Computer Science Major Tops Among Women In Stanford University

It has long been a misconception that computer science major is only for the boys. This is additional enforced by the fact that there typically tends to be much more males registered for such classes compared to women. However with all the developments that we’ve produced as a culture in breaking down these partitions, all of that has changed.

In accordance to a report from Reuters, it appears that the Computer Science major provided by Stanford University is currently the most adopted major among women learning in the university. To become much more specific, 214 ladies are enrolled in that major, snatching the top spot far from Human Biology which used to be the most well-liked significant for ladies, which now has about 208 female college students.

We suppose this doesn’t truly arrive as being a surprise given the incredible attempts we’ve been viewing. For example there happen to be numerous programs introduced by companies such as Google and Microsoft to inspire ladies to get into coding. There are also startups that wish to make the barriers to entry even easier by offering totally free lodging, and let’s not neglect how there are kits created by companies aimed at young women to inspire them at an early age.

How To Use Snapchat On PC

Snapchat, one of the most popular applications for sending images and videos can now be downloaded in your PC! Yes, you heard it right. Your favorite application Snapchat can also be accessed from your PC in case you want to use Snapchat on your PC instead of on your smartphone. In this article, we will give you a step by step procedure for downloading Snapchat on your system so that you can get done with the complete process without any issues. Let us start with discussing the key features that have made Snapchat a hotshot application and everyone’s favorite. 

Things Which Make Snapchat Popular

• The features which have made the first choice of users are:
• Users can take and send pictures, videos, drawings, etc. to the desired number of recipients. 
• The users can set a time limit (0 to 10 sec) for which the users can view the sent video or image.
• The user interface of Snapchat is very simple and the users can understand it in a very short duration of time.

Steps To Download Snapchat For PC

Officially the PC version of Snapchat has not been released yet, so you will need to install Bluestacks installer on your system. Once the Bluestacks installation gets completed successfully, you can proceed with the next step.

Using Bluestacks

• In the top left corner of Bluestacks application locate the search box.
• In this search box type “Snapchat” and press Enter.
• After a few seconds, Snapchat will start downloading and will get installed in Bluestacks.
• After installation, go to Bluestacks and select the All Apps option.
• In this click on the icon of Snapchat and start working with it.
• In case the above method does not help you to install Snapchat on your PC, then you can try the below mentioned steps.

Using Android apk

• Search for Snapchat.apk file on Google and once found, download it.
• Double click on the Snapchat.apk file or open it manually with the help of Bluestacks by Right click >>Open With>>Bluestacks
• The apk file will get installed within some time.
• Now, go to Bluestacks and select the icon of Snapchat for using it on PC.

Conclusion

We believe that with the help of the above mentioned procedures, you can easily download Snapchat on your PC and start working with it.

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Dell Released Low Budget All In One Desktops In US And China

The Computex expo is ready for a big start in Taiwan and these days Dell has presented a new wave of All-in-One desktops which are made for the limited budget minded customer. These Windows-driven machines are equipped with 20-inch and 24-inch screens and hold the Inspiron 3000 brand. Because the concentrate is on the cost aware customer, do not expect high specifications within these AiO desktops. According to Dell,  these desktops have the “thinnest AIO displays out there”.

Dell Inspiron 3000 20-inch features a 19.5-inch HD+ screen with 1,600×900-pixel resolution. These machines are installed with new Intel Braswell processor, the chip maker’s new 14nm chips that consider more than in the Bay Path processors for fairly inexpensive machines.

Inspiron 3000 24-inch features a 23.8-inch High definition 1,920×1,080-pixel resolution screen and Braswell processors. Clients can also choose AMD processors is they like to. Inspiron 24 model allows RAM options of 4GB or 8GB, a DVD drive tray, 1TB of internal storage and even more.

Each Dell Inspiron desktop model have numerous USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports, Ethernet port, 4-in-1 card reader and Wi-Fi. They are accessible in black and white colors with built-in speakers, touchscreen monitor for a little bit extra money.

Dell Inspiron model 24-inch 3000 is going on sale today in the US and China, with starting price tag of $479.99. Where as the other model Inspiron 20-inch 3000 is set at a price tag of $329.99 but it'll be launched in China coming September, clients in the US must wait around until Oct.

