Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Mobile Computing

Mobile computing refers to the use of small and portable computing devices in wireless enabled networks that provide wireless connections to a central main server. These devices include laptops, notebook PCs, tablet PCs, palmtops, personal digital assistant (PDAs) and other hand held devices. A radio-signaling device is installed inside these devices for receiving and transmitting electronic data.

Wireless networks use Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) technology for providing network coverage to offices, public places, and other small workplaces. A wireless access point device is used to provide wire free network coverage in the designated area. An access point device that is built on 802.11b and 802.11g IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standards transmits data at 2.4 GHz whereas devices that Comply with 802.11a standards transmit at 5 GHz.

WiMax (Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology represents the next generation of wireless networking and can transmit data up to a distance of forty-eight miles. It can provide a maximum networking speed of seventy Mbps. It provides much better facilities than Wi-Fi such as higher bandwidth and high data security by using enhanced encryption schemes. It can provide service in both Line Of Sight (LOS) and Non-Line Of Sight (NLOS) locations, but range may vary accordingly. WiMax supports several communication protocols, and can act as the backbone network for an ISP (Internet service provider) as well as telecom service provider.

Mobile computing devices can use any of these networks to access the Internet or connect to a LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (wide area network) server. They use networking software for adjusting device settings to suit specific network requirements.

Mobile computing has enabled users to remain connected while on the move. High end users can opt for satellite based networking which provides wireless connectivity anywhere in the world. However, this technology is costly and will take many years to become as affordable as Wi-Fi and WiMax

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Stunning demand for iPhone software

Mobile arena is changing rapidly in the last of the smartphone.In addition, the iPhone software, flexible and powerful user interface platform developed almost overnight explosion driven programs trendy is. Now, if you need to succeed, then you have the ability to create iPhone applications that are trendy and are flexible.

Today, smart phones by the outstanding features of the inner sole and only judge, but the last program is over. Many of the people, the smartphone is based on programs that are currently rocking the dictionary. For example, a latest report says that about 250 million birds have felt angry and still in the hunt. It clearly depicts the increasing demand for programs.For example, the iPhone 4 to play center, which enables mobile users to invite their friends to play is in progress. As a result of increased demand for iPhone applications, iPhone application for a professional development also increased, is considerably.

However, finding an expert iPhone developer program, which is always a difficult task.With plans to move its iPhone development process. Finally, several months after they completed the APP, which may be up to customer expectations. This is one of the major problems in developing applications. Given this problem, the customer has to spend more money on programs to incorporate new changes. However, now you can make it difficult to resolve using conventional programming process.

Therefore, their search based on the developer's reputation and its experience in developing successful applications. An iPhone application developer with your iPhone How to develop programs to help current market expectations. The iPhone is a very important factor in the development of an expert to determine the quality of their iPhone application, so more attention while selecting a developer pay for your iPhone APP.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Rapid Vehicle

The Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was started in 1902 by Max Grabowski.

It was the manufacturer of some of the earliest trucks and was purchased in 1909 by GM. In 1912 the name GMC was first used at the New York Auto Show and in 1996 the suffix Truck was dropped.

What most people don't know is that GMC also makes cars.

In 1902 Max Grabowski founded a company called the "Rapid Motor Vehicle Company", which developed some of the earliest commercial trucks ever designed. In 1909 the company was bought by General Motors to form the basis of the General Motors Truck Company, from which GMC Truck was made. In 1912 the name "GMC Truck" was first shown at the New York Auto Show. In 1996 GM dropped the word 'truck' from the GMC Truck name, thus creating the GMC name as we know it today. There never was a Grabowski Motor Company or a Grabowski Motor Corp.

They now make personal automobiles, as well as pickup truck and bus engines.

General Motors Corporation NYSE: GM, also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall Chevrolet and GMC divisions produce trucks, as well as passenger vehicles. Other brands include ACDelco, Allison Transmission, and General Motors Electro-Motive Division that produces diesel-electric locomotives. GM also has stakes in Isuzu, Subaru, and Suzuki in Japan and a joint venture with AutoVAZ (Lada) in Russia. In December 2003, it acquired Delta in South Africa, in which it had taken a 45 percent stake in 1997, and which is now a fully-owned subsidiary, General Motors South Africa.

GM's headquarters are in the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.

General Motors is the world's largest vehicle manufacturer and employs over 340,000 people. In 2001, GM sold 8.5 million vehicles through all its branches. In 2002, GM sold 15 percent of all cars and trucks in the world. They also owned Electronic Data Systems from 1984 to 1996 which is a former Ross Perot company and, prior to selling it to News Corporation, DirecTV. GM owned Frigidaire from 1918 to 1979.

The current chairman (since May 1, 2003) and chief executive officer (since June 1, 2000) is Rick Wagoner, succeeding John F. Smith, Jr.

General Motors is selling its 20 percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru, in a deal that could raise more than $700 million as per news released on October 6, 2005.

Also, General Motors Canada auto workers voted on Sunday to ratify a new contract that will lay off 1,000 workers over the next three years, the Canadian Auto Workers and GM said.

General Motors lost 2.5 billion dollars last year, and would have made a profit if it was not saddled with 6 billion dollars in health costs.

