extra things i can type about

during class sir was really helpful by telling us some extra things we can research for certain topics for the assignment. I've only typed down what is relevant to me or else I'll be here forever. for WiFi type about the different standards eg. 802.11 a, b, g, n and the speed (Mb/s) and range (m) of each, how you lock it and the rooter.
for handheld devices type about how the CPU is slow because the fast ones are power hungry and heat up a lot. type about the RAM, different user-interfaces (touch screen, mini keyboard or normal keys), LCD display and resolution.
for social networking type about how you exchange information setup with a network of friends any time any where because it's now on mobiles and how it makes it easier for robbers to rob you because they know that you're away.

A Problem With Scrap Blog

if I'm working on scrap blog at the same time as Laura and my page 2 is blank and her page 1 is blank and if Laura publishes last then the page 1 will become blank because it over-rides. as sir suggested we are going to have 2 separate scrap blogs with the one account and have a page full of links which link to pages on one person's scrap blog and the partner's scrap blog as well.

CPU or microprocessor

a CPU is a complete computer engine on a single chip, it's where the calculations take place. the first CPU was called the Intel 4004 and it was introduced in 1971.
The speed of the CPU has increased dramatically. in 1974 the clock speed was 2 MHz which is 2 million cycles per second and in 2004 the clock speed increased to 3.6 GHz which is 3.6 billion cycles per second.
according to dictionary.com MIP's measure the computer and is 1 million instructoins per second.
a duel core processor is a CPU that has 2 execution cores with one chip. multitasking is when you have different programmes running at the same time. a duel core processor is really good for multitasking because each of the execution cores are independent so the operating system has enough resources to handle the different tasks.
the Intel Atom Processor uses less power, is really small but it allows a "big internet experience" which is good for people who use their mobile phones to go on the internet unlike the traditional way of using the computer.

Bibliography

• Research and Markets, viewed on the 17th of August 2009, http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/223218


• Harvey Norman, viewed on the 17th August 2009, http://www.harveynorman.com.au/products/index.php/computers/mobile-phones.html


• LG, viewed on the 17th of August, http://au.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobilephone_slider_kf390.jhtml
  
• GSM arena, viewed on the 18th of August, http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_kf390-2488.php


• How Stuff Works, viewed 14th September, http://coputer.howstuffworks.com/graphics-card.htm


• commoncraft, viewed 10th September, http://www.commoncraft.com/


• get price, viewed 14th september, http://www.getprice.com.au/Graphics-Cards.htm


• Apple iPod, viewed on the 18th of August, http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/features.html


• iPod Market, viewed 15th September, http://iPodmarket.com.au/price-search/ipod-nano-chromatic-4gb/


• wiseGeek, viewed 15th September, http://www.wisegeek.com./what-is-wifi.htm


• advance broadband wireless, viewed 20th september, http://www.bwif.org/wifi_disadvantages.html


• The Henna Page, viewed 20th September 2009, http://www.hennapage.com/henna/tech/wifi.html


• PC Wize, viewed 20th September, http://www.pcwize.com/tech/computer/graphics2.shtml

(the date is wrong because i started my bibliography on the 17th but the day i actually published it is the 29th Spetember, in case you want to know)

The things Laura and I are Researching

Out of the blue, Laura is doing number one which is computer displays and I am doing number six which is handheld multimedia devices. Out of the pink, Laura is doing number seven which is piracy and copyright while I am doing number nine which is social networking. Out of the yellow, Laura is doing number sixteen which is types of ports and I am doing number fourteen which is graphics cards. Out of the green, Laura is doing number eighteen which is blue tooth while I am doing number twenty which is wifi.
Also Laura and I have chosen to use scrap blog for our assignment because it's easy to use and easy to personalise.

Research for ZoHo notebook

positives are that it's very easy to add videos, audio, images, text, all that stuff. it's free, there's a good menu system with the different pages which you can title easily and you can change the title of the whole book, we can both sign in and edit at the same time and you can publish it easily. on the bad side you can't personalise it very much/ make it fancy. here is a screen shot:

Research on Pageflakes

well a flake is a application that you drag onto your page to personalise it. some flakes i've got are a mini blog, word of the day, sticky note and horoscope. here is a screen shot:
some positives about pageflakes are that both Laura and I are able to login on seperate computers, we can type information up easily, it's free, it's very straight forward, there are a large number of flakes we can use to personalise and present the information and we can create different pages to organise and store the different types of information we are presenting. some things that are negative about the page is that we can't figure out how to put videos on it, we can't put the flakes anywhere we want on the page (it's all in columns and rows) and if you use the blog flake it only shows part of the information and you have to click on a button to be able to read all of the information.

according to the website a pagecast is publishing your page flake so others can see it and you can show everyone or just a private group.

we could use the pagecast in the context of this project to inform everybody and sir about the topics we are going to research.