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One of the last things that worries user is web browser power consumption but this is what Microsoft uses to promote its Internet Explorer 10. According to the research it is the most energy efficient browser. IE 10 was compared with Chrome 26 and Firefox 21. All three browsers were tested in three modes – web surfing, Flash and HTML5 videos playback. Microsoft also asserts that if all US users will switch to IE 120 million kWh of electricity will be saved each year.

According to The Verge Microsoft will officially announce its new generation gaming console codenamed Durango in May, 2013. It is expected that Microsoft will not show the device itself but will present it plans on the future of gaming consoles. Many analysts think that Xbox 720 will be shown at E# exhibition that will take place in LA on 11-13 June. At present moment it also known that next generation Xbox console will be available for $300 + special subscription or for $500 without any additional payments. In the first case the console will require constant Internet connection. The release will take place in the Q4.

Promoting products or services is not an easy task nowadays. You must have some innovative and new ideas to promote your services and products, there are few such as affiliate marketing, promotions and network marketing or Multi-Level Marketing. Network marketing also known as Multi-Level Marketing is one of the old and good ideas to promote your products or services easily. To promote your services or products, just introduce an MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) plan for your business.

To start MLM business, you must have full featured MLM software solution; MLM Software Chennai offers wide ranges of MLM software solutions including Binary MLM software, Customized MLM software, Survey Plan solutions, Growth Income solutions, Spill over MLM plan, Auto Pool income plan, Matrix and sunflower concepts etc. They are providing the MLM solutions with advanced MLM features such as User Login, Registration, Secure Pin, Payment Gateway, Auto Cut Off and SMS Gateway integration etc..

The MLM web application software should have all the necessary features to manage the Network Marketing business online. The Cut Off generation should be handled automatically instead of manual operation as we may need to generate the cutoff in midnight or in the early morning. For a newbie, Binary MLM Plan will be an easy one to start in Network Marketing business.

The MLM solution should have clear report for each and every transaction on the MLM system. It should have report for list of user registered with pending, active and expired users. The report should also have generated, used and expired E-Pin details. MLM software report also has report for payment and cut off details. The MLM Genealogy tree will have the detailed relationship between the referrals in the system.

Recently Qualcomm announced Quick Charge 2.0. Smartphones and tablets featuring Quick Charge 2.0 support are charged two times faster. At present moment this technology is implemented only in Snapdragon 800 chip but later Qualcomm plans to license Quick Charge 2.0 for other vendors. The first mobile devices featuring Quick Charge 2.0 are expected to become available in the beginning of 2014.

ZTE plans to be one of the first companies who will release a smartphone based on forthcoming NVIDIA Tegra 4 platform. It is expected that the device will be released in the third quarter of 2013. There no any information about coming device’s specifications but probably it will be shown on Mobile World Congress 2013 exhibition which will take place in Barcelona next week.

Can We Monitor Websites On Our Own?

Website administrators resort to all kinds of activities in order to keep a tab over the seamless functioning of their websites. Monitoring the group of websites every single minute is simply impossible for the humans. Hence, we have to rely on sophisticated mechanisms to verify whether our website(s) are functioning properly at any given point of time throughout the year. Any website can become unavailable and you might never come to know about it unless (a) the visitors of the website start complaining or (b) you experience the issue on the first hand basis. Instead of relying on such traditional mechanisms, it is possible to gain a deeper understanding about the operations of your website through free website monitoring services.

Should I Believe The 99.9 Uptime Statistics?

Almost all the web hosting companies promise 99.9 percent uptime. An experienced professional who hosts a number of websites will understand that such elaborate quotes are simply just another marketing gimmick. Such display of statistics is necessary for them to attract more clients from diverse parts of the globe. Website uptime monitoring services offer a diversified portfolio for their clients. For instance, the services can help in detecting slowdowns in the website opening process. You will get timely information about such slowdowns through short messages sent directly to your phone or through e-mail messages sent to your Inbox.

Monitoring E-Mail Services Easily

The users also have the provision to monitor the activities of email servers. If your clients are complaining about slow delivery of e-mails, it is better to start monitoring the same servers for any kind of additional delays or sluggishness. Monitoring of the FTP file transactions can also occur if you start using such services. There are various networking parameters that many website owners tend not to look into. According to them, only the geeks will be looking into such aspects. The reality is something else and you need to be a semi-geek in order to find out whether your websites are operating normally to serve their purpose.

How Ping And Latency Plays Spoilsport?

For instance, advanced networking parameters such as ping and latency are measurements of how your website is functioning. The greater these values, the detrimental will be the operation of the website. It is a matter of fact that people as well as search engine bots do not like to spend any additional time with a slowly loading website. Instead of taking elaborate risks, it is wise to sign up for the free services provided for your convenience. Let us summarize the benefits of signing up for free website uptime monitoring. They can:

· Help in giving you comprehensive as well as detailed health statistics of your website.

· Inform you about delays in the normal functioning of almost all kinds of mail servers and protocols.

· Monitor FTP transactions and intimate you about any kind of slowdowns that the users are experiencing.

· Help you to learn more about advanced networking parameters such as ping and latency.

· Services such as http://www.GotSiteMonitor.com can offer instant notifications to a predefined number of people as soon as the website becomes unavailable.

Just some years ago HTC was one of the leading handsets suppliers but the situation changed rapidly. According to DigiTimes in the last quarter of 2012 HTC left world’s TOP-10 vendors list yielding to Sony and Motorola with 1.7% market shares. The leader is Samsung that owns 22.7% world’s smartphones market share. Samsung also showed the biggest growth – in the fourth quarter of 2011 its market share was 19.6%. The second place belongs to Nokia with 18%. Apple is just third with 9.2%.

A group of scientists from Stanford University established a new supercomputer record. To “solve a complex fluid dynamics problem–the prediction of noise generated by a supersonic jet engine” they used 1.57 million processing cores at the same time! The 16.32 PFlop/s system is based on about 100 thousand IBM PowerPC A2 chips, with 16 cores per node, using a topology that provides 40 GBps throughput with 2.5 microsecond latency. Each node of the system has 16 GB of DDR3 SDRAM, that provides about 1.57 PB of memory for the entire computer.

Italian DaVinci Mobile company released 10.1inch tablet computer featuring dual boot – users can select Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (loaded by default) or Ubuntu 12.04. The tablet has 10-inch 1920x1200px touchscreen, Exynos 4 quad-core 1.5GHz chip, Mali-400 graphics, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage. The device also has MicroSD card slot, full-fledged USB port, microUSB, HDMI, front-facing VGA camera and other 2MP one on the back side of the device. DaVinci Nibbio HD will become available in March and will cost about 310 euro.

Some sources have already published first photos of forthcoming HTC’s smartphone that has not been officially announced yet. HTC Desire C is an entry-level smartphone running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The device is based on 600MHz processor and is equipped with 3.5-inch 320x480px touchscreen, 4GB internal storage, 5MP camera, 1230mAh battery. In next few weeks HTC Desire C will become available in Europe. The price is expected to be about EUR200.