen as an add-on. Linux (not only the kernel, of course) is usually packaged as the whole system where this difference is not seen.

3) On BSD systems, all add-on packages are strictly installed into the /usr/local directory: documents to user/local/share/docs/application_name; themes and other things to /usr/local/share/application_name; binaries to /usr/local/bin/application_name. By application_name we mean a program\'s name, so if you install IceWM, for example, its binary will be here: /usr/local/bin/icewm. With Linux, on the other hand, all applications get mostly installed into the /usr/bin directory.

4) BSD systems use the system of 'ports', which are fingerprints of applications in the /usr/ports directory, where a user may 'cd' and execute a make command, which will download, via a directive contained in such a fingerprint\'s code, the application\'s source and the system will compile it as well. 'Ports' are actually add-on packages for BSD systems and they are also packaged in packages repository of a concrete BSD system. They can be installed as binaries, too, with use of the 'pkg_add' either directly from the Internet or locally. But 'ports' have that advantage that if an author of any package makes a new version, a user can immediately get its newest/updated version. Packages released for a particular BSD version (like OpenBSD 4.1) are not updated and users have to wait for a new BSD release (like OpenBSD 4.2).

5) BSD systems have also their stable version. With FreeBSD, for example, you have a FreeBSD-Release (a version that can be used normally), FreeBSD-Stable (system more profoundly audited for bugs and security holes), and a development version - Current, which is not stable and not recommended for a regular use. Some Linux distributions started to imitate this philosophy, but with BSD systems this way of making distributions has become a rule.

6) Of course, the kernel is absolutely different.

7) BSD has FFS file system; it is the only file system on BSD\'s contrary to Linux, where you can use dozens of file systems like ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, etc.

8) BSD systems divide their partitions internally. This means that after installing a BSD system to a hard disk, programs like fdisk, Partition Magic, Norton Ghost and many others will not see this internal division of a BSD (FFS) disk; thus, repartitioning of a disk is not such a pain when administrators require a rigorous partitioning (for /home, /tmp, /var, /etc directories). As a consequence, the naming convention also differs a little: a disk - /dev/ad0s3b in FreeBSD indicates that you deal with 'slice' 3 ('s3'), which is the equivalent of Linux /dev/hda3; the internal 'partition' has the name of a letter: 'a', 'b', 'e', etc. ('b' is a swap partition). BSD systems also use different naming conventions for devices (disks, etc.).

9) Unless you make a good kernel hack, BSD systems can only be installed into the primary partition. This is not the rule with Linux. However, as BSD systems offer the above-mentioned internal division of partitions, this is not any pain. PC architecture for disks (IDE) follows the rule that you can have only four primary partitions. We will illustrate this on Linux: /dev/hda1 (note: first partition on master disk on first IDE channel), /dev/hda2 (second partition), /dev/hda3 (third partition), /dev/hda4 (fourth partition). PC architecture allows creation of the so-called logical disk on a physical disk (/dev/hda5, /dev/hda6, etc.). You can have as many logical disks/partitions as you wish and you can also install Linux into these 'logical disks'. On the other hand, installing a BSD OS into such a 'logical partition' is not normally possible.

10) System configuration is manual for most of the time, but various clones like PC-BSD break this convention. The manual approach is a very good thing, as administrators have everything under control without being pushed to waste time in a labyrinth of bloated configuration menus. A good comparison is to imagine a car mechanic repairing the car\'s engine covered by a thick blanket. To give you even a little better example - you will hardly find a Linux distro that does not have a default X startup (graphical environment). Of course, you can switch off the X environment during the installation configuration, but if you keep forgetting like me and forget to switch this off, or you have difficulties to find it in the menu somewhere, you realize that most Linux distributors do indeed impose on us only one approach - to put our fingers first on the thick blanket, then on the engine. If you are a good administrator, you do not usually trust vendors who program you how to use Linux - you are the boss and you must have your own freedom. However, in most cases you lose few hours instead by deactivating various services, which are, unfortunately, not even necessary but almost always activated by default. Linux is praised both for being a good desktop and server, but administrators of a good server do not need X. The more software is stored on your hard disk, the more security problems you will face, because it is impossible to audit every package in every unthinkable situation. Good and secure systems are always tight, light and simple.

