Endsleigh recently revealed that students take on average £2,652 worth of goods to university and they have published data on the different types of claims made by students. One of the most common causes of laptop claims is drinks being split on them.

Infographic detailing the common insurance claims and their causes http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/Student/Pages/student-insurance-claims.aspx

Standard home contents cover is inadequate insurance for modern students, says Endsleigh Insurance. Prone to accidents in shared houses and with student areas often targeted by thieves, many students have the need to claim on their insurance at some time during their studies.

Endsleigh Insurance has been specialising in student insurance for the last 40 years and in that time there have been massive changes in the type of goods students need to be insured for. Forty years ago, students had little other than their books and clothes, now modern student houses are packed with valuable gadgets and technology – from laptops, to iPods, televisions and microwaves, it’s no wonder that student homes are so well targeted by thieves.

Too many students are unaware of all the benefits of taking out specialist Student Insurance, leaving them at huge risk.

The Endsleigh student insurance guarantees –
• With Endsleigh student insurance, you only pay for the cover you need.
• You’re covered for walk in theft.
• The student laptop insurance could see you sent a replacement laptop within 24 hours if lost or stolen. *
• £3000 worth of contents cover
• Replacement loan item whilst yours is repaired

Endsleigh also offers tailored insurance for students living in halls.

Vicki O’Connell, spokesperson for Endsleigh explained: “We have seen radical changes in the student population over the last 40 years and the items they claim for have grown hugely in value.”
“Students don’t have the funds to go out and buy a replacement laptop is theirs is lost or stolen, but it causes chaos for them to be without one. We think offering a replacement laptop for students is the only practical solution – just like offering replacement cars for drivers.”

*Next day represents 1 working day from us accepting your claim.

** We will provide you with a loan notebook if we can’t repair your laptop within 5 working days.
Find out more about Student Insurance from Endsleigh http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/Student/Pages/student-insurance.aspx

About Endsleigh Insureance
Founded in 1965, Endsleigh is now one of the UK’s leading independent intermediaries. Endsleigh specialises in providing student insurance solutions as well as packages career people and therefore it is a lifelong relationship that we seek with our clients: the product range that starts with students and continues through to retirement and beyond.
You can therefore obtain the most appropriate insurance policy to suit your changing lifestyle – whatever you drive, or home insurance policy for whichever type of property you live in and wherever you travel.
Our aim is to exceed our clients’ expectations for price, cover and service.

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The Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the 10.6 operating version whist Mac OS X Lion operating system comes in at 10.7. The changes in quality are however not apparent and that is mainly because they haven’t changed the aesthetics at all, they have however changed the core of the system.

Snow Leopard is able to take advantage of the processing power that is now available since Apple moved to PC architecture. This means that multi core processing and high amounts of RAM have been largely untapped with the Mac OS X Snow Leopard version. Apple made this move in order to uncap this power.

This certainly means that the Mac OS X Snow Leopard version is a lot faster, however this speed doesn’t tend to translate in programs used by Mac such as Photoshop for example.

The Mac OS X Lion operating system offers software that is a step up from the Mac OS Snow Leopard operating system and such software allow the user to experience an even faster program. It offers a more touch screen experience that is similar to that achieved on the iPhone, users are therefore able to scroll through menus quickly and accurately.

This is a much quicker way of accessing files, searching through music, sharing pictures, looking through images and moving contents around, so that they appear at a place that is suitable to the user.

The Mac OS Lion operating system is certainly one of the more contemporary software options available on the market today and is an investment to any Mac fan!

Depending on the kind of computer you own, you will need to consider different kinds of insurance. For a static desktop computer, the computer should be covered in your house contents insurance policy. If you are a student just moving away from home, remember that you will need to take out your own policy if you want your computer to remain protected. Contents insurance will cover a computer or laptop whilst it is in your accommodation, but not if you are carrying it around with you, taking it to lectures, libraries and so on. If you do this often, you may wish to consider specialist gadget insurance, which covers products like laptops whilst you are on the go.

