Silent Cube for long-term storage on hard drives

Hard drives are not particularly suitable for long term storage of data, because they tend to be torn up and broken. But Silent Cube is a technically interesting solution!
Silent Cube is not for home users, we can conclude from the start. But it's still pretty cool! Basically it is an external storage device whose purpose is to stay as long as possible.
In order to do this utilizes twelve hard drives that mirror each other in a way that allows up to four of the disks may break, without losing any information. By using four drives each from three different vendors to propagate the risks of further problems.

The capacity of the Silent Cube is scalable up to petabyte-area. This is done by using multiple devices. Each Silent Cube has 4TB of storage. To deal with Silent Cube needed a rack mount head unit with NAS interface, and such controls up to 128 units.
Silent Cube distributed in Sweden by the Optical Storage. A basic package with the main unit and a Silent Cube has a target price of approximately 100 000 SEK.

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Here you can download free music totally legal

To download music from the Internet need not be criminal. It is fully legal options, and one of these is the Creative Commons. In this article you will learn how to download legal music.
All musicians are not looking to simply sell records, and it is far from all groups and individual musicians who have contracts with record companies. Most people involved in music as a hobby, whether they dream of a fat recording contract, or if they just do it because it's fun, they have one thing in common, and it is they want to get music out to as many as possible.
Here, the Internet has opened the door to amazing possibilities. The so-called DIY culture ( Do It Yourself ) actually thrive on the Internet. Anyone can now use a computer to record music and then spread the music all over the world thanks to the special services that distributes free music .
To launch his music under the license Creative Commons means briefly that you may disitrbuera music freely. Artists rarely serve any direct money from this, apart from any gifts, but they may like their music, find new fans and can thereby obtain gigs and the like.

In fact, there are an incredible number of bands around the world who spread their music as Creative Commons. There are many sites that focus on this type of music, and it should be emphasized that it is far from bad music here. Of course, you will not find the latest single from Kent or Madonna, but if you love to find new and exciting music of all genres, this is a gold mine.

Ladda ner free music

Jamendo is one of the most famous sites in the music released under Creative Commons license. At this writing there are here over 25 000 albums to download. All are categorized and the site is easy to navigate in. The music charge legally downloaded as MP3 - or Ogg format to your hard drive.
When I first found Jamendo, I wrote a short article about it to my blog. Then I found the one-man band Brad Sucks, and when I sat down with this article, I had to check up on Brad Sucks still remained. He did, and moreover, he had released a new album -Out of It .
Therefore, I use Brad Sucks - Out of It as an example to show how to download music from Jamendo. On this page you can click through to various categories, or browse the recommended music. In our case, enter " Brad Sucks " into the search field at the top of the page. When you get the search results, click through to Out of It.

I MP3-format music

On album pages with Jamendo, you can choose between listening to music streaming, or download it. Click on Download to download music to your hard drive, from which you can then transfer it to your MP3 player or mobile phone. The pop-up window that pops up, click again to download .

The download will now start automatically. If it does not, click on the link direct link at the top of the window. You can also choose to download the album via BitTorrent .Then you choose to download the music as either MP3 or Ogg. My experience is that it is faster to download normally, then it is not a lot of people distributing music via BitTorrent. Are the current media available with the recommended music, and Jamendo for spreading the word, it might be faster to use BitTorrent.
Want to learn more about BitTorrent and how to get started for free with utorrent, I recommend that you read my Beginner's Guide to uTorrent which is on my blog.
The file you download is archived in Zip format. That means you need a Zip utility to open it. Since Windows XP, Microsoft has implemented some support for Zip files in Windows, so probably you can open the file even if you do not have the Zip utility.Otherwise, you can download IZArc, which is freeware and free.
If you find any really good music, please leave a comment below! And if you have tips on other free music services, feel free to tell about them.

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Review: Small speakers from Philips for laptops

There are very few laptops that have built-in speakers worth mentioning. Most are gruesomely bad, so would you listen to music, you should get a couple of external. Philips Multimedia Speakers 2.0 is small and can manage the power from USB.
Philips small speakers in white, black and yellow. They are pretty to look when placed together with the computer, at least if you have a computer that is white.Together with my metallic colored laptop cut it, however, entitled significantly in design, and the speakers suddenly looked very plastic.
The purpose of the speakers is primarily to the use of laptop computers. I certainly think they are just a bit to clumsy to be dismantled in a computer bag. Do you have an ordinary flat panel computer bag will you get knöka properly to get them down.

