IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (HotHardware) 22/05/2010

iPad Boosts Tablet Sales
Apple has done it again: The company has created a product that people want and in the process, the company has boosted sales of an entire market segment. Although tablet PCs have been on the market for years, many consumers haven't paid attention to this market segment until Apple announced the iPad. Now, research firm IDC is claiming the iPad could spur a sixfold increase in tablet sales by 2014. In a statement, IDC said worldwide shipments will rise from 7.6 million to 46 million this year. The firm expects
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European Commission Fines Big Memory Producers â‚¬331 For Cartel Involvement
Micron, Samsung, Hynix, Infineon, NEC, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Elpida and Nanya. Ten companies, some of which you have definitely heard of before, all of which are being hit with some very bad news this week from the European Union. The European Commission branch this week handed down their first settlement in an ongoing investigation into cartel-like activities between these parties, which purportedly helped to "fix prices" in order to keep DRAM prices artificially high. This isn't completely unusual.
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Nano-Fibers Could Be Woven Into Clothes, Generate Power While You Walk
Energy creation has been a huge, huge matter over the past few years. Researchers have turned to "green power" in order to generation electricity from varied renewable resources, but one area that has stumped science for awhile now is the ability to harness energy from movements that we make every day. Imagine if a roadway could generate energy simply by the heat and friction felt from tires passing over it. What if a battery pack on your body could harness energy from friction produced in your gait? The latter
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T-Mobile to Sell myTouch 3G Slider on June 2
Not ready to drop $529 on a Nexus One? We don't blame you, and nor do you have to in you're in the market for a new Android-based phone through T-Mobile. The wireless carrier said its myTouch 3G Slide smartphone will go on sale June 2 for $180 after rebate with a two-year service agreement. Like Microsoft's KIN phones, the myTouch 3G Slide is being marketed to a younger audience as a way "to keep you crazy-close to friends and family." Werd up, y0. Built around Google's Android 2.1 platform, the slider phone
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Another Foxconn Worker Plummets to His Death, Time to Demand Answers
Another Foxconn employee has fallen from a building to his death, the tenth fall reported since the start of this year, eight of which have proved fatal. Local police said they were looking into the incident, but given the spate of apparent suicides and bizarre circumstances surrounding them (a previous victim was found with knife wounds to the chest that were determined to be self-inflicted), these investigations come as little consolation. Something has to give, lest employees of the world's largest manufacturer
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Sony Introduces Google Internet TV And Blu-ray Player
Yesterday, Google's biggest reveal at Google I/O was Google TV. It's still sort of a fuzzy product, and it's hard to aptly describe in just a few words. It's definitely aiming to be the "next big thing" in television, and the only way it will ever have a huge impact is to join up with known names in the industry in order to get into more homes. Teaming with DISH Network at first is a wise move, but there's no Google TV without an Intel CE4100 processor to run the custom Android app/Chrome browser. You can either
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New 1V NAND Drive Method Could Lead To Enhanced SSD Write Speeds
Solid state storage producers have been preaching about a few select points for years, particularly on why they're superior to traditional hard drives. Reliability and speed are the two obvious ones, but many SSD makers suggest that these Flash-based drives are more power efficient than HDDs as well. But as always, someone in the world doesn't think that existing SSDs are power efficient enough, and that's why a group over in Japan is currently attempting to develop a technology to make a NAND Flash memory module
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Gorgeous $5400 BeoVision 8 40" LCD TV
Bang & Olufsen isn't a name you see every single day. They're not listed at Wal-mart, not even at Best Buy. In order to own one of their products, you have to seek them out, and likely visit your local high-end A/V dealer just to see anything they make. They're an exclusive company, and everything they design is not only beautiful, but extremely pricey. You might call them the Apple of the A/V world, and if you disagree, just take one look at this amazing new panel. It just might be the most well-designed
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Google Refreshes Wave And Opens It To The Public
Google has their hands in a lot of buckets these days. Chrome, Chrome OS, Android, Search, Buzz, Wave, and the list goes on and on. Not everything Google touches turns to gold, and one of those things may be Wave. This launched with loads of fanfare, and some said that it would revolutionize internal corporate communication as we knew it. But so far, even the beta has seemingly flickered out in terms of importance, and there's hardly anyone left riding the Wave, at least in public. But going public, as it were,
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Apple Reverses 'No-Cash' Policy for iPad Sales, Woman Scores Free Tablet
It doesn't matter that Apple's iPad can't do Flash, doesn't come with USB ports, won't accept SD cards, has no built-in camera, and puts up a pitiful effort at multitasking (at least until iPhone OS 4). None of these shortcomings were enough to dissuade Diane Campbell, who lives on a fixed income and had been saving up for several weeks, from wanting to purchase an iPad. There was only one problem: the Apple Store in Palo Alto wouldn't sell her one. Why not? "About a month ago, we said we'd like you to use a
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Twitter for iPhone Now Available for Download
Brace yourself folks, because Twitter has taken the microblogging service "to a whole new level of awesomeness" (their words, not ours). Put another way, Twitter has put its acquisition of Tweetie just over a month ago to good use by tweaking the software and releasing its own version of the app in the iTunes App Store (our words, not theirs). It's a free download, which is good news for those of you who were interested in Tweetie but were turned off by the $2.99 price tag. By the same token, our condolences
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Google Officially Announces Android 2.2
It was basically a foregone conclusion that Android 2.2 would be launching this week at Google's I/O conference in California, but up until now, we only knew about select bits and pieces of the mobile OS. Today, Google revealed everything there is to know about v2.2 (code name "Froyo"), which is easily the most significant Android update to date. It's obvious that Google is playing hardball with Microsoft and Apple in the smartphone space, and for now, Android looks to be taking the lead. Of course, Apple has
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Google TV Is Official: The Web And Pay-TV Have Finally Clashed
Google's own I/O conference in California is wrapping up today, but not before the company goes out with a serious bang. To our knowledge, Google is about the only technology company out there today that is big enough to throw their own party and get people to come, aside from Apple of course. One of the major announcements from today's keynote speech was something that had been rumored for awhile: Google TV. Unlike what we had heard earlier, there's not going to be a special Google TV set-top box, at least
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Paradigm SHIFT: MainGear's Unique Gaming Rig Tested
When it comes to the business of building PCs, true innovation is hard to find. There are exceptions—HP had the Blackbird 002, Alienware designs its own enclosures, and there's always the Thermaltake Level 10—but most companies aren't willing to take the financial risk that's part and parcel of designing new and different products. Fortunately, MainGear is. While they've not been around as long as Alienware or Falcon-Northwest, the company has six solid years of experience in building custom PCs.
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X-Originating-IP