No matter what your situation, you should always be sure to take out the right kind of cover for essential items like your computer. You can compare student contents insurance online to find the right policy for you, and investigate other options such as the gadget insurance mentioned above. Many insurance companies offer specialist divisions or departments dedicated to student cover and protection, such as Student Cover by Endsleigh which offers different kinds of insurance policies specifically targeted towards students, who need different kinds of protection. Be sure to find the best deal you can, but don’t make the mistake of not bothering with this kind of insurance – replacing a laptop or computer can be very expensive.

Machines making this possible cost around 15,000$, which is quite cheap when compared to the more standard way of achieving 3D prototypes, stereolithography, which cost more than 100,000$, although some special applications still require it, such as making master patterns for various forms of production by molding. For personal use a solution is still being developed, and is supposed to cost 5000$ once finished, which would be the cheapest price for a 3D printer ever. However, you shouldn’t neglect the cost of the materials from which the machines create the objects, as well as the cost of maintaining such systems, since high powered lasers’ and durable precise mechanics’ cost is still too high and their durability too low to be called “home printers”.

But small businesses can now afford such technological marvels should they aid it in doing work faster and cheaper. Just imagine, it is now possible to use a 3d scanner to scan an object into the computer, perhaps make some customizations and print out a fully functional replica with new features, adding which to the product would have taken weeks of work by many people before. Amazing. Toy producers won’t know what hit them when this technology gets just a little bit cheaper, and children start creating their own personal toys at their home computer and printing them at their local 3D printing shop, just as we do our photographs today. Everyone can now have their idea printed into a real object.

What technological innovation is involves using previously defined knowledge to propel a field forward. An example, in the January 2007 issue of IEEE Spectrum News, in an article called “At the Ace Awards, Engineers Party Hearty” (www.spectrum.ieee.org/apr07/comments/1772) cites Innovative Silicon’s new superdense memories — which basically promise to boost the performance of all kinds of microprocessors, and lower their cost. Innovative Silicon is a company based in Lausanne, Switzerland who received the Emerging Technology ACE award in 2007 for this innovation, which was named the Z-RAM, for zero-capacitor dynamic random access memory. Why did it win? Because with it you are able to put 5 times the megabytes of RAM “into the space occupied by a single megabyte of conventional embedded memory”. Ultra-dense memory technology is an emerging reality. That is a true innovation, one which in the two years since the award was granted has begun to generate whole industries accomodating the innovation. More on Innovative Silicon’s accomplishments can be found at their website at www.innovativesilicon.com — in fact, in 2008, the company placed in the finals for the 2007 EDN Innovation Award in the Digital ICs, Memory, and Programmable Logic category. Companies like this are the source of innovation and drive technologies forward.

What isn’t a technological innovation are the gizmos and pipe dreams you read about — usually ideas that offer immediate types of gratification to gadget freaks, with no firm basis in existing science. These days, it’s insufficient to not stay abreast of what is working and what isn’t, because money is tight. Knowing what technological innovation is and what it isn’t can go a long way towards helping make good decisions on how to spend your money, whether it be on product, service, or investment.

It may be too farfetched to expect webcams to record 1080i videos, but one of the webcams introduced by Logitech does support 1080p video recording standard. You will be able to record crystal clear videos directly to your computer or stream high quality video during video chats.

HD Pro C910, the top model introduced by Logitech, is the one that supports 1080p video recording. You can also enjoy 720p video conference thanks to this webcam’s superb capabilities. Aside from that, you can take 10-megapixel still pictures; we’re not talking about noise-full still pictures offered by old webcams here, but full-featured crisp images with vivid colors. Let’s not forget that HD Pro C910 is also equipped with two microphones and superb noise cancelation feature.

The C510 is no less interesting. It does 720p video calls, 8MP photos, and has a 360 rotation feature as part of the package. If you are looking for high definition webcams that suit your budget perfectly, then C310 and the C270 – both do 720p video conferencing and recording – are perfect for you.

You can often find many deals on the digital cameras online; some even appear at up to half their original price. There are also various payment options featured such as ‘buy now and pay nothing until next year’.

There are digital cameras to suit all abilities, including those that are extremely advanced and those that are a little less experienced.

Accessories and lens pieces range in price from £20 up to £900, it is therefore wise to spend a little time researching which is the best model for you as otherwise you may end up spending a lot more money than you need to.

