Sony’s new CEO announced a rescue plan

Posted by admin on February 04, 2012

February 4 news, according to foreign media reports, following screens/sony.html”title=”" >Sony released its third quarter report, the incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai announced Sony rescue plan. From the content of his story, the plan includes four major areas: to build Sony’s core competitiveness, integrated TV services, to explore low-cost way to accelerate the company’s innovative.

1, to create Sony’s core competitiveness. Kazuo Hirai said in his speech, Sony’s strengths lies in digital imaging and gaming business, the future he will use the assets in these areas to strengthen its position in the growing mobile market, which will become a wholly owned Sony Ericsson the main concern. In addition, Hirai also expressed the hope that technological advances in digital imaging, the gradually applied to the medical industry, and playing a core business in the future. As for the game assets, he hoped that through the development of the only Sony can provide mobile products to be strengthened.

2, integrated TV services. Hirai’s view, the TV will continue to be the core of home entertainment, LCD TVs have the basic necessities of, Sony can no longer waste time in this market, the future Sony will continue to implement the asset-light line, and selective use of resources, and to consider collaboration with other companies to reduce costs. In addition, Sony own the Crystal LED and OLED technology fully available to develop compelling television products.

3, low-cost correction. Sony needs to figure out the existing diversified product line, which will become a value-added commodity products, in order to find the discarded products or reduce costs through better cooperation.

4, to accelerate innovation. In the medical field to become the future core business, Kazuo Hirai, Sony in a very advantageous position. Sony sensors, signal processing, lenses, monitors, there are a lot of innovative technology, its application to gastroscopy, X-ray and ultrasound diagnostic equipment, they can develop a few of the innovative products.

Rob Enderle: Tablet PC will eventually toward extinction for its no practical function

Posted by admin on February 04, 2012

February 4 news,Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle, said with more and more users began to realize the no practical function ofTablet PC, Tablet PC will eventually toward extinction. Enderle said that iPad sale gradually dull over the past year. Although he thinks the MacBook Air notebook computer replace the iPad demand, consumers actually prefer some of the more powerful products.

Enderle said that Intel is not first realize that the prospects for Tablet PC manufacturers, and thus introduced the concept of Ultrabook. But ignoring the consumers value the two features of the Tablet PC, that is the mode of the touch screen and longer battery life, Ultrabook not have such characteristics.

Enderle think that this year’s combination of notebook and tablet characteristics of computer products will be welcomed by consumers, enough of the traditional notebook and tablet computers out of the market.

Enderle said that the two types of hybrid products in the market is Lenovo X1 computer. This product configuration for x86 and ARM processors, with characteristics similar to the laptop, the battery life of up to 10 hours.

The other is the Asus Transformer and the Transformer Prime of such products from the notebook into a tablet.

Enderle believes that the next generation of products will support Windows 8 products. He also expects that there should be a third option on the market. In view of the Windows 8 support for ARM and x86 chips on the market, there may be hybrid products combine these two features, but provide a common user interface, you can switch between modes of the two products.

AMD CEO: to adjust chip strategy to focus on the tablet PC market

Posted by admin on February 03, 2012

February 3 news, according to Reuters report, the new CEO of AMD Luorui De attended the analysts meeting and relesed a passionate new plan, he said, to adapt to the rapid changes in the computer industry, he will adjust struggling computer chip maker, to make it adapt the new competitive landscape.

The new CEO Rory Read pointed out that the company will adjust their PC chip technology, the goal is the rapid growth of the Tablet PC market, as well as emerging markets, but AMD will be away from the smart phone market.

Luorui De said: “We will pay special attention to the client and mobile devices … I am not saying that the company will test the water smartphone, which is an excessive competition, but lower margin market AMD will focus on the client mobile ultra-thin and ultra-light. ”

Prior to AMD’s recent strategic focus has been sales of desktop computer chips.

Luorui De talking about strong competitor Intel’s dominance of the PC chip market, he said, with the rise of tablet PCs and other devices, Intel so far in these markets are still vulnerable, which opened up for AMD such innovative new opportunities. Reid stressed: “People will see the collapse of the patent rights of control points, these control points year after year, to dominate the chip industry, this situation will be broken.”

Luo Ruide has replaced former CEO Dirk Meyer in August last year. AMD Board of Directors was accused Meyer, said he was unable to make adjustments to the rapid spread of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs.