11) All BSD systems have a Linux emulation support. Running BSD binaries on Linux is a little harder.

12) BSD systems have less support from driver vendors, thus they lag behind in this view (they are not worse, but many vendors support only Microsoft and Linux). With a BSD system you must carefully research the Internet for supported products/chipsets before purchasing any hardware.

13) BSD systems do not use the Unix System V 'runlevel scripts' (initialization startup scripts) like Linux.

14) BSD kernels can be set to several security levels. This is also possible with Linux, but BSD\'s have taken a very good care of this kernel-tuning feature, which makes it even impossible to change something in files in higher security levels - you cannot delete them.

15) BSD\'s have everything under one ROOF. Various Linux programs are often not even compatible with other Linuces. For example, if you install a SuSE RPM package on Mandrake, it may not work. BSD\'s have one solid crown of power. If you move from Linux to FreeBSD, you will soon find out that you got out of this chaos. Do you want a package? Just visit: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and download it. Unless its developer made some programming errors, it will always work.

16) Generally, BSD systems boot and reboot faster than Linux. Linux can do this, too, but it must be tuned. It is very surprising that Linux is shipped, on the one hand, on huge DVD\'s and, on the other hand, it has a compressed kernel. BSD systems do not use (but they can) a default kernel that is compressed, thus the system boots always faster. As I mentioned earlier in this article, Linux vendors program users to use various, often unnecessary services. I do not need SAMBA (file and print services) and many other things as well. Linux reboot process takes longer because various services running on Linux need time for deactivation. Many Linux users do not even know what is the purpose of these services.

17) In comparison to BSD, most Linux distributions are overbloated. Few good users noticed this some time ago and a new trend in the Linux world started with ideas to get closer to a BSD-style use. One of such distributions is Gentoo Linux, but also Slackware Linux, which has preserved a very good shape since its first release (1993). The Gentoo 'About' page (http://www.gentoo.org) says that, 'Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD...' Therefore, if you use Slackware or Gentoo, these Linuces will always reboot faster than any other Linux.

18) If you compile programs from ports, you will not stumble into compilation errors. BSD packagers prepare their packages carefully, so that users will always compile them successfully. This does not always happen with Linux.

Conclusion

I am the author of One Floppy CD Audio and MP3 Player, and a single floppy OpenBSD router. I really like all BSD systems. If you are interested, look into FreeBSD documentation, which is one of the best. It will give you a very good overview of history and hard work done in the development of these robust systems. Today, BSD Unices are the only quality alternative to Linux in the Open Source world.

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Types of Computer Hardware

Author:

Isabel

Computer hardware is a physical part of a computer that executes within the hardware. It is unlike computer software or data that can be frequently changed, modified or erased on a computer. Computer hardware is not frequently changed and so is stored in hardware devices such as read only memory (ROM) where it is not readily changed.

Most computer hardware is embedded and so is not visible to normal users. Below are the different types of hardware\'s found in a computer.

Ø Motherboard: It is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system such as a computer. A motherboard is also known as a main board, logic board or system board.

Ø Central processing Unit: A CPU is the main component of a digital computer that interprets instructions and process data in computer programs.

Ø Random Access Memory: A RAM allows the stored data to be accessed in any order. RAM is considered as the main memory of the computer where the working area is used for displaying and manipulating data.

Ø Basic Input Output System: BIOS prepares the software programs to load, execute and control the computer.

Ø Power Supply: Power Supply supplies electrical energy to an output load or group of loads.

Ø Video Display Controller: It converts the logical representation of visual information into a signal that can be used as input for a display medium.

Ø Computer Bus: It is used to transfer data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers.

Ø CD-ROM drive: It contains data accessible by a computer

Ø Floppy disk: It is a data storage device

Ø Zip Drive: It is a medium capacity removable disk storage system.

Ø Hard Disk: It is a non-volatile data storage system that stores data on a magnetic surface layered unto hard disk platters.

