Is the more RAM the better?

To answer the question above, we need first to understand how the memory works. RAM is basically a temporary storage of data. But why would you need a bigger RAM when it’s just for a temporary storage. Well, think of a RAM as your study desk and hard disk as your bookshelf. As you may realize both of this is important. Without the bookshelf and study desk, you can’t store your vast collection of books and study properly. The same goes for computer, without hard disk it can’t store and without a RAM it can’t execute its work. So if a RAM is the same as a desk, does that mean we need a bigger desk? Well that’s really depend on our usage. For students who refer to loads of books at a time, it would be good idea to get a bigger desk but for those who usually refer to a single book at a time it is unnecessary. Similar to a computer, those who usually uses heavy application such as 3D games, and more, needs a bigger RAM than usual because with a bigger RAM you are able to run many application simultaneously. On the other hand, for those who use it for normal uses it won’t be necessary to expand the RAM because the chances are the extra RAM won’t make much of a different to the computer performance.

Up for $10 Million?

Are you up for 10 Million US Dollar? Yes you read it right, 10 Million Dollar. All you need to do is develop a mobile application for Google Inc in a contest name as Android Developer Challenge. The Android Developer Challenge will award $10 million to developers who build great apps for Android.

But what is this so called Android? Well Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. Google requires you to develop the application on the Android platform using the Java programming language. You are free to develop all types of apps. Whether it focuses on social networking, gaming, or news and information you’ll be the judge. Be warned that Google are looking to reward innovative, useful apps that make use of Android's capabilities to deliver a better mobile experience.

For those of you who are interested and have the necessary skills in developing a mobile application visit http://code.google.com/android/index.html for more detail information on how to participate in the contest.

The Only Note Book You Ever Need!!

Up till yesterday, I’ve been having trouble to keep track of all notes I’ve ever took. Thanks to Microsoft Office OneNote the problem is no more. OneNote is one of the software included with Microsoft Office. It helps you gather, organize, plan, and find your notes and information. It does everything a word processor can and more. The main differences between a word processor and OneNote are that OneNote is far more flexible, easier to use, efficient and the purposes serve by both softwares.

What do I mean by flexible you ask? Well for starter OneNote lets you type your notes all over the page, without any arrangement. You can scribble, doodle, write and more with it. Its like you’ve been given a blank sheet of paper and you are free to do as you like. This is because OneNote separate different notes in notes container –Observe picture on the top. What’s more is this container can be drag freely by the user. So you can always arrange things as you see fit.
With OneNote, it is easy to create bulleted list, capture images from other sources such as browser, drag and drop any file you wish to make as a link or reference and more. It also includes text recognition in pictures and clip images from the web and other programs and makes it as searchable images. Now you don’t have to bother yourself with the tedious job of print screen button, instead you can just ‘clip’ it.
One thing you should note is that OneNote is more suitable for creating personal document such as planners, and any types of notes rather than formal document like papers, letters, reports and etc.