Information is the key to knowledge and when you are doing a business, each every details regarding it is important and it makes sense to protect it against prying eyes. Its even a bigger problem when your information is accessible online. Today when technology is within the reach of everyone, making use of it is good but we know there are pitfalls of every short cut. You send e-mail against regular snail mail to save time and money but don’t know that the same email somehow reaches your competitor’s inbox creating a big havoc in your business. Information security management comes to play its role here, it’s a kind of service which few people offer like Perimeter which is one big name in this field and very reputed. They offer large number of security services all under one roof so that you don’t have to go elsewhere and waste time.

Large banks benefit from their GLBA compliance and online banking security service and help bank in gaining trust from its customers. I would never have an account in a bank whose online banking service is not secure. All payments these days are done online and online banking has to be as tough as bank’s own security. Perimeter services are not only for large firms but small business will also find security related services that will suit them well. Taking example of a dedicated internet connection for your small business, it is common these days because small business rely heavily on internet but dedicated connection means frequent attacks on the network and hackers trying to steal data or just destroying for fun is a horror. Perimeter offer firewall service, which is cost effective, and give you complete peace of mind. In this age where Internet solves much of our problem, it also gives new problems, making your business secure is the only way to benefit from new technology and getting success.

VIBE BS Co. Ltd (www.vibeworld.co.kr)Seoul launched its new Vibes BS (Body Sensation) range of amplified earphones few days back. We received a sample for testing it and found it an excellent product for those who care for their ear. First thing we notice about them that these earphones come with their own amplifier and volume control selection. The 3.5mm jack is used in these earphones and I would say this is one thing that makes these earphones compatible to almost any audio device. Usual headphones or earphones when used for long duration cause harm to our ear in two ways. First thing is the sound coming from normal headphones in directed straight to eardrums causing hearing loss. High volume can even make someone deaf! This is scary and no one wants to be deaf. Second damage is that since these headphones cover the ear canal, it makes condition favorable for bacteria and fungus to grow inside our ear resulting in fungal or bacterial infections in ear. If left untreated can again result in hearing loss and not to forget the severe pain in ear.

Diagrams above illustrate how normal earphones will block your ear canal and cause problems while Vibes BS just let your ear work like they do naturally while also letting you listen to your favorite song with bodily sensation effect. This is helpful in many situations like you are with some of your friends gossiping and your friend wants you to listen to his favorite new song, with Vibes you listen to it while also continuing gossips with your friends. If you have connected these earphones with your cell phone, you can also listen to incoming calls but you will have to use phone inbuilt mic to talk.

To get an unbiased user experience of Vibes earphones we choose a volunteer who was completely unaware of this brand but very fond of listening music. At first she was not convinced and said it was not loud, when we told her about the presence of volume control in the earphone, she was impressed with the powerful output and clarity. She enjoyed the feeling of the music in form of vibrations produced from the earphones that were perfectly in tune with the music. All our volunteers also appreciated built quality of Vibes.

Talking of battery backup, all I could say, you just need to charge it and forget it. When you plug it for charging, a red LED glows indicating that battery is charging and when it’s fully charged, the LED goes off. This is nice because you can be sure that you never over or under charge the unit. Obviously you don’t need to keep a constant eye on the LED, put it on charge and check it once in a while. Vibe is equipped with Lithium ion battery which is known for providing best battery backup and these is no memory effect which is seen in cheaper Ni-MH or Ni-Cd batteries.

Charger is very compact and lightweight. You might need not carry charger all time, you can retract the cable from charger which also doubles as a USB cable, all you need is to plug one end to USB of your laptop or desktop and other end to the Vibe amplifier and it will start charging. If your car head unit has USB then you can also plug it there and charge it on the go. Very useful thing and I wish even cell phone manufacturers if flowed this, could save many people from buying extra car chargers for their phone.

At last all we can say that Vibes BS is not only a new kind of earphone which gives unique feel of sound but its features makes it must have for those who use earphones for longer durations. We love the white color but many geeks want their gadgets to be in black, and yes Vibe BS is also available in black.

Mathematics is one subject that if you know it well, you will enjoy it but if you don’t then it will make your life hell. Learning maths can be fun if it does not involve strict maths teachers (I have usually found maths teachers to be quite strict) and student is able to get answer and clear explanation of everything no matter how simple it is or difficult. Students are shy in asking questions in class because they think they question they are going to ask is very simple one and students of class will make fun.

Math answers if easily available with clear explanation then all left for the student is to give it a time in understanding how its done, which formulas are used, learn the formula if he/she don’t know it already and then practice the question few times. Practicing is very important in mathematics. I understood this when I needed Calculus help and no matter how many formulas I learned, I was not able to do tougher problems of calculus. Then I came to know that practicing is all I need and I will have to practice so many problems that in exam no calculus problems should look new to me. Only then I would be able to solve else it may take lots of time to solve it and in exam we have limited time. Precalculus help is also an important thing to get equally for better understanding of this topic.

If you drive a car then sometimes you must have noticed fatigue and you might have not given it attention thinking of just temporarily weakness. Problem can be with your car too! After some usage the driving may not remain the same as it is with a brand new car but you can do some bits to keep it running like “out of showroom” and most importantly save yourself from unnecessary fatigue.

When we drive the car, we have so many things to do drive car safely on road that not for a single minute we are relaxed. This lead to brain not giving you feedback of how hard your clutch pedal has become and how much pressure you are putting on brakes and accelerator. Even gear change may not be as smooth as before but since it’s a small change that we don’t notice it but it doesn’t mean its not affecting our body.