From the right speaker is three wires , one to the left speaker, one who you connect to your computer's audio output and one that connects to an available USB port on your computer. The latter is used for the speakers to get power. There is therefore no external power supply, but it is enough USB port. It is smooth.
On the underside of the speakers is a deepening and a small device to spin up the wiring to. It's good, because otherwise it becomes a small white viper's nest of wires.

Sound quality is absolutely acceptable

In the case of such small speakers to get forward its own demands on a different level than when testing ordinary speakers. First, the speakers so small, but most of all, you can not squeeze out what seems like forever when you're limited in power from the USB port.
Philips Multimedia Speakers 2.0 can do really well. You will not be able to use them for the dance floor down in the rec room, but to listen to music while sitting at your computer running absolutely fine. The sound is relatively good quality and is actually pulling up the volume quite well.
The price of Philips speakers is around 300 SEK, depending on where you shop somewhere. There is an agreed price.

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It's fun to grub in the system

I've been a Windows user since the mid 1990's. Before that I drove the Amiga and Vic-64. Sure, I have test driven a lot of Linux, and Mac I've used a lot because I was educated typographer and works with newspapers. Therefore, I consider myself to have enough meat on the bones when I say that I think Windows is the best operating system .

The main reason is now that I'm used to. I can, and has been around since Windows 3.11. I have learned to make the system work as I want, by adapting it for my own taste, fellösa and look the little things I can tune to get better performance. And so on.

Mac users tend to always mock me for this. Why not get a Mac where you do not have to keep on fiddling the system?The answer to this, that I like to grub around in the system ! I want control of the operating system and be able to choose exactly what is running in the background.
Thanks to these opportunities, I have not had to change the computer very often.When it starts to go slow, just down the round and get back performance. It can safely do on the Mac also, of course - I do not write it here to start the OS war, but to explain why I prefer Windows.
When I sit down at a friend's computer and find it extremely tough, I can not help but to trim it. With old habits I go through all the background programs, run antispyware and cleaning, removes debris and uninstall unnecessary units. They are always happy when they can use his computer normally again, and I still think it's fun.

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Super Fast Compact Flash by SanDisk

SanDisk claims that they have launched the fastest compact flashCard. With an impressive literacy rate is addressed in particular to the memory card if you have an SLR that can record video.
Many of today's new SLR has the ability to record videos of up to Full HDQuality. To do this you need to get away from the bottleneck of slow memory. This makes SanDisk new Extreme Pro CompactFlashSeries a interesting choice.
SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash has a read / write speed of impressive 90 MB per second. The cards are available with a variety of storage capacities ranging from 16 to 64 MB.
Among the memory cards are SD cards the most widely used today. Most digital cameras and digital camcorders use the SDHC, which is the faster version of SD cards. But compact flash, Which is a major card, has advantages to offer better transfer rates, which is why they are often used by the SLR.

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Digital Photo Frame - what is it ?

The shelves of electronics stores, there are now long lines of digital photo frames .They have been thoroughly popular, despite their price tags. This article explains what it is!
A digital photo frame can be easily explained seen as an ordinary picture frame in which the photograph is replaced with an LCD screen to display digital photos . This means that you do not need the same old photograph in context all the time, but you can set it to switch all the time. The aim is really that it's cool . And that's it.
The first digital photo frames were a scrubby LCD screen and a small internal memory that is filled with a few digital photos by connecting the photo frame to a computer.Nowadays, current photo frames, as a rule both plenty of internal memory , but also built-in memory card reader and USB port . It allows you to take the memory card from your digital camera and plug directly into the frame to show photos.

Photos by e-mail

Furthermore, there are photo frames that can receive images in other ways. Bluetoothis an example, that Philips SPH8008 offers, where you can send over images wirelessly from your mobile phone. Connect your phone via Bluetooth and transferring pictures to the photo frame, as soon as they pop up on screen.
There are also photo frames that can connect to your network at home - both wireless and via Ethernet cable. Here there are interesting possibilities. Some photo frames can download images from Internet .
I've read about digital photo frames that can check an email address for digital photos, which means that anyone who has the address can post pictures to your photo frame. This can be rikigt cool if you have friends or relatives who are out on the trip. Every day we put up new photos from the African savannahs to your photo frame in the living room! The manufacturer eStarling have digital photo frames with your own email addresses , and they are now in Sweden.

