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Tablet PC has become a trend to replace Dell, HP, Acer, or into a loser

admin — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:24:54 +0000

According to Gartner recently updated forecast global PC sales figures show that the large increase in the demand for tablet PCs, originally expected PC sales in 2010 increased by 17.9% over last year’s figures may be reduced to 14.3%, which is 352 million units so.

Global PC sales decline caused mainly iPad should come, and therefore Gartner originally predicted 2011 growth of PC sales to 18.1% over 2010 figures will be reduced to 15.9%, about 409 million units PC.

Gartner said in a statement, the long term, Tablet PC may be replaced by 10% in 2014 before the PC. Although the PC not dead, but the smart phone, tablet PC products other mobile devices will become more common, and although these products can do a very good match with the PC, but inevitable, and will continue to erode sales of the current PC.

Said Gartner analyst George Shiffer, PC still need to exist. PC industry, but can not seem to introduce more innovative products, and they rely too heavily on using price reductions to stimulate sales strategy, it will affect their ability to introduce alternative products. Slow growth in the PC market at the same time, the industry faces is from the service and technological innovation will become the next face to change their focus of winning.

Will become the focus of attention for the Tablet PC market, we also come to practice makes a bold prediction from this competition.

Winner:

Apple: the iPad ahead, not on the market today can match the opponent.

Google: Android platform will strengthen the ability of tablet PCs, these devices will become mainstream.

Motorola, Samsung and HTC: These vendors are likely to replace the PC and get a larger market share.

Losers:

Dell: While some of the focus on the flatbed and other mobile devices, but the company does the lack of design of the gene.

HP: There are likely to quickly improve the performance of plate to fill the PC industry recession? Seems they are waiting inside for the plate and a clear plan for Palm.

Acer: really branched out into flat-panel business, but hard to ignore the combination of its PC business.

Bubble:

Microsoft: the lack of competition with iPad killer product, but also lose the master status of mobile device platforms.

RIM: fate depends entirely on how to get the next script.

Intel: The Tablet PC has a deal with the strategy? If not, Intel will be limited in the PC market, while competitors such as Qualcomm and Nvidia have begun to focus on the plate was.

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Lenovo and Apple’s overall competition, but not on price

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:12:38 +0000

PC industry’s growing enthusiasm for building software stores temperature, Lenovo Mobile Internet transition strategy announced in April, the second-largest PC vendor Acer Tablet PC has the same time in New York, announced a strategy for software shops alive.

Inventory of Lenovo Mobile Internet strategy six months, Liu has an interview in Wuhan admitted, Wintel monopoly has been broken alliance, the market has begun to diversify Lenovo’s mobile Internet strategy should not only care, but also bold, Lenovo will be in China market full competition with Apple, but not on price, but will mainly be more appropriate for users in China through the development of application software to grab market share.

Competition for localized Internet experience

At least the current global mobile phone industry nearly ten different mobile application store set up in the start of each handset manufacturers looking to repeat their Apple iPhone business model, the three operators currently get together and launched their own mobile Internet application store, The same sales revenue share with Panax. Recruits of the PC as a mobile Internet company to competition?

China built a large number of local Internet service may be the best choice. Lenovo is responsible for all the south told reporters in the Lok P hone in, Android phone Gmail and Youtube and other standards in the pre-applications are gone, replaced by a Baidu search, e-mail push system and Youku video, Sina news, blog and micro-Bo, even built a network and a grand literary fun.

In addition to piracy and also to resolve payment issues, the developer just getting a good application to issue, a few days of its piracy rampant on the Internet, and excellent music together Lenovo Phone software is the first one of the partners. Its founder, Li Wanpeng said Le Phone and online applications within the payment mechanism and payment security are two key aspects of version has been very solid.

