Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Allergy Medications

Allergy
Report

** Oral nonsedating antihistamines: OTC year 
Desloratadine Clarinex Rx 3rd
Levocetirizine (Xyzal) 3rd 2017
Fexofenadine (Allegra) 3rd 2011
Loratadine (Claritin) 2nd 2002

** Oral less-sedating antihistamines:
Cetirizine (Zyrtec) 2nd 2007
Acrivastine Semprex Rx 2nd

** Eye Drops:
Ketotifen (Zaditor) 2006

** Nasal Sprays: running nose/congestion: Glucocorticoid
Triamcinolone Acetonide (Nasacort) 2013 
Mometasone Furoate (Nasonex) 2022 

** Sleeping aids: sleep insomnia antihistamine 
Diphenhydramine Benadryl 4-8 hours 
Doxylamine Unisom 10-12 hr 
melatonin 
valerian root, kava, chamomile, lavender 

** Topical/skin 
Topical HydrocortisoneDiphenhydramine Benadryl 

Intranasal antihistamine:
Azelastine hydrochloride Astelin Rx 2nd

Intranasal mast cell stabilizer:
Cromolyn sodium Nasal Crom OTC

Intranasal anticholinergic:
Ipratropium bromide Atrovert Rx

First generation antihistamines
Brompheniramine Elixir OTC
Carbinoxamine Palgic OTC
Chlorpheniramine Chlor-Trimeton OTC
Clemastine Tavist OTC
Cyproheptadine Periactin Rx
Diphenhydramine Benadryl OTC
Hydroxyzine Atarax Rx
Triprolidine Actifed OTC

Montelukast Singulair Rx leukotriene receptor antagonist also for asthma

Mast Cell Stabilizer NasalCrom nasal spray Zaditor

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Goodbye YouTube, hello Blip.TV

YouTube, GoogleVideo, Revver, Video.ca, Yahoo Video, and MSN Soapbox, Blip.tv
Revver wins the battle of the video sharing sites
Screencasting: online video sharing sites compared (1)
Flash video encoding shootout - Brightcove Consumer wins

Friday, March 23, 2007

Windows Embedded CE Supported Processors

Supported Processors

ARM - Altera, ARM, Atmel, Centrality, Cirrus Logic, Emblaze, Freescale, Hynix, Intel (Marvell), LSI Logic, Micrel, Mindspeed, NeoMagic, Samsung, Sharp, STMicroelectonics, Texas Instruments

MIPS - AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, MIPS Technologies, PMC-Sierra, QuickLogic

SH - Renesas, STMicroelectronics

x86 - AMD, Intel, SiS, STMicroelectronics, Transmeta, VIA

Friday, March 16, 2007

Phone Finder Results (Phone Scoop)

Basic phones:
* have GSM 850
* have Bluetooth
* have PC Sync
* have Speaker Phone
U.S. Carrier Availability
light weight
name brands
basic phones

Sony Ericsson Z525a
Nokia 6102i
Samsung SGH-T619
Motorola KRZR K1
comparison

More features
more features:
# have Camera (1+ megapixel or 2+ megapixel or 3+ megapixel or 5+ megapixel)
# have Memory Card Slot

Sony Ericsson W710i W710
Nokia 6126 / 6131
Motorola KRZR K1
Sony Ericsson W810
comparison

Auto-focus gsm world phones Nokia N73, Nokia N95, Samsung Ultra Edition 10.9 / U600, Samsung SGH-D900 / Black Carbon, Sony Ericsson W810, Sony Ericsson K550 / W610, Sony Ericsson K790a / K800
comparison

Existing phones
Nokia X6 2009
Nokia 2660 GSM 850/1900 2007
Nokia 6126 GSM 850/900/1800/1900 2006
Nokia 3200 GSM 850/1800/1900 2003
Panasonic Allure EB-TX310 AMPS TDMA 800/1900 2001
Nokia 8260 AMPS TDMA 800/1900 2000
Motorola StarTAC AMPS TDMA 800

GSM 850, Bluetooth, External Display, no Text Keyboard, FM Radio, Voice Dialing (Speaker-dependent (tags), Speaker-independent (automatic))

Nokia 2MP Camera Clamshell GSM Bluetooth

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Best Mouses

Desktop Wireless
*Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000 BlueTrack, 4-way scroll, 2 side buttons, 2 AA, 8 month, 30 ft, 8000 frame/s, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/350K/100K actuations, 100k/300k revolutions
Microsoft Wireless Mouse 2000 BlueTrack, 4-way scroll, no side buttons, 2AA, 8 month, 30 ft, 8000 frame/s, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/350K actuations, 100k/300k revolutions
Logitech Gaming G305 Lightspeed, 200-12,000 dpi, 2 side buttons, 1 AA, 250 hours, 9 month endurance mode, 40G, 400 ips

Notebook Wireless 2.4 Ghz
**Logitech M350 Pebble Wireless Mouse.html Bluetooth 4.0LE multi-device, 1AA, 18 month, Mac, silent
**+Logitech M535 Bluetooth 3.0, 1 AA, 10 month, Android, Mac, tilt semi-smooth scrolling, 1000 dpi
**Logitech M557 Bluetooth 3.0, 2 AA, 12 month, Android, Mac, tilt smooth scrolling, 1000 dpi
*Logitech M325 1AA, 18 month, Mac, tilt precision scrolling
*Logitech M525 2AA, 36 month, Mac, tilt micro-precise scrolling
Logitech Anywhere 2 Bluetooth, rechargeable 2 month, unusual middle button
Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX M905 Dark Field, Darkfield Laser Unifying receiver 4-way scroll, 2 left side buttons, unusually separated middle button, button click might fail in a year, 2 AA
**Logitech MX Anywhere 3 the only best mouse, magnetic middle scrolling wheel

Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse BlueTrack, Mac, BlueTooth, middle button not good, 2AA, 9 month, 8000 frame/s, 33 ft, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/350K 4 actuations/s
**+Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 BlueTrack, Machintosh, 4-way smooth scroll, 2 side buttons, Nano Transceiver, 1 AA, 10 month8000 frame/s, 15 ft, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/350K/1M actuations, 100k/300k rev, $13+5
**+Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 BlueTrack, Mac, 4-way smooth scroll, 1 side button, Nano Transceiver, 1 AA, 10 month, 8000 frame/s, 15 ft, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/350K/1M 4 actuations/s, 100k/300k rev, $10
* Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 BlueTrack, Mac, no-tilt segmented wheel (mid button easily pressed), no side button, Nano Transceiver, 1AA, 8 month, 8000 frame/s, 15 ft, 1000 ppi, 72 inch/s, 3M/250K 4 actuations/s, 85k/300k revolutions, $0+$5 refurbished

Microsoft Designer Bluetooth 4.0 Mouse BlueTrack, Android, Mac, no-tilt noisy scroll, center but no side button, 2 AAA, 6 month, 2400 frame/s, 32 ft, 1000 ppt, 10 inch/s, 3M 2.5 actuations/s, 100k/300k
Microsoft Bluetooth 4.0 Mobile Mouse 3600 BlueTrack, Android, Mac, 4-way bumpy scroll, no side button, 1 AA, 12 month, 4000 frame/s, 33 ft, 1000 ppi, 30 inch/s, 3M/350K 2.5 actuations/s, 300K/100K
Microsoft Bluetooth Mouse 4.0 Red Tracking 12 moutn
* Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Mouse BlueTrack, Mac, 4-way detent scroll, no side button, Nano Transceiver, 1 AA, 11 month, 2400 frame/s, 15 ft, 1000 ppi, 30 inch/s, 3M/350K 4 actuations/s, 100k/300k rev, $10
 - Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 with Nano Mac, no-tilt scroll, no side button, Nano Transceiver, 1AA, 10 month
-*-Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 HD Laser, 4-way scrolling, 2 side buttons, Blunetooth, 2 AAA
*-Microsoft Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 7000 HD Laser, 4-way scrolling, 2 side button, 1 AA 6 month
Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 HD Laser, traditional scrolling, back button, 2 AAA 3 months
Microsoft Notebook Mouse for Mac HD Laser, traditional scrolling, bluetooth, back button, 2 AAA 3 month
Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks 2 AAA 6 months
Logitech V450 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks 2 AA battery 1 year
Logitech V450 Laser Cordless Mouse for Notebooks 2 AA battery 1 year
Logitech V470 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks Bluetooth 2 AA battery
Kensington SlimBlade Trackball Mouse Bluetooth, 6 month
Kensington SlimBlade Presenter Media Mouse scroll ball, laser pointer, 6 month
Kensington SlimBlade Media Mouse scroll ball 6 month
Kensington SlimBlade Presenter Mouse tilt, 6 month
Kensington Si750m Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 1 AA battery 6 month

Desktop
*+Microsoft Comfort Mouse 4500 BlueTrack, tilt scrolling, 2 side buttons
*+Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 BlueTrack
*-Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 traditional scrolling, 2 side buttons
-*-Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 4-way smooth scrolling, quiet, High Definition optical, back button
Logitech G3 Laser Mouse traditional scrolling, 2 side buttons

Notebook Wired
Logitech V150 Laser Mouse for Notebooks tilt scrolling, no side button
*-Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 HD Optical, 4-way smooth scrolling, quiet, back button
*+Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse 4-way scrolling

Handtops, UMPC

Handtops, UMPC comparison of FlipStart, OQO, Sony U750P, DualCor cPC

Brighthand on handhelds and smartphones of all kinds, Dell X51v VGA

UMPC Asus R2H, Founder Mini-Note, Samsung Q1

Nokia N800

VGA Pocket PC Compared Acer n311, Dell Axim X51v, Windows Mobile 5.0

Nokia N800 800x480 Maemo is the application development platform for Nokia Internet Tablet products

Windows Mobile Devices Smartphones, Pocket PC Phones, Pocket PCs

IC physical verification

DeepChip Homepage
Cadence Dracula (flat), Vampire, Diva, Assura DRC (Design Rule Checker) LVS (Layout vs. Schematic)
ISS VeriCheck (hierarchical) Avant! Avanti Synopsys Hercules
Mentor Calibre

硅谷风云:Cadence与Avanti的EDA大战

Technology Briefing | Software: Avant Executives Sentenced Avant! Eric Cho, Mike Tsai, Stephen Wuu, YZ Liao, Eric Cheng, Gerald Hsu Leigh Huang, Mitsuru Igusa

Their Own Words: Cadence vs. Avant! (Cadence's Side)
Their Own Words: Cadence vs. Avant! (Avant!'s Side)

Thursday, March 08, 2007

cellphone pc connection software

Nokia Nokia Suite (newer phones) Nokia Suite supports 206 Dual Sim, but not 301, Nokia Suite Beta does not support Outlook 2013
Nokia PC Suite (older phones)

Sony Mobile Sony PC Companion not support Outlook 2013
Sony Ericsson PC Suite different version for different phone

Samsung PC Studio

Motorola Phone Tools $35