February 9, 2012
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http June eighth was World IPv6 Day — the first major deployment of Internet Protocol version 6. Hundreds of Internet service providers and Web companies tested IPv6 on their websites. This new numbering system for Internet addresses has been available for years. But very few companies have switched to it. Yet the old system could run out of addresses this year because of all the growth in online devices. Computer science professor Doug Szajda at the University of Richmond in Virginia explains: “It’s sort of like the post office of the Internet. It tells you how to get information from one computer to another. Currently, and since around nineteen eighty, the addressing system has been IP version 4. But the problem with that is that we’ve run out of addresses. So it’s almost as if, when a new house is built, you can’t give it an address because you don’t have any more.” IPv4 was designed to handle just over four billion IP addresses. Doug Szajda says that seemed like more than enough. “At the time that IP version 4 was designed, the designers were anticipating perhaps thousands of users of the Internet someday, and certainly thinking that four billion addresses was many more than we would ever need.” Yet now, not just computers but smartphones, cars, televisions, game systems and plenty of other devices all connect to the Internet. Each uses a different IP address. The basic standards for IPv6 …
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October 29, 2011
Limewire Pirate Edition Limewire LLC was shut down by the courts in 2010 and the program no longer works. Here’s how to find a working version of Limewire. Downloads (Please report connection problems) Download Limewire Pirate Edition at www.multiupload.com (Updated Oct 28 2011) Download Limewire Pirate Edition at www.multiupload.com Background Music Ocean Shiver – Out from sansara * www.mediafire.com
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August 13, 2011
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Using a computer mouse or trackball can be a little tricky. You choose the object you want and move it to where you want it, only to have it end up in a different position. This happens to all of us sometimes, and we think little of it. But for people who have a difficult time controlling their movements, this little navigational issue can be a really big problem. Now, researchers at the University of Washington have developed new cursors that make activating objects easier for people with motor disabilities. Jacob Wobbrock is an assistant professor at the University of Washington. He leads the AIM Research Group that developed the cursors. Professor Wobbrock says mouse cursor operations are complex processes that assume things about computer users. He says, “For many people who have poor dexterity, the inability to control their fingers well, maybe pain in their wrists or hand, maybe arthritis — those assumptions of the average user, they don’t hold.” The AIM Research Group has developed two cursors. One is called the Pointing Magnifier. Professor Wobbrock says it uses a large circular cursor instead of the traditional arrow pointer. Users can make the circle as big as they like. When the circle is positioned over the target, everything in the circle appears larger, almost filling the whole screen. This makes it easier for the user to click on the object. Inside that magnified view, the …
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July 14, 2011
Keep a PC running smoothly by not downloading malicious software, uninstalling old programs when performing program updates and not downloading software directly to a hard drive. Optimize a PC’s performance by removing files, like video players, that have several different versions already loaded on a computer with tips from a computer technician in this free video on computer software. Expert: Chris Bryce Contact: www.SuperService.com Bio: Chris Bryce is the Owner/Operator of Super Computers. He took his computer technician and systems management background and went into business for himself in 1997. Filmmaker: Todd Green
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