Bacheng developers do not profit

According to a survey conducted by Morgan Stanley, the mobile Internet market, 76% of profits come from premium content and applications associated. Tens of billions of dollars in market potential, many software companies, development team or even individual developers flock to the hope that fame. But the boom appears behind the market for mobile application development, a gradually emerges is the fact that 80% of application developers from the application did not get any income support due to lack of necessary resources and clear profit model, a lot of good creative aborted.

APP was founded a year with dozens of tiger gaming applications, the Android phone ring established a good reputation. However, Chen does not mince words, founder of the fact that it does not make money. Turning to the reasons, Chen summarized in three points. First, Android is open source platform, the current standard is not uniform, with an application in a different user experience on Android phones are often different, had to do under the model fit, greatly increasing the cost of development; Second, Android application development, the profitability of the current model is not clear, are basically free download + advertising, paid downloads and other models are not mature.

With Lenovo and access to “angel investors”, the Chen predicted that the six months to one year to achieve short-term profit goals. Lenovo’s strategy is to reduce the adaptation of the difficulty developers will always maintain the unity of the terminal model, and is regulated through the application to build a store platform, so that the application of reliable rankings, pre opportunities, copyright protection and payment guarantees developer’s enthusiasm.

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Microsoft’s goal of developing to do the search market in China

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:21:07 +0000

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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Dell PC concealing malicious traced to significant deficiencies

admin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:24:58 +0000

According to foreign media reports, recently unsealed court in California has not been disclosed in a legal document. The documents show that the global personal computer manufacturer Dell has maliciously concealed its production of computer components that exist in a number of serious quality problems, laptop battery,and ultimately the company only to recall and fix some of the key customer’s computer system.

The unsealed documents of judicial proceedings, is a company called Advanced Internet Technologies of Internet technology companies submitted to the California court, the company said in the indictment, Dell offers the quality of the computer there is a serious fault, the claims 9 this year month to obtain judgments. The original verdict was sealed, but after the verdict, the New York Times reporter found that some companies order more than 20% failure rate, while Dell has been advised of this issue, but did not issue a recall notice.

The documents also showed that the cause of the accident is from the mass distribution of parts factories in Asia, the production of bulk capacitors. These capacitors have been widely sold to Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Dell. These capacitors contain a chemical compound with the defect may lead to the capacitor when the swell is running, or even rupture. From May 2003 to July 2005 shipment of computers, are using this component with a major quality defects.

Other documents also show that, Dell priority issue for some may be lost due to the replacement of the capacitor customers, this part of the clients that, if this failure not properly treated,Asus A7u battery, they will consider changing suppliers. The lowest priority level is set to replace customers who are willing to wait for Dell to provide solutions company.

According to a research firm in the June 2004 report released by Dell SX270 OptiPlex systems running its failure rate estimated at 12%, but in September, the system failure rate has climbed to a staggering 45%, in theory, these computers failure rate can run as high as 97% high.

The company’s spokesman David Frink said that the failure rate is the percentage of theoretical maximum, far more than the actual failure rate. In other words, Dell actively investigating failure, repair the defective capacitors with computer problems, and first of all potentially affected motherboards were guaranteed. This is an industry-wide quality issues, did not find any other manufacturer issued a recall notice.

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Verizon to push products that Microsoft KIN fourth quarter comeback series

admin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 07:38:02 +0000

Perhaps many people still remember the first half of Microsoft, directed and starred in a “tragedy”, which is mid-May, Microsoft’s first own-brand mobile phones on sale KIN series by U.S. network operator Verizon to provide services. Tragically, KIN series of mobile phones from the beginning by the criticism, many people complain about the high price of mobile phone features a small,Sony VGP-BPS9/S Battery ,early July, Microsoft hastily renounced KIN project, focusing on the Windows Phone 7.

KIN series includes two phones: KIN ONE and KIN TWO, and Verizon signed a two year agreement, KIN ONE is priced at $ 49.99, KIN TWO price of 99.99 dollars. It is reported that these two phones sold only 10,000, KIN failure has led directly to Ballmer half of fiscal 2010 bonus. Surprisingly, the media exposure of the Verizon today, will be launched in the fourth quarter, product documentation, including KIN ONE and KIN TWO impressively in the head.

