Gadgets Club

From what I’ve seen many people don’t know the difference between shared hosting and dedicated accounts.

This post will be a short web hosting guide written especially for beginners.

Shared hosting

Shared hosting means you get the right to use the same server with other people. You don’t have your own server but you get hosting for your domains.

Shared hosting advantages:

• Super easy to set up. The shared accounts are very easy to use: they came with control panels from where you can configure everything. And if you don’t know something you will find free training plus you have 24h support.
• Minimal investment. Shared means cheap web hosting. There are plenty of good services that will charge you less than $10/month. And you can host multiple domains. I use a $7.99 per month plan to keep over 50 niche sites.
• Maximum learning opportunity. If you are a total beginner a shared account is great because you will learn a lot about hosting and domain management.

Dedicated server

Dedicated web servers are the cream of the crop in the web hosting industry, as there are no other solutions that provide the same amount of server power.

The dedicated servers are for powerful sites only. If you have a niche site with 50.000 unique visitors per month a shared account is enough.

However if you have a content rich site or if you get thousands and thousand of visitors each day then the dedicated server is the best solution.

Dedicated server advantages:

• Control. You have total control over the hole server, If you have the knowledge you can configure the server the way you want.
• It is easy to use. Most hosting providers will manage your server for you.
• Power. You use maximum computing power. You don’t share the server resources with no one. All the power will be used for your site or sites.

What to choose

Firs you may want to read the best web hosting awards and to find some forums with web hosting users.

Choosing between shared hosting and dedicated server is not difficult. If you have a simple site with a decent amount of traffic go for a shared account (choose a company which offers dedicated servers as well so if you will need a server all you will have to do is to upgrade and move to the new account).

Chose a dedicated server if your site or sites need lots of resources. 

The ila DUSK Personal Alarm was easy to test.

ila DUSK Personal Alarm is a gadget for women. Women usually gets attacked walking home alone at night.

ila DUSK Personal Alarm is a personal alarm that emits a piercing, high decibel female scream designed to shock and disorientate an attacker.

Tests

Testing the personal alarm was really easy: I have unplugged the little chain attached to the alarm and a noisy, loud, scary sound started. To stop the alarm you have to reconnect the chain.

ila DUSK Personal Alarm Review

This gadget is simple and effective. It has a beautiful design – now one will guess that it is an alarm.

It works very simple: just unplug the chain and the alarm will go on. The alarm is very powerful so you will definitely attract attention which is exactly what you want when you are attacked.

I’ve been contacted by System Mechanic 9.5 team and they offered us a discount coupon.  If you use the Coupon Code: GADGETSCLUB until 09/30/10 you will get a good discount on all Iolo products.

This made me happy because I can Offer you a discount for buying System Mechanic and this software is what I use to keep my registry clean and my computer run faster.

I have discovered System Mechanic shareware years ago – I think it was the version 5.X and have used it to clean my registry.

Than have used the defrag option and it was 5 times faster then the default one. This fact convinced my to buy the software.

What System Mechanic does to speed up your PC

• Cleans, defrags, & repairs registry
• Accelerates PC startup 19 ways
• Defrags & recovers orphaned RAM
• Boosts internet speed
• Complete low-level drive defrag
• Turns off unused background programs

Get System Mechanic 9.5 with a  discount

Use the coupon code GADGETSCLUB to get System Mechanic 9.5 with a discount.

The code is valid until 09/30/10.

Soon you will be able to play a new game on your iPhone. Following the success of the Barclaycard Waterslide Extreme game, which became the most successful branded free app, achieved 12 million downloads (to date) the Barclaycard team announced the release of Rollercoaster Extreme.

In Barclaycard iPhone Rollercoaster Extreme you will be able to

• ride the rails in the suburbs of New York
• beat the clock
• try to make it round a series of exhilarating, rollercoaster tracks
• have fun .

These days I’ve played with the worlds smallest USB drive called Supertalent Pico C.

The Supertalent Pico C is really small; only 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm.

Supertalent Pico C – 4GB Features and Specifications:

• Capacity: 4GB
• Size: 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm
• Performance: Up to 30MB/sec
• Temperature: Storage = -20°C to 85°C / Operating = 0°C to 60°C
• Durable: Shock resistant and water resistant
• Encryption: Optional AES-256 Hardware Encryption
• Interface: USB 2.0 (Backwards compatible with USB1.1 ports)
• Compatibility: Windows 98 and above, Mac OS X v10.x and above, Linux

Supertalent Pico C 4GB Review

This USB drive is tiny. It works like any regular USB drive but is very small and light plus it is shock  and water resistant.

My tests

I have dropped it from 1,5m right on the concrete floor and Supertalent Pico C is working without any problem.

I have used some water on the USB drive and let it dry and worked just fine.

The only downside of this gadget is that it heats up fast.

Conclusion. If you want a small, shock and water resident  USB drive go for the Supertalent Pico C.