Hi,

Sorry in advanced if im posting this issue in the wrong section.

I wish to know if its possible getting mails from 2 separated accounts (hotmail / live.com), with the same X-Originating-IP, and beeing from 2 totaly diferent persons?!

Knowing that X-Originating-IP is not 100% accurate... but two diferent persons having it the same???!

Thx

European Commission Fines Big Memory Producers â‚¬331 For Cartel Involvement

Micron, Samsung, Hynix, Infineon, NEC, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Elpida and Nanya. Ten companies, some of which you have definitely heard of before, all of which are being hit with some very bad news this week from the European Union. The European Commission branch this week handed down their first settlement in an ongoing investigation into cartel-like activities between these parties, which purportedly helped to "fix prices" in order to keep DRAM prices artificially high.

This isn't completely unusual. We have also seen big-name companies in the LCD world hit with similar fines, and the EU never takes kindly to things of this matter. Micron, it should be noted, is being spared of a fine, simply because they "revealed the existence of the cartel to the Commission." Honesty, rewarded. All told, the other guys are splitting up a whopping â‚¬331 fine (around $415 million), and it comes after all of them confessed to being a part of the whole scheme.

The full details of the process and splits are linked below, but suffice it to say, we doubt these guys will be trying this little trick again anytime soon. Can we get a round of applause for the EU for keeping these giants in check? Now, off to find that ultra-cheap RAM for our gaming rig...

Nano-Fibers Could Be Woven Into Clothes, Generate Power While You Walk

Energy creation has been a huge, huge matter over the past few years. Researchers have turned to "green power" in order to generation electricity from varied renewable resources, but one area that has stumped science for awhile now is the ability to harness energy from movements that we make every day. Imagine if a roadway could generate energy simply by the heat and friction felt from tires passing over it. What if a battery pack on your body could harness energy from friction produced in your gait? The latter is becoming closer and closer to reality, all thanks to innovative research happening at UC Berkeley.

