INFO ABOUT, FOREX

Forex

Online currency trading is a market open 24 hours, 6 days at week where currencies from different nations around the world are traded usually through banks and brokers. Foreign currencies are sold and bought across local and global markets. The trader´s investment increases or decreases depending on the currency movements. Conditions of the online currency trading can change at any time in response to real-time events.
The following are the main attraction for online currency trading-FX:

24 hour trading, with complete access to forex traders all over the world.

• A market that allows trading most currencies.
• The possibility to profit in rising or falling markets.
• Leverage trading.

The general idea in online currency trading, Forex is to profit from the shifts on foreign currency prices. Forex trading or online currency trading is always done in pairs. More>>

ABOUT, FOREX BUSINESS PLANS

FOREX BUSINESS PLANS

FOREX BUSINESS PLANS is an investment system designed specifically for online investors. To make it easier for you and to reduce administrative expenses, we use the so-called e-currencies (also referred to as digital currencies or electronic payment systems) in our operations. Thus, you do not need to have a bank account, do not have to incur various hidden fees in order to benefit from investing your funds with us. All you must have is an Liberty Reserve account. Investing with us is absolutely hassle-free and requires no paperwork. An investment at FOREX BUSINESS PLANS allows you to gain a net profit up to 900% in just 100 days.



FOREX BUSINESS PLANS is an offshore investment company with a widely diversified portfolio. We trade stocks of companies in internet, FOREX. And we traditionally place gold trading in the very top of our investment activities. We seek long-term appreciation of our assets through investing in not only financial instruments, but also in real offline projects. Apart from that, we invest lavishly in real estate and oil business as we have an office at U.A.E. In terms of inner structure, we are a typical offshore investment company with traders and market researchers working all over the globe.

ABOUT, TRADING STRATEGY

What is an Automated Trading Strategy?

June 3rd, 2009

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As Automated Trading becomes more and more popular, many people are curious about it, and exactly how it can make money for them. This is also known as algorithmic trading. What exactly is an Automated Trading strategy?

An Automated Trading strategy is a specific set of rules that a computer uses to trade. We can have different strategies for different markets, including stocks, options, commodities and currencies (known as Forex). One of the major benefits of Automated Trading is that these strategies are executed with the cold precision of a computer. There is no room for human emotions, second guessing or regret.

What is it like to have an Automated Trading strategy working for us?

ABOUT , FRAGULATY

Abundance or Frugality: Which is Better?

June 10th, 2009

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There have been some trends in the last few years that are really fascinating. One big one is the book and movie The Secret. The idea that we can create anything we want is becoming more and more popular. In addition, the concept that money and everything else we could ever want is available in infinite abundance is very appealing.

Another trend that is very prominent in blogs is the practice of frugality and living below our means. For many of the blogs I read, it seems that the most popular posts are about how to save money. Here’s a recent one that was very well read about how to make your own laundry detergent. The cost savings? If you do 1 load a week, 16 cents. That begs an important question:

Is 16 cents really going to make a difference in anyone’s life?

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INFO ,TOP 16 INVESTING MISTAKES

Top 16 Investing Mistakes

The idea of letting someone else manage a complicated part of our lives is not new. We often use experts in the fields of finance, taxes and health. When we are sick, we go to a doctor. At tax time, we let the tax preparer do the work. And for investing, many people rely on their financial advisor.

Getting great expert advice in these fields is a great idea. But it carries with it a certain danger.

The problem is that people often rely on these experts and never take responsibility for the results. Even when we use an expert to make a specific investment or develop a plan, the results of the investment are always our own responsibility. We can use experts to get information, but we can never assign responsibility for results to them.

Why not? Because they will never care about our finances as much as we do. Many financial advisors are paid on a fee basis. Even when they lose your money, they still get paid. Does that sound like a good deal? Do you think that they are going to pay you back if they lose your money?

The reason that people love to give responsibility to the expert for results is that it makes life easy. We don’t have to feel bad if they lose the money. It’s so much easier to just blame the other person and feel angry at them. Who wants to say, “I lost the money though my own decisions?”

It is always our own choice to use an investment advisor, and we are always responsible for the results. It is easy to blame others for what happened, but we are the ones who have to live with the unpleasant situation. We are the ones who become dependent on social security. We are the ones who spend our whole lives working. The financial advisor simply moves on to the next customer.

So, it’s important to separate advice from responsibility for results. It’s a smart idea to get great advice from the best experts that we can find. And, regardless of the results, win or lose, we are the ones who must take responsibility for what happens.