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How to Configure Windows Server as a Ntp Server

Author:

David Evans

The Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 onwards has a built-in time synchronization service – ‘Windows Time’. This article describes how to configure the Microsoft Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 time service as a NTP time server. It shows how to modify registry entries to configure the Microsoft Windows Time Service. The Windows Time service allows a Windows network to provide synchronisation of all machines within a domain.




Windows 2003 Server Configuration




Windows 2003 has expanded on the original Windows 2000 time service by providing a true NTP implementation. The time service, installed by default, can synchronise to a NTP Server. Indeed, by manipulating registry settings for the service it can act as both an NTP server and client to synchronise other network clients in the domain.



The \'Windows Time\' service should be present in the systems service list. The application executable is \'w32time.exe\'. The parameter list for w32time can be found in the registry at:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time



Before modifying registry entries it is good a dood idea to backup the registry settings. The registry can then be restored in the event of problems being encountered.

To configure a Windows 2003 machine to synchronise to an external NTP server, edit the following registry entries:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\AnnounceFlags

Set the ‘Announce Flags’ registry entry to 5, to indicate a reliable time source.



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NTPClient\SpecialPollInterval

The ‘Special Poll Interval’ registry entry defines the period in seconds that the Windows 2003 machine should poll the NTP server. A recommended value is 900 seconds, which equates to every 15 minutes.



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\NtpServer

The ‘NTP Server’ parameter is used to provide a list of IP addresses or DNS names, separated by a space, of NTP servers that the Windows 2003 machine can synchronise to.



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\TimeProviders\NTPServer\Enabled

Changing the ‘Enabled’ flag to the value 1 enables the NTP Server.



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters\Type

Change the server type to NTP by specifying ‘NTP’ in the ‘Type’ registry entry.



Windows 2000 Time Service Configuration



Windows 2000 has an integrated time synchronisation service, installed by default, which can synchronise to a NTP Server. Indeed, by manipulating registry settings, the service can act as both an SNTP client and SNTP server to synchronise other network clients.



Before modifying registry entries it is good a dood idea to backup the registry settings. The registry can then be restored in the event of problems being encountered.

The \'Windows Time\' service should be present in the systems service list. The application executable is \'w32time.exe\'. The parameter list for w32time can be found in the registry at:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Parameters



Windows 2000 can operate as an NTP client and synchronise to an NTP server by setting parameter \'NTP Server\' to the IP address of a NTP Server.



By default, the Microsoft Windows 2000 machine will synchronise to the specified NTP time server every 8 hours (or 3 times a day), which may not be enough to maintain accurate synchronisation. The period can be reduced by setting the \'Period\' parameter to how many times a day synchronisation is required. Setting the period to 48 will activate synchronisation with the NTP server once every half hour.

Windows 2000 can also be configured to act as an NTP server by setting the \'Local NTP\' parameter to \'1\'.



After editing any of the registry entries for the windows time service, the service must be restarted for the settings to take effect. The services can be started or stopped from the service control applet in \'administrative tools\'. Alternatively the service can be controlled via the DOS net command thus:



net start w32time

net stop w32time



NTP Troubleshooting



A number of problems can be encountered when configuring the Windows Time Service. NTP operates using the UDP protocol over TCP/IP. Therefore the TCP/IP network infrastructure must be operational for NTP to be effective. Synchronisation issues may arise when NTP attempts to synchronise to an inaccurate time reference or if network delays are excessive.



Synchronising Time on Network Devices



As well as synchronising Microsoft Windows servers and workstations, NTP can also be used to synchronise network devices, such as hubs, switches and routers. Any network device that can synchronise to a NTP server can be pointed to the Windows server to achieve time synchronisation. In this way the whole network and accompanying infrastructure can be synchronised.

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Dave Evans is involved in the development of NTP Server synchronisation solutions to ensure accurate time on PC’s and computer systems. Dave has developed dedicated NTP server systems, NTP synchronised digital clock systems and atomic clock time synchronisation products. Click here to find out more about NTP Server Systems.

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