CDs are made by being pressed from a mold, while CD-Rs and CD-RWs are made by burning the information to the disc with a laser. Though they are not physically identical, they work just the same. However, you cannot record to pressed CDs, only to CD-R/RW discs.
Tonight while I was working on a project I have noticed that almost every website I visited had the same ad that keeps on showing up on the pages. I got intreaged because I know the company and I do know that it is impossible for this company to have this kind of massive advertizing budget to be able to buy ads on all of these sites and pay all of them with just about $8 Million is sales. I started to look into this this and finally tracked down the company behind this type of advertising, Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), it is creepy. They have about 50 companies collaborating together to keep track of your web surfing steps. That is the bad news, the good news you can opt out of this kind of tracking/advertizing (assuming the honor system still works) http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Health care law may mean less hiring in 2013 Many businesses plan to bring on more part-time workers next year, trim the hours of full-time employees or curtail hiring because of the new health care law, human resource firms say. Their actions could further dampen job growth, which already is threatened by possible federal budget cutbacks resulting from the tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff.
Fake Antivirus Ringleader Must Pay $163 Million Acting on a Federal Trade Commission complaint, a federal court has imposed a $163 million judgment on a woman who allegedly helped run a scareware ring that tricked over one million consumers across six countries into purchasing fake security software.
iPad Mini Won’t Have Retina Display Manufacturers in China have begun assembling a new, smaller tablet computer for Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Unnamed executives from component suppliers said that production of the tablet is under way. Production typically begins several weeks before Apple brings its new devices to market.
Apple introduced iOS 6 along with the new phone last month. And the hardware understandably captured most of the hubbub and fan chatter, at least on the day of the phone’s announcement. Casual fans who weren’t paying close attention might have missed the fact that the new software also would be available to older phones even before the launch sale date of iPhone 5.
128,000 Dominoes – Falling into past – a journey around the world (2 Guinness World Records) Sometimes we look at a project and wonder if it can ever be completed on time and within budget. This video is a great example that anything can be done with a great team effort.
Facebook users download free apps like kids used to collect baseball trading cards. But in raking in dozens — if not hundreds — of apps, some consumers may expose themselves to privacy risks. (This entails apps on smartphones and tablets, and those that only run on Facebook. It also includes websites that have Facebook Connect included.)
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Get ready for a whole new case of TV envy. In stores later this year will be new big-screens, known as 4K TVs, that up the ante on HDTV with four times the resolution of sets now.
History of Taiyo Yuden CD-R Taiyo Yuden invented the CD-R, along with Philips and Sony, on June 13th, 1988. At the time, Taiyo Yuden was the only manufacturer of CD-R media in the world, supplying media to many well-known CD-R distributors. The CD-R was not given the boost it needed until 1992. In that year, CD-ROM drives were introduced into the computer market. At that point, the CD-R market changed from mainly audio applications, to the data market, which because of its quick market expansion gave the CD-R notoriety and market success. As time passed, many Taiwanese manufacturers started to release their own CD-R media, thus resulting in a decrease in prices that continues today. With the market changing rapidly every day, Taiyo Yuden has managed to keep quality their number one issue. Because of this, they continue to be one of the best quality CD-R products in the market today. Who are the manufacturers of CD-R media? Taiyo Yuden is the inventor of CD-R technology and is credited with making the first green CD-Rs. Other manufacturers that have gotten into the CD-R game include TDK, Richo, and Kodak, and Mitsui. Mitsui made the first gold CD-Rs, while Verbatium made the first silver/blue CD-Rs. Most brands that you see in the marketplace are just name brands that are manufactured by someone else, probably one of the 5 on this list.