Here are the other Top 15 Investing Mistakes:

Top Investing Mistake #15: Not Managing your Spending

Top Investing Mistake #14: Not Managing your Effort

Top Investing Mistake #13: Not Managing your Time

Top Investing Mistake #12: Not Connecting to your Highest Goal

Top Investing Mistake #11: Not Deciding to be Rich

Top Investing Mistake #10: Not Finding Your Groove

Top Investing Mistake #9: Not Doing More of What is Working

Top Investing Mistake #8: Not Getting Buy-In from Important People

Top Investing Mistake #7: Not having a Specific Goal

Top Investing Mistake #6: Going Big Too Soon

Top Investing Mistake #5: Not Managing Risk

Top Investing Mistake #4: Not Getting Enough Information

Top Investing Mistake #3: Listening to People who are Totally Unqualified

Top Investing Mistake #2: Failure to Launch

Top Investing Mistake #1: Not Having the Right Mindset

AUTOMATED TRADING AND CURRENCIES

Automated Trading and Currencies

May 23rd, 2009

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Although Automated Trading has yet to become well known and popular, it seems that before long it will become as common as mutual funds. Automated Trading systems have been developed to trade stocks, options and commodities. And, there is one market where we expect to see massive growth.

That market is the currencies market, or Forex. At this time, many people buy and sell different currencies, in an attempt to make money as the relative values fluctuate. There are even people who daytrade the currency markets. Forex is popular because it gives traders very fast executions, has tiny spreads and provides high leverage (100:1). Yet human traders are not the only ones who can benefit from these advantages.

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ABOUT, AUTOMATED TRADING FOREX

Automated Trading and Forex

April 12th, 2009

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Recently, the Forex market has really become popular among small investors. Before the internet, Forex trading was available only to large institutional traders. But, like so many other things, the internet has changed the way the game is played.

It’s interesting to note that one of the most popular assets traded these days is currencies. Before, it was mostly stocks. But now there is massive interest in the Forex market. Perhaps it is because people percieve the world as being much smaller, and they understand that each country’s economies and currencies are closely linked.

There is also a certain thrill provided by Forex trading. Typically, you can get 100:1 leverage. So that means you can buy $10,000 of a certain currency for $100. It also means that if the price of a currency that you buy increases by just 1%, you have just doubled your money.

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ABOUT,GLOBAL FOREX

Forex Marketing

Global Forex Marketing

Q. How can I break into emerging markets?

A. Not with global campaigns - with a local campaigns covering the gloab

FXPR runs campaigns in Japanese, Russian, Ararbic, Spanish, and Chinese on top search engines around the world. Keywords and ads are targeted to the native language of each country and placed on relevant and popular sites. We use our knowledge of foreign markets to make the best possible placements. Google is king but not everywhere. For example, we know that the Japanese are all about Yahoo, and Russians mostly use a native search engine called Rambler. For each country there are tactics and rules and we know them all!

Our experts create and manage in language advertising all over the world.

Q. How can I control cost?

A. By testing, testing, testing and retesting.

FXPR optimizes our localized advertising by endlessly testing and retesting all elements of the campaign. From banner location to the landing page design, FXPR’s metrics-driven approach will ensure that your cost-per-lead stays at your comfort level. Take a look at what we did for a client’s Google AdWords campaign:

Q. Where can I find good leads that convert?

A. By getting the right message to the right people.

FXPR breaks potential traders into several categories and tailors ads to target each category. By doing this we deliver the kind of leads that our clients look for. We build on this basic customer breakdown by creating ads and banding campaigns directed at each group that reflects the strengths and selling points of your firm.

ABOUT,MAKING MONEY WITH FOREX

Making Money With Forex Trading

Making Money With Forex Trading

The foreign exchange market is quickly becoming one of the most popular ways for investors to make some extra money. Also known as the Forex or FX market, it is basically the place where different kinds of currency is traded. Since different currencies hold different values, investors who trade wisely can stand to make rather substantial profits.

In Forex trading, one person trades a quantity of one currency for certain quantities of another. The Forex market is especially attractive to people because it is an ongoing, continuous phenomenon; trading can occur at absolutely any time - 24 hours a day, five days per week. While it helps to have a firm grasp on the essential makeup of the foreign exchange market when trading in it, traders by no means have to be total experts. With a little bit of research and practice, just about anyone can be successful trading in this market.

Everything about the Forex market basically revolves around the Forex rate between two currencies. By studying the Forex rate and keeping a close eye on it, people can take advantage of a falling or rising rate between two currencies. People who participate in this market can choose to invest their money however they want; some choose to focus only on the dynamic between a couple pairs of currencies, while others spread their shares around among many different currencies.