To save the face of the new release of the 342-nanometer manufacturing problems of the PC chip, the new CEO Reid in November last year, announced layoffs of 10%, the company’s annual operating costs of $ 200,000,000. Reid said the company focused on improving the implementation of force, rather than the introduction of new packaging technology.

Over the years, in order to catch much larger than their Intel, AMD has been on the PC chip market struggling. Now, AMD and Intel have to face a strong challenge for companies such as Qualcomm, which plans to produce the ARM architecture, low-power low-end PC chips. Other hand, with the slowdown in PC sales, AMD and Intel found themselves not based on smart phones and tablet market, the widespread adoption of the ARM chip.

In this regard, AMD recently hired senior vice president and global business manager Su Lisha said Lisa Su, AMD’s new chip design will be increasing emphasis on energy conservation, the company will be “strongly progressive” heart positioning the tablet PC market.

SONY VAIO Z series VPCZ239FJ / B laptop will be for sale first in Japan on February 4

Posted by admin on February 03, 2012

February 3 news, Sony VAIO Z series is about to release a new the model; VPCZ239FJ / B, it uses a 13.1-inch 1600 × 900 LCD screen, clocked at 2.50GHz Intel Core i5 – 2450M processor, Intel HM67 Express Chipset, 4GB DDR3 RAM128GB solid state drive, a camera, an SD card slot, equipped with WIFI, of WIMAX, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, USB 3.0 interface, HDMI interface, the operating system is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1).

The SONY the VAIO Z series VPCZ239FJ / B laptop will for sale in Japan first on February 4, and the offer price maybe 200,000 yen.

Samsung pure white Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 7.0 Plus has been officially for sale in Hong Kong

Posted by admin on February 02, 2012

February 2 news, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus has been released in the beginning of this year, and also together with its Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both are listed with black and white versions at the beginning, but the white version was not complete, the front screen has used a black frame. Given this color may not loved by users, Samsung unveiled a pure white Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 7.0 Plus in Vietnam later, it may be loved by the girls. And now, the latter version has officially for sale in Hong Kong, price at 3988 Hong Kong dollars.

Configuration aspect, Samsung white Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus version has no different with the previous versions, still using the Android 3.2 Honeycomb system, 7.0 inches 1024×600 screen, equipped with 1.2GHz dual-core processor, with 3.15 million pixel camera, with LED flash, and support for 3G phone function without headset for voice and video calls can be,in addition, it with 9.96mm slim body and 345g weight.

ARM CEO: Windows 8 may occupied the tablet market quickly and exceed Android

Posted by admin on February 02, 2012

February 2 news, ARM CEO Warren East Fen Xishi today analyze the current tablet PC market trend in answer to the question from analyst, he thought Microsoft might release Windows 8 and this system may quickly overtook the tablet pc market and exceed the Android system, this is because generally consumers are familiar with Windows systems, and allow them to switch to Android platform is obviously not suited to, Windows, although not yet released, but because its users have been accustomed to obtain first-mover advantage barriers. This is why Android tablet sales have been disappointing reason, Microsoft will continue to take advantage of this.

But he believes that, from a platform perspective, Android Tablet sales continue to need a little more time, now a large number of applications for development around the ARM architecture, Intel’s x86 on mobile devices is not dominant, although has become a major challenge but Intel to try to smart phones and tablet markets in this, also need to overcome many obstacles.

Windows 8 tablet pc cost will be its fatal flaw

Posted by admin on February 01, 2012

February 1 news,as Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 8 can be said to be revolutionary. Because Windows 8 will not only on the traditional PC – support the ARM chip architecture, which means Windows system finally began to move the platform forward, use Windows 8 operating system, Tablet PC, will also be seen in the market. Although there are several holds many lessons for the Windows 7 operating system using the flat products, but the Android army and compared, it is worth mentioning. The compatible mobile terminals Windows 8, IOS and Android would be a strong competitor.

Manufacturers always like to develop a variety of criteria, such as Intel’s Ultrabook down hard targets, but also such as Microsoft Windows 8 Tablet PC raised the minimum configuration requirements. However, from the current release of Windows 8 Microsoft hardware certification demands, if you want 100% to meet these requirements, then, Win8 flat price of the final product will be a time more difficult for the average consumer acceptance.