Researchers at the university have recently made great strides in producing microscopic fibers that can "produce electricity from simple body motions such as bending, stretching and twisting." The cords look a lot like tiny fishing lines, and in theory, they could be woven into fabric and used to enhance clothing that we already wear into energy harnessing garb. Unfortunately, the tech is at least 3 years out from being found in your local clothier, but these nano-fibers could have a huge impact in the consumer and military realm. The U.S. government has reportedly taken interest, supposedly because soldiers wearing uniforms made from this would have to carry a lot less battery equipment to power very simple, but very vital, devices on their person.

Of course, efficiency is still an issue of concern here. It would take around 100000 fibers to produce enough power to keep a watch going, and a million fibers to power an iPod. But when you considering that one million fibers bundled together would only be about the size of a sand grain, it's easy to see that there really could be something here worth pursuing. Moreover, these fibers are flexible and resistant to heat and chemicals, so it would be possible to have these even in jogging suits and you could wash them without worrying about destroying anything.

Maybe the bionic human we've all dreamed about is a new outfit away.Â

Google TV Is Official: The Web And Pay-TV Have Finally Clashed

Google's own I/O conference in California is wrapping up today, but not before the company goes out with a serious bang. To our knowledge, Google is about the only technology company out there today that is big enough to throw their own party and get people to come, aside from Apple of course. One of the major announcements from today's keynote speech was something that had been rumored for awhile: Google TV.

Unlike what we had heard earlier, there's not going to be a special Google TV set-top box, at least not yet. Basically, Google is taking the Apple TV concept, but going way overboard by introducing apps, screen customization and channel searching. Google is really, really good at two main things: advertising, and search. TV is a huge business, far larger than smartphones or even the Internet. Far more people (four billion, according to Google's own research) have access to a television screen than a broadband signal, and Google is hoping to take advantage of that fact.

Google stated today that too many people are having trouble deciding what to watch, when to watch and where to watch content. Google TV aims to clean that mess up, by combining the best of the Web with the best of TV. The crazy part here is that this should work with any pay-TV provider, as the software to make this all work is simply built into TVs of partner companies. Sony has announced that they'll be one of the first to ship a Google TV-infused set, which will allow users to search for TV shows (on the Web and elsewhere) like they're used to doing on Google's other services. Google Chrome is built into the service, allowing users to access all of your favorite websites and easily move between television and the Web.

Following Google's own announcement, none other than Intel stepped in to provide some backbone to the story. Google is obviously using the big players to move Google TV forward, with Intel, DISH Network, Best Buy and Adobe firmly on board as well. Google TV itself is based on Android and runs the Google Chrome browser, and it will allow users to access all of their usual TV channels as well as a world of Internet and cloud-based information and applications, including rich Adobe Flash based content. The hardware needed to make it all happen is based around the Intel CE4100 CPU, the company's latest system-on-chip designed to power these types of applications. If you wondered how this would work with multiple pay-TV carriers, you can still keep the mystery alive; but that said, we are told that DISH Network will be the first launch partner, so those using DISH now are most likely to get first dibs.

To navigate the array of content that will now be available through a single device and on a single screen, Google TV introduces an integrated search experience to help viewers easily find relevant content across over-the-air and pay-TV channel listings, DVR, and the Internet, as well as a picture-in-picture layout to access multiple windows simultaneously. Google TV also features an innovative home screen to help viewers quickly organize their favorite content and personalize their TV viewing experience. Some of these features are only available with advanced integration from DISH Network, so it's unclear how they'll translate with "other carriers."

It's somewhat difficult to describe in words how this changes the TV experience (it's pretty massive!), so we'll let Google attempt below and point you this video to get a better understanding. For now, you'll have to wait until later this year to see Google TV show up on that Sony set, but we're sure there will be lots of news on this front between now and then.