Next time when you start driving your car, take your car on a quite and lonely road where you can concentrate on the feedback your car is giving and not risk others on road while noticing all this. Drive the car with calm mind and see if you need to put more pressure on clutch pedal than you needed before or just anything that is causing discomfort. Stop and make a list of it. Next time you go to service, get those all fixed with your full satisfaction. Before you go for any major repair, it will be better to check a new model of your car. Suppose you feel that clutch is tight and your service center suggest clutch overhaul then first check a new car in showroom which will give you feel of exactly “how much” tight is your car’s clutch. If there is only slight difference then tell them to change clutch cable only and see if that brings the clutch smoothness and lightness back to normal.

Other cause of fatigue is longer drive on congested roads. Traffic means you will have to change gear frequently, use clutch also again and again, basically you will be involved in doing many task for longer time that will strain your body and mind. Avoid routes that are prone to traffic jams. Also carry some slow and soothing songs with nice tune that you should listen on low volume, it will keep you relaxed and you won’t get irritated easily.

Use AC if it’s hot outside and even if you feel you can do without it, switch it ON. We don’t feel much heat because when door glass are rolled down, we get lots of air circulation but under the seat there is no air circulation and without our knowledge its getting too much heated there.

Footwear also play important role. If you wear shoes with thicker soles, it gives less control on all the pedals operated by foot. Wear shoes with thinner soles but not too thin either. Just see which of your shoes gives best control and ease of operation as it can vary from person to person. I like wearing thin sole sandals as they give me best control and comfort while most people like proper shoes.

Now you can save you thousands of bucks that you might spend on buying car or bike or just any lead acid battery even when its not needed. Lead Acid battery plates develop sulphur with aging and this blocks current leading to low voltage and a time comes when battery is no more able to maintain 12v and car does not start.

I have tried this trick on my car battery which went dead few days back, just 10v was left in it and was going down to 4v on using self. First I tried charging it using battery charger for one whole day and night but I found as soon as I remove it from charging, it would go to 10v at once. So battery was dead, there was no reaction (bubbles) in one of the cell. I was about to change my battery then found this tip and it worked for me

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When you are not able to recharge the battery and it won’t maintain 13v then do this.

1. Open all the caps (from where you fill water) of cell and drain the acid. (You can use this acid to remove algae). Please do this cautiously, wear surgical gloves and goggles to protect your eyes and hand from acid.

2. Take an empty 600ml plastic cold drink bottle, fill it with distill water and add 2 teaspoon of magnesium sulfate in it. Shake shake shake! shake it well untill all the salt gets dissolved in distill water. You can get magnesium sulfate from people who supply chemicals in school labs.

3. Fill each cell with this magnesium sulfate solution you just prepared, don’t overfill, just about 0.5 inch above plates is good. Tap the battery from each side so that air bubbles trapped in plates escape.

4. Don’t put the caps back, leave battery open and put it on charging. I used 5 Amp charger for my 35 Amp car battery. Charge it for atleast 24 hours. Use atleast 10% current for charging, for example your battery is of 12v and 65 Amp then use atleast 6.5 Amp current and 13.8V for charging. I would recommend slightly higher of about 8 or 9 Amp.

5. Remove battery from charging and check voltage. Wear your goggles and peep in cell using a torch to see tiny bubbles coming up from each cell plates. This indicate that your cells are working! If you don’t see this then your battery needs more charging. If you do see bubbles and battery voltage remains constant between 12.6 – 14v then you just saved your battery and it can be used in your car now!

The magnesium sulphate solution will turn into acid when battery is charged so you don’t need to add acid later. If you feel electrolyte level has gone down after this long charging, you can add distill water. But remember don’t overfill the cells as overfilled cells with experience slow charging.

Disclaimer: Use this tip at your own risk, in no case I will be held responsible for any accidents or loss caused by trying tip described above.

Wonder how loud these small speakers can be which you see in the picture above? These speakers though small have inbuilt rechargeable batteries, so no external power source is needed (think about mobility and outdoor use) but does these speakers give enough output for outdoor use? All these questions come to halt when we actually played a song outside with just one speaker and some of the over sensitive ear creatures (read girls) had their fingers in their ear. Twist them and they open from middle to give some bass too! This is new technology, which enables these small speakers to give bass. Don’t expect glass breaking bass but its definitely good than having no bass at all. Speakers look well built and plastic used feels solid as well as nice to touch. Finishing of this product is very good, no sharp edges anywhere. Turn the speakers on and you will see bright nice looking blue LED and when you plug these speakers in USB for charging, the same blue LED will turn red.

Suppose you buy a pair of these speakers and your friends too, now don’t regret why you all bought same thing because interesting part is you can attach any numbers of these x-mini speakers together and you guessed right, sound output will be just mind blowing! More the number of x-mini speakers, more will be the sound output. So tell all your friends to get these and have a blast.

X-mini comes with a 3.5mm audio jack which is a kind of industry standard and can be found on most mp3 players, multimedia phones, laptop etc even if has sometime different then there are always adapters available so mating x-mini speakers with your multimedia device should never be a problem. My friend found these speakers very useful for his laptop as laptop speakers are not very powerful and does not always offer good quality sound and he is a movie freak watching moving on his laptop is his favorite pastime. Being small he can carry them in his laptop bad very easily and since it does not need external power, it does not drain his laptop battery as well.

I am enjoying these x-mini speakers and will keep posting more about them.

UPDATE: X-mini speakers featured on CNBC TV18 Tech Toyz Show as one of the must have Work Station Gadget. Sweet!