Smart Phone, Smarter Car

The recent CES 2015 exhibited amazing technology releases. One of them was, Nvidia X1- with power-driven dashboard in the Renovo Coupe. Automakers have been trying to introduce such useful electronics in dashboard of new models which could be operated through Smartphone.

There’s been a lot of research on connected car and connected home mechanism in recent years. Now that this trend has been initiated- integrated with GPS and navigation apps on Smartphones along with cars- it’s time that mobile processors like Tegra X1 would soon also come into integration.

The Innovation

1. Tegra X1- With Nvidia’s announcement of this processor in a recent press conference, there’s a buzz that this 256-core chipset is launched for future cars and mobile devices.

Could the security issues in Cloud diminish its usage?

The tech world is severely suffering from an “IT Game of Thrones” with “getting exterminated” being unjustifiable!

Let’s assume if security issues destroy the cloud, CIO will be killed by Cloud, Apple might destroy passwords and certainly, IT and BYOD (Bring Your Own-Device) will attempt to execute each other.

There have been enough of cyber violations and privacy intrusions which prove that security is a major concern for IT systems running upon or without the cloud. Even though many businesses are twitchy about the cloud (and its usage), some devastating facts have been successful in putting an end to the debate.

How to Troubleshoot Paper Jam Issue with Printers?

Encountering the problem of paper jam is inevitable when working with printers. When the paper printed out goes awry, it jams the printer, stopping it in between and the mess remains somewhere entrapped in the machine. If not that, it ends up forcing out an uneven mess, or its part, in the output tray. . .

Printer finds use in daily routine and paper jam is the most frequent problem. Thus, to troubleshoot paper jam issue with printers, just read on.

What Happens When an Idle CPU Goes in a Sleep Mode?

Every task or program that is performed on a system takes some time to process on the CPU. When the CPU has done all its tasks it is free and goes in a sleep mode. 

Modern processors in this free time save power by reducing the speed of clock and the voltage of CPU and sending part of the processor in a sleep mode. Some processors have halt instruction that stops an idle CPU from saving power when an interrupt occurs. An example is the x86’s HLT instruction. By the time instruction is executed, the processor may save considerable amount of power and heat if the idle task is a loop that continually gives HLT instructions.

CPU Idle Loop’s Syntax:

Problem Opening Gmail on Your System

You want to look at some very important emails on your Gmail account. For that you type your user name and password in the login page and click on the ‘Sign In’ button at the bottom. However, it gets very difficult to login to your Gmail account.

The browser may hang on a Gmail login screen giving out the message, like ‘Loading’ or ‘Oops… The system was unable to perform your operation. Please try again in few seconds’. The other case can be that even if you are able to login, the Inbox may not open or take a lot of time for loading.

How to Use Cell Phones as a Modem to use Internet on Your System

Today almost every android phone has the facility to share its internet pack with a laptop or a computer. This helps a lot when you need internet but you don’t have an internet connection. Therefore if you want to connect your laptop or other devices to your phone’s data plan, you can use these three “tethering” features:

Tips to make your slow running computer fast

If a-once-fast-running computer has slowed down, you will try out different measures, like adding RAM, upgrading the CPU, or substituting the hard drive with an SSD. However, all these solutions come with a price tag. However, first you need to find out the root of the problem and how to troubleshoot it. Also, you can try the following tips to enhance your system speed.

1. The disk space
Whenever you access a website, temporary internet files and cookies are stocked up on your system. These files keep a record of the sites you have visited. These files may be useful for accessing information quickly, but slow down the time needed to load internet on your system by eating up space. Thus, you need to remove cookies, cache and internet history, to free the used up space of your disk, helping your computer to run faster.

2. Corrupt registry
Registry is a Windows database having important information about the system hardware, all the programs and settings that are installed, and the outline of each user account on your system. The registry can get corrupt, causing slow speed if not cleaned regularly. By cleaning registry, you free used up space as well as solve some system errors that can be a source of big trouble for you in the future. For this purpose, there are many top rated commercial software available, updated regularly. Cleaning and optimizing your registry will definitely increase your system’s speed.

3. Run Windows Update
If for some time you have not updated your Windows Operating System, many speed fixes released by Microsoft remain undone. Actually, this is exactly not responsible for slowing the speed of you system. However, it may improve the speed of your system. Whenever automatic updating Windows pop up on your system you should turn it on after reading it carefully what it is asking for. Unfortunately, majority of readers don’t take care to read these and simply close them. 

4. Virus Attacks
Check out that your antivirus program is updated. With the help of antivirus software program, check your computer for the presence of any malware. A virus running in the background may be responsible for slowing down the speed of your system. Remove any detected virus by following the instructions given by the antivirus software. 

5. Uninstall programs that are not used
When you purchase a new PC, it has many pre-installed programs onto it. They get collected over time as the PC gets old. Most of them are never used by you and without your knowledge keep running in the background, slowing down the speed of your system. For removing them, go as directed below:
Start » Control Panel » Programs and Features
In the Programs and Features dialogue box, scroll down and uninstall the ones you don’t need. If you don’t know what to stay and what to go then using some well-known freeware that suggests what is useful and what is not is a worth a try, though with a caution.

6. Run a disk defragmenting tool
Your hard drive can be reconfigured for storing information with maximum efficiency by suing such a tool. Disk fragmentation happens when different bits and pieces of your files and data that otherwise should have been at one place are dispersed on different parts of your hard drive. This problem is specifically found in old systems running Windows Vista or Windows XP. For disk defragmentation, open ‘My Computer’ right click on the hard drive and choose ‘Properties’. In ‘Local Disk Properties’ dialog box, under the ‘Tools’ tab there is an option ‘Defragment Now’, click it and go after carefully reading the instructions to defragment the disk.



7. Your drivers should be updated
Ensure that you have the latest drivers for your system, particularly the latest video drivers. Outdated drivers can result in numerous problems; slow speed can be one of them.

8. Deleting the background programs 
Remove or disable any startup programs that start on their own each time your computer boots. Your security utility program like a malware or spyware protection program or an antivirus scanner on the system should be set not to scan your system for the detection of programs running in the background. The reason is that while scanning your system, they slow down the overall speed of your system. The other way to know what programs are running in the background and how much memory and CPU they are consuming, open the Task Manager. Set up a timetable to run your security and other programs for scrutinizing your hard drive when you have least work to do on your system. 

Now, after reading the information, you will be in a position to detect the probable causes responsible for slow speed of your system and fixing them. In case of any confusion or problem, feel free to call PC Optimization experts.