Friday, March 16, 2012
Google Started to Ship Pre-orders Nexus 7 Tablet
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| Nexus 7 Tablet |
Monday, March 12, 2012
Microsoft Will Sell Millions of Surface Tablets
If Surface is to be a hit, Microsoft can’t just position it as yet another iPad or Android competitor. It needs people to think of the Surface as a real mobile computer. It needs people to buy Surfaces instead of laptops. That means competing with its traditional partners like HP, Dell and Acer. Not only is this Microsoft’s best play, there’s not even a downside to it.
The Surface Pro (and to a lesser extent the Surface RT) is clearly a laptop competitor that’s going to cannibalize sales from Microsoft’s traditional hardware partners. But so what? Who cares if Dell or HP or Acer gets pissed off? What are they going to do, sell only Chromebooks? Go all in on Linux boxes? Exit the PC business altogether? HP’s promise to do just that turned out to be tellingly empty.Sure, Microsoft needs its manufacturing partners. But those partners need Microsoft far more.
And then there are tablets. Microsoft isn’t even close to being a player in the tablet business, which is dominated by Apple and Android. (And, in all reality, Android is but a twee little sideshow relative to the iPad.) Many of Microsoft’s desktop partners have gone full-tilt toward Android tablets, so they’re already competing with Microsoft. So Microsoft’s best bet is to prove there’s a market in Windows tablets — which shouldn’t be hard given how abysmal Android tablets are.
Which brings us to phones. Ballmer left the door open to Microsoft rolling out its own phones. Windows Phone 7 has been a commercial failure, despite its UI being a critical darling. These phones just aren’t selling. Microsoft’s big mobile partner is Nokia, and Nokia is a wreck. Its flagship Lumia line has gone nowhere. HTC and Samsung, meanwhile, seem far more focused on Android. So if handset manufacturers and carriers can’t gin up any excitement over Windows Phone, Microsoft has to do that itself. And one clear path to this would be for Microsoft to release its own device.
In the weeks before it announced Surface, Microsoft’s hardware manager Ben Reed was on the pitch circuit talking to reporters. The meetings were odd — puzzling even — as he didn’t have any news to share. Instead, Reed spent an hour talking about Microsoft’s 30-year history in the hardware business, complete with hoary old mice. In retrospect, Reed was priming the pump, doing the groundwork for the Surface launch to plant an idea: Microsoft is a hardware company.
And if Microsoft is going to be a hardware company, it needs to be a hardware company. Microsoft’s biggest consumer success over the past decade has been Xbox. It needs to replicate that success, and the only way it can be assured of doing that, at least in the short term, is to screw its hardware partners. There’s no shame in that. It’s just business.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Telstar 1 The Tiny Aluminum Satellite
Before Telstar was launched, microwave towers could flash TV shows and other communication information from point to point through the air, supplementing the landlines that already crisscrossed the globe. But once these signals reached the ocean, they reached their limit.
Satellite transmission allowed instantaneous communication – such as long-distance phone calls and real-time international TV – to become an everyday reality. The phrase “live, via satellite” is only possible with Telstar and the machines that followed it into space.
So, in tribute to Telstar 1, here we look back on the little satellite that helped make the modern world.
Tiny Satellite
Telstar 1 was built as an international collaboration between AT&T, Bell Labs, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National Post, Telegraph, and Telecom Office. The satellite launched on a Delta rocket on July 10, 1962.
The aluminum satellite was wimpy by modern standards. It used 14 watts of power – roughly one-seventh that of a modern laptop – generated by the 3,600 solar panels on its outer hull. As well, it could only carry 600 phone calls and one black-and-white TV channel, though not much more was really needed at the time.
Telstar 1 was placed in low Earth orbit and circled the planet every two and a half hours, only in the right position to beam transmissions between Europe and the U.S. for 20 minutes each orbit. This is in contrast to contemporary communications satellites, which fly in geosynchronous orbit, staying above one spot on the Earth.