Unlike a traditional market like the stock exchange, there is not a physical, tangible market in the true sense of the word when it comes to Forex. Investors cannot meet at one centralized location to perform their transactions like they would at the New York Stock Exchange. All trading and transactions take place over electronic trading networks and the telephone.

Trading on the foreign exchange market is primarily run by what is known as an interbank market. This is where large corporations, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions handle and take care of the risks inherent to fluctuations in currencies. How these major institutions trade certain currencies is what basically determines the Forex rate between them - the basis of all foreign exchange market trading.

One of the biggest perks to Forex trading is its high liquidity; large amounts of money can be moved and traded with a minimal price movement. This means that in Forex trading, what you see is pretty much what you get. There are not a lot of hidden fees or other mysterious sums to take into account when trading foreign currencies. This trait of the Forex market is one reason so many people find it easier to deal with than traditional stock exchange markets, and why so many people become so successful at it.

Another reason that Forex trading looks so attractive to investors is its low transaction cost. The cost for most Forex transactions - the spread, or the difference between its buying and selling cost - is built into their price. This increases the transparency of these transactions, adding to their simplicity and the ability for so many people to make real money by engaging in this trading market. Forex truly is much more accessible to larger numbers of people than many other financial markets, and its low transaction cost is a huge reason.

Investors in the Forex market are also quite fond of it due to its good leverage. Forex brokers allow investors to use leverage, or to trade more money than is actually in their account. In this way, Forex can really propel an investor into huge profits, and its also what makes Forex trading so entertaining as well. Using leverage, investors can move much larger sums of money than they otherwise could.

The potential for taking advantage of rising or falling prices is huge in Forex trading. Investors who feel that a particular currency is going to skyrocket can go long and buy a lot of it. By the same token, if an investor feels that a particular currency is going to plummet, they can go short or sell it off. Rules that apply to traditional stock exchanges do not apply to foreign exchange trading, and in many ways that is what makes it so popular.

ABUOT,FOREX & GAMBLING

FOREX and GAMBLING - Same or NOT?

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So when Casino Bonanza Online, the online casino portal, decided to offer their users FOREX trading, they were pleasantly surprised by the response. Where FOREX Trading.

The reason for its popularity with Casino players is largely due to the fact that it offers similar Welcome Bonuses, in which the players opening deposit is matched by the Casino. In the case of the FOREX accounts, any first deposit is matched 100%, up to $300. This means that the user will have double the money to trade with that they initially deposited.

Two types of account are available, a SuperMini, for beginners which can be opened with as little as $100. And a pro account for the more experienced traders.

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ABOUT,PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR TRADERS

Forex Tester - Professional Forex

Training Software for Traders.

Forex Tester is a professional software simulator of the Foreign Exchange Market. It allows you to gain and improve trading skills without risking your money. You do not need to train in real time, waiting for days and weeks to test your trading ideas and strategies, Forex Tester will pack this time in hours and minutes.

This is an excellent forex training tool that will help you to:

• Study trading on the FOREX market in a fast and convenient way.
• Develop and test your own trading strategies without being a programmer.
• Test your trading strategies on years of historical data.
• Save your money and time.

The program has extended drawing tools that allow you to test trading strategies based on technical analysis. It provides some of the most popular technical studies such as: Fibonacci Retracement, Fibonacci Fan, Fibonacci Arcs, Andrews' Pitchfork and others.

Also, we added some of the most popular indicators and oscillators to Forex Tester and continue to increase their number.

For the advanced users and programmers we designed open interfaces with detalied documentation to help you create your own indicators and strategies. Thus, if you have your own ideas, you can implement them using Forex Tester API and significantly expand the program functionality.

10 RESONS TO FOREX TRADING

10 Good Reasons Why you Should Jump into Trading FOREX

Aaah! Good question! So, in answer to your question, here are 10 good (if not great) reasons to enter the Forex Trade:

1. First and foremost, Forex trading allows for small investments. You do not have to be able to invest thousands of dollars to get started with this trade. You can start trading Forex with as little as $300 to $350 and could be well on your way to earning more than that on your first day.

2. The Forex markets are always open! You are able to trade anytime and from anywhere in the world. No waiting for the stock exchange to open. The market is ongoing, with generally only minor breaks on the weekends.

3. The funds that you invest are liquid; you can cash them anytime you want. No waiting for days to get your stocks converted into hard cash.

4. The value of the Forex Trading market is COLOSSAL: it is 30 times larger than all of the US equity markets combined. It is the largest market in the world with daily reported volume of 1.5 to 2.0 trillion dollars. This massive value makes it a lucrative and desirable trade to invest in.

