Why Are LCD Displays So Popular?

LCD displays brought a crystal clear experience to the world of video enjoyment though advancements in technology that started years ago. The lightweight construction of previous devices was too appealing to leave behind and improvements in materials and technology brought brighter things to life. Learn how these devices became a part of everyday existence.

Pocket calculators presented LED viewing that stepped aside to allow LCD displays. It was easy to keep one of these in a shirt pocket to balance the checkbook without waiting until the end of the month. Solar cells powered some of these and even worked off indoor lighting. The wristwatch underwent changes from a clock face with seconds, minutes and hour hands to join the digital revolution. They made it possible for people to keep their calendar and reminders within reach of a push button.

Mobile devices changed from base stations to LCD displays and with a greater range of coverage that slipped easily into a belt strap carrying case. Phone calls were easy to place and receive on a screen that offered color coding of calendar events. To-Do lists were easier than ever and a small computer keyboard brought text messaging to the land of mobile operations.

The automobile dashboard lit up like a festival when LCD displays took the place of old style meters and gauges. The experience was similar to finding oneself in the middle of sci-fi movies flying spaceships to distant galaxies. Don't forget the digital clocks that implemented liquid crystal technology to offer easy viewing at a single glance while driving into traffic.

Televisions took on a new look of improved clarity when pixels were replaced with tiny crystals that mysteriously changed colors for fast action movies and high definition. Viewing sports and television series became more lifelike with the finely tuned color separation. It is not true that the word pixel came from the idea of Pixies, but both are equally magical when it comes to providing vivid colors.

Video advertisements made a great escape when they appeared on traveling message signs and the world of outdoor signage took a giant leap into the future. Motorists seem unable to ignore the colorful and life-size activities presented across these screens. Sitting in rush hour traffic was no longer as boring since these digital signs offered weather reports, news and sports scores, along with upcoming local events schedules.

Scoreboards at sports arenas changed from placarded numbers put in place by a human being. LCD displays not only presented immediate tally of the last point made, they showed the exact play-by-play that resulted in changing the possible outcome of who would win the game. Mechanical devices no longer had a place where digital equipment and electronics ruled.

LCD displays require so little power they actually operate off a USB connection. The energy efficiency ratings are much better than their predecessors and continue to help lower electric bills. When touch screen technology became old news, 3D video made a debut and changed the world of online games, movie watching and sports telecasts. It is difficult to stay up-to-date on the latest in this technology.

Alex Stein is a computer programmer and technology consultant. For more information about LCD displays and contract manufacturing, visit http://www.allshore.com.

Network Security Is Crucial for the Reputation of a Business

Network security is a major issue of concern today for both private as well as public enterprises. It provides security to the public and the private computer networks as well. These networks are used daily to do the business transactions by different users from various locations. To make the business process safe and secure companies use the network security services offered by different IT support services providers.

Mostly many firms use a big amount of the business on their network security but it is important that the networks they are using must have a specified level of security in them. An efficient security plan should be able to scan the threats and use the required tools to prevent them. There are two streams in it such as email security management and antivirus security, both should be used to safeguard the business data and communications from the hackers, intruders and other viruses.

Your network can be infected by various email viruses coming in harmful attachments with the emails. With the email security management we can prevent unwanted spams and other viruses. We can use the message tracking options as well for troubleshooting and scanning tasks. It keeps tracking of the threats for the business emailing system. With the increase in the hacker and virus attacks the security software programs are very popularly used by the users. It safeguards your business from internet threats like spywares and mostly all malware which may be infected for your crucial business data.

We can identify many security threats spreading on the web such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, hacker attacks and various data interceptions. Network security tasks are processed through hardware and software that should be in an updated and modified form in order to perform better. The network security system comprises of different components like anti-virus and spyware, firewalls, IPS-intrusion preventions systems and virtual private networks for secure remote access. The security services can be operated and provided from network operations centers (NOC) also. Due to this most of the NOC monitoring providers are offering this.

By outsourcing these service

s your business can experience a lot of benefits. It protects your company from various kinds of business downtimes and increases the productivity of the workers also. Network security services minimize the risk of legal activities from the clients because it is already protecting their data from any theft. The revenues are automatically increases because it also saves a lot of operational as well as infrastructural expenditure. Finally we can understand that the reputation of the business is the most important issue that is safe if your business have a network security.

The author Anant Lal Singh is currently working in ProVal Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as a Marketing Executive. He is constantly sharing updates about technical services like Server Management and other NOC Monitoring by his writings.

Androids and Robots Are Back

Robots have always been big in science fiction. And androids, the human appearing 'bots are even more popular. Android typically refers to the male form, and the term Gynoid refers to the feminine form. But surprisingly, there have been big gaps in sci-fi history, where androids and robots don't show up, even though they're loved universally.

Surprisingly, the word android predates the word robot by almost two centuries. It first appeared as Androides in the Oxford English Dictionary by 1738, referring to an automaton. Its etymology is derived from the Greek word "andros" meaning man. The French writer, Villiers, used the word, android, in L'Eve future, a novel published in 1886, which popularized the word.

The word robot was first used in a play by the Czech playwright, Karel Capek in 1921 and the sci-fi floodgates were opened. But nothing happened for twenty-nine years until Isaac Asimov captured the public's imagination with his landmark book I, Robot in 1950. The book grew out of nine stories Asimov originally wrote forSuper Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction magazines in the 1940's. He coined the term robotics, a word referring to robot technology. So the tide was in with book after robot book that Asimov wrote.

But the 'bot tide ebbed and flowed with names like: Gort, Robbie, HAL, Cylons, R2-D2, and Data, hitting high water marks. Lesser credits going to Westworld, Star Trek, and .RoboCop. For the last dozen years or so, the tide has been low.

But witness the renewed interest in robots, with the recent appearance of Robopocalypse, writtten by Daniel H. Wilson, himself a modern day roboticist. A story of robots, already in our system, in the form of home and business controls, credit 'bots and the like deciding to make war on humankind. Director Steven Spielberg is considering directing it.

What if we took a fresh, new look at the potential here, created a race of androids and gynoids, and integrated them into society to live and work? What if they lifted present society, primarily by example, but we gave them enough political clout to end political gridlock and government shutdowns. For that matter, they could rescue humanity from the threats of environmental disaster and the menace of financial meltdown. What if this new, saving demographic does wonders in rescuing mankind from one disaster after another, and brought back the joy of living in a reasonably peaceful world, where resources were available so everyone could prosper? Of course this new race would have to hold down jobs, save money, buy quality products, and see dentists and physicians to keep the economy sound.

Nice concept. But where would human ability and that spark of creativity end up, without the ability to fail or make bad choices? Even worse, what if the race of androids came to a crossroads and went bad? Well, humanity would have to make a quick recovery and maybe just have the solve the problems they were avoiding in the first place. Stanley Gerson

Stanley Gerson is out of the starting gate with iSly, an android story that packs a wallop, when the 'droids go bad. It's set in the grandeur of San Francisco North,