United States
eweek.com: Microsoft’s investment TurboHercules undermine the status of IBM in the mainframe
Positive large computer software company Microsoft TurboHercules SAS investment. TurboHercules’s software allows enterprises to non-mainframe systems to run on mainframe applications. Microsoft weaken investment TurboHercules IBM mainframe dominance in the latest move.
TurboHercules is the enemy of IBM, System z licenses in question have a legal dispute with IBM is one of several companies. According to reports, Microsoft has invested to TurboHercules. Investment amount was not disclosed.
Neon Systems and other vendors T3 technology is to help mainframe users reduce costs. These vendors and IBM System z business had legal disputes.
IBM spokesman said, Neon, and TurboHercules IBM and other companies in addition to use in the past many years, billions of dollars into the development of mainframe technology has done nothing other than making money. IBM will protect these investments.
When TurboHercules complaint to the European Union, when IBM, IBM also noted that Microsoft and other companies to support TurboHercules In order to further their own ends.
Microsoft has issued a statement saying, T3, etc. to TurboHercules and mainframe companies to invest in the hope that more open areas, so that more compatible mainframe and other servers.
electronista.com: RIM BlackBerry acquisition Astonishing Tribe to improve the user interface
RIM announced Thursday that it has acquired a user interface developer RIM Astonishing Tribe to improve the mobile interface. RIM will use the Swedish design company’s technology to help it improve the BlackBerry and PlayBook Tablet PC user interface. RIM CTO David Yach did not say how long the user to see these designs Astonishing Tribe of work.
Astonishing Tribe team since October 2008 has been its custom T-Mobile G1 Android phone interface is known, and since then has been focused on doing custom Android level, such as for application of the cascading style interface framework and for the main Home screen procedures. The company has focused mainly produced gesture-driven interface and rely on to take advantage of more advanced hardware interface, such as 3D graphics and physics. RIM did not announce, however, the company is likely to give up the Android development, specifically for the BlackBerry service.
Acquisition transactions that Astonishing Tribe, RIM is urgent need to reverse its old reputation of the interface. Interface old losing market share to RIM and attractive, prompting some BlackBerry users to turn old cell phones and Android iPhone. RIM has redesigned its interface for BlackBerry 6. However, RIM also the PlayBook QNX-based Tablet PC based interface to the RIM to introduce product line of smart phones, and the transformation process in Qijiutuxin may be seeking to develop this experience.
“Wall Street Journal”: Microsoft’s goals in China to develop into the search market leader
Microsoft is developing plans to expand in China, including Chinese companies to make new investments.
Simon Leung, CEO of Microsoft Greater China (simon leung) said that in 2006, Microsoft will invest 40 million U.S. dollars since the basis of further investment in China 100 million U.S. dollars and will be further investment. He said Microsoft’s investment objectives, including software, cloud computing and gaming areas of the company. He would not specify the time of investment. Simon Leung said, Microsoft is seeking to make China’s ratification of its Xbox video game console sold in China.
Simon Leung do not want to search for any potential partner’s name, is not willing that this partner is not a search company or provide further details. He said that our goal is to measure the number of the processing of the China search market leader.
If Microsoft search deal signed with a company, NetEase, or may be candidates for the company Tencent. The two companies are running a very popular Chinese search engine. NetEase and Tencent not immediately available for comment.
United Kingdom
Reuters: Google launches satellite platform to help protect the global forest
Google on Thursday released a technology. Google says the technology will protect the tropical forests in the global project to help build the new between rich and poor.
Measured in the Amazon, Indonesia and the Congo Basin, and similar projects where the success of forest conservation has been very difficult, because the tree disease, corruption and illegal logging threatens the scientists on land can not be monitored in the vast remote areas.
For the future of this project will end in December 10 two-week climate conference in Cancun is very important to the global negotiations, because the destruction of the forest of humanity 17% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Google launched a platform called Google Earth engine, the use of U.S. and French satellite images taken of the large number of forest and cloud computing data center in a shared process the data. This platform allows scientists in your computer in minutes or a few seconds to monitor the status of the forest, and not as several hours or several days.
Google eventually hopes to access the tool’s ability to sell high carbon traders, policy makers and forest researchers.
Google hopes that its tools will help speed up the reduction in deforestation and soil erosion mechanism of cooperation to further the global reach an agreement on climate.
France
Agence France-Presse: King of Social Games acquired mobile game developer Zynga Newtoy
Zynga social network game on Thursday the acquisition of the king of the rising star of the social game Newtoy, follow their fans into smart phones and other mobile devices.
The two companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Texas start-ups will be merged into Zynga Newtoy stable studio. Newtoy has a popular “with friends to play game” the right to operate.
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, founder and said, “with friends to play game” is now available on mobile devices the best social gaming experience. We are very excited to welcome the team to join Zynga Newtoy family.
Newtoy game also includes “Words With Friends” (playing Scrabble with friends) and “Chess With Friends” (with friends playing chess.) People can use mobile devices and SMS play these games.
Newtoy co-founder Paul Bettner will manage the business. This business will be renamed “Zynga With Friends” (Zynga games to play with friends). Zynga Bettner is responsible for the direct leadership of senior vice president of mobile services David Ko.
This acquisition is the online social game from Zynga desktop extended to the smart phone market strategy. Ko said that 215 million users each month to play “FarmVille” and “Mafia Wars” and other Zynga games. We want these users everywhere can play these games.
The acquisition of San Francisco-based Zynga Newtoy is about 7 months time for the seventh acquisition.
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