5. It is a highly stable trade and offers greater strength over other markets. Countries and people are ALWAYS going to need currency. Although the value of different currencies goes up and down, the fluctuations are not as dramatic as stock prices and generally follow a predictable trend.

6. You do not have to worry about commissions, exchange fees nor any hidden charges when you trade Forex. Forex brokers make only a small percentage of the bid and there are very respectable and free brokers available as well. Is that not wonderful for you?

7. You make profits no matter which way the currency is going. You will not worry about a falling currency value if you know what to do with it and make good gains.

8. Forex is a very transparent market. Unlike equity markets, where analysts have an unfair advantage over the layman because of their insider knowledge, the relevant information for Forex is equally available to every one through international news. Therefore, all Forex traders are in a position to make pertinent decisions according to the current market situations.

9. Forex market is extremely quick! It takes not more than 1 to 2 seconds to complete your transactions because it is all done electronically, online and in Real Time.

10. The final good news is that you do not need any formal education, licensing, diploma or degree to trade Forex. All you need is the know-how of how it works, trading strategies and some tips and techniques and you can be on your way to earn big profits.

Forex trading online may be the fastest path to financial freedom and an end to all your financial worries. It truly is an excellent, if not THE best home business opportunity for ordinary people. You owe it to yourself to give it a try.

ABOUT, TRADING CURRENCY

HOW To Trade Currency
Illustrated below for the beginner is an example of how to calculate a profit in forex currency trading.

Say for example you believe that the Euro might appreciate in value against the US Dollar in the near future and the current exchange rate is EUR/USD = 1.4210. You then decide to buy 100,000 Euros (1 standard lot).

EUR 1.00 = USD 1.4210
100,000 x 1.4210
Your purchase of 100,000 Euros is US $142,100

At 100:1 leverage your required margin deposit is $1,421

Profit
Later on, as expected, the Euro appreciates by 75 pips to EUR/USD = 1.4285. You then decide to sell your Euros and exchange them back into US Dollars.

EUR 1.00 = USD 1.4285
100,000 x 1.4285

You will get: US $142,850

Your profit = ($142,850 - $142,100) = $750


When starting out with forex currency trading it's a good idea to begin with some lower amounts until you have figured out exactly what you're doing as it can be difficult for most beginners. You can always increase the amounts once you gain the experience and skills necessary to make larger trades successfully.

It is also beneficial to take some time to decide what currency pair or pairs you want to trade with. Generally no more than 2 to begin with to allow you ample opportunity to learn how the pairs actually relate to each other and ensure you are able to clearly identify the patterns that they follow. Beginners can increase to more pairs once they have a firm grasp of the basics of forex currency trading.

MAKING MONEY WITH FOREX

Forex Trading Begin making money with FOREX ANYONE can profit from the forex funnel system even with no knowledge and no trading experience, this is the money you have already missed out on by not getting the forex funnel system earlier. DONT WAIT ANY LONGER.

OSWLZ.com is a division of LIBSA International Group, a dedicated partner to professional FX traders and fund managers worldwide. Individual forex traders can take advantage of the market expertise and financial strength of LIBSA International Group and access an institutional FX trading platform, along with powerful real-time forex charts, professional forex market research, and suite of advanced forex trading tools. For traders new to the currency trading, OSWLZ.com in partnership with the forex funnel has been designed a system easy to setup and profit from it right away. Even if the most you have ever used your internet for is browsing ebay or checking emails, you will still be able to use this system to funnel money.. ... But don’t think this is restricted to newbies, if you are a proven forex trader - you can profit from this system even faster, however it does not distinguish between skillsets, it simply makes money for ANYONE, anywhere in the world that has an internet connection.

ABOUT, TRADING MONEY ONLINE

Trade Money with Forex Online

Home Product Center (HMPR.BK/HMPRO TB) Reality has turned out far better than anticipated / Bt4.48 - Outperform from Neutral / Earnings preview

* Expect robust earnings growth of 14.2% YoY thanks to solid SSS growth and store expansion
* Revised 2009-10 earnings upward on higher SSS growth
* Re-rated PE multiplier to its normal range of 10x
* Upgrade to Outperform with a new 2009 target of Bt5.40
Expect HMPRO to post stellar earnings growth of Bt213mn Despite the economic slowdown and political unease in 1Q09, we surprisingly expect HMPRO to post splendid earnings of Bt213mn in 1Q09, up from Bt187mn in 1Q08 (+14.2%), but down from Bt343mn in 4Q08 (-37.7%), based on the positive guidance from the company. The robust YoY earnings growth of 14.2% should come from solid same store sales (SSS) growth learn how to trade forex, the success of HomePro Expo and store expansion (32 stores in 1Q08 vs. 35 stores in 1Q09). Seasonality would be behind the QoQ drop.

