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Weekly Blog 9

japreetrai — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:15:50 +0000

This week in Computers we learned Adobe Fireworks and we had a lot of assignments to do with that. We just finished HTML which I thought was really interesting. You get to create your website and do whatever you want. Fireworks is not that hard but there are a lot of tools that you have to understand. You have to know what each tool does to make it easy for you to do the assignments.Fireworks can be useful but you have to know what you are doing.

Connect USB Directly to iPod with 3.5mm Connector?

japreetrai — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:29:28 +0000

Apple already came into the spotlight when they released small sized iPod shuffle 3G.
Recently Dexim released the Shu-Lip that connects 3.5mm ear phone connector to USB port directly. It was made of aluminum can match with iPod shuffle and came from silver color.
Now it is available for US$10.

iPod Nano Folder Phone Unveiled??

japreetrai — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:25:13 +0000

Apple unveiled new iPod Nano cell phone.
This cell phone called for Nani that iPod Nano and cell phone became one. Actually this clever phone does not come from Apple and the manufacturer did not come out yet. It’s just designed based on iPod Nano. It uses GSM method so you can control electronic wheel to select music or play it same as iPod Nano.
It features 1.3mega pixel camera, Music and video player, FM radio, Bluetooth, Micro SD slot and Dual SIM card. It is known that it’s available for US$128.

Weekly Blog 8

japreetrai — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:21:04 +0000

This week in computer studies 9/10 we learned about the different topologies, and networks. I learned the difference between all of the topologies, and the disadvantages/advantages of each and about internet and networking. We also learned HTML. HTML is pretty fun because you get your own website and you get to put whatever you want on your website.

Google Street View adds 9 Canadian cities

japreetrai — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:31:42 +0000

Google has added nine more Canadian cities to its Street View photo-mapping service, bringing the total number of municipalities represented to 20.

The search giant on Wednesday announced that Street View has been extended to Victoria, Nanaimo, B.C., Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Ont., London, Ont., Sherbrooke, Que., and St. John’s, N.L. They join larger cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, which appeared on the service in October.

Street View is an online application that provides a 360-degree ground-level view of cities, compiled from photos taken by Google. The company has been collecting images of Canadian cities since 2007, with the help of vehicles that drive through neighbourhoods with cameras mounted on them.

The service first launched in the United States that year and is now available in more than 250 cities around the world.

Google said it is blurring people’s faces and licence plates to comply with concerns raised by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner.

The company also said it is this week capturing images of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler for what will be Canada’s first specialized Street View section.

Google also expanded Street View to Singapore and added cities in France and Japan on Wednesday. The company also added special sections for Stonehenge, Pompei, the Palace of Versailles and SeaWorld San Diego.

Weekly Blog 7

japreetrai — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:18:34 +0000

This week in computer studies we watched a movie and did a assignment regarding that. We also had a quiz. We also worked on our AUP projects and my partners were Guri Bola and Jovin M ann. We also had a quiz on the internet. The movie we watched was Wargames and we did a project about the movie. The project was about how far technology has come and where it’s going in the future.

Google’s Desktop OS

japreetrai — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:50:49 +0000

In case you haven’t noticed, Google now has its well-funded mitts on just about every aspect of computing. From Web browsers to cell phones, soon you’ll be able to spend all day in the Googleverse and never have to leave. Will Google make the jump to building its own PC operating system next? What is it? It’s everything, or so it seems. Google Checkout provides an alternative to PayPal. Street View is well on its way to taking a picture of every house on every street in the United States. And the fun is just starting: Google’s early-beta Chrome browser earned a 1 percent market share in the first 24 hours of its existence. Android, Google’s cell phone operating system, is hitting handsets as you read this, becoming the first credible challenger to the iPhone among sophisticated customers. When is it coming? Though Google seems to have covered everything, many observers believe that logically it will next attempt to attack one very big part of the software market: the operating system. The Chrome browser is the first toe Google has dipped into these waters. While a browser is how users interact with most of Google’s products, making the underlying operating system somewhat irrelevant, Chrome nevertheless needs an OS to operate. To make Microsoft irrelevant, though, Google would have to work its way through a minefield of device drivers, and even then the result wouldn’t be a good solution for people who have specialized application needs, particularly most business users. But a simple Google OS–perhaps one that’s basically a customized Linux distribution–combined with cheap hardware could be something that changes the PC landscape in ways that smaller players who have toyed with open-source OSs so far haven’t been quite able to do.