Windows is a bloated system shortcomings, but it seems to have become a tradition, even upgrading to Windows 8, this issue has not been improved: Windows 8 Microsoft requires the installation of the system, need more than 10GB of vacant storage space. Mostly 16GB/32GB hard disk capacity for the Tablet PC, this is undoubtedly a very scary figure, but also for consumers, but also unwilling to accept this is not much hard disk space occupied by the operating system in half. For the widely used solid-state hard drive tablet PC, so if you upgrade the hard disk capacity, cost and bound to rise dramatically. Together with other hardware requirements – such as screen resolution to achieve 1366×768 (now the king of the Tablet PC hardware ASUS Transformer Prime 1280×800 screen resolution is only just), graphics, Direct3D 10 core standards to be achieved – can be thought to, Win8 Tablet PC will be far more than the final retail price of mainstream products currently on the market.

But flip side, maybe Windows 8 will promote the development of Tablet PC hardware, as the masterpiece of traditional PC-gaming graphics card to drive forward the general conference, the so-called software for hardware. If fully meet Microsoft’s “harsh” requirements, manufacturers will be flat for Win8 follow-up to ensure that hardware. Meanwhile, in order to avoid Win8 flat although the configuration is sufficiently high the price is too expensive and not popular because of the embarrassment, the manufacturers of Android products will enhance the hardware level and the corresponding price – otherwise, Microsoft Windows 8 in order to enter the field Qi Tablet does not become a joke.

But in that case, leading to the “consequences” would be very serious. Although most of the foreign media that the price of Win8 tablet ($ 600 or more) is not very accurate, but many want to come, will not lag, and this price is only the entry-level products only, the price of even a high-end products may be close to one end of the mainstream notebook computers. But for the vast majority of consumers, tablet computer is just a dispensable auxiliary equipment only, and laptop computers so that they spend almost the same price to buy a Tablet PC, and perhaps is a very difficult thing . Unless the Tablet PC in the performance of both the user’s applications to meet these needs, but also to use as easy and notebook computers – Microsoft touches provides Win8 flat must have USB2.0 interface, you can choose an external mouse and keyboard – in order to This part of the consumer a reason for a second election. Otherwise, the high cost of Win8 flat (as well as being “adverse” to the Android Tablet), if they would like the Pad products are now subject to the same welcome, very hard to say.

Asus will cooperate with Microsoft to develop body sense control laptop

Posted by admin on February 01, 2012

February 1 news, according to foreign websites reports, Asus is working with Microsoft to develop support Kinect laptop. Kinect is released by Microsoft on June 14, 2010 for XBOX360 around the peripheral somatosensory. It is a sense of 3D camera body, but also has real-time motion capture, image recognition, microphone input, voice recognition, social interaction and other features.

According to sources, ASUS has developed two prototypes built Kinect laptop running Windows 8 system, the Kinect sensor is located on top of the screen of the camera area, and bottom of the display are LED screen for assistance.

The notebook supports Kinect technology will allow users to control the body to achieve a sense of notebook operation, and use the body a sense of control to play the game. ASUS is not clear that the release time series.

Facebook prosecuted clickjacking users

Posted by admin on January 30, 2012

January 29th evening news, according to U.S. technology blog Mashable reported on Saturday, Facebook would resolved the malicious catastrophic impact on its site from clickjacking through legal means.

Another rumor said, Facebook is preparing for this week’s IPO. Earlier reports said, Facebook financing will reach $10 billion.

If you click on a link on Facebook, and you will found that without your permission, all the fans and concerns users of you account will receive the link. This phenomenon is called clickjacking attacks.

For such behavior, Facebook said it could not continue to tolerate down, on Thursday, Facebook sued the Washington-based marketing company Ascend Media as man-made spam.

Google upgraded Google Music, musics can be downloaded to PC

Posted by admin on January 30, 2012

January 27th evening news, Google has upgraded on the Google Music service, the biggest bright spot is to allow users to download music tracks to their local PC.

From the Web version of Google Music download music, click on the arrow next to a song, and select Download Album. If you use the desktop version of Google Music to upload application, users can also download the entire music library to PC.

Industry sources said that in the future as long as Google Music add a scan and matching services similar to Apple’s iTunes Match, and this service is almost perfect.