Big applause for swift and efficient strategies We expect HMPRO to report SSS growth of 4.0% thanks to its good product assortment and aggressive promotions in 1Q09 (Summer Grand sale February 16 - March 8 and HomePro Expo March 13 - March 22). To mitigate the pressure on margins from aggressive promotions, HMPRO efficiently escalated its proportion of house brand products from 10.0% in 1Q08 to 13.0% in 1Q09 and plans to increase this to 15.0% by the end of the year. With these efforts, we expect the company to maintain robust earnings growth in 2009 of 10.3%.

Revised 2009-10 earnings upward With solid earnings anticipated in 1Q09 and the bottoming-out of the economy, we are comfortable in revising up our 2009-10 earnings forecasts to Bt1,058mn from Bt985mn in 2009, or up by 7.4%, and to Bt1,126mn from 1,052mn in 2010, or up by 7.0%. Our key positive revisions were: i) adjusted SSS growth up from 0.0% to 3.0% in 2009, ii) slightly revised gross margin upward, and iii) slightly trimmed SG&A to sales.

Removed discount from PE multiplier We re-rated HMPRO to the low end of its normal trading range of 10.0x. We believe that the re-rated PE multiplier is justified due to the better economic outlook and the company's sound fundamentals.

Valuation and Recommendation We upgrade our rating to Outperform from Neutral with a new 12-month target price of Bt5.40, assigning a new PE multiple of 10x (from 7.0x). At this price, we project FY09 dividend yield of 6.1.

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FOREX.com is a division of GAIN Capital Group, a dedicated partner to professional FX traders and fund managers worldwide. Institutional services include IB programs, white label solutions, and asset management. Individual forex traders can take advantage of the market expertise and financial strength of GAIN Capital Group and access an institutional FX trading platform, FOREXTrader, along with our powerful real-time forex charts, professional forex market research, and suite of advanced forex trading tools. For traders new to the currency trading, FOREX.com offers forex training programs, forex minis, and information about trading the foreign currency market.

TRADE VIEW FOR FOREX

Trade View Forex

Tradeview Forex provides clients optimum trading solutions through the user-friendly Metatrader 4 platform with a number of sophisticated enhancements. We offer full 24 hour support, and a technology team with many years of experience. With ongoing updates to the MT4 and its supporting systems, traders can rely on us.

Supporting 24 hour-a-day trading requires intensive support, and many FCMs are forced to outsource their technology needs. At Tradeview, we are able to work directly with FTechnics, our in-house trading technology company. With a combined 40 years of experience, this company designs and executes network trading platforms and solutions used by many large financial institutions. This means we have direct control over our platform, and the ability to rapidly develop and test more advanced solutions in response to ongoing demand.

Tradeview Forex will continue to improve upon the promise we make to our clients: Providing optimum support, execution, and trading solutions that are unrivaled in the industry.

To learn more, give us a call at 212 482 8275 or email tradeview@ikongm.com

Expert Advisor

A forex Expert Advisor is a mechanical trading system based on MQL-4 programming language. The MT4 platform is designed specifically with automated trading in mind. MetaTrader 4 can be programmed to alert you about trading opportunities, and can also trade your account for you, from sending orders directly to your broker, or adjusting stop loss and take profit levels.
Expert advisors for MetaTrader 4 are all different and unique in the way they enter and exit the market. Expert advisors provide a different way of trading Forex, as they help to eliminate emotionally based decisions. Expert advisors in MT4 utilize a disciplined approach and design to evaluate multiple factors at once, which may help the trader make better decisions.
All of the forex technical indicators available in MetaTrader 4 can be analyzed logically. You can also test and create your own technical indicators with MetaTrader tools. More>>

INFO ABOUT FOREX MARKET

Pair Last High/Low Change EUR/USD 1.3991 1.4070 / 1.3956 0.0019 USD/JPY 98.00 98.39 / 97.56 0.04 GBP/USD 1.6437 1.6501 / 1.6331 0.0089 USD/CAD 1.1025 1.1116 / 1.0993 0.0049 XAU/USD 949.90 958.45 / 949.55 4.13

ABOUT, WORLD FOREX

WORLD FOREX

Dollar Falls Versus Yen, Euro On

Profit-Taking

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--The dollar declined against the yen and euro in Asia Thursday as players sold the U.S. unit to lock in profits after its overnight rise.

Players also sold the dollar in reaction to news that Russia and Brazil are planning to reduce their U.S. Treasury holdings in favor of new International Monetary Fund securities, dealers said.

