Having a glossy logo is common with today’s sleek website interfaces. Creating one yourself is simple with the right software and a set of instructions to walk you through the basics. You will need to open your version of Adobe Photoshop (This tutorial uses 7.0, but all versions carry the same tools and can produce similar results). Once Photoshop has opened, create a new document using the dimensions you are comfortable using for your logo. For this example, we are using a custom document size of 500 pixels wide and Read More

DirecTV Phase I Satellite Dish The DirecTV Phase I Satellite Dish was the original DirecTV dish. This is an 18" satellite dish with one LNB. This dish can only receive signal from DirecTV satellites at 101 degrees. DirecTV Phase II Satellite Dish DirecTV introduced the Phase II Satellite Dish in 1998. The Phase II dish can receive signals from the DirecTV satellites at 110 and 119 degrees. DirecTV Phase II Plus Satellite Dish The DirecTV Phase II Plus Satellite Dish is very similar to the Phase II dish, except that Read More

An HBA (Host Bus Adapter) is the interface card that connects a host to a SAN (Storage Area Network). It is an electronic circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter that offers input/output (I/O) operations and physical connectivity among a server and a storage device. Presently, the phrase Host Bus Adapter (HBA) is frequently used for Fibre Channel interface cards. Fibre Channel HBAs are obtainable for all key open systems, computer architectures, and buses. Every HBA has a distinctive World Wide Name (WWN), which is analogous to an Ethernet MAC address Read More

Lotus 123 was a spreadsheet software that the Lotus Development Corporation, now a subsidiary of IBM, created. It was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Lotus 123 was originally developed for DOS, but eventually became available for the Windows Operating System. However, Microsoft Excel quickly rivaled and outperformed Lotus 123, causing Lotus 123 to lose its place as the leading spreadsheet software. Lotus 123 itself was discontinued in 2002, but Lotus SmartSuite (2008) and Lotus Symphony (2010) are still available and match Microsoft Excel’s capabilities.   What is Microsoft Excel? Read More

The Not a valid Win32 application error message may occur in a number of different scenarios. This indicates that an executable file, application, or program is not able to communicate correctly with the Windows API. The error may occur during or after the installation of an application, program, or in certain cases – hardware. The factors that lead to this error are as follows: Corrupt Files You may encounter this error message, when the file or program you are trying to access is missing or damaged. Windows may not be Read More

A smart card contains an integrated circuit (IC) chip containing a central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM) and non-volatile data storage. Data stored in the smart card’s microchip can be accessed only through the chip operating system (COS). Smart cards provide a secure, portable platform for “any time, anywhere” computing that can contain and manipulate substantial amounts of data, especially an individual’s personal digital identity. Smart cards are a type of mini computer with an operating system capable of running a variety of applications. JavaCard is a multi-application Read More

Primary Site Server Installation Overview A SMS site server is the Windows server on which SMS 2.0 is installed and running. The SMS site server is the main access point between the SMS database and administrators. The SMS server manages the SMS site and component attributes. The SMS site server must be installed on a domain controller or on a member server. It cannot be installed on a stand-alone server. Before installing the primary site server, you should consider the factors listed here on server resource requirements: Installing Windows, SMS Read More

Selection sort requires (n-1) passes to sort an array. In the first pass, we find the smallest element from a[0], a[1], a[2], … a[n-1] and swap it with the first element, i.e. a[0]. In the second pass, we find the smallest element from a[1], a[2], a[3]….a[n-1] and swap it with a[1] and so on. Pass1. Find the location loc of the smallest element in the entire array, i.e. a[0],[1],a[2]…a[n-1]. Interchange a[0] & a[loc]. Then, a[0] is trivially sorted. Pass2. Find the location loc of the smallest element in the entire Read More

The BlackBerry OS is deployed on mobile devices used in 91 countries across more than 500 service operators. Research In Motion (RIM) developed the operating system since 1999, which allows mobile devices to act as both digital assistants and portable media players depending on the type of device purchased. A common task that arises for Blackberry owners is updating the Blackberry OS. How to Update the Blackberry OS Step 1 – Identify the Blackberry model by selecting the “Options” and “About” menu options. Annotate the device model number and software Read More

Satellite images were initially the exclusive realm of military and government agencies. They then became commercially available at very steep prices. Technology has now improved to the point where satellite images are available so inexpensively that they are now provided for free online. Free Satellite Images on the Web The best and by far the most popular source of web based free satellite images is Google Maps. This product can be directly used from the web browser. In addition to the pure satellite view, Google Maps lets users choose a Read More