TDK Areal Density Breakthrough Paves Way for 6TB Hard Drives

SSDs may be leading the way on performance storage, but they still can’t compete with hard drives on price or level of storage per drive. And now TDK has pushed the bar even higher by increasing the areal density of its hard drives by 50%.

What TDK did was to employ a new magnetic head that uses thermal assist recording and a near-light field. Where as previously TDK had maxed out areal density at 1Tbit/inch2, this new head and associated tech increases that density to 1.5Tbits/inch2.

In real terms that means TDK can offer 1TB of storage per platter in a 2.5-inch hard drive, and 2TB of storage per platter in a 3.5-inch drive. That means we will see 1, 2, and 3 platter 3.5-inch hard drives offering 2TB, 4TB, and 6TB of storage respectively. 2.5-inch hard drives and the Ultrabook-friendly 7mm drives will also benefit from a stroage increase.

TDK will officially unveil its new hard drive technology during CEATEC Japan 2012, which starts today. Unfortunately, consumers won’t be able to get their hands on hard drives using the new thermal assisted magnetic head until 2014. However, it’s good to know the technology is there to take us to 6TB hard drives and possibly beyond.

Earlier this year Seagate broke through the 1 terabit barrier using HAMR technology debuted by TDK last year. HAMR is thought to scale up to 10Tbits/inch2 and suggests a 60TB hard drive is eventually possible. TDK’s new magnetic head is sure to aid in that quest, but looking at the short term it at least ensures we’ll get 6TB drives within the next two years.

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How To Speed up Flip 3D

Every single Windows Vista/7 presentation and demo I have seen has always included the new Flip 3D, alt+tab replacement. This is a cool feature that really helps you switch between windows when you have a lot open but for some, it can be a choppy experience.  If you have a low end graphics card you may experience dropped frames resulting in a choppy animation experience while flipping through your windows.  One easy way to make Flip 3D perform much better is to limit the number of windows it draws on your screen.

Follow the steps below to speed up Flip 3D on your computer:

• Click on the Start Button, key in regedit and hit Enter.

Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows and DWM.

Note: Full Path

DWM > Create a new DWORD and call it Max3DWindows.

Set the value of this to something between 4 and 9 depending on the performance of your card.

Note:Experiment with the values to find the best value for your hardware.

• Restart the DWM interface by running net stop uxsms and net start uxsms at a administrative level command prompt.

net stop uxsms

net start uxsms

• Alternatively, you can just reboot your computer.

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How to Check Your Windows is 32 bit or 64 bit?

Windows 7
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click System and Security, click System. The System type: line will give you the Operating System type: (as shown in the picture below)

Windows Vista
Method 1
1. Click Start, type system in the Start Search box, and then click system in the Programs list.
2. The operating system appears as follows:

• For a 64-bit version operating system: 64-bit Operating System appears for the System type under System. 
• For a 32-bit version operating system: 32-bit Operating System appears for the System type under System. 

Method 2
1. Click Start, type system in the Start Search box, and then click System Information in the Programs list.
2. The operating system appears as follows:

• For a 64-bit version operating system: x64-based PC appears for the System type under Item. 
• For a 32-bit version operating system: x86-based PC appears for the System type under Item.
  

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 
Method 1
1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.
2. Click the General tab. The operating system appears as follows:

• For a 64-bit version operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Version < Year> appears under System. 
• For a 32-bit version operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version< Year> appears under System. 

Method 2
1. Click Start, click Run, type winmsd.exe, and then click OK.
2. In the details pane, locate Processor under Item. Note the value.

• If the value that corresponds to Processor starts with x86, the computer is running a 32-bit version of the Windows operating system. 
• If the value that corresponds to Processor starts with ia64 or AMD64, the computer is running a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system. 

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Test Power Supply Unit condition without attach to Motherboard.

What we will need:
1) A Power Cord
2) A Power Supply Unit(PSU)
3) A Tip Tweezers 

• Locate the Green wire on your PSU. There should only be one Green wire, whether you have a 20 or 24 pin power cable..

• Take tip tweezers and insert one end into the Green wire and the other end into any Black wire.

• Your power supply is alive and kicking. Again, this is a good way to test fans for functionality.If your PSU fan is working,that's mean your PSU is in good condition.

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Running the Disk Cleanup Automatically

The Disk Cleanup program frees up space on your hard disk drive by removing temporary and unused files (including Temporary Internet Files and files in the Recycle Bin). You can run Disk Cleanup manually, or you can set it up to run automatically.