Some traders also mentioned the continued rise in oil prices as a dollar-negative factor. The price of Nymex crude futures rose above $72 per barrel for the first time since October. "That hurts the dollar because it raises concerns going forward about inflation, and the U.S. would be in the weakest position to cope," given its massive fiscal stimulus spending and ultra-low 0-0.25% policy rate, said Yuzo Sakai, manager of foreign exchange business promotion at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow. At 0450 GMT, the U.S. unit traded hands at Y97.77 compared to Y98.28 late Wednesday in New York. The euro stood at $1.4050 compared to $1.3987. Dollar weakness is likely to persist, some dealers said, citing growing concern that lingering weakness in U.S. domestic demand may postpone any overall economic recovery. "My gut feeling is that this is going to keep the dollar weak, at least until August or so," said Hideki Amikura, deputy general manager of Nomura Trust and Banking.

Most dealers agreed the U.S. unit is unlikely to make major breaks in either direction for the rest of the week. Into the weekend, it may trade in a Y96.50-Y98.50 band, while the euro may consolidate in a $1.3800-$1.4100 range, said Satoshi Tate, senior vice president of the foreign exchange division at Mizuho Corporate Bank.

Players are now watching U.S. May retail and food sales, due at 1230 GMT, to gauge conditions in consumer demand. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires forecast a 0.5% rise. Some dealers said a weaker-than-expected showing could further drag on the greenback.

Interbank Foreign Exchange Rates At 00:50 EDT / 0450 GMT
                       Latest     Previous   %Chg   Daily   Daily    %Chg
Dollar Rates                        2150 GMT          High    Low      12/31
USD/JPY Yen              97.75-81   98.13-17   -0.39  98.29   97.74    +7.89
EUR/USD Euro             1.4048-53  1.3981-84  +0.48  1.4060  1.3962   +0.50
GBP/USD Sterling         1.6423-25  1.6356-61  +0.41  1.6433  1.6342  +12.29
USD/CHF Swiss Franc      1.0757-66  1.0804-07  -0.44  1.0823  1.0756   +0.82
USD/CAD Canadian Dlr     1.1034-39  1.1075-81  -0.37  1.1102  1.1034   -9.30
AUD/USD Australian Dlr   0.8110-13  0.8036-38  +0.92  0.8121  0.8015  +14.66
NZD/USD New Zealand Dlr  0.6373-76  0.6269-74  +1.66  0.6376  0.6291   +9.22
EUR/JPY Yen              137.35-40  137.22-26  +0.09  137.66  137.13   +8.46

SONY VAIO LAPTOPS

Sony Vaio P Mini Notebook Computer

I think you’d agree with me when I’m saying that Vaio laptops are expensive, but what makes them stand out of the crowd and convince everybody to get one is their overall design, which is eye-catching and elegant at the same time.


Like all leading laptop manufacturers, Sony introduced many mini laptop computers lately and the newest ones are those included in the VAIO P series.

SONY VAIO LAPTOPS

Sony Vaio P Mini Notebook Computer

A Sony Vaio P mini notebook computer is something between an Internet-optimized Eee PC and a high-end Asus notebook, thanks to the small form factor and the technology advancements that allowed the integration of so many high-performance components into a single unit.


Vaio P has 3G technology for high-speed mobile broadband Internet access, GPS support, the XrossMediaBar function for instant access to your favorite applications, an Intel Atom Z530 processor, 2GB system memory, 128GB Solid State Drive, WWAN, WLAN, Bluetooth, a built-in Motion Eye web camera and the 8-inch widescreen X-black LED-backlit LCD display with a high-resolution of 1600 x 768 pixels, all weighing only 640 grams.



Available in red, dark green, black and white, with a stylish carrying case and a Bluetooth wireless mouse, the Vaio P mini notebook computer will surely be among the most wanted laptops this year, even if the price is of about $1,670.


Starting next month it will be available in stores across UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia.

SONY AW LAPTOPS

Sony AW High Definition Laptops

"This new notebook delivers the power of a high-end desktop in a portable form factor," said Mike Abary, senior vice president of VAIO product marketing at Sony Electronics. "Whether you're gaming, watching a Blu-ray Disc movie or editing high-def video, it offers all the HD tools you'll need."

SONY AW LAPTOPS

Sony AW High Definition Laptops

It’s not that the VAIO CS colored laptop computers are not appropriate for entertainment on the go, but the new Sony AW series features the style encountered at the CS models plus optimization for High Definition content such as a very large 18.4-inch LCD display with the XBRITE-FullHD LCD technology and Blu-ray Disc support.


