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The HTC Desire HD is a straight upgrade to the HTC Desire. It is slightly heavier but compensates the increase in weight with a larger amount of memory (RAM & ROM), a bigger screen, a camera with a higher pixel count and a faster processor.

Here is list of specs for the HTC Desire HD, which is expected to debut in October 2010. The smartphone, also known as the Ace, has a lot of the same features its competition, with a few exciting tweaks.

* 4.3 inch WVGA Touch Screen

* 8 Mega Pixel Camera

* 1 GHZ Qualcomm Processor

* Android 2.2 OS

* HD 720p Video Capture

* Xvid Video Playback

* SRS Surround Sound

* Automatic Face Tracking

* Adobe Flash 10 Support

* 4GB Internal Memory (upgradable to 32GB)

* E-book Reader Feature

* Unibody Aluminum Design

In addition, it supports DLNA and Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound. The SIM Free version of the HTC Desire HD is currently on preorder at Amazon for £470.

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Although the computer looks like a single entity, it is in fact a mixture of components. Some components are concerned with the processing of information. Some components are concerned with on-screen display. Other components are concerned with your PC’s ability to communicate with other machines.

One of the most important components within a computer is its RAM (random access memory). What exactly is random access memory, or RAM? It is basically a little electronic chip whose goal is to provide short-term, high-speed access to data. Without it, your machine would grind to a halt as it tried to continually access data from its slower cousin, the hard drive.

Unfortunately, RAM, like any computer component is prone to failure (although the ability for RAM to live a long, stable life has been improving throughout the years). And when a stick of your RAM dies all sorts of oddities can arise. Your computer may suddenly begin freezing, blue-screening, or even restarting.

So when you do begin noticing that your PC has become “flaky”, how can you test your RAM and make sure that it, rather than some other internal component, is the culprit? The answer is: Memtest86+. Memtest86+, based upon Memtest86, is a well known free application designed to test the memory within your system. Basically what it does is write a bunch of seemingly random information to different parts of your RAM. It then proceeds to read these values back. If the written and read values are the same then everything is good to go. If, however, the written and read values differ then a defect has been detected.

Memtest86+ Screen
malfunctioning.
Here is how to use Memtest86+ to test your memory.

1) Head over to the Memtest86+ site.
2) Download the latest Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO.
3) Burn the ISO file onto a CD or DVD.
4) Boot your computer off of this CD or DVD (at which point Memtest86+ should automatically begin its testing procedure).
5) Wait for at least 1 Pass to complete (The pass row at the top should reach 100%). This means that Memtest86+ has tested all of your memory one time. For the average user, allowing a single pass should be good enough.
6) Look for any error messages.

If no error messages are displayed then it is likely that your RAM is ok. If, however, you find at least one error message then there might be an issue with your memory. The only way to be certain is to take the RAM out of your computer and test it in a working machine. If the working machine continues to work, after its RAM has been replaced, then your RAM is likely not the problem. If, however, the formerly working machine begins to exhibit problems when its RAM is replaced then your RAM is likely

HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition and ENVY 17 3D Notebooks

Together with Mini 210 and Mini 5103 netbooks, HP (Hewlett-Packard) has recently announced two notebooks, called the HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition and the HP ENVY 17 3D.

HP ENVY 17 3D notebook is the first HP’s portable computer with a 3D display (120 Hz refresh rate). The Envy 17 3D has a 17.3-inch display with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD).

The HP ENVY 17 3D laptop is boasts an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 discrete graphics card, Blu-ray, and up to 2GB hard drive. It is bundled with HP 3D Active Shutter Glasses for viewing experience by wirelessly synchronizing each frame of the 3-D content. New HP ENVY 17 3D laptop will be available in Q4 but its price is not declared.

The HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition has encased in black with red inserts that created with the participation of famous musician, Dr. Dre. The 14.5-inch laptop is equipped with a high-quality sound system and keyboard with red illumination, and bundled with Beats by Dr. Dre Solo Headphones from Monster with ControlTalk.

Look inside of HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition notebook is boasts an Intel Core i5-460M processor, an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics, 640GB hard drive, up to 8GB of memory, Ethernet Gigabit LAN, Wi-Fi, and a 8-cell battery.

HP ENVY 14 Beats Edition notebook is already available for sale and start price from $1,249.

They’ve done studies you know, 60% of the time it works, every time.
It’s been 8 long years since the release of Internet Explorer 6. For the past 4 years IE6 has been terrorizing hundreds of thousands of Web Developers worldwide, from New York to Bangladesh.

