The Beginning Of The Summer Session

I am glad to be back in school for the summer session, even though the break was good. I needed to be back in that school atmosphere. The first of class wasn't that bad compare to when I started the spring semester. I have more confident in myself , I can possibly see some type of future in the computer world.

Xbox Live Extends to Windows Vista in May

A Great Semester Come To A END

Believe it or not DAWJAW finish this semester with all A's. This has been a rolling coastal ride up and down. At the beginning of this semester I thought that maybe I made a mistake returning to college. However as the semester continue I begin to get better in my classes. It was only through my Professors and fellow classmate that I was able to finish in good graces. I thank everyone that wre involve.

The Void of No Classes

Its amazing that there will not be any classes next week. I thought that I would be looking forward to the few day of from classes. I guess I miss the other students and environment. Well on the 27 of this month I'll be back to the grind. I hope everyone will enjoy the time of before the summer session began. ENJOY

The End of a Semester

I feel great because I completed this semester with a pretty good GPA. Three months ago I was a little unsure about how well I'll finish this semester. So just look at me now, I had a lot of help from students and Staffs.There is two week break before the summer session begin. Thank You everyone for all of there help.

One Semester Make A Difference

Its amazing how one semester have change my life. At the beginning of this semester, I could only go on line to check my e-mail and look something up on the web.Now I am able to make design,create a blog,and understand how part of the computer work. I am able to do my homework on the computer and greatest part of them all I have my own computer. God has really bless me like he always has, but now I am able to recognize it.

Microsoft's war against Google

The US saleman fro Microsoft's online adverting, Keith Lorizio is visiting cleints in New York City. In a midtown office tower, he sits down with Nicholas Utton, the gregarious chief marketing officer at online broker E*Trade. Utton is plenty impressed with Microsoft's technology, and he's big advertiser on the company's MSN Money Site . But when it come to search sites , the largest and most lucrative advertising market online, Utton makes it clear that Microsoft's as he sees it , way behind front runner Google. "They're not getting much of our search doolor," he says.

Terms and Definitions

1-Octal is used as a shorthand for representing large groups of binary digits.

2-Binary Codes- The process of converting a decimal number to its binary equialent is called binary coding.

3-Pure Binary is the result of the conversion is a binary code that is called pure binary.

4-Binary-Coded Decimal- A Code in which each decimal digit is represented by a group 4 binary bits.

5-Excess-3 Code is similar to BCD and is ofter used in some applications because of certain arithmetic operation advantage.

6-Gray Code is a nonweighted binary code, which means that the position of each binary digit carries nio specific weight or value. This is named after its inventor, was developed so that only one of the binary digits changes as you step from one code group to the next code group in sequence.

Coming To The End

There is a special feeling knowing that this semester is coming to a end. I think about the rough time and think about that ideal that pop on day or so later.I am going to summer school, but just knowing that I am finishing this semester is great. There has been so much support here at Blueridge Comm. Tech. College. Hope is something that doesn't come by everyday, but when it does its great.

Microsoft Give Up

After farther negotiation with Yahoo, Microsoft decide to give up the fight to obtain Yahoo. The final bid that Microsoft offer was $42.3 billion and they were to pay up to 47.5 billion. Yahoo demanded at least $53 billion accordingly to Steve Ballmer, Yahoo's stock price of $19.18 at the time Microsoft first made its bid a little over three months ago.
Steve Ballmer said after careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo do not make any sense to us. In the interest of Microsoft stockholders, employers and stakeholders to withdraw our proposal.