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5 Useful iPhone Apps for Travellers

As someone who spends a good deal of time travelling. One of the things that I've found really valuable is a good smart phone. In this case an iPhone. 1 Say WhereIts big feature is that you can search Google Maps, Yellowpages.com, Yelp, and Traffic.com without having to use the iPhone's often...

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CPHosting.com Web Hosting Review

I will keep this review brief. CPhosting.com used to be an affordable web host for non-critical sites. They are now a terrible web host, not worth your time. My company has used CPHosting.com for a few years. They have gotten progressively worse over time. They are not customer friendly....

iPhone MMS Now Live

iPhone MMS Now Live

Finally Apple iPhone users will have the ability to send multimedia messages to each other, and to other cell phones. This is great news you would have thought they rolled this out much sooner but they haven't. Users of older first generation iPhones won't have this capability yet. MMS really...

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Google Bar Code

Today's Google logo is a bar code, that says "Google" in Code 128 which is a standard way of encoding strings of ASCII characters in a barcode. Today marks the 57th anniversary of the first patent on the bar code. Inventors Norman Woodland and Bernard Silver filed a patent in October 1949, and...

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What Is a Berm?

A berm is one of the oldest constructions that man has developed and used for hundreds of years as a way of containing certain areas. A berm is actually a mound of earth that has been made to fulfill a certain need or requirement. Among the uses for berms are to give privacy to a certain area, to...

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What Is a DSL Filter?

A DSL filter is a small device used attached in-line in order to help filter out and clean any kind of line interference to any kind of regular phone equipment. This device, which is also known as a micro-filter, is used when the DSL service shares the same line as the telephone. A DSL filter may...

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What Is a RUIM Card?

A RUIM or R-UIM card is a transferable identification chip for mobile phones that belong to the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. The letters stand for Re-Usable Identification Module. RUIM cards store pertinent personal information, including the name and account number, the cell...

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What Is a USB Hub?

A USB hub is a small device that contains a number of USB ports where different USB devices can be plugged in. The USB hub is usually connected to an unused USB port on the computer using an extension cable. Upon plugging in, the USB hub serves as multiple input for different USB devices, which is...

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What Is HSDPA?

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (often abbreviated as HSDFPA) is one of the most recently released forms of protocol for sending mobile telephone data. HSDPA is classified under 3.5G or generation technology. In a nutshell, it allows users to download data into their cell phones at the same...

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What Is Ethernet?

Ethernet is a standard communications protocol that was designed by Bob Metcalfe in 1973. This protocol is included in many software and hardware devices and its purpose is to build a local area network or LAN. Metcalfe developed Ethernet with the help of Digital, Intel and Xerox, companies for...