Scheduling Disk Cleanup to Run Automatically

1. Click the Windows Start Button > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools and then Click Task Scheduler
2. Click Action, and then click Create Basic TAsk
3. Type a name for the task and an optional description
4. Click OK, then click OK again
5. Select the reoccurrence, and click Next
6. Select the time to run Disk Cleanup and click Next. Disk cleanup may take a long time, so select a time when the computer is on but not in use.
7. Select Start a program and click Next
8. Under PRogram/Script, click Browse
9. Type cleanmgr.exe and click Open
10. Review the summary of the schedule you have set. When done, click Finish. Disk Cleanup runs at the time you have set

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Free Tools to Delete Windows Temporary Files

If you want a free advance audio player for Windows platform 'foobar2000' is available for you. Some basic features include full univode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats

Main features

• Supported audio formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND... and more with additional components.
• Gapless playback.
• Full unicode support.
• Easily customizable user interface layout.
• Advanced tagging capabilities.
• Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
• Full ReplayGain support.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.

download here:


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Mp4 Movie in Your Mobile

Yamb is a very fast mp4 converter. You can convert videos to mp4 format that plays in your handphone.

• Yamb is able to create, split and join mp4 or 3gp files containing principallyvideo streams with m4v. cmp, h264, h263, 263 as input format or from avi, mpg, mpeg, vob, bp4, mov, ogg, qcp and 3gp files.
• audio streams with aac, ac3, amr, awb, evc, mp3, msv, vorbis as input format or form avi, mpg, mpeg, vob (mp2 only), mp4 and 3gp files
• subtitles with srt (SubRip), ttxt (GPAC), sub (MicroDVD), idx/sub (VobSub) and xml (QuickTime TeXML) as input formats.
• chapters from text format (OGM or GPAC)

download the app from here:

Instructions:

1. open the application and select 'create an MP4 file"
2. click add to add videos or drag and drop the video files to the white section
3. make sure all the boxes are ticked
4. select an output location, will store it in original directory if output location is not specified
5. click next and the video gets converted. then transfer the video to your phone

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Computer Won't Turn On

It is normally not a software problems. You have to open the case and start hardware diagnosis process.

Steps:
1. Remove non-essential system components, includes:
PCI/PCI Express Cards/ISA, modems, network cable, sounds card, any additional interface cards and your video card if you have onboard graphic card. For hard disks and CD-ROM you only remove the power cable.

2. Try to on the power again and notice if there power light on your mainboard. If you have slight of power but still won't boot, there is a possibilities either your power supply or the mainboard is the faulty. If the power supply is the problem then don't waste your time and change the new one. This is to prevent the possibilities of high power voltages that still stored inside the power supply to damage your entire system.

3. If you find that there is nothing wrong with your power supply and mainboard then you start the laborious process of testing each component individually. Start with video or graphic card then move on to additional components until you find the error.

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Team Building-MARA

Date: 16,17,18 May 2012:
Programme: Team Building
Venue: Commenwealth Park Forest, Rawang

100 Balls




Team Performance


The Contractor



Participants Comments




emphasize on:
-manging conflict at work
-team collaboration and trust
-team creative and performance
-effective communication
-teamwork and leadership

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Customer Service and Complaint Handling

Date:21,22,23 May 2012
Programme:Customer Service and Complaint Handling'
Venue: [Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia] Camar Laut Banting.

emphasize on:
-customer service concepts
-the qualities of customer service professional
-developing a 'L.E.G.E.N.D.A.R.Y' service
-handling complaint [L.A.S.T] technique
-Handling Difficult Customers [NLP] technique
-social media in customer service

Link1: Here

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'Corporate Communication and Media for Education Leaders'

trainingandcoaching's photostream on Flickr.

Date: 9,10,11 May 2012
Programme: 'Corporate Communication 'Corporate Communication and Media for Education Leaders'
Venue: Hotel Putra Kuala Lumpur
Links:

emphasize on:
-corporate communication strategies
-public realtions and media
-social media in corporate communication

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trainingandcoaching's photostream

trainingandcoaching's photostream on Flickr.

Date: 16,17,18 May 2012:
Programme: Team Building
Venue: Commenwealth Park Forest, Rawang
Links:http://www.flickr.com/photos/trainingandcoaching/

emphasize on:
-manging conflict at work
-team collaboration and trust
-team creative and performance
-effective communication
-teamwork and leadership

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