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Wii 2 with 3D ?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Nintendo has shut down the rumors and speculation that the Wii (in this case Wii2) will use 3D technology. in an interview for the German sites and taken CrunchGearm Spiegel.de general manager of Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto said that he doubted the 3D will be used on the console and the reason most customers do not have a 3D television. translated in the interview, Miyamoto says: “for (in 3D), living room, you need a 3D TV and will take some time before households have 3D TV, I do not think this will be our next step to take.” However, little is said contradiction with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at E3 yesterday, delivering 3D on the Nintendo Wii will consider the second if the adoption rate reaches 30 percent of the TV.

Rate of 30 percent appears to have not done before the launch Wii2 2, so the more likely Nintendo will release Wii 3D a time when the market has really stabilized by itself. For now this seems Nintendo is happy to store 3D parts business for its flagship product and market handheld Nintendo 3DS

Nokia Kinetic

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Have you ever seen a phone that can stand up like a zombie from the grave? Nokia Kinetic Design ultra slim will use an electromagnetic source at the bottom to adjust the balance in Nokia Kinetic around this.  Nokia Kinetic phones can stand while the media used to play music or video calls. Even when there is an incoming call is not answered, the phone is Nokia Kinetic Automatic ‘rested’ him. There are currently no details of this hardware from Nokia Kinetic.

Sharp Ebook Reader

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Sharp Japanese companies plan to enter the e-book reader market is increasingly competitive at the end of the year 2010 with a new eBook reader device that can read the file formats new e-publishing himself from Sharp.
Sharp will launch an e-book reader in Japan before the end of the year and will also do a launch outside of Japan. EBook reader device, which detail the specifications is not specified by the Sharp company, is likely to enter the United States after Japan and Sharp said it had started talks with Verizon Wireless.

Ebook start receiving a share in the market thanks to the success of devices such as Amazon.com Kindle, Sony Reader and the Apple iPad. Kindle Price recently cut a three-fold increase device sales and Amazon.com said on Monday that the company is now selling more than ebook Kindle hardcover books.

However, despite the growing popularity, the market remains divided between several electronic publishing file formats. Amazon.com Kindle uses a proprietary format and not compatible with ePub format commonly used on other devices.

Sharp e-book reader will read the files in the new version XMDF (ever-Extending Mobile Document Format) format, developed by Sharp and is used in some previous devices.

The new version adds support for multimedia data and will allow the audio and video that will be entered into the e-book pages.

The original version of XMDF accepted into the international standard for e-publishing (IEC62448), although its use is still very limited in Japan.

Readers for the format XMDF available for Windows PC, Sharp electronic dictionary, handheld computers, mobile phones and televisions Sharp Aquos. Sharp opened the online store for XMDF-format electronic book that has more than 29,000 titles from several major Japanese publishers.

Sharp says has not decided whether the ebook reader will support other formats besides XMDF

Cheapest Tablet PC from India

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The Indian government has launched a prototype of a laptop touch screen like the iPad, with the price of just $ 35 (£ 23, which hopes to make next year. Tablets are intended for students in which this tablet supports web browsing, video conferencing and word processing, developers said. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said India was looking for a manufacturer to make this gadget, developed by the universities of India’s top information technology. But before the plan was cheap laptops from the same minister who came to nothing.

The device is shown on Thursday has no hard disk, only use memory cards instead, such as cell phones, and can run on solar power.

Mr Sibal said India will run the tablet operating system Linux, which is expected to be introduced to higher education institutions next year. The future plan is to decrease the price becomes $ 20 and eventually became $ 10, he added.

Last year, one ministry official announced it will launch a $ 10 laptop, which sparked worldwide media interest. But there was disappointment after “Sakshat” a device which turned out to only be a prototype of a handheld device, at a price not determined, and ultimately never materialized.

Some global producers, including at least one from Taiwan, have expressed interest in making the device, he said, although no agreement has been agreed, and he refused to name the company.

This project is part of a government initiative which also aims to extend broadband to all 25 000 India 500 colleges and universities. In 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launched the prototype $ 100 laptop for children in developing countries, although ultimately costing about double the price.

In May, Nicholas Negroponte – MIT Media Lab – announced plans to develop a tablet computer at a price of $ 99 through the cooperation of his nonprofit, One Laptop per Child

Reconnaissance aircraft

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Advanced technology is often used in a number of countries to improve their capability and military strength, including the United States (U.S.). Based on the U.S. aircraft industry, Boeing, designing and preparing to produce a spy plane without the crew, Phantom Eye. Reportedly, the aircraft is capable of flying non-stop for four days at an altitude of 20 thousand meters above sea level.

Boeing claims the plane, which they immediately send it to the Dryden Flight Research Center of NASA in California, is capable of more sophisticated intelligence. The aircraft was able to do surveillance and data transmission is more accurate than other similar products, including products before, Condor.

The plan, Boeing Phantom Eye perform first flight in 2011. The ability of flight for four days because of this aircraft consume fuel more lightweight and powerful, namely hydrogen.

