2010 February | Tech Blue

Increase your odds of winning by doing all three of the above. For example, if you follow us on Twitter and also become a fan of us on Facebook, that would give you two entries for a chance to win. If you also Tweet: “@edgetech is celebrating its 25th anniversary by giving away a $250 Amazon gift card. RT to be eligible to win!”, that would give you three chances to win the Amazon gift card. Simple enough, right? Good Luck!

Official Rules:

EDGE TECH CORP’S “WIN A FREE $250 AMAZON.COM GIFT CARD”

Entries must be completed and submitted between 12:01 a.m. CST 02/26/2010 and 11:59 p.m. CST 03/14/2010. One winning entry will be chosen at random on or before 5 p.m. CST on 03/19/2010.
Valid in USA only. Void where prohibited.
Limit: one entry per person/email address/Twitter account/Facebook account for each of the three entries. Three total chances to win. Entrant must be age 21 or older.
Purchase or acceptance of a product offer does not improve your chances of winning.
Odds of winning are determined by the total number of eligible entries received.
Employees or immediate family members of EDGE Tech Corp are not eligible.
Entries that are incomplete, altered, forged, or irregular in any way or are otherwise not in compliance with these official rules are void. EDGE Tech Corp is not responsible for late, lost, or misdirected entries or errors on Facebook.com or Twitter.com.
Winners name will be posted by 03/19/2010 here on this blog post and also contacted via Facebook or Twitter. Winner will have 7 business days to reply with their contact information on where to send their prize. EDGE reserves the right to choose a new winner if we do not receive a reply within 7 business days.

PRIZE

One $250 Amazon Gift Card will be awarded on or before 03/19/2010. Value: $250.00. No purchase necessary to win.

UPDATE: Congrats to Susan B. (@susitravl) of Kansas for winning the $250 Amazon.com gift card. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest and be on the lookout for more contest in the future!

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Quality is Very Important to EDGE

February 25, 2010, 12:48 pm

Quality is very important to EDGE Tech Corp. and that is why we are ISO 9001:2008 certified.

EDGE received its first ISO certification from DNV Certification, Inc. in 1999; EDGE currently holds ISO 9001:2008 certification. “We’ve always known that we manufacture the highest quality products,” stated Jeff Thompson, president and CEO of EDGE Tech Corp, “and in an industry where quality is so important, we wanted another way to back up that claim. When you look across the technology industry, there’s really not a more widely-respected quality standard than ISO 9001:2008.”

ISO 9001:2008, the international quality standard accepted by the majority of the world, speaks to all quality-related activities in an organization and helps ensure customers’ needs are met. Companies seek ISO 9001:2008 certification by accredited and independent third parties to focus on quality in order to gain a competitive edge and to access global markets.

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Why You Should Buy A Digital Picture Frame

February 23, 2010, 10:38 am

Since the introduction of digital photography, more people have been switching from picture prints to digital memory. Some people are cutting the cost of printing pictures by printing their own digital photos at home. Others are opting not to print their photos at all but instead displaying them in digital pictures frames. Consumers are now welcoming digital picture frames into their homes and offices.

Size

Digital picture frames come in sizes varying from 1 inch up to 32 inches. These digital picture frames can be small enough to fit on a key-chain or large enough to be mistaken for a television. These frames allow the consumer to showcase multiple photos while only taking up the space of one. Whether the buyer is looking for a small frame for their office or looking for a large display for their art gallery, there is a digital picture frame to fit their needs. Digital picture frames are taking the place of bulky photo albums.

Flexibility

Changing the photos in a digital photo frame is much easier than the old single photo frame. No longer is there the need to remove the frame from the wall, remove the backing, remove the picture, add new picture, replace the back and replace the frame on the wall. With a digital picture frame, many digital pictures can be uploaded at a time. You can choose to view one single photo or have all photos scroll. You no longer have to decide between your favorite pictures to display. You can now display all of the photos in one single frame.

Cost

Digital picture frames are more expensive than the traditional, single picture frames. The cost, however, is getting cheaper by the day. Not long ago, the smallest frames were going for over $100. Now a 15 inch digital photo frame can be purchased for about that much. As more companies begin developing and selling digital picture frames, the cost is bound to drop even more.

Memory

Some digital frames come with internal memory and most frames also come with slots available for adding additional memory. Many of these memory cards are the same as those used in your digital camera, so you can directly transfer photos from your camera to your digital picture frame. For those who prefer to save their pictures on their computers, memory sticks are a great way to transfer pictures to digital picture frames as well. Most digital picture frames are compatible with these external memory sticks.

The size, flexibility, and cost of digital picture frames are only a few of the great reasons why many consumers are replacing their old picture frames. They have been replaced by the digital photo frame, each capable of displaying the stories and memories of loved ones.

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What is the difference between DDR2 and DDR3 Memory?

February 16, 2010, 10:49 am

Over five years ago, DDR2 memory came on the scene. They were an upgrade from the slower, older memory sticks known as Double Data Rate or DDR RAM. For the past few years, they were industry standard for personal computers. However, their reign appears to be fading. Newer chips, known as DDR3, have appeared. Most consumers are not aware of the differences between the chips sets.

The first difference is latency, or the time it takes from request to reception of the first bit of data. The DDR3 memory has slower latencies than the DDR2. It takes longer for the DDR3 memory to send data when it receives a request. The next difference is bandwidth. The higher the bandwidth, the faster the memory modules get data. The DDR3 memory comes with speeds starting at 1033 MHz and going up to 1600 MHz. On the other side, with DDR2, the basic memory modules clock at 800 MHz, with 1250 MHz possible with over clocking. This indicates the DDR3 memory modules have a higher rate of data transfer.

The throughput of both chips depends on the bandwidth and latency rates. If you tested memory sticks with the same bandwidth side by side, the DDR2 would have the higher throughput due to the slower latency of the DDR3. However, if the DDR3 came with a higher bandwidth, the latency issue becomes minimal. Throughput will increase with bandwidth, despite a slower latency. The latency problem diminishes further with a higher count of internal banks. The DDR3 contains eight internal banks, compared to the four in the DDR2. As the DDR3 memory gets faster, the throughput will outstrip the DDR2 easily.

The DDR3 memory is more energy efficient than the DDR2. The DDR3 memory came off the drawing board with power conservation built in. The DDR2 memory, on the other hand, eats the same amount of power whether in idle or full throttle.

Price and compatibility are the biggest differences right now. The DDR2 memory works in most motherboards today. The DDR3 memory only works in motherboards produced recently. The DDR3 memory can costs twice what the DDR2 memory does. However, as the compatibility issue resolves itself, the prices for the DDR3 and compatible motherboards will go down. DDR2 will remain a standard for a while. However, the faster technology of the DDR3 will likely become the industry standard very soon.

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