New Mobile Application Released by Twitter for Android and iOS
Twitter released new mobile apps for Android and iOS Tuesday. Main features include “expanded tweets,” better search, more fine-grained push notifications, and enhanced event support. In short, the update adds a lot more multimedia support, and more quickly delivers the information that’s truly important to you. The most interesting feature is probably beefed-up support for push notifications tied to particular accounts. So, for example, you could set up a push notification for your local news channel, a feed like @Emergency_In_SF, or any other source that you want to monitor with vigilance. The other notable upgrade is the ability to expand tweets within the app. Expanded tweets let users play videos, read article summaries and experience other rich media directly in tweets themselves. So, rather than just seeing a link to a story or a video when you tap a tweet, you’ll be able to directly see the pertinent information without leaving the app. This function is already available on the web (and mobile web) but now Twitter is adding app support too. It’s a clever way to keep people in-app, and now MLB, Etsy and Kickstarter join a growing list of partners who provide this rich content. Tuesday’s update also adds event support and better search autocomplete. The former is Twitter’s attempt to be the backchannel go-to-discussion forum during events like NASCAR, while the latter just lets you accomplish what you’d like faster than you previously could.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
SPi Global Won the 2012 European Outsourcing Association Award
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| SPi-Global Officers |
“The judges selected SPi Global as the winner due to its excellent objective, implementation and the fact that it has clearly helped so many. They also have an innovative way of contribution by gain share to the benefit of their clients, their staff and the charities they support.”
SPi Global’s CSR Program “Power to Inspire” was bestowed the highest honors among the many CSR programs of some of the best outsourcing companies in the world. SPi Global won the 2012 European Outsourcing Association (EOA) Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. The event was held June 27 at the prestigious Law Society in Central London.
The competition was tough. Other had resources that SPI Global could not match. And yet, with their simple, unique and effective approach to help the youth wherever they are in the world, Spi Global impressed the judges. Maulik, their president and CEO and their CSR champion was so proud of their achievement. “SPI Global known as a global outsourcing service provider that operates across four continents, they believe that their host communities around the world should benefit and grow along with them. They've created so much impact with the programs that they had for the children and their humble effort to make a difference was recognized. Their CSR program clearly represents the values that define them as an organization – excellence, innovation and malasakit.”
Malasakit in action
Monday, March 5, 2012
Learn How to Repair Laptop Computer
How to Repair Laptop Computer
To repair laptop computer is not too easy, you have to consider several factors, and these are software and hardware. You must analyze the issue before taking any action, you must consider if the issue involves whether software of hardware. How to repair laptop computer software problem? Most laptop computer has its own recovery disk which you can use in repairing any software issue like operating system and restoring software drivers. In most cases using the recovery disk will clean install your hard drive and this simply means that it will wipe out all data that you have in the hard drive, before you decide to use the recovery disk you must backup your data before doing it.
How to repair laptop computer hardware issues? This is the most challenging part since this will involve technical knowledge, generally, to repair laptop computer hardware; you need to consult technical persons and as much as possible certified technical person. To repair laptop computer hardware will need special tools such as multi tester which you can use to measure voltage, resistance, and current. Aside from multi tester you need also to have various types of screw drivers and you must consider also the length and size of these tools, since there are several types, models, and brands of laptop computer and they have their own style and design when it comes to laptop computer body casing.
Now, that we have provided some basic information on how to repair laptop computer, now let’s discussed also what are the advantages and disadvantages of laptop computer. Today’s generation most people desire’s to make their work easier and comfortable, that is why most people longing to acquire mobile devices like laptop computer, especially those people that are always on the move, some of these people are researchers, businessmen, students, scientist and doctors.
