Computer Science and Information Technology

Superior performance over the GTX 480 with significantly reduced running temperatures and better power consumption. The Fermi GPU gets an overhaul and emerges as easily the best single GPU card you can buy today!!

 

Introducing the fastest DirectX® 11 GPU, the EVGA GeForce® GTX 580. This card rips through the latest DirectX® 11 games with up to 8x the tessellation performance over competing GPUs, and runs quieter than the previous generation. Experience a whole new level of interactive gaming with SLI® and combine up to three displays for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. With these features and more, the EVGA GeForce® GTX 580 does not just dominate the competition, it obliterates it.

 

• Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support
• NVIDIA® CUDATM Technology with CUDATM C/C++, DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL Support
• NVIDIA© PhysX® Technology
• NVIDIA® PureVideoTM HD Technology
• NVIDIA® 2-way, 3-way and 4-way SLI® Ready
• NVIDIA® 3D Vision SurroundTM Ready
• PCI Express® 2.0 Support
• Two Dual-Link DVI-I HDCP Capable Connectors
• One Mini-HDMI 1 .4a Connector
• OpenGL 4.1 Support

Manufacturer:	PNY
Chipset:	GTX 580
Edition:
Chipset Features:	3D Vision Surround technology Microsoft DirectX® 11 NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology NVIDIA PhysX™-Ready NVIDIA Unified Architecture OpenGL 4.1 PureVideo HD Shader Model 5.0
GPU Speed:	772 MHz
Memory:	1536MB
Memory Bit Rate:	384 Bit
Memory Type:	GDDR5
Memory Speed:	4008 MHz
Pipelines/Stream Process:	512
Shader Speed:	1544 MHz
Interface:	PCI-Express 2.0 (x16)
Connectivity:	2 x Dual Link DVI-I Mini-HDMI
SLi Compatible:	Yes (Dual & Tri-SLI)

• Samsung Chat 322 is available in Pakistan for Rs. 8,900.
• Samsung Chat 322 comes with TeleTech and Mobo International warranties.

• Brand: Samsung
• Model: Chat 322
• Product: Mobile
• 1.3 Megapixels Camera
• 2.4” inch TFT Display
• Bluetooth v2.1
• Dual Sim GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
• Expandable Memory Micro SD Card Slot
• Facebook/Twitter/ Flickr apps
• Fm Radio
• GPRS/EDGE/WAP
• Music Player
• Push E-mail
• SMS/MMS
• Video/Movie Player