Asbestos Training

The Need for Asbestos Training



Asbestos-training programs have become the norm of the day for all members of an awakened society because of the health hazards of asbestos. Asbestos is the name of many naturally occurring fibrous minerals, namely actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite. The flexible, strong, and heat-resistant fibers of asbestos minerals are used in a wide range of industries, such as roofing shingles, ceiling, floor tiles, paper, cement, heat-resistant fabrics, packaging, gaskets and coatings, automobile brakes, clutches, and transmission parts.



Asbestos testing is a necessity because Long-term exposure to asbestos, results in asbestosis and mesothelioma cancers. Asbestosis is a disease wherein scar-like tissues develop in the pleural membrane surrounding the lungs. The main victims of asbestosis are the laborers exposed to asbestos. Common symptoms of asbestosis are cough, difficulty in breathing, and heart enlargement. Even low-level exposure to asbestos results in the thickening of pleural membranes, leading to difficulty in breathing. Proper asbestos training for the employees might help to sidetrack the health hazards of asbestos.



Asbestos Training and Information for Employees



According to asbestos legislations, the employer has to arrange annual asbestos-training programs for the employees exposed to high levels of airborne concentrations of asbestos. Asbestos training is necessary before inducting an employee in the asbestos manufacturing process. It is important that the training should be conducted in an employee-friendly manner. The objective of the training program is to warn the employees about health hazards associated with asbestos exposure. The components include necessary information about the permitted levels of exposure, manner of use, release, location and storage of asbestos, and the specific nature of operations leading to asbestos exposure.



An effective asbestos-training program has to provide information about work practices, engineering controls, protection procedures, emergency plans, clean-up methods and personal protective equipment. The purpose, proper use and limitations of respirators and protective clothing are an important component of employee asbestos training programs. The training program has to provide knowledge about the evil effects of asbestos on health, standard housekeeping requirements, and responding to episodes of fiber release. The employer has to provide the copies of asbestos-training guidelines free of cost to all the employees at risk of asbestos exposure.

Destroying

What do the following industries have in common?

Law enforcement
Legal industries
Government
Banking
Health care
Financial service (brokerage)
Entertainment
Technology
Manufacturing industries

The answer: The above-mentioned industries regard information as a very important aspect of their operations. They are information-sensitive – they have a need to ensure that important and confidential data are secured and protected at all times.

What data are considered classified? Some are listed below:

Disbursement records (Wages, etc.)
Accounts records (financial statements such as the balance sheet, etc.)
Sales receipts
Bank records
Social Security records
Business letters
Customer information
Personnel records
Computer printouts
Computer discs or tapes

Why is there a need to protect such data? Industries are in constant danger of having such sensitive information to ‘fall into the wrong hands’ – people that are out to inflict damage, such as a discontented employee or a competitor, which could result to either of the following:

Bad publicity
Humiliation
Loss of staff or key personnel (probably to a competitor)
Loss of customers
Loss of job or running out of business
A possible indictment

This is why every information-sensitive industry needs a proper and secure records storage and management. However, such course of action usually requires much room (think of all those years’ worth of papers and electronic tapes piling up); it also incurs high costs. In addition, there will also come a time when the company will need to purge itself of the age-old materials. But these outdated materials will still be sensitive, and throwing away classified documents in a wastebasket will not do the trick – they can still be collected and sorted out, the information still made available to whoever would want them.

There is a truly a great need for a secure disposal of sensitive data, and an effective solution to this crucial aspect of an industry is document shredding.

Document shredding is a safe and secure option for discarding restricted documents and materials. In document shredding, sensitive files and records are destroyed, turning them into bits that can no longer be recognized; thereby ensuring that confidentiality is maintained.

The document shredding process is entirely flexible that it can adapt to any industry’s distinct requirements in destroying sensitive records. Depending on what would suit it’s needs, a company can either purchase it’s own document shredder or employ outsourced document shredding services, who can then perform the document shredding process on-site or off-site.

On-site document shredding provides industries with the opportunity to observe the actual shredding of their materials ‘on site’, right at their doorsteps. The use of mobile shredding vehicles and equipment will especially fit those who do not want their records to leave their site intact.

In an off-site document shredding, the document-shredding company collects the materials in security containers and hauls them in a safe location that may be monitored by security cameras where they are destroyed into little pieces. Aside from the surveillance cameras, industries can also send representatives to personally observe the actual document shredding process.

Once the classified records are destroyed in a proper and secure manner, the document shredding company will then provide its client with a “Certificate of Destruction,” which notes the date and time as well as the accounting of the materials shredded. This not only serves as a proof that the documents were destroyed properly; it also gives the client the necessary data for an audit trail.

There are many advantages in making use of the services of an outside document shredding company:

A document shredding service enables the company to save thousands of dollars by not having to buy a document shredding equipment and not having to worry of the depreciation as well as the maintenance costs.

A document shredding service also enables the company to save in terms of labor. Employees would not need to spend hours to do the document shredding. Employees can spend the time more effectively by doing their own jobs.

A document shredding company also helps the environment by recycling. Recycling is the final step in almost all the document shredding process. The shredded materials are collected and, through baling and/or pulping, can be used again to form other items such as boxes and copier papers, among others.