Weekly Blog 6

japreetrai — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:21 +0000

Ths week in computer studies we learned about ethics. This week we also did presentations. I presenated on Mac vs. P.C. and my partners were Jovin and Guri. I learned the history of computers and the internet. We also had students from SFU come in and explain what computing science is. I thought it was pretty interesting and knowledgeable. They explained what SFU offers and what percentage you need to get into SFU.

Weekly Blog 6

japreetrai — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:28:26 +0000

This week we had to work on a PowerPoint presentation in groups. In my group there is Guri, Jovin and me. My group has 3 people and we did operating systems. We did the difference between Windows 7 and Mac OS 10. This week on Wednesday we went with our parents to work.

Handshakes eschewed due to H1N1 at funeral for Toronto boy who died of swine flu

japreetrai — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:10:36 +0000

TORONTO – Burying a child is “the most horrific thing” for anyone to endure, the father of a 13-year-old boy who died from H1N1 said at his funeral, but he hopes the tragedy will encourage more education about the virus.

Evan Frustaglio, an otherwise healthy teen, died last Monday after complaining of symptoms at a hockey tournament on the weekend.

His father, Paul Frustaglio, said he, his wife Anne-Marie and son Will, 10, have been touched by the outpouring of support and stories from people who have also been affected by the swine flu.

“It truly amazes me that Evan’s death has captured a nation trying to find answers to a disease that is currently wearing the face of Evan Frustaglio,” his father said during a eulogy for his eldest son.

“We must learn from our loss and all become educated on a disease that took our son’s life.”

The spectre of the influenza on the minds of people all across the country was present during the funeral as Father Vito Marziliano asked those gathered to eschew the tradition of shaking hands during the sign of peace. In accordance with new H1N1 flu guidelines issued Monday by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, a nod, bow or other such gesture was encouraged.

During the emotional tribute in front of about 900 mourners Frustaglio choked up several times as he shared memories of his “best friend.”

Mourners included dozens of children and teens in hockey jerseys and Maple Leafs forward Jason Blake, the Frustaglios’ former neighbour.

The boy’s passion for hockey was first sparked while watching the Canadian Olympic hockey team win a gold medal in 2002. Evan never had to be forced to go to practice, Frustaglio said. Instead it was Evan who would be prodding his parents awake for early-morning ice time.

“The job of burying your own kid is the most horrific thing for any human being to endure,” Frustaglio said.

“With every fibre of our being we keep hoping we’ll awake from this terrible nightmare and have him back in our arms again, shooting pucks in that driveway, protecting his brother Will, getting nagged by his mother Am to get to bed early and reminding me to get in shape.”

Evan was a charming kid, with a witty sense of humour who loved his parents and was a fierce protector of his younger brother, Frustaglio said.

“Not only did Evan act as Will’s elder sibling, but he was also his best friend and what I described as his other father. Evan was always warning Will pay attention when riding his bike. Will, stay off the road, stay on the sidewalk. Keep away from the hot oven.”

The day Evan died was also the day vaccination clinics in regions across Ontario opened to hours-long lineups for priority groups. Evan would not have been in one of the priority groups, which include people under 65 with chronic health conditions, pregnant women and children between six months and five years old.

As he prepared to bury his son, Frustaglio had a message to parents and everyone else to hold their children and loved ones close.

“The kiss of life is fleeting,” he said in his eulogy. “It is over before you know it. So never let the obligations of life distract you from the cherished gift of family.”