Full Access: How the Chinese Surf the Unfiltered Web

Tiananmen Square: a square in the center of Beijing adjacent to the Forbidden City, the largest public open space in the world. Open your Mac. Highlight the words “Tiananmen Square.” Place the cursor over those highlighted words and tap once on the trackpad with three fingers. The above definition should appear regardless of where you are in the world. It is certainly innocent enough and a rather proud claim for China. However, when one does just a bit more digging, even that proudest and innocent description is brought into question. Other sources rank the Square as the fourth largest town square in the world. That seems to be at odds with the claim of being the largest public space. In most sporting events, fourth place doesn’t even get you on the podium.

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Benefits of a GSM Repeater

Nothing is more frustrating than having inadequate cell phone reception in your home or office. You can lose out on an important sale, a business client, or even just the latest neighborhood or family information in these situations. Dropped calls and weak signals limit the use of your expensive smartphone and render much of the technology useless. However, with a GSM repeater, you can amplify a cell phone signal and increase your communication abilities across your home or office. The repeater boosts the weak signal from the base station tower via an outdoor antenna and transmits the signal through your building to maximize signal strength. Use Anywhere There is no limit to the number of devices that the repeater can amplify. It doesn’t matter how many people use a mobile phone within the coverage area, as they will all benefit from the stronger signal. The only catch is that you have to remain inside the area that the repeater covers.

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Staying Connected…All the Time?

It is hard to believe that just ten short years ago, dial-up Internet connections were still common. Wow, how far have we come? Today you can’t get away from high-speed online connections–they’re ubiquitous. The Internet is always there–no matter where we are–easily accessible via a tiny computer we carry around in our pockets and bags. Today, we get annoyed when we can’t get a strong enough signal for our devices, and we go to great lengths to ensure that our connections are perfect. How did we get here? When did the Trekkies (remember their communicators?) take over the world? Most importantly, where should we send our thank you cards? The Early Beginnings It’s important that we not forget that the Internet was originally developed for governmental use and then slowly but surely introduced and adopted by schools (universities) and libraries. While UseNet and telnet offered email and basic communications to early adopters, it wasn’t until 1993 and the advent of Internet Explorer that the idea of “the Internet in every house” really took off.

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Broken laptop LCD isn’t always a big problem

Probably LCD is the most fragile part of any laptop or other hand-held device. When you drop your device on the corner or bend too much, you will definitely crack the screen. After this your computer becomes unusable. What to do next in this situation? First of all, try to evaluate the situation and see how old your laptop is. If you planned to upgrade to newer, then it is the right time – you can sell parts of broken laptops on eBay or the local market. Anyway, if you have a bit of engineering steam, you should fix it. Replacing LCD is an easy task, then the only problem you may face is finding the right LCD. Laptop screens are pretty much standard. All you need is to find the right size and type. If you are not sure, remove the broken LCD from the broken laptop and look at the back’s sticker. You will find screen model numbers like LTN154X3-LOD. Then number 154 indicates that the screen diagonal size is 15.4-inch. LTN indicates that the manufacturer is Samsung. You can find pretty much all codes by googling it.

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Networking with Cisco and certification

Probably many of you have heard about Cisco Systems. It is a large corporation based in America, California. It primarily designs and manufactures networking equipment. Linksys routers are one of the well-known brands. They are known for their great performance, flexibility, and reliability. No doubt Cisco does its job great in this sector. But Cisco is known for a wider variety of products and services. Besides basic consumer routers, they produce other network equipment like VPN, network storage, VOIP conferencing systems. Ccie routing and switching are simple and versatile, which is suitable for any business and computing.

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The best solution in Atlanta to all my data recovery problems

When you remain stuck in late evening Atlanta traffic after a delayed flight holding you back at an alien city airport for a good part of a day, there’s hardly anything that can seemingly go wrong! I lived through all these irritations upon my return to Atlanta last month, only to realize that humans can never have enough patience to deal with the vagaries of life. I had rather excitedly plugged in my portable hard drive into my laptop to watch a movie, only to see nothing happening to the computer! My little ten-year-old daughter came running up to me to tell me how the drive had stopped working a few days back. Gosh – there was a terrible expense staring me right in the eye. It didn’t take me long to recollect memories of how I’d ended up paying four times the price of the hard drive the last time my little kid had dropped it off from the computer table. Not sure if the guys at the data recovery lab were rubbing it in when they told me that I’d damaged data clusters by trying to screw-drive my way through the hard drive case. The data that the…

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How an Online School Assists In Integrative Science Learning

Letting students participate in science competitions has always been a good way to promote learning. And some institutes have taken the contemporary notion of competition to the next level by bringing in initiatives such as the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition. This year, the version had many projects related to synthetic biology; the concept at this level is to design, build and test genetically engineered organisms. A lot of these have a direct link to biomedical engineering. For instance, one project focused on engineering gene circuits in a model organism of yeast to better understand how cells make their decisions. These circuits may very well be used in future bio-manufacturing. Projects such as these fall in integrative science and students can be reared for such learning through online education. Not only are there a massive number of tools, but hands-on tutorials can also serve as a good guiding template for the student.

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Online signature healthcare

Who wants to spend their precious time? Everyone wants fast and efficient services from public services, especially in health and insurance areas. Instead of wasting your time in a long queue, you should use an electronic signature in healthcare. Yes, it is a fact that you do not have time to go to the hospital or insurance office to sign the documents. Therefore, do not be left behind. You will find and enjoy the benefits of having such a beneficial item. Besides saving your time and cutting the useless formal procedures, you also start the greener process—no need to print the papers anymore if you have online signature healthcare.

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