Google has become a partner of virtualization software maker VMware said that their partnership aim is to make easier for the enterprise Chromebook users to access Windows apps and the Windows desktop into their own platform. Now it has become easier for Chromebook users to experience Windows desktop using VMware’s Horizon desktop as a service (DaaS) which utilizes HTML5 Blast protocol of VMware.VMware will help to the Google’s Chromebooks by providing virtual desktop services to Google’s Chromebooks, which facilitates them to run Windows applications on the pared-down laptops of the Chrome OS.By using different – different VMware virtualization service, companies ... Read More

The term computer illiterate once was a self-depreciating term that was used by many who were from generations that grew up without computers. What began, as a joking term many seniors used to make fun of themselves is now becoming a term that is actually researched and discussed in political circles. With the spread of the Internet, it is becoming more of a necessity than a luxury to have some basic computer skills. However, Internet usage for computer illiterates is something that many major corporations as well as politicians are trying to combat.Influence of Internet on computer illiterates −In today’s ... Read More

There is an old adage in early education teaching that for the first 5-6 years students learn to read, for their reminder in school they read to learn. The realities are true in comparing the illiterate to the computer illiterate, since they stem from two different sets of problems. The illiterate would not be able to function or learn at the same capacity as someone who is already educated and just needs to learn about how the computer itself works.Illiteracy in this country and around the worldIlliteracy based on the last government statistic pegged 32 million individuals unable to perform ... Read More

Despite a lot of efforts, India has been almost a failure in getting inclusive benefits for its citizens. Along with the north south digital divide in India a completely new and unfortunate urban rural divide can be easily observed. Various measures have been adopted to overcome the situations but everything is more or less the same.The easiest way to fill the gap between rural urban facilities is to make these services available at all locations but still a few problems remains which are attributes to cultural and structural attributes. Here is a brief list of solution which may be employed ... Read More

The complete picture of the rural areas can be revolutionized if we can manage sufficient amount of computer services penetration there. It is anyway a very major form of discrimination against the lesser privileged in rural areas as they have lesser functional knowledge of computer and more and more services are computer based today.Therefore it is very important that every male and women, married or unmarried is provided with sufficient opportunities to learn computer operations and take complete advantage of the situation.Indian ScenarioIt is also very important for a country having demographic denominations like India as still today a major ... Read More

Both Firewall and Antivirus are security tools that protect the computer systems as well as the network infrastructure from virus, worms, Trojans, and other such cyber-threats. Firewalls scan and evaluate the data packets before they enter into a network, and then they either allow or deny the data packets based on certain predefined rules setup by the network protocols. Firewalls can be implemented both at the software and hardware levels, while an antivirus program can be implemented only at the software level. Read through this article to know more about Firewall and Antivirus and how they are different from each ... Read More

As of now, Intel is taking few of the last breaths left in the colossally competitive smartphone and tablet market. Intel drained out millions and billions of dollars in developing and marketing its mobile processor department. The PC chip manufacturer couldn’t stand a chance when it had to face the likes of Qualcomm and Mediatek as per my opinion.Inside IntelAccording to an Intel spokesperson, the company had to cancel two of its Atom-based chips immediately. These chips were code-named, Sofia and Broxton. These are perhaps the first few products that Intel has terminated for bringing in a revamp in its ... Read More

Supercomputers and mainframe computers are the most powerful computers that have been developed. We can distinguish between both of these computers based on the operations they perform. Read this tutorial to know more about supercomputers and mainframe computers and how they are different from each other. What is a Supercomputer? Supercomputers are one of the fastest computers available. Supercomputers are large-sized very expensive computers, mainly used for specialized applications that require immense amount of complex mathematical calculations. Primarily, supercomputers are used for carrying out complex, fast and time-intensive calculations for scientific and engineering applications. The speed or performance of a ... Read More

Cyber Security and Information Security both terms are synonymous with each other the difference between the two comes when nature of data which is going to secure. In nutshell Cyber security deals with protecting networks, computers, and data from unauthorized electronic access while Information security deals with protecting information assets regardless of whether the information is in physical or digital format.Data security is all about securing data. But there is difference between data and information. Not every data can be information. Data can be called as information when it is interpreted in a context and given meaning. For example, “14041989″ ... Read More

Multitasking plays an important role in the context of defining the performance of a computer. Multitasking decides how processes are divided and performed by the CPU between different inputoutput subsystems. In order to process multiple tasks most efficiently, computer systems use various methods to schedule the tasks, speed up calculations and improve Web browsing among which Spooling and buffering are the primary methods. In this article, we will discuss the major differences between spooling and buffering. But before going into the differences, let's have a basic overview of spooling and buffering so that it will become easier to understand how ... Read More