Technology and Games

by Charlie Brewer

Remote Play is a function of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, which allows users to interact with the PlayStation Portable Xross Media Bar (XMB) for PS3. Users can access music, video, games, television and photos for PlayStation, PlayStation Store, and various applications stored on your PlayStation 3 hard drive, or even your external flash drive or optical media that is attached to the PlayStation 3.
Remote Play works with the video image output encoding on the PlayStation 3, which is delivered wirelessly on the PSP. Any action taken on the PlayStation Portable, such as pressing buttons on the PlayStation 3, are loaded back through the same connection.
Sound can also be directed and played on the Sony PSP, or as a replacement delivered through the normal PlayStation 3 audio connection that allows the PSP to be used as a remote control for Playstation 3 when serving as a media player.

This is especially useful if the console is connected to a video projector, which means there is no need to start the projector just to play music.
The latest update includes the ability to use Remote Play via the internet. By doing things this way, you can turn your Playstation 3 on remotely using race applications, and play all games for the PlayStation 3, both stored on your hard disk or an optical disk. In fact, with Remote Play, you can also include a Sony PSP to double as an additional tool. During a demonstration of some racing games, Sony put on display some of their money saved from TV sales by showcasing how Remote Play for PSP allowed the PSP to perform like a rear-view mirror during in-game play.
Remote Play has been available for some Sony VAIO in Japan for some time, and some people have configured it to work on non-VAIO computers. However, it seems like VAIO users in the US are just now finally getting some official support with PS3 Remote Play. Supported computers currently include just the VAIO with all the features you would expect like live streaming, Bluetooth keyboard functionality, and USB flexibility.
This new advent in gaming technology will help to further increase the reach and convenience that gaming has across the globe. More and more gaming consoles are giving their gamers and fans the ability to utilize their computers for enhanced game play, further blurring the lines between reality and virtual. Most gamers say that developments can’t come fast enough. (more…)

by jurvetson

Who can forget the way the world was frozen with the threat of the “Millennium Bug”? While people around the globe should have been counting down to a phenomenal celebration, we were too busy preparing for certain doom and gloom beset by a computer virus. Of course, the clock struck twelve on January 1, 2000 and a new millennium quietly began, bug-free.

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by MichaelFitz

WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS:

The term usually used to define a computer virus is:’ A computer virus is often malicious software which replicates itself’

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by Andrew Maiman

Are you looking on the web for more information on how to download playstation 3 games? If you own the PS3 Jailbreaking USB device and tire of backing up the game data from the original disc, then this content will as well show you how to download Playstation 3 games without using the game disc to back up any data.

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by emelgeek

Are you looking on the web for more information on how to download playstation 3 games? If you own the PS3 Jailbreaking USB device and tire of backing up the game data from the original disc, then this content will as well show you how to download Playstation 3 games without using the game disc to back up any data.