June 23, 2005 news release from the Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, states that home computer owners are slightly more likely to be business owners than non-computer owners. This report reveals that technology and computing has become an inseparable ingredient in the business world today.
The Computer Trend - A Brief History
The last two decades have marked an enormous increase in the number of home computers. With it, computer owners have invariably taken to entrepreneurship in many varied fields. Thanks to the growth of technology, computers and the Internet, new methods have been developed for processing everyday business activities easily. Without the advent of technology, routine tasks would otherwise have taken and enormous amount of time and specialization. Undoubtedly, the computer represents the top technology development in the last century as it relates to businesses today, both large and small. Advances in the field of technology have created a vast number of business opportunities.
Some Statistics
In 2003, the U.S. Small Business Administration produced a report/survey that established conclusively that more than 75% of small businesses owned computers and had heavily invested in new technology. Let us try to understand what the computers mean to businesses and how they contribute to increase their productivity.
USE OF COMPUTERS IN BUSINESSES
The fundamental reasons for the popularity of computers with small businesses are their efficiency, speed, low procurement cost and more than anything else, capability to handle multiple tasks with little chance for error.
Office Routines: Almost invariably, businesses loaded with the burden of increasing workloads and the pressures of being lean and mean, fall back upon technology for most of their administrative tasks. This work includes, among others, bookkeeping, inventory managing and email. The advent of the Internet has also substantially contributed in bringing down the costs of communication and marketing. In a nutshell, technology has reduced the overall cost of business operations.
New Business Opportunities: The explosion of Internet and e-commerce has opened up a plethora of opportunities for all types of businesses. New management methodologies, such as Six Sigma are easier to implement due to statistical software. Also, companies are able to train their own employees using in-house Six Sigma software programs, and as a result, save money on labor costs.
It is now possible to have many business functions operate on autopilot. This has opened up new opportunities for software development companies and business consultants. Another business trend that has opened up as a result of advancing technology is outsourcing. It is now possible for a company in America to have its data entry and customer service centers in overseas countries such as the UK. In this way, companies can service their customers 24/7.
Indispensable Components of Small Businesses
It is difficult to think of a situation where businesses can do without technology and computers today. It is extremely difficult to say whether businesses depend on computers or computers created business opportunities.
Software Specific To Small Businesses
Certain powerful, yet simple software has come to the rescue of small businesses in reducing their tasks and opening up new channels. Simple applications like spreadsheets and word processing helps them maintain accounts, finances and keep track of correspondence. These applications allow the users to customize reports and other functions to suit their particular business.
Drawbacks
Both men and women in business have adapted successfully to new technology. But the SBA report cites the general decline in skill levels of people, which may eventually result in an overall reduction of income levels. It seems that people get used to technology doing all the work and tend to neglect their skill development. It is up to individual companies to make sure that their employees are still able to do crucial tasks without the assistance of computers, if necessary.
While we have not been trying to get pregnant for too long (7 months), I am most afraid that my husband or I may be infertile.  Any young couples worst nightmare.
Now I have been doing a lot of research on infertility, fertility treatment methods, as well as some alternative - ‘holistic approaches’.  Yet, it seems there are some ethical standards of fertility that I never knew about, mainly because I never had any interest in the subject until now.
Anymore in today’s society, it seems that when people think about fertility treatments they think of the ‘Octomom’ and that is not me.  I am married, employed, and I have no other children - and I have wanted just one child to call my own.
The criticism among society, and the people around me I am not worried about - but it is that of my church that is weighing in on my dreams of having a child.
The ethics of fertility varies among religion and church - whether you are Mennonite, Roman Catholic, Judaism, Hindu, or Muslim - all have their own views on fertility treatments.
I am Roman Catholic, a relgion that does not allow the substitution of artificial fertilization. In the words of the church - “It is intrinsically immoral because it does not respect the dignity and sacredness of the conjugal act nor the rights and dignity of the embryos conceived.”  In the eyes of my religion, the only choice my husband and I have is hormonal treatments and surgery.  As I feel some type of relief knowing I have an option…then I start to wonder - “what if that doesn’t work?”
I am faced with my own ethical debate - do I sit with the beliefs of my church and live a life without a child of mine own -or- do I choice In vitro and face the wrath of God?
If you are interested in reading more on God and IVF.

Expectations were that Apple's revenue would swell more than 50 percent, but its shares fell 8.3 percent in Frankfurt. The U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Here is a sample of Apple's big milestones and product introductions:
1976: High-school buddies and dropouts, Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs found Apple Computer. Their first product, Apple I, built in circuit board form, debuts at "the Homebrew Computer Club" in Palo Alto, California, to little fanfare.

1977: The company unveils the Apple II, perhaps the first personal computer in a plastic case with color graphics. It is a big hit.

1983: Apple starts selling the "Lisa," a desktop computer for businesses with a graphical user interface, the computer system most users are familiar with today. A year earlier, Jobs was booted from the Lisa project -- so he started working on the Macintosh.

1984: Apple debuts the Macintosh personal computer. It is hyped with a dark, stylized commercial in which a lone "heroine" takes on "Big Brother" characters that are reminiscent of those in George Orwell's novel "1984" -- a metaphor for IBM. Directed by "Alien" and "Blade Runner" filmmaker Ridley Scott, the ad airs just once nationally, during the Super Bowl. (here)

1991: Apple introduces the Powerbook 100, its first hit portable computer.

1993: The Newton Message Pad, Apple's first handheld device, debuts. It has a touchscreen and features many tools found in today's smartphones, such as an address book, a calendar and an e-mail function. It flops.