It is said that the listing again and KIN TWO KIN ONE will be a face-lift, of course not referring to the appearance, but to its services, the specific situation is not yet known. Documentation from Verizon can be seen, KIN ONE and KIN TWO target group is young people, the main provider of Email, SMS, calendar, and Zune music experience.

In addition, KIN ONE with a 500 million pixel camera, 4GB flash memory; KIN TWO with a 800 million pixel camera, 8GB memory, support for high-definition video recording. These configurations do not change anything, but Verizon may reconsider after signing the contract price.

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KIN TWO

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Microsoft R & D invested 8.6 billion US dollars in 2009

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:04:05 +0000

News:

Silicon Alley Insider recently published a 2009 big technology companies in R & D data, statistics show that Microsoft is the largest global R & D money into technology companies, R & D funding last year, up to 8.6 billion, accounting for 14.6% of total revenue that year, more than IBM ranked second in the more invested nearly 30 billion dollars.

Silicon Alley Insider said ironically that while Apple‘s products to highlight innovation and lead the market trend, but its R & D costs are only one-eighth of Microsoft. In 2009, Apple’s R & D has invested 1.1 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 2.3% of total annual revenue.

In addition, IBM laptop battery, Asus laptop battery, Acer laptop battery, LG laptop battery, Cisco, Google, HP laptop battery, Fujitsu laptop battery, sony laptop battery, Dell laptop battery and other IT giants are also generous investment in research and development. One, IBM research and development last year, costing 5.8 billion U.S. dollars, Cisco 5.0 billion.

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Microsoft first publicly claimed Android’s infringement of its patented technology

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:00:05 +0000

Microsoft: IE6 is outdated and unsafe

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:07:27 +0000

Internet news:

May 15, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft has started to promote the Australian site and IE8 browser is recommended. IE6 users upgrade as soon as possible.

Site on the website said: “People do not drink milk, 9 years ago, so why should a browser with nine years ago, then? IE6 launched early in 2001, it was very safe. But with the development of the Internet, IE6 security features are outdated. ”

Microsoft also said NSS Labs survey, IE8 can resist the 85% of the social class of malicious software, Firefox 3 and Safari 4 can only withstand 29%, while Google Chrome can only withstand 17%.

Research Company Net Applications data showed that the current IE6 global market share was 17.6%.

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Microsoft announced the latest version of Windows 7 Program in Europe

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:39:00 +0000

Microsoft will no longer provide spin-off Windows 7 E version of updated from IE8 for Europe, but plans to provide a browser “select interface” for users in Europe in the system, Microsoft’s versions of Windows 7 in Europe was further described, involving the full version , upgrade version and the family package.

Early in the July, when Microsoft announced that the users in the United States and Canada can buy Windows 7 Home installation package (Family Pack) since Windows 7 released on October 22, authorized users can install the three units with a Windows PC Windows 7 Home Premium Edition, which is much cheaper to buy three Windows 7 and is Microsoft’s home promotion measure of Windows 7.

In addition to the United States and Canada, there are eight countries and territories which can purchase the home package: Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden.

On 31^st july, Microsoft announced it is no longer available to the European version of Windows 7 E, but market the same version as the other rigions, so users in Europe can also purchase the Windows 7 release to upgrade from the old to the new version.

Windows 7 in the European retail version will also include the full versions and upgrades version, since September 1 users in Europe can go to Microsoft’s online store, or Microsoft to retailers. October 22 both Windows 7 full version and upgrade version are available in Europe at the same time. Microsoft said that does not include Windows Media Player in Windows 7 N version.

For consumers who has already booked Windows 7 E, Microsoft will provide the full version of IE8 in Windows 7.