Computer Laptop Advantages:
Computer Laptop advantages are… power consumption is much lesser compare to a desktop computers, space saver since it require only a small space to work on. You can carry it anytime anywhere, the interface ports are accessible. You can easily share data, can easily conduct a presentation anywhere at any time, no need to have a UPS unit since it has a built in battery that supplies power in the event of power interruption or fluctuation. No need to carry additional accessories like keyboard, monitor, and mouse since the design is integrated in one unit.
Computer Laptop Disadvantages:
Computer laptop disadvantages are… because of its integrated design, computer laptop is difficult to repair, since you can’t re-place interfaces cards when it becomes defective. Upgrading a computer laptop is limited only to hard disk and memory only, since these are the only parts that are accessible and re-place able. Repairing computer laptop requires a certified technicians and this means that you have to pay much for their technical services. Price difference compare to a desktop computer is much greater and computer parts are too expensive as well.
How to prolong the life of computer laptop:
Avoid working on uneven surface like table mat, placing the laptop on top of a pillow or the likes, this can cause overheating, since usually the exhaust ventilation of a laptop is located at the bottom, and this can blocked the air from coming out. Avoid eating while working on your laptop because some of the food residue might fall in between of the keyboard and it may attract ants from coming in, and ants are greatest factor to short circuit the laptop electronics components. Avoid drinking as well while working because it may accidentally spill out the liquid on the unit and may cause short circuit. Do not bang the laptop computer cause it may damaged the hard disk and the casing as well. Maintained the exhaust ventilation clean, free from dust and any other foreign objects this way you can keep up the required temperature inside. Do not apply pressure on top of the LCD screen because this will damage you screen and it will cost you a lot in replacing this laptop computer parts.
Recommendation to computer laptop users:
Learn Printer Repair and Printer Preventive Maintenance
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| Broken Printer |
Printer repair is not quite easy, this is usually done by certified technician; however, printer repair may also be done by end-user side. There are several considerations on how to conduct printer repair, the software driver problem and hardware problem.
Here are some tips on how to determined printer repair that involves software driver problem, if you are having issues like the expected characters are not printed well, blank output, characters are not aligned, data is not coming out you might think that these mentioned issues cause by hardware issues. Please do not jump in to this conclusion since it might be also cause by software driver issues. All you have to do is, before looking at the hardware issue check first the software driver or the printer application. There are times that the printer application is not configured to meet the printer hardware requirements, check also if the printer driver installed is corresponding to the actual printer make model. Check the properties of the printer since sometimes you might accidentally click the pause printing and this may cause issues like no output. These issues can be done in users end, however, if you don’t know how to resolve these issues you can ask assistance for any certified technicians.
Printer repair that involves hardware problem, you might encounter the following issues, no print data output, smudge output, line can be seen in the characters, blank or black output this is usually encounter on a laser printer. For no output issue this issue can be cause by connection between system unit and print device, check the cable that connects the system unit and print device it might be cause by a loose data cable. Smudge output issue, this is usually encounter on the DeskJet, bubble jet and laser jet printer, this is usually cause by an old cartridge and this need replacement, line issue can be cause by defective printer cartridge and this need replacement as well. Color missing issue, we all know that color printer have separate cartridges for color inks, these are black, cyan, magenta, and yellow if ever one of these color is empty it may cause missing the expected color on the printer output and you need to replace this color ink.
Printer preventive maintenance is really necessary; this may prevent any untoward issues for a printer. Normally printer preventive maintenance is usually done by certified technicians. What are being done on the printer preventive maintenance? These are usually hardware cleaning, there are several types of printer model and each model has its own procedure on how to conduct the maintenance, printer type’s models are dot matrix, LaserJet, DeskJet and bubble jet. For the dot matrix printer you need to clean the internal parts of this unit and you must put a lubricant on the moving parts of this machine, normally the shaft where on the printer head assembly is attached. LaserJet, usually printer preventive maintenance for this model are done by cleaning the internal parts of the laser printer by taking out excess particles of laser toner, and also by replacing the expired parts like maintenance kit. Maintenance kit package contains the fusing assembly, and re-placement rollers.
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