Microsoft Life Cam VX 5500 - A webcam of many faces
The new Microsoft Life cam VX 5500 stands out with its intuitive design and beautiful looks that can com pliment any notebook or desktop computer.
TheVX 5500 has aVGA resolution of 640 x 480 that is good enough to take care of all the conferencing you plan to do. The overall video quality is good and you will not face any problem even in low light conditions. We would have loved to have manual focusing on this, but sadly there was none avail able - you will have to keep the camera at the right dis tance to keep it in focus. The VX 5500 sports a Uni Directional microphone, so sounds are picked up from anywhere in the room - good or bad depending on the ambient noise. The microphone features acoustic noise and echo cancellation. Read more
Samsung ML- 1640 Mono Laser Printer
A monochrome laser printer primarily for home users but with features that make it appealing for small workgroups as well. The first thing that strikes you about this printer is its compact design with a small form factor that makes it perfect for places where space is constraint. One can print at a resolution of up to 12 00*600 dpi (dots per inch).The printer has an input tray capacity of 150 sheets and output tray capacity of 100 sheets, decent enough for this segment. The connectivity with the PC is through a USB 2.0 Read more
Xerox Phaser 6180
The Xerox Phaser 6180 is an office use, color laser printer suitable for small and frequent print jobs. Powered by a 400 MHz processor, it comes with an auto duplex feature for double- side printing and network connectivity. It can print on a max paper size of up to 8. 5×14 in. The print quality that this printer gave was good with excellent clarity for both color and monochrome prints with distinct shades of black and grey. The feature that stands out in this printer is its speed. It was able to give us a speed of 25 full text pages per minute or 10 colorA4 size prints of a .jpg file. Another feature worth noticing was that the printer has a very silent operation making it office friendly. Read more
BenQ unveils world’s slimmest 24in widescreen LCD monitor
BenQ Unveiled the V2400W LCD monitor. This 24in widescreen TFT has the distinction of being the world’s slimmest LCD monitor in its category with its thickest point measuring just 24mm. The newly launched monitor is also the winner of the coveted 2007 iF Design Award, recognition of outstanding design and style. Read more
Optical mouse shines continuously even when the PC is switched off
Some motherboards like Arocks enjoy great popularity amongst those who want ot upgrade, but are willing to spend relatively less. However, after the modification, the optical mouse glows even when the PC is switched off.
This happens with some other motherboards also. The cause of this strange occurrence is an uncommon jumper put on the main board, which is responsible for the powering of the USB buses. This provide the USB bus with the standby power (+5VSB) to enable the switching ‘ON’ of the computer via USB or PS2 devices. Connected devices were continuously supplied with electricity in this way. Read more
Removable drive is recognized but not displayed. Why?
The moment you insert the USB memory stick in the USB port of the computer, Windows reports it with a typical message tone. However, at times, the Explorer does not display the removable drive or the normal dialogue box does not open. On the other hand, all the other hard disks and network permissions are displayed in the Explorer window.
The problem hits frequent users who work in an administered network. Network permissions literally overnight. If a USB stick is used for the first time. It receives the next free drive letter, for instance,’E:\’ Windows then maintains it even in the future. Now, the IT division and the network permission under ‘E:\’ and there is a conflict with the USB stick. Windows adds the removable disk under ‘E:\’ but displays only the network drive. Read more
How to force the ‘Safety Remove Hardware’ dialog
The ‘Safety Remove Hardware’ taskbar icon is necessary when removing storage drives with important data in them. This procedure ensures that the data is safe during the drive removal and that all read/write tasks are finished at the operating system level. if the icon doesn’t appear for some reason, simply follow this tip. Read more