You can use the laptop also for connecting it to a HD TV via the HDMI connectivity, watch Blu-ray movies at 16:9 aspect ratio, browse 2 websites in full size at the same time.


Other features include built-in CompactFlash slot, the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software for preparing the images for printing, 64GB SSD with RAID technology plus a 500GB HDD, the Intel Centrino 2 technology, Windows Vista operating system, and lots of others, all packing in a $1,600 system coming in titanium gray and glossy piano black.

LATEST SONY VAIO LAPTOP

SONY VAIO P GETS XP OPTION

We've been waiting for this for some time now, and today its finally here. After making one of the biggest blunders it could in the launching of its glorified netbook, Sony has axed Vista from the equation and instead replaced it with the much better suited XP.

Of course this means you are going to notice performance jumps if you should buy a new one, but unfortunately the inclusion of XP has not dropped the price any.

Some other news includes the addition of a 2GHz Atom in the Japanese version coming June 6th as well as a 256GB SSD option. You can expect this to run up the price from the base ¥85,000 or about $900.

That said, we'll be waiting on any other news as to when we will see a 2GHz model stateside.

HISTORY ABOUT INTERNET

History of the Internet

Before the widespread internetworking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the local network and the prevalent computer networking method was based on the central mainframe computer model. Several research programs began to explore and articulate principles of networking between physically separate networks, leading to the development of the packet switching model of digital networking. These research efforts included those of the laboratories of Donald Davies (NPL), Paul Baran (RAND Corporation), and Leonard Kleinrock at MIT and at UCLA. The research led to the development of several packet-switched networking solutions in the late 1960s and 1970s,^[1] including ARPANET and the X.25 protocols. Additionally, public access and hobbyist networking systems grew in popularity, including unix-to-unix copy (UUCP) and FidoNet. They were however still disjointed separate networks, served only by limited gateways between networks. This led to the application of packet switching to develop a protocol for internetworking, where multiple different networks could be joined together into a super-framework of networks. By defining a simple common network system, the Internet Protocol Suite, the concept of the network could be separated from its physical implementation. This spread of internetworking began to form into the idea of a global network that would be called the Internet, based on standardized protocols officially implemented in 1982. Adoption and interconnection occurred quickly across the advanced telecommunication networks of the western world, and then began to penetrate into the rest of the world as it became the de-facto international standard for the global network. However, the disparity of growth between advanced nations and the third-world countries led to a digital divide that is still a concern today.

ABOUT, ARPANET

ARPANET

Promoted to the head of the information processing office at DARPA, Robert Taylor intended to realize Licklider's ideas of an interconnected networking system. Bringing in Larry Roberts from MIT, he initiated a project to build such a network. The first ARPANET link was established between the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute on 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969. By December 5, 1969, a 4-node network was connected by adding the University of Utah and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Building on ideas developed in ALOHAnet, the ARPANET grew rapidly. By 1981, the number of hosts had grown to 213, with a new host being added approximately every twenty days.^[6][7]

ARPANET became the technical core of what would become the Internet, and a primary tool in developing the technologies used. ARPANET development was centered around the Request for Comments (RFC) process, still used today for proposing and distributing Internet Protocols and Systems. RFC 1, entitled "Host Software", was written by Steve Crocker from the University of California, Los Angeles, and published on April 7, 1969. These early years were documented in the 1972 film Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing.

ABOUT,LEARNING THE INTERNET

Each main trunk question below branches
to another set of questions and answers

Below the trunk questions are links to the roots
--an Internet Glossary and a brief Internet History

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The Main Branches...

1. What is the Internet?
2. What is the World Wide Web?
3. How do I use the Internet?
4. How do I search the Internet?
5. How do I find Internet Addresses?
6. How do I use Mail?
7. How do I use FTP to find and get files on the Internet?
8. What is Chat and how do I use it?
9. How do I publish my own material on the web for others to share?
10. Should I be concerned about security and privacy on the web?

...and the roots...

Internet Glossary. Look up those terms you don't understand.

Internet History. A brief background on the development of the Internet and the World Wide Web.

ABOUT, WHAT IS INTERNET

What is the Internet?

The Internet is a vast network that connects many independent networks spanning over 170 countries in the World. It links computers of many different types, sizes, and operating systems, and, of course, the many people of those countries that use the Internet to communicate.

The one thing all these different computers have in common is the use of the Internet Protocol, abbreviated as IP, which allows computers of different types to communicate with each other. You will often see reference to the longer abbreviation, TCP/IP, which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Your own computer uses TCP/IP software to enable it to link to this service.

ABOUT ,WHAT i DO ON THE NET

What can I do on the Internet?