Toshiba Radius 11 Convertible Notebook Available In An Affordable Budget

Convertible Notebooks like Lenovo’s Yoga line are quite popular and desired. These notebook-turn-tablet systems provide both entertainment and Productivity in one package, but they are also quite expensive. If you want the same Convertible Notebook and also at an affordable price, then Toshiba’s latest convertible, the Satellite Radius 11 would be perfect for you. It comes with same notebook/tablet feature just like in Lenovo’s Yoga series, but at a lower price. It comes with a Pentium-class or Intel Celeron processor of your choice with 11.6 inch touch screen display with a resolution of 1,333 x 768. It can support up to 4GB of RAM and you choose to get a 32GB flash storage or 500GB hard drive.

The Radius 11 comes with a Single USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 port, an SD card slot, HD webcam and an HDMI port. It operates on a copy of Windows 8.1 which is installed before shipping and it weighs about 2.9 pounds. You might think it’s not that much of an impressive machine or hardware is just standard. But with a starting price of $329.99 I don’t think you can complain about what it offers. It is perfect for anyone who love the convertible functionality of Lenovo’s yoga line and want something at a cheaper price.

Radius 11 will be available on October 26 and you can buy from major retailers or online from Toshiba’s website. 

Powerful 13-Inch Top Gaming Laptops By Gigabyte

Gaming laptops has provided a great portability and convenience for travelling pros who love to experience games on the go. Usually for gaming , the console choice goes to Xbox or PlayStation, but these gaming consoles are home based, what about gaming on the go?, The simple answer is gaming laptops. PC gaming offers true quality of gaming executed from powerful hardware specs installed in the machine, that's why the interest in Gaming laptops is increasing at a fast paced. Keeping the flow on , today we have one great gaming laptop series by Gigabyte which is so far " the worlds lightest and powerful gaming laptops". If we see the list of top gaming laptops, Razer Blade 2014 was entitle as the thinnest laptop with 14 inch screen, the upcoming Auros X3 and X3 plus gaming laptops are more lighter and thinner which packs powerful hardware specs with 13 inch-screen. There will be two variants of Auros gaming laptop which will only differentiate in their screen sizes. X3 is 13.3 inches while X3 Plus is 13.9 inches.

Powerful Specs of Auros X3 and X3 Plus - Top Gaming Laptops

Lets start with their weight, the awesome Auros X3 gaming laptops weighs 4.12 pounds (1.87 kg ) which is lighter than Razer blade weighing around 4.47 pounds (2.03 kg). Both the variants have same weight with same hardware specs except for screen sizes which is as follows,

- ( X3 )13.3” QHD 2560×1440 Wide Viewing Angle LCD.

- ( X3 Plus ) 13.9” QHD 2560×1440 Wide Viewing Angle LCD.

- ( X3 Plus ) 13.9” QHD+ 3200×1800 Wide Viewing Angle LCD.

Both the variants are installed with 4th generation intel Core i7 4710HQ ( 2.5 - 3.5 Ghz ) speed 2 slots for 8GB DDR3L- 1600 Ram which can be exceed to maximum 16 GB with another 8GB of Ram, making it the top gaming laptops of 2014.

Talking about graphics, both X3 and X3 plus are installed with powerful INTEL HD Graphics 4600 , NVIDIA GeForce  GTX 870M GDDR5 6GB and also supports NVDIA Optimus. You can install a pair of 256 GB or 512 GB of SSDs configured in RAID 0, exceeding the storage space upto 1 TB which is huge.

Auros X3 and X3 plus are the top gaming laptops so far, which will take the gaming experience to a next level giving a perfect option for gamers who loves to play games on the go. X3 and X3 plus gaming laptops are set to launch in Q3 2014 starting from $2,099 - $2,599 depending on the variants.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Specifications And Price Rumored

Microsoft is helding a Surface event on Tuesday where the company is expected to release the latest version of Surface mini tablets and may unveil the latest Surface Pro 3 tablet which is installed with strong hardware components and slim design. There are several rumors about the upcoming Surface Pro 3 tablet and today we have some new rumors about the upcoming tablet. Pricing details and hardware specifications of the upcoming Surface Pro 3 is rumored which might turn out to be true. The rumor claims that Microsoft will unveil five versions of  Surface Pro 3 tablets each installed with latest Intel Haswell processors.

