Windows 7 Is Still Virus-Vulnerable
Testing the new Window 7 reveals you still need anti-virus on your PC. It may well be self-serving that it took an anti-virus company Sophos to declare to the world that the new Windows OS is still vulnerable to virus attacks. (For sure, any OS that can screen out any virus will spell the demise of anti-virus companies.)
Its recent tests showed that 8 out of 10 notorious viruses fed to it, infected the machine running Windows 7.0. Its much vaunted User Account Control or UAC was able to stop one out of the eight, though. That may not be good enough with virus makers getting more sophisticated and powerful. So better be safe than sorry, don’t throw away your antivirus program when shifting to the new OS. It won’t hurt you to reinstall it. Personally I run NOD32, a great lightweight anitvirusprogram. Quite cheap too, costs around $40-60.
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Your Boss could be on Twitter, so Avoid Social Media Disasters
You’ll never know what hit you until it does. Being social online has its pitfalls. Your boss or someone up there who knows you, just might be on Twitter or Facebook. So it’s a good idea to always remain circumspect about anything you say on line. Here are some things to consider:
• Never talk against your company or be rude to its officers. The urge may be there to let it all out in a forum or social networking site. But your boss could be there online with you.
• Never start a rumor. You could mention it innocently but try not to embellish it any further, especially if it's about your colleagues in the office or their families.
• Always think twice about what your post. Especially if it’s a topic that’s controversial or argumentative. And if you’re not sure, just be silent about it.
Does Technology Make You More Social?
Just about everyone has a cellphone these days allowing people to make and receive calls and text message anytime anywhere. The Facebook and Twitter sites get thousands of updates every day but are people more sociable today than they were without these technological marvels of the last decade?
A study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project gathered from a sample of 2,512 adults in the US indicate that:
• People who use cellphones are more social and are more likely to volunteer in local organizations than those who don’t.
• People using social networking sites like Facebook are 30% less likely to be acquainted with their neighbors.
• The circle of friends among cellphone users is 12% higher than non-users and people sharing photos online or instant messages have large social circles.
The study should close the issue that to some extent, spending most of your time using cellphones or being in front of computers doesn’t necessarily mean you’re losing touch with friends.
Are you Tech Savvy?
Having an engineering degree or background might qualify you as one. But I know many who only got the degree but can’t even explain away the difference between LCD and Plasma TVs, or between 2G and 3G cell phones. I know most kids are, bordering on the nerd types. Not the one who spend the whole day playing games, but those who dismantle their toys and their dad’s cell phones.
Having the latest mobile gadgets, be it mp3 players or cell phones, won’t say much unless you have some working understanding of the technologies operating behind them. And there are many. If you’re into mp3 music listening on the road, do you understand where those mp3 files came from and the different audio file codecs?
If you can navigate around your new touchscreen cell phones, do you understand the technologies behind it, like WiFi, capacitive touchscreen, Bluetooth, etc. If you do, then you’re tech savvy alright. If you just enjoy using them without checking the internet for what it means to have wireless data transfer, you’re not. And we’re just talking about consumer electronics here.
Using LCD TVs instead of LCD Monitors for your PC
It can be done with today’s line of LCD TVs. But just don’t sit up close. LCD TVs and PC monitors may share the same native HD resolution of 1900 x 1080p on widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio but they remain different. LCD TVs are optimized for video watching, with higher contrast ratios, faster responses, blacker blacks and brighter screens so you can watch them even in brightly lit rooms.
On the other hand, LCDs meant for PCs have slightly modest traits in those areas but it edges out the LCD TV in terms of dot pitch so you see small fonts better.
A 22” LCD monitor has more dot pitch density than a 42” LCD TV with the same 1080p resolution. That means you eyes won’t find working on a Word or Excel document on a 42” LCD TV as comfortably as on a 22” monitor, unless you sit banging on your keyboard 3-4 meters away. But if you just want to watch movies from your PC hard drive or Blu-ray drive, a 32” LCD TV is a good option.