This History

Internet Explorer 6 was born into war at the climax of the infamous 1990’s browser war. At the time Microsoft was battling Netscape for its seat as the big honcho of the Internet world. The release of IE6 put the nail in the coffin on the 90’s browsers war; crushing Netscape and leading them to their eventual bankruptcy. Since the late 90’s, new browsers such as Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome have stepped up to the plate to challenge Microsoft’s once unmatchable prestige. Stepping away from table based designs, into what we in the industry call “The Semantic Web”, the separation of content, design, and functionality.

The Problem

What’s that mean to the Average ? If you’re using Internet Explorer 6, your internet experience is kind of like using a screw driver when you have an electric drill readily available. You’re using archaic technology, which serves no purpose in our ever changing world. EVERY supported browser to date; besides IE6 supports web standards, this includes… Firefox 2, Firefox 3, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Safari, Google Chrome, and yes even Opera.
Why to upgrade from IE6:

•No Web Standards Support
•20% more time, and work to develop
•20% longer clients have to wait for their product
•Multi-million dollar corporations such as Google, Yahoo, and 37 Signals (developers of famous web solutions such as Base camp management system) have stopped supporting IE6
•It was ranked 8 by PC World as one of the worst tech products of all time
•17% of people in the world use IE6 and the numbers are shrinking rapidly every single day!
•Its 8 years old… What other technology are you using that is 8 years old? Imagine still using one of those Cell Phones that you had to keep plugged into the cigarette lighter of your car; that’s how old of technology you are using with IE6.
•And many, MANY, more reasons…

The Solution

UPGRADE! This is by no means a bashing of Microsoft; I use Windows based PC every day, all day to work as a developer, designer, and internet user. I’m not a Mac fanatic, in fact quite the opposite.

Upgrade Internet Explorer: Microsoft has released 2 full versions of their browser since the release of IE6, both very good solutions. On March 19th, 2009 Microsoft released its newest addition to the Microsoft family, IE8. This is fully compatible, fully functional, and has had extensive security updates since its predecessor IE7. Download IE8 Today!

Mozilla Firefox: Better yet, make a switch. Mozilla’s Firefox has been slowly but surely taking over the market in the current Browser war. It has a HUGE following in the web development community, and is now hitting the 50% mark for worldwide browser usage. It is neck and neck with Internet Explorer. Download Firefox Today!

Microsoft issued an advisory on Monday about a security issue that could leave many Windows applications vulnerable to attack.

The advisory deals with a type of attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting. Although the attack mechanism is not new or entirely unique to Windows, Microsoft acknowledged that there appears to be a new remote-attack vector that could allow more systems to be attacked quickly.

Two researchers at the University of California at Davis published a paper earlier this year on how programs that were vulnerable could be automatically detected. In recent days, security expert and Metasploit creator HD Moore published more information about this issue and is adding the vulnerability to his Metasploit program.

Moore said he did so in an effort to both make customers aware and encourage vendors to patch their applications, and he noted that he opted not to publicly list all the affected programs, though he did release a tool that helps users uncover which of their software could be vulnerable.

“As a compromise between releasing the full list of affected products and not saying anything at all, I decided to push a generic exploit module to the Metasploit Framework and release an audit kit that can be used to identify affected applications on a particular system,” Moore said in a blog post.” The audit kit should make it easier for other folks to identify vulnerable applications and hopefully have them addressed by the vendor.”

The existence of such proof-of-concept code makes it likely that an attack could appear in the wild soon, according to Joshua Talbot, a senior intelligence manager for Symantec security response. “Attackers then look at that and try to adapt it for their own uses,” he said.

Last Thursday, security research firm Acros Security warned that iTunes was vulnerable to such an attack. However, Moore and others point out that the vulnerability appears to affect far more than just iTunes, with potentially dozens of Windows programs similarly open to attack.

In the past, such attacks have required a malicious library to be implanted onto a local system. However, new research shows how the malicious code could also be planted on a network share, potentially making it much easier to attack vulnerable systems.

In its advisory on Monday, Microsoft said it has also issued guidance to developers on how to avoid the vulnerability and that it is checking its own code to see if any Microsoft products are at risk.

“We are currently conducting a thorough investigation into how this new vector may affect Microsoft products,” Microsoft said in a blog post.

Microsoft said it has also released a software tool that “allows system administrators to mitigate the risk of the vulnerability in question by altering the library-loading behavior for the operating system or for specific applications.”

Attacks using such libraries have been growing, as Windows and other operating systems have become more hardened to attacks that exploit memory corruption flaws, Talbot said.

Talbot recommended that users look at a mitigation suggested by Microsoft that involves changing a registry key setting so that libraries cannot be loaded over a network. Talbot also suggested that users take other steps, such as being cautious when clicking links or visiting unknown sites and also to make sure that their antivirus software is up-to-date.

Current antivirus software won’t necessarily stop a vulnerability from being exploited, Talbot said, but the software can sometimes detect the payloads that an attacker might try to install on a vulnerable system.