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Design and Implementation of Distributed Resource Management Mechanisms for Wireless Mesh Networks

June 30, 2012 12:00am PDT

The wireless mesh networks are usually consisted of a static wireless backbone. The main wireless mesh routers serve the routing of the traffic, while the peripheral routers act as Access Points...

Provided by: University of the Witwatersrand

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Get more out of your devices with the Windows 8 Microsoft Device Center

June 26, 2012 7:44am PDT

With a whole new user interface, the Microsoft Device Center allows you to configure the special features on your Microsoft mouse or keyboard.

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Gesture recognition: Wave if you think it's the future

June 22, 2012 5:05am PDT

At the moment the latest user interfaces are dominated by touch. But things are changing fast and technology is pointing us in new directions.

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USB to USB Data Transfer Without PC

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

The Computer has become an inseparable part of life for many people in the world. Its innumerable uses have changed the life of many, not only in technical field but also in non-technical field....

Provided by: International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)

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PS2-VGA Peripheral Based Character Display Using FPGA

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

The aim of this paper is to print characters by providing the interfaces to connect a VGA port for graphical output and a PS/2 port for keyboard input. This system is then to be synthesized on an...

Provided by: K L University

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Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System for Vehicles Using SPI Protocol

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) is implemented in the vehicles to monitor the variations in tire pressure. The safety of driving improves as TPMS automatically detects the tire pressure,...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology

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Development of FPGA Based Embedded Web Server Using a Soft-Core Processor

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Recent development of soft-core processors on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide customization of processor to the needs of target application over traditional pre-fabricated...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology

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Hardware Companions to the GNURadio Companion: A Comparative Study of Software Radio Hardwares

June 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Software Defined Radio or SDR is basically a radio functionality implemented in software. Going into the subtleties of an SDR, the authors can find that there is a hardware component to serve the...

Provided by: International Research Association of Computer Science and Technology (IRACST)

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Iconia Tab A510 teardown reveals positives and negatives for DIY repair

May 30, 2012 12:50pm PDT

During his teardown of the Acer Iconia Tab A510, Bill Detwiler found a good-sized battery, individually-replaceable components, and lots of yellow tape.

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Managing Macs in a Windows shop, part 4

May 30, 2012 5:36am PDT

Lauren Malhoit covers how to use the Software Update service with the server as well as setting up the Mac server as a print server.

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Getting a handle on the Virgin Mobile Venture (pictures)

May 29, 2012 1:00pm PDT

The Virgin Mobile Venture has an onboard QWERTY keyboard and is available for $79.99.

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Clueless users: 10 more tales of the absurd

May 27, 2012 3:33am PDT

User support may be stressful at times, but it can also be highly entertaining. Brien Posey shares another round of silly things his users have said and done.

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Identification of Legacy Radios in a Cognitive Radio Network Using a Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Based Method

May 24, 2012 12:00am PDT

Cognitive Radio (CR) networks provide an open architecture for effectively utilizing communication resources through flexible opportunistic spectrum access methods. To successfully realize its...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

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Modular FPGA-Based Software Defined Radio for CubeSats

May 24, 2012 12:00am PDT

In this paper, the authors present an adaptive digital communication system using field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. This system adapts the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP)...

Provided by: Worcester Group

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Quick Tip: Disable the Sticky and Filter Keys in Windows

May 21, 2012 12:58am PDT

While accessibility features are terrific for those who need them, they can be annoyance for those who don't.

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Stand up and out with the Kyocera Rise (photos)

May 8, 2012 4:10am PDT

The Kyocera Rise is an Android Ice Cream Sandwich Sandwich equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

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CARMA: A Hardware Tamper-Resistant Isolated Execution Environment on Commodity X86 Platforms

May 4, 2012 12:00am PDT

Much effort has been spent to reduce the software Trusted Computing Base (TCB) of modern systems. However, the hardware TCB remains complex and untrustworthy. Components such as memory,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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Create easy access to the subscript and superscript font effects

May 1, 2012 7:27am PDT

Users have two efficient methods for applying superscript and subscript fonts. They can use a keyboard shortcut or add the effect to the Quick Access toolbar.

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A Case for Exploiting Subarray-Level Parallelism (SALP) in DRAM

April 19, 2012 12:00am PDT

Modern DRAMs have multiple banks to serve multiple memory requests in parallel. However, when two requests go to the same bank, they have to be served serially, exacerbating the high latency of...

Provided by: Carnegie Mellon University

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Does your flashlight app know where you are? Probing Android permissions

April 16, 2012 7:16am PDT

Android permissions are difficult to understand. Michael Kassner interviews a research team using the "wisdom of the crowd" to clarify what a permission actually does.

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