Slideshow and editing

The software of digital photo frames have become increasingly sophisticated. Most are handled through an interface on the display itself, which is controlled by buttons located on the frame. Some photo frames have features to make basic image editing. This can be useful if you want to transfer photos directly from digital camera or camera phone. Maybe you want to crop and fix red-eye?
As a rule, you show so clearly not a static image, but instead runs a slideshow of all or a group of images on memory. These slideshows can be done in different ways depending on the digital picture frame you purchase. There are transitions to choose from, which makes viewing more enjoyable. Some frames also capable of playingbackground music , and there is sometimes support for playing videos .

Still high price

What speaks against to buy a digital photo frame today is that the price tag often is quite high. The above mentioned Philips SPH8008 costs in 2595 dollars. It is the juiciest team, even if the price is justified by the technology of the digital photo frame can hold. But given that the field is limited - it is as I say mostly a fun thing - it feels like a lot of money for the average home user to post.
But if you really Vil have a digital photo frame, there is therefore plenty to choose from.Take a look at example MediaMarkt or electric giant to find a plethora of options.There is also plenty to find on the web. Digital Photo Frames need not be in black and white plastic, for I have seen several models that have real wooden frames and another great design.
If you have purchased a digital photo frame that you are happy with, please feel free toleave a comment below to tell other readers of this blog.

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Picasa - organize and fix your digital photos

Google bought for quite a while since the imaging tool, Picasa, and they have not been lazy. The program is developed continuously and will in the new version. Picasa is now a very powerful tool for all digital photographers. Its strength lies in the organization of your digital photos. Instead of copying the images from the camera to somewhere on your hard disk, you make it through Picasa. The program will then index your images in a database, which makes it much easier to find specific images in the future.
In addition to organized like Picasa also contains all basic features for editing photos.With a few mouse clicks, you can fix your pictures to get the colors and brightness.There are other exceptional features to crop and scale. Picasa is translated into Swedish. Google has done well.
A plus is that you can create web albums to upload your images on the Internet. Via Picasa and Google, you get free space for publishing your photos, although the free version is rather limited in terms of storage space.

Paint.NET - who has grown a replacement

It began when a programmer seriously tired of the horrible Windows Paint, and decided to make a replacement. Paint.NET was added, and since then it has constantly evolved to now be an easy to use but funktionsspäckat image editing program. You'll find all the basics to quickly fix the color, contrast and brightness of digital photos, but there are also effects and you can even work with layers.
Paint.NET is an excellent choice for the beginner who is looking for a program that is easy to use. The interface is neat and easy to understand. There is also a Swedish translation to charge you. Once you've downloaded the program on its website, and installed it, please download the Swedish version and install it. Then the program works in our mother tongue.

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Review: Iomega eGo Encrypt, secure and portable hard drive

A major risk with portable hard drives is that they are easy to steal. If you plan to store important data on your hard disk, it is important that you protect the data in different ways. Iomega eGo Encrypt is a portable drive that has built-in protection.
Iomega eGo Encrypt looks about like most portable hard drives in the company's eGo series. They build on the hard disks of size 2.5 inches, which is positive in the way that they both will be relatively small and does not require any external power other than the USB connection. You do not need to lug along a power adapter. The chassis is solid steel and around the connector has a protective rubber. Iomega calls its solution Drop Guard, and the hard drive is designed to withstand the drop from 2.1 meters height.
The first time you plug in the device starts a program that asks you to fill in the disk's own serial number and a password. You can also choose to complete the password questions, the usual about where you were born and what your mother's name before she married. These questions are then used if you forget your password. The next time you connect the Iomega eGo Encrypt to a computer, to start a program that requests the password. When you enter the lock disk and you can use it like any other entity whatsoever. In addition to password protection, all data is also stored encrypted using AES encryption to 128 bits.
Through the program, Flash Memory Toolkit, I tested how fast it was to write and read to the device. The complete numbers you see in the table of images below. The speed was around 20 MB per second, which may be regarded as clearly acceptable. The data is said to also be encrypted and it takes a bit of power.
Iomega's drives have always been a bit more than most others in terms of price. 1900 SEK is the asking price for the Iomega eGo Encrypt, but I think this is not too much.The unit holds 320 GB and the security offered is clearly worth the money, if you want to make sure that no one can access your files.
Facts about Iomega eGo Encrypt:

• Contact: Iomega
• Size: 9 x 14 x 2.5 cm
• Weight: 268 grams
• Capacity: 320 GB
• Encryption: AES 128 bit hardware encryption
• Interface: USB 2.0
• Target price: 1900 SEK

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