The Internet Protocol makes it possible for you to communicate in various ways, find things that interest you, and exchange information and files. The most common things you can do are:

• Get information on almost any subject by searching the web. It takes some skill to search efficiently, and since anyone can publish just about anything, there is lots of misinformation on the web, too. You need to develop some skill in evaluating the accuracy and reliability of the information you find.
• Send and receive email or chat or exchange messages with people all over the world. Almost as fast as the telephone, there is never a busy signal, and you never play phone tag.
  
• Join discussion groups about a common subject with message boards, Newsgroups and email discussion lists.
  
• Get or exchange software and files with the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  
• Explore the World Wide Web, which can use all of the above, and adds easy links to other resources and adds multimedia--graphics, sound, and video capabilities.
• Publish your own material on the web in blogs, message boards, or your own web pages.I

ABOUT WORLD WIDE WEB

What is the World Wide Web?

The World Wide Web is one of the protocols that lets you link to many sites on the Internet. The basic unit is the page, such as the page you are now reading. A page can be one or many screens as it displays on your monitor.

Within the page are links to related pages and other web sites. This system of embedding links in the text on a page is called hypertext. The links are distinctive, and vary depending on your browser. With most graphical browsers, links are underlined and appear in a contrasting color.

Text browsers may number the links or show them in bold text to contrast them or in reverse colors when selected. You can select a link in a text browser either by typing the number of the link or by moving the up and down arrow keys to select the link. Once selected, either press Enter or the right arrow to connect to the link.

This page includes several links in contrasting colors or type. These are hypertext links to other pages, and you can switch to the linked page by clicking on or selecting the link. Try it.

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Internet Addresses
There are two types of Internet addresses--domain addresses made up of words separated by dots (for example, world.std.com), and IP addresses made up of four numbers separated by dots (for example, 199.0.65.101).

Both types represent computer addresses on the Internet, and for many purposes, either type can be used. Numbered IP addresses represent specific computers on the Internet. Domain addresses may represent a specific computer or may be less specific.

Domain Addresses
Domain name addresses all end with a correct top-level domain. The top-level domains may be any of these:

• com
• edu
• gov
• int
• mil
• net
• org
• a two-letter country code, such as us, uk, or mx. See the country code table.

A complete domain address adds one or more terms to the left of the top-level domain, separated by dots. The top-level domain at the right is the most general; each term to the left is more specific.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a new series of top level domains to become available for registration in 2001. They are:

• biz
• pro
• museum
• aero
• name
• coop
• info

IP Addresses
IP, or Internet Protocol, addresses consist of four numbers from 0 to 255, separated by dots. The first number is the most general, and each following number is more specific.

A network might be assigned the hypothetical numbers 185.33.27.0 through 185.33.27.255. This would give them 256 numbers to use. A very large network might be given all numbers beginning with, for example, 125.211. This would give that network approximately 65 thousand addresses to use from 125.211.0.0 through 125.211.255.255. More commonly, a network will be assigned a portion of the range appropriate to its size.

SECURITY & PRIVACY GUIDES ABOUT NET

Security & Privacy Guides

© 2000 Walt Howe
(Last revised, July 25, 2000)

These two guides are designed to help you understand security and privacy issues while connecting to the web and the Internet and to give you things you can do to improve both.

• Security Guide. Learn how vulnerable you are to intrusion by hackers and crackers and what steps you can take to protect yourself.
• Privacy on the Internet. Learn what information about yourself is available on the World Wide Web and Internet and what steps you can take to better protect yourself.

INFO ABOUT HISTORY OF COMPUTER

History of Computers

The development of the modern day computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. .
Some of the earlier mechanical counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears. This history of computers site includes the names of early pioneers of math and computing and links to related sites about the History of Computers, for further study. This site would be a good Web adjunct to accompany any book on the History of Computers or Introduction to Computers. The "H" Section includes a link to the History of the Web Beginning at CERN which includes Bibliography and Related Links. Hitmill.com strives to always include related links for a broader educational experience.

FIRST COMPUTER

The first computers were people! That is, electronic computers (and the earlier mechanical computers) were given this name because they performed the work that had previously been assigned to people. "Computer" was originally a job title: it was used to describe those human beings (predominantly women) whose job it was to perform the repetitive calculations required to compute such things as navigational tables, tide charts, and planetary positions for astronomical almanacs. Imagine you had a job where hour after hour, day after day, you were to do nothing but compute multiplications. Boredom would quickly set in, leading to carelessness, leading to mistakes. And even on your best days you wouldn't be producing answers very fast. Therefore, inventors have been searching for hundreds of years for a way to mechanize (that is, find a mechanism that can perform) this task.