One of the popular sellers when it comes to digital SLR camera lens is the Advance Powerful Telophoto Lens from Sony, the equipments full frame equivalent ranges from 112-450mm. The price of such an experienced piece of equipment is £229.

After you have chosen a camera you may want to invest in a new memory card, especially if you are going away or about to partake in a big shoot. The pixel ratio of the camera will determine how many images that particular model will hold. Digital cameras that operate on higher pixel ratios tend to store fewer images, however the images stored will be of a better quality. For example when using a 6-mega-pixel camera in conjunction with a 1GB memory card, you will be able to take approximately 680 pictures. With the same sized memory card and a 12-mega pixel digital camera, this figure will drop down to 260 pictures.

All of the digital very cameras can be directly linked to your computer, this enables the user to edit, email, alter and store all of the images taken.

The phone itself is not particularly large with dimensions measuring 93.5x52x15.5mm making it a fairly neat and a reasonably compact device. Weighing 81g it is also not a particularly heavy phone compared with other available devices.

Surprisingly Sony Ericsson have opted to include a stylus option alongside touch screen. The stylus format seemed to many to be somewhat of a gimmick at its initial release but since has become an aspect enjoyed by many who prefer it to both touch screen ad physical buttons.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph the Yendo is highly tuned towards music playability. There are several features that enhance the music listening experience on the device. USB connectivity is a must and Walkman Media have produced their own archiving and organization software to work on a pc or laptop in conjunction with the phones 16GB potential memory. The interface for controlling track listing and playlist selection etc are highly intuitive making the device somewhat more of an MP3 player with a built in phone rather than a phone with a built in MP3 player.

Whilst media format capabilities are a defining characteristic of Walkman phones the Yendo also harbours a few more surprises bringing it back under the fold of the mobile phone market. There is access to basic apps through the phone as well as social networking feeds and the handset takes advantage of the latest developments in connectivity technology.

The Yendo is somewhat basic when it comes to its functionality but these basic features are of high quality and easily navigated making it the subject of much discussion and many mobile phone deals that are available on the web. The whole package is supported by an intuitive music player that makes it the perfect phone for those who love music on the move. check out more phones and mobile phone deals available on the web.

Apple iPhone 4

The follow up to the extremely popular 3GS, the fourth iPhone has been a massive success for Apple., and for good reason. The technology in the phone is state of the art with a hardy, yet totally recyclable screen shielding a display that is so clear that the human eye cannot pick out an individual pixel. Add this to a great operating system from Apple and a host of impressive developers creating apps and you have a mobile phone sensation.

Nokia N8

Nokia had seemingly not been able to keep up with their smart phone rivals in recent years but the N8 signals a return to form from the sleeping giants. Boasts probably the best camera on any smart phone and improved software on with the latest version of Symbian OS. Maybe not as impressive as some of it’s rivals but if your a fan of Nokia this should be great for you.

Galaxy S

One of the success stories of last year, the Galaxy S has an impressive version of the Android operating system and some great pre installed apps, plus all you can grab from the android market. The phone comes either with an 8gb or 16gb memory so if you are into filling your phone with media you can pick the larger option and both are shockingly easy to use without being too simle. All in all a really impressive phone!

The Nokia N8 is definitely one of the most popular phones on the market today. It has superb features and full-touch interface that is highly popular among users. The only problem is that Nokia N8 might be a little too expensive for average users. This is where Nokia C7 plays its part.

From the specification we received, it is obvious that Nokia C7 is designed to fill the gap between current Nokia mobile phones with the high-end Nokia N8. Nokia C7 uses the same full-touch interface and it is powered by a solid Symbian S60 5th Edition; there are rumors that Nokia C7 will pack the latest Symbian^3, and it is more than just possible to be true.

Among the top features offered by Nokia C7 is the on-board 8-megapixel camera with superb autofocus and LED flash. A 3.5mm audio jack is seen on top of the handset, which means this mobile phone will also have good multimedia playback support.

It is just a matter of time before Nokia C7 is officially introduced to the market, and it will be interesting to see how this handset performs in filling the gap between the rest of Nokia phone families and Nokia N8.