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by Kevin Lau

Even before the first computer was conceptualized, data had already been stored on hard copy medium and used with a machine.  As early as 1801, the punched card was used as a control device for mechanical looms.  One and one-half centuries later, IBM joined punched cards to computers, encoding binary information as patterns of small rectangular holes.  Today, punch cards are rarely used with computers. Instead, they are used for a handful of train tickets and election ballots.  Although some may find it surprising, a computer printout is another type of hard copy medium.  Pictures, barcodes, and term papers are modern examples of data storage that can later be retrieved using optical technology.  Although it consumes physical space and requires proper care, non-acidic paper printouts can hold information for centuries.  If long-term storage is not of prime concern, magnetic medium can retain tremendous amounts of data and consume less space than a single piece of paper.   The magnetic technology used for computer data storage is the same technology used in the various forms of magnetic tape from audiocassette to videocassette recorders.  One of the first computer storage devices was the magnetic tape drive. Magnetic tape is a sequential data storage medium. To read data, a tape drive must wind through the spool of tape to the exact location of the desired information. To write, the tape drive encodes data sequentially on the tape. Because tape drives cannot randomly access or write data like disk drives, and are thus much slower, they have been replaced as the primary storage device with the hard drive.  The hard drive is composed of thin layers of rigid magnetic platters stacked on top of one another like records in a jukebox, and the heads that read and write data to the spinning platters resemble the arm of a record player.  Floppy disks are another common magnetic storage medium.  They offer relatively small storage capacity when compared to hard drives, but unlike hard drives, are portable.  Floppy disks are constructed of a flexible disk covered by a thin layer of iron oxide that stores data in the form of magnetic dots. A plastic casing protects the disk: soft for the 51/4-inch disk, and hard for the 31/2-inch disk.  Magnetic storage medium, for all its advantages, only has a life expectancy of twenty years.   Data can be stored on electronic medium, such as memory chips.  Every modern personal computer utilizes electronic circuits to hold data and instructions.  These devices are categorized as RAM (random access memory) or ROM (read-only memory), and are compact, reliable, and efficient.  RAM is volatile, and is primarily used for the temporary storage of programs that are running.  ROM is non-volatile, and usually holds the basic instruction sets a computer needs to operate.  Electronic medium is susceptible to static electricity damage and has a limited life expectancy, but in the modern personal computer, electronic hardware usually becomes obsolete before it fails.  Optical storage medium, on the other hand, will last indefinitely.   Optical storage is an increasingly popular method of storing data.  Optical disk drives use lasers to read and write to their medium. When writing to an optical disk, a laser creates pits on its surface to represent data. Areas not burned into pits by the laser are called lands. The laser reads back the data on the optical disk by scanning for pits and lands. There are three primary optical disk mediums available for storage: CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory), WORM (write once read many), and rewritable optical disks. The CD-ROM is, by far, the most popular form of optical disk storage; however, CD-ROMs are read-only. At the factory, lasers are used to create a master CD-ROM, and a mold is made from the master and used to create copies. WORM drives are used almost exclusively for archival storage where it is important that the data cannot be changed or erased after it is written, for example, financial record storage.Rewritable optical disks are typically used for data backup and archiving massive amounts of data, such as image databases.   Although there are many manufacturers of the data storage devices used in the modern personal computer, each fits into one of four technological classes according to the material and methods it uses to record information.  Hardcopy medium existed before the invention of the computer, and magnetic medium is predominantly used today.  Electronic medium is used by every computer system, and is used to store instructions or temporarily hold data.  Finally, optical storage medium utilizes lasers to read and write information to a disk that lasts indefinitely.  Each type of medium is suitable for certain functions that computer users require. Although they use differing technologies, they all have equal importance in the modern personal computer system.

by Eduardo Llanquileo

The Playstation 3 Console slim is different
in the following points from the previous models:

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I love games. I have had every console in the 80′s and early 90′s. Then I got into the computer games big time. I never messed with the Xbox or playstation because I’m old and I’m use to the computer controls. This week my daughter brought over a Playstation PS3 and I was blown away. The blue ray is great as everyone knows.(This should be bought just for that.) I have a man’s room – 61″ LED DLP TV, Energy speakers, Onkyo reciever 7.1, and HD & Blue-ray players. Now with the Playstation PS3 hooked up I’m hooked.

(My lovely wife has ordered me the Playstation 3 Console 250gig for Xmas.) I am getting use to the controls which is very different.

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by Matthew and Tracie

Owning a computer is one thing and repair and maintenance is another. Usually, these technical machines do not require too much human attention. All the same, they can become quite troublesome if they develop hard drive mechanical problems. Many computer users and technicians recognize how complicated harddrives are. First, it is difficult to understand their craftsmanship. They have quite a few moving parts and a circuit board. If HD abruptly fails, help with data recovery hardware is inevitable.

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by courosa

From tax preparers to corporations to individuals, Lacerte Software is a much in demand tax-preparation software to prepare annual and quarterly tax returns. The recent versions incorporate all the alterations in tax procedures as is mandated by law and the Government every financial year. The applications provide dual provision for filing tax returns. Tax preparers can now either print their tax returns before sending them to the designated tax authorities, or use the e-filing option to file tax returns.

System compatibility
Installing Lacerte software in a system with limited capabilities with respect to processor speed, RAM and disk drive speed can cause extensive system slow down and make it difficult to use. The processor should have a minimum 2.4 GHz speed along with a 32X CD- or DVD-ROM drive to get optimal performance, as per the guidelines mentioned in the Lacerte guidebook. In case your system uses a 32-bit operating system, the minimum requirement is 2GB of RAM, while for a 64-bit system it is 4GB for optimal performance. For proper installation 2 GB of empty hard disk space is a perquisite.

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