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Simplified explanation of different coated paper types?
December 24, 2005 EST | Science
Paper has a lot of properties that should be taken into account to achieve the excellent quality that we seek. First is the contrast. Contrast is the key element between paper and toner. The paler or whiter the paper, the... [More...]
Laser Technology
December 15, 2005 EST | General
Laser technology is used in almost every scope of life, from the miniscule lasers in CD players to the lasers used to scan groceries in the checkout line to the massive lasers in aeronautics design. The discovery of laser technology... [More...]
Wireless broadband phone calls begin to rise
December 12, 2005 EST | Wireless | Comments (0)
As a result of the current boom in cheap broadband products, it has been predicted that up to one-third of people in the US and Europe will abandon traditional phone lines in favour of Wireless Broadband telephony by 2010. Wireless... [More...]
Free VoIP services: Not necessarily free
December 12, 2005 EST | Enterprise Technology , Internet | Comments (0)
Though not a new technology, VOIP, or Voice Over Internet Protocol, has recently begun gaining ground on the traditional long distance telephone industry. Simply put, VOIP is the ability for a person to talk on the telephone over an Internet... [More...]
The history of calendars
December 09, 2005 EST | Science | Comments (0)
The Romans sometimes neglected to introduce an extra month every two years to amortize the difference between their lunar calendar and the natural solar year. Julius Caesar decreed that the year 46 BC should have 445 days (some historians implausibly... [More...]
Nature vs. Mankind
December 09, 2005 EST | Science | Comments (0)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics predicts the gradual energetic decay of physical closed systems ("entropy"). Arguably, the Universe as a whole is precisely such a system. Locally, though, order is often fighting disorder for dominance. In other words, in localized,... [More...]
What are hosted applications?
December 08, 2005 EST | Computer | Comments (0)
As access to the Internet becomes more widespread with faster, more reliable and 'always on' connections becoming the norm the growth of applications using the hosted application model continues to expand. Although hosted applications will not suit every situation, or... [More...]