September 1997: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who left in 1985 after a power struggle, is named interim CEO of the struggling company, which had piled up losses of more than $1.8 billion in the previous two fiscal years.

November 1997: Jobs introduces a new line of Macintosh computers, called G3. He also demonstrates a new website that will let people order machines directly from Apple.

1998: Apple unveils the iMac desktop computer, boasting its simple setup and built for an Internet age.

2001: Apple introduces the iPod, a palm-sized, hard-drive-based digital music player.

2003: The iTunes Store opens. The software-based application allows users to shop for music, audio books, movies, and TV shows for downloading over the Internet.

August 2004: Jobs announces he underwent successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. He said it was a rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which is highly treatable.

2005: The iPod adds video, and Apple fills out its portable media line with the low-end iPod shuffle, and sleek iPod nano. (Through 2009, it sold more than 220 million iPods.)

October 2005: Tim Cook is named Apple chief operating officer. Cook, had been Apple's executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations since 2002.

January 2007: Apple announces the iPhone. The device features one button on its smooth face and has a "virtual" keyboard. It also introduces Apple TV, considered to be one of Apple's lowlights.

September 2007: Apple unveils the iPod Touch -- essentially an iPhone without the phone -- which has
wireless capabilities and can perform much like a portable computer.

2008: Apple opens the doors to the App Store as an update to iTunes. The store features small applications -- from games to social and business tools -- that add functions to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Apple also releases the Macbook Air, a slim portable computer.

January 2009: Jobs takes leave for health reasons. COO Cook to lead the company in the interim

June 2009: Jobs returns to the company in June after undergoing a liver transplant.

2009: Apple releases the iPhone 3GS.

2010:  Apple awards COO Cook a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company during Jobs' sixth-month leave, during which shares soared about 70 percent

April 2010: Apple begins selling the iPad, a 10-inch touchscreen tablet. As of December 10, Apple was expected to have shipped 12.9 million iPads in 2010, according to researcher iSuppli. Apple had an 84 percent share of the tablet market by year's end.

November 2010: The Beatles' 13 albums become available on iTunes, ending years of talks between Jobs, Beatles' management company Apple Corps and Beatles label EMI Group. In the first week of release on iTunes, the group sells more than 2 million individual songs and more than 450,000 albums worldwide.

January 17, 2011: Jobs announces that he will take another medical leave.

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Opera software has announced the trends in mobile web behavior of Opera Mini users in India.
The top 10 sites continued to be similar to 2009, where Google and Orkut continue to lead the list. For the first time, Facebook overtook Orkut and is placed at #2 in the most visited domains since October 2010
According to the release, the global stats showed a clear increase in the number of visits to Amazon.com using Opera Mini towards the end of the year, compared to earlier in 2010.
In India, Amazon.com stands tall at #17 in the most visited domains of 2010. It was not present in the top 50 most visited domains from India list in 2009. In the past one year, traffic towards Amazon.com by Indian Opera Mini users has increased by 150 percent.
“It is not hard to imagine the benefits of the full Web right at your fingertips when shopping in a crowded store,” said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder, Opera Software
Tetzchner added, “'Is this TV on sale really a good offer, or can I get a better deal online? What are people saying on the Web about the advantages of this computer model compared to the more expensive one?' Full access to the Web via Opera Mini--even under difficult conditions such as crowded cellular networks--puts power back in the hands of the consumers.”

Opera Mini global statistics:
In December 2010, Opera Mini had over 85.5 million users, a 6.8 percent increase from November 2010. Since December 2009, the number of unique users has increased 84.7 percent.
Opera Mini users viewed over 46.7 billion pages in December 2010. Since November, page views have gone up 4.6 percent.
Since December 2009, page views have increased 125.5 percent. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 6.5 petabytes of data in December.
Shoppers are returning to the mobile Web after a long decline. In March 2010, Opera Mini users reversed the downward trend shopping sites have seen in the later years, and usage spikes are easily seen on the big shopping days of the year.