Some other rumored specifications and pricing details of upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet are as follows,

• The base model of Surface Pro 3 tablet will be equipped with Core i3 processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage on board at price tag of $799.
• Core i5 model with similar storage would sell for $999.
• Core i7 model could be the most expensive tablet with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage on board priced at $1949.
• Core i5 and i7 model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage would be priced at $1299 and $1549 respectively.

Microsoft might also shift the new windows button on vertical side instead of horizontal. New covers will also be revealed by the company for the new 12-inch slim bazel Surface Pro 3 tablet. This is all what we have for today about the new upcoming Surface Pro 3 tablet, lets wait for Tuesday and Microsoft will reveal all the secrets.  

Microsoft Surface Event Will Be Streamed Live On 20th May

Microsoft is coming up with a new Surface Event on 20th May, many interested Microsoft surface fans wants to join the event but unfortunately not everybody gets a golden ticket to attend the event, however no need to worry, Microsoft has planed to stream the event live on 20 May at 8am pacific time ( 11am eastern ), so interested candidates can join the live surface event for free. Microsoft Surface event will comprise of new surprises which includes the Surface Mini tablet which is already in rumors. The new Intel Haswell processors are also in talks indirectly referring to as Surface pro 3 , but Microsoft might not reveal all the secrets in one event. According to the rumors, Microsoft Surface pro 3 will feature a 12-inch display, shifting surface pro 3 into a new class of tablets. We will share further details on how you can stream the Microsoft event live. Keep refreshing.

Apple MacBook Air 2014 Lineup Saves You $100 With Fast Speed

Apple today has refreshed its current lineup of MacBook Air 2014 and offering users $100 cheap MacBook Airs with faster speed. As we mentioned in our earlier post, that Apple announced a new lineup of MacBook Air computer with latest fast speed Haswell processors with more storage options. Today was finally the day and besides the upgraded fast speed , Apple has surprisingly dropped $100 on MacBook Airs. The Macbook Air 11-inch now starts from $899 and 13-inch starting from $999. Thats a good deal. Pricing and processor are the big changes in the current Macbook Air 2014 lineup. Storage options are still the same with no increased memory space. The base configuration still remains as 128GB of storage and 4GB of RAM. Apple should increase the default RAM space to 8GB, but $100 decrease in the price does not allow us to ask this question. More memory space needs more from buyers. Well its a decent memory specification and the addition of fast Haswell processors will be a good treat for MacBook Air users. As far as more storage options, if you are smart enough you can use external drives with cloud storage. Nowadays , cloud storage have provided us a great way to save our files and documents in a cloud. So i think the current lineup is best for everyone. Check out at official Apple website.

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How to solve Blank Desktop Problem | Explorer.exe Not Run while Computer Startup

Those peoples who are using computer probably all can effect by viruses in a frequent way and i must say many peoples have found the problem that whenever they trying to ON their Computer Systems so only a wallpaper will display and they does not see Start menu and any other desktop items. Recently from a source on internet i have read someone complained that the person cannot see his desktop properly only a wallpaper displaying on screen but other items are not displaying and whenever he try to access the task manager through keyboard so in that window he cannot find explorer.exe . So i just want to say that this thing can happen with you when your computer system get infected from a Virus or any spyware or malware which will make your system registries corrupted and explorer.exe will not be able to run in result . Anyways this is not a big problem and we can solve it by some small registry tweaks.



Lets Follow the below steps :-

* Press the keyboard keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc in order to launch the task manager window.
* Now just click on New Task option.
* Now you just need to type regedit and then Click OK
* Browse in your system the following paths of registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MicrosoftWindowNT CurrentVersion Image File Execution.options .

* Now under this path of registry you will just see some subkeys titled as explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe.
These keys are pointing to files which are created by virus and that have been removed ( virus or spyware) explorer32dbs.exe and iexplorer_dbg.exe

* Now you just delete these explorer and iexplorer keys , close your registry window, and then reboot your computer.

That's all you have done it .