The technology of Text-to-Speech is among the state-of-the-art advancementsbrought about by computer research and studies. Aside from the visualproperties that people used to enjoy while Internet surfing, such asgraphics and animations, text-to-speech is an added functionality to acomputer's usabil...

I will never forget the feeling of my glowing cheeks when I inserted the pac-man cartridge in my brand new Atari gaming console on Xmas Eve 1984 for the first time while the rest of my family who had gathered round the TV set was hoping that this new game device would not ruin the regular TV recept...

Economics of Information & Networks Assignment III Electronic Research Report (e-RR) "The Microsoft Case" Table Of Contents · Synopsis 3 · Introduction 4 · Analy...

MIS 3113 Sec February 26, 99 Let's face it, in today's world we are using computers more and more. The growth of accessibility to the Internet has given us a brand new definition to connectivity, thus exponentially widening the wealth of information at our fingertips. T...

CompTIA is the global leader in the information technology trade, with influence in all areas of IT standards. CompTIA is dedicated to the development and growth of IT professionals by promoting industry standards. CompTIA is also devoted to helping students gain professional IT knowledge, by prov...

When Windows 98 finally reaches its destination it will mark a significant occasion: the completion of the original "Chicago" project. Remember Chicago? In the early 1990s, it was Microsoft's grand vision for an operating system, a new version of Windows. At the time, Windows 3.1 was flying high an...

Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft, the once young and eager teenager was running a small business made-up of other teenagers. Now the richest man in the world controlling an operating system practically every IBM compatible computer in the world uses. Computers are not the only things that Microso...

In the early 80s the world so the initial boom of the computer era. The first personal computers were sold and the main players of the business were sorted out. Two of the prominent figures were Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Each pioneering their own front, the two entered the 90s as the computer...

Computers and computer technology is something that has changed the way some people live, communicate and get their information. In the early beginning, computers were nothing like what we have today. One of the things that was used a very long time ago was just some string with beads on them that h...

The current Microsoft antitrust case, still in progress as this review is being written, has been both hailed and condemned as the most important antitrust action of the coming century. Its potential significance has been compared to that of the Supreme Court's 1911 Standard Oil decision, which no...

1. Introduction Our Group was tasked with the project of developing a proposal for the purchase of five (5) new computers and a network color printer. The spreadsheet information was derived from information gathered by group members and from direct buy internet companies. The minimum criteria for e...

Although Windows has made tremendous strides with its latest versions, Macs are easier to use and their operating system is often described as more seamless and intuitive. While setting up a Mac will usually take less time, there are not nearly as many available devices that connect to Macs as there...

Apple vs. The World In past years, Apple was on a downward spiral, but now the Mac is back on the right track. The interim CEO Steve Jobs has brought them from expected quarterly loses to now, first quarter net income of some 150 millions dollars. The question still remains, is Apple back to s...

Computer Components Floppy Disk Drive: A special drive that can read and copy onto a floppy disk. It can copy over and over on the same disk (the disk can be re-used). It was the first drive to be invented, which is why it's called the A: drive. Processor: The Central Processing Unit (CP...

Computer Science In the last decade computers have become a part of everyday life. Whether it be surfing the web or a simple visit to Wal-Mart everyone faces computers daily. Since movies and television portray people who have knowledge of computers as nerds many misconceptions have existe...

INTRODUCTION We are living in the information age. Everything nowadays revolves around computers and electronics. A person in California can play another competitor in Iran a game of chess without leaving their home by the use of computers. Computers have become a lot smaller and much more fam...

Text to speech devices is "a talking device (...) that inputs text andconverts it automatically to synthetic speech"[1]. These type oftechnologies have suffered constant and continuous improvements in the lastcouple of years and there are several companies specialized in this area. The...

A history of GNU and Linux This is a somewhat bowlderized history; please check the specifics before basing any research papers on it. Unix is born Unix came to be back in 1969. and has evolved a great deal since then. It was reimplemented in C during 1972-1974, and is therefore the first sourc...

Due to the competition between Mac and PC, inventions of computers has been more rapid than at any other period of time. Microsoft's Windows has monopolized the entire personal computer industry with their operating system and that goes same for the Mac OS 8.5. Since Mac couldn't attra...

CompTIA is the global leader in the information technology trade, with influence in all areas of IT standards. CompTIA is dedicated to the development and growth of IT professionals by promoting industry standards. CompTIA is also devoted to helping students gain professional IT knowledge, by prov...

The new operating systems released by Microsoft and Apple in the past year are relatively unexplored. The new operating system by Apple in called Mac Os X. The new release by Microsoft is called Windows XP or Windows Experience. These operating systems are a big evolution from the old systems. Unli...

We are living in the era of a 'knowledge revolution' and are entering an informative society. Information capabilities of computers have made possible multinational corporations, and their analytic and imaging capabilities have made possible scientific and engineering breakthroughs. Both ...

Background: To determine whether or not WinNT 4.0 is within year 2000 compliance. From the outlined testing procedures found in the 'YEAR 2000 Testing memo', it was decided that since WinNT is an OS it is 'date sensitive'. From this, all outlined tests were performed. The data gathered is ...

Bill Gates, The founder of the Microsoft has a lot of people who like him and I can tell that for sure just by looking at his fortune. There are however people who not only despise him, but dedicate entire web-sites to criticizing him and his company. Some have even gone as far as throwing pies in h...

Open Source SoftwareHow would you feel if you could do absolutely anything you wanted to with your software and distribute it legally to as many people as you wanted? How would you feel if you could get a program for free or a fraction of the cost of applications like Adobe Photoshop, or Microsoft O...