“In 1989, we flew the Condor for 60 hours using regular jet fuel. But, cruising power can not last longer. Now, we are planning to fly for 96 hours. The design of this aircraft is not to avoid radar, but durability,” said Chris Haddox , Boeing Phantom Division officials.

Haddox explained, Phantom Eye-driven four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 2.3 liter.Setiap equipped 150-horsepower engine. It also spelled out the size of a large aircraft. Reach the 46-meter stretch of wings

Who’s the smartest person in Technology

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Jobs considered successful in bringing Apple rise from the devastation of whack his company in late 1990 and then by introducing the iMac and iPod gagdet like. Having successfully emerged from catastrophy, Jobs, then kicked off the world of technology with the release of the iPhone and the newest, iPad tablet PC.

“He was a visionary, micromanager, and reliable actor behind the revolutionary product. He is also executive who became a pop culture icon, not like other business executives,” said Fortune in a report quoted by Cnet and quoted on Monday (12 / 7 / 2010).

In order of number-one designer media design technology, Fortune put Jon Ive, the designer of the iPhone. “Dreaming of an iPhone Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive to realize the designs,” wrote Fortune.

Ive, who serves as Senior Vice President of Industrial Design is a manufacturing expert who was a perfectionist, just like Jobs. He leads a small team working in secret. So much so that most of Apple’s employees are prohibited from entering his office. In fact, from his office that was born many superior products such as Apple iPod, iPhone and iPad.

In the second place after Jobs, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos there. Other categories in the list of 50 smartest people in whom to include also the analysts, technicians, academics, investors, scientists, and executives.

So in that list there is also a Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google executives Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Twitter executives Jack Dorsey, CTO Farmville Luke Rajlich, and other accomplished people.

Google license in China

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Google has confirmed that the license to operate in China have been updated, Google always believes himself to receive permission. Google through a blog about the situation to the State that the license has been updated. “We are pleased that the government has renewed its ICP license and we hope we can continue to provide web search and local products for our users in China.” Clearly, Google’s statement.

In the last few days, the company has menginsyaratkan a difficult relationship with China which has seen Google, cn routed through Hong Kong and explained that it would change the strategy to ensure not excluded from the State. “It is clear from our conversations that we were with government officials of China they found a redirect is not acceptable and if we continue to drive users will license Internet content providers will not be extended, without ICP license we can not operate a commercial web site so Google will like Google.cn be bleak in China. “Clearly, the legal director of Google’s Drummond. “In the next few days we will end the redirect entirely, taking all our China users to a new page and the day we filed an ICP license based on this approach. As an embodiment of the ideals of the company to make the information available to users anywhere, including China. That’s why we have been hard to keep Google.cn keep alive and to continue research and development here. “Add Drummond. The new approach taken is consistent with Google’s commitment to not censor themselves and trust in local law.

YouTube Leanback

Monday, July 12th, 2010

YouTube has launched a new product that provides navigation and a new way to watch videos from Youtube called Leanback. This new feature in Youtube fullscreen display and to navigate you do not need to rely on the mouse but the keyboard arrows and ENTER key to move the video or play a video.

This is quite INTERESTING because it is expected to increase with Leanback long time watching with no interruption or comment like display text or other images that interfere with concentration. LEANBACK  inspiration came from the television audience has been proven much longer can watch hours and hours spent in front of the tv.

LeanBack technology today still rely on Flash so users can not access it certainly iPad, leanback To access you need to log in to your GOOGLE or Youtube first because they seem to rely on information already stored by Google on your choice to display the video at the beginning.

Big vendor make Polution ?

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Chinese non-governmental organizations require a big technology companies like HP, Apple, Sony and Vodafone to clean pollutants from their production chain and to inform the public about the possibility of manufacturing contamination. A survey of 34 Chinese environmental groups, such as the Guardian reported there are 29 names companies where these companies should be more responsible for their decisions on supplier.

NGOs report that examines how China’s production of electronic devices from the company has caused pollution of lead and cadmium contamination. The Guardian writes, several cases have been widely reported but so far, the focus is more visible in Chinese factories and weak oversight of environmental authorities. The new report adds a global context, and emphasizes the responsibility of big IT companies further into the supply chain to provide more information to the public and to ensure that the low production costs do not adversely affect the health of local residents.

Some companies respond to the requests of these NGOs, while others do not, such as Vodafone and BT, because it has been provided by Narada Power Sources, which uses material from Shanghang Huaqiang Battery, a company associated with 121 cases of lead poisoning in children. However, Vodafone said that Narada has stopped working with Shanghang Huaqiang Battery after the incident that lead poisoning.

“If they call themselves environmentally friendly and support sustainable development, they should pay attention if they violate the rules of the production supply environment,” Zhang said China Boju NGO Friends of Nature Guardian. “At least they should do is to answer our request for all information.”

Tribold and Fujitsu Offer Telecommunications Solutions

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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