Made in USA

How the USA make money if the USA does not produce any products? Or on what products is still "Made in USA"? I can´t remember - only a few...... Andy why is it so?

It’s hard enough these days to find things that are actually made in the USA. With so many products being made overseas (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brazil), trying to find an authentically “American” product can be like finding a needle in a haystack. However, due to our own laws, it’s even more difficult than the average person can imagine.It may sound unbelievable, but the federal government had to pass a law in order to determine which products sold in the US can actually be labeled as being “Made in the USA”. Made in the USA sounds like a basic concept: if something was made in the United States, can’t a “Made in the USA” label just be stuck on it? Ah, not so fast. According to the Federal Trade Commission, there are certain standards that an item must meet before it can proudly wear the label “Made in the USA”.

Download Windows 7 Beta

Now you can download the Windows 7 Beta for free.
But don´t try it with your firefox browser. I tryed it many times but was not able to download the file. Only with the internet Explorer from Microsoft I was able to download the file.
I´ll test Windows 7 and give you more information about Windows 7 soon.
Keep in mind downloading the Windows 7 Beta could take a few hours. The exact time will depend on your provider, bandwidth and traffic. The good news is that once you start the download, you won't have to answer any more questions – you can walk away while it finishes. If it gets interrupted, it'll restart where it left off.

The 32 Bit Version of Windows 7 Beta - 2.41 GB
The 64 Bit Version of Windows 7 Beta - 3.13 GB

Web Hosting goes Green

Do you looking for the right provider with the service you need for your new website? Any if you already have some websites you know that for every project you might need some different kind of services. But not every provider will supply you with that or all kind of services you need or not with the price you want or you need to realize your project. But money is not all and you can believe me that a low price is really not all! I made some bad experience in the past. It was horrible. So where you can find the best web hosting for you and your project?
At Web Hosting Geeks you can find that what you are looking for. You will find there a clear overview of the top 10 Web Hosting Providers with all their services, prices, features and bonus features including hosting reviews and host ratings form users.
And there is also a very new rating you can select if you also want saving the earth and choose a provider which use alternative and renewable energy. Web Host Geeks is the first I found that kind of green web hosting selection but it is a great idea because it is very important to have that in mind. So if you will start your next project you should also think about the future of our world and you should at least have a look at the green possibility!

What is Black Silicon?

Do you know somthing called ´black silicon´?

A newly discovered material called ‘black silicon’ is between 100 and 500 times more sensitive to light than conventional silicon, and could be used to revolutionize solar energy generation.

The material was discovered when a team of Harvard University scientists shone an ultra-powerful laser (briefly producing the same amount of energy as the sun falling on the entire surface of the Earth) on a silicon wafer, before adding sulphur hexafluoride. The result was a silicon wafer that looked black to the naked eye, but when examined under an electron microscope turned out to be covered with a massive amount of ultra-tiny spikes. So maybe it is a new and better posibility to win much more energy from the sun but it will also depend on the production cost of the black silicon.

What is a (SSD) Solid State Drive?

Most all electronics that we have today are built around semiconductors and chips.
In terms of a SSD, it refers to the fact that the primary storage medium is through semiconductors rather than a magnetic media such as a hard drive.
Solid state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors. The term was originally used to define those electronics such as a transistor radio that used semiconductors rather than vacuum tubes in its construction.

Advantage of a SSD:

* Less Power Usage
* Faster Data Access
* Higher Reliability

Vacation in New Jersey

Are you exhausted from your job and lacking of energy? Sure stress can also be a good thing. It can motivate, energies and help us to be able do our best work but it also can lead to burnout. So before you get in danger of burning out take a break and make vacation somewhere you can relax and refill your energy.
One of the excellent places you can relax and enjoy is Jersey Shore beach Vacation. So if you like amusement parks you can be sure you will love Morey´s Piers in New Jersey with the top New Jersey attractions, like o Karts, Golf Course, Boat Tag, SkyCoaster, Climbing Wall, Screamin' Swing, Batting Cages, SpringShot, SkyScraper, and much much more.

So do not only work hard on your job but also enjoy your life, take your partner or your family and make a great vacation, relax and refill your soul and body with fresh energy. It is really important for you and the people you love to do something else than only the normal daily work. Make a change and make the experience of an adventure. So have a look at there websites and I am sure you will find there something of interest for you. Now you can even save up to 40% on a Season Pass to both waterparks!

What is RAM and how much I need?

First of all, before you can figure out how much RAM is right for your needs, you must first know what it is. RAM is short for Random Access Memory, and it is basically how much memory your computer has. Many people get confused and think that this is how much storage space you have, which is wrong. You’re computer’s memory has nothing to do with storage space. That is a completely different piece of hardware (HDD).
Your computer’s RAM does many things to make your job easier. When you open up a program on your computer, that program uses your RAM so that it an run properly. The more RAM that your computer has, the more programs that will can run smoothly at any given point of time. Now, if you’re just using this as your personal home computer, then you don’t really need a lot.

But you should know a 32 Bit Operating System (OS) like MS Windows XP and Vista (32Bit) are only able to handel 3-3,5GB of RAM. So if you tune your Computer you should know what kind of OS running on your PC.

Many users still using Windows XP with 512MB or even with 256MB. 512MB is really the minimum of RAM you should have running Windows XP. But if you run more programms it is helpful to have more. The OS will not swap (put the date on your harddisk which is much slower than RAM) all the time and is much faster. So poweruser or gamer should use about 2-3GB of RAM.

Internet Security

Last month I wrote about Ad ware and Spy ware but that is only a small part of the danger from the internet. The Internet is one of the most powerful communication tools available, making it possible to share information instantly, any time of the day or night, around the globe. But like everywhere there are not only good guys out there who want to share there information with you.
So it is important to find way and tools to protect your PC and data against the bad guys. And there is a good knight in the dark who fight since years successful against viruses and other bugs. You can download Norton Internet Security 2009 here and get a solution which protect your PC much more than only against a virus.

Happy New Year

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