Google TV uses search to give you an easy and fast way to navigate totelevision channels, websites, apps, shows and movies. For example,already know the channel or program you want to watch? Just type in thename and youâ€™re there. Want to check out that funny YouTube video onyour 48â€ flat screen? Itâ€™s just a quick search away. If you know whatyou want to watch, but youâ€™re not sure where to find it, just type inwhat youâ€™re looking for and Google TV will help you find it on the webor on one of your many TV channels. If youâ€™d rather browse than search,you can use your standard program guide, your DVR or the Google TV homescreen, which provides quick access to all of your favoriteentertainment so youâ€™re always within reach of the content you lovemost.

Because Google TV is built on open platforms like Androidand Google Chrome, these features are just a fraction of what Google TVcan do. In our announcement today at Google I/O, we challenged webdevelopers to start coming up with the next great web and Android appsdesigned specifically for the TV experience. Developers can start optimizing their websites forGoogle TV today. Soon after launch, weâ€™ll release the Google TV SDKand web APIs for TV so that developers can build even richerapplications and distribute them through Android Market. Weâ€™re lookingforward to seeing all of the ways developers will use this new platform.

Weâ€™reworking together with Sonyand Logitechto put Google TV inside of televisions, Blu-ray players and companionboxes. These devices will go on sale this fall, and will be available atBestBuy stores nationwide. You can signup here to get updates on Google TV availability.

This is anincredibly exciting time â€” for TV watchers, for developers and for theentire TV ecosystem. By giving people the power to experience what theylove on TV and on the web on a single screen, Google TV turns the livingroom into a new platform for innovation. We're excited about whatâ€™scoming. We hope you are too.

Slow Recovery For The Unemployment Rate

In some statistical hocus pocus not as baffling as it looks, the US unemployment rate rose in April with job creation. It does show how hard it is going to be to bring the unemployment out of the hole it dug within the recession. From 9.7 percent in march to 9.9 percent in April, the US unemployment rate rose in a jobs report released by the Labor department on Friday. The job report stating that also stated that nonfarm payroll employment rose by 290,000 jobs. How is it the jobless rate rises while job creation rises at the exact same time?

Sign of healing from jobs report

The jobs report showed the U.S. unemployment rate increasing along with jobs creation because of a healing jobs market. The Associated Press reports the jobless rate rose because 805,000 unemployed Americans were so discouraged that they had given up are starting to search for work and personal loans again. If the economy picks up continually, many economists predict that jobless claims could continue to rise along with jobs creation. Last month there were 15.3 million people that still didn’t have a job. A new high, the number of individuals that have been out of work for six or more months rose to 6.7 million in April. These individuals made up around 49.5 percent of all unemployed, which is a record high also.

Unemployed seeking work

The rise within the unemployment rate within the jobs report Friday also contradicts a Labor Department report that was presented on Thursday showing that first-time jobless claims fell by 7,000 last week, to 440,000. This is the 3rd week in a row a decrease in jobless claims has been reported. The four-week average of jobless claims declined 4,750 to 458,500, the first decrease in five weeks -- further evidence that things are looking up for people seeking work.

Distracted by panic is Wall Street

The improving jobs report is good news for numerous people. Unmoved, nevertheless, is a sector of the economy that doesn’t really produce anything of value. What is planning to be like America’s financial meltdown, Wall Street is a lot more focused on Europe’s debt crisis at present. Bad news in Europe sent traders into a panic on Thursday. Wracked into spasms was the Dow Jones industrial average that plummeted almost 1,000 points.

Economic growth needs to double its present rate for job creation to start reducing unemployment rate. There was a 3rd straight quarter of growth according to the Commerce Department that said the economy expanded by 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2010. The Associated Press says that if the unemployment rate is going to fall, economists say the economy needs to grow at an annual rate of 6 percent to 8 percent a quarter. That rate of growth would require us all to go purchasing. Average hourly earnings only increased one penny to $ 22.47 from April to March.

Article Resources

The jobs report

http://www.dol.gov/

Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gNiyJ905Ho0Ur96V2TQhsBX19lGwD9FI37G80

sent traders into a panic

http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-05-06/wall-street-beat-panic-weighs-on-tech-gains.html

Paradigm SHIFT: MainGear's Unique Gaming Rig Tested

When it comes to the business of building PCs, true innovation is hard to find. There are exceptionsâ€”HP had the Blackbird 002, Alienware designs its own enclosures, and there's always the Thermaltake Level 10â€”but most companies aren't willing to take the financial risk that's part and parcel of designing new and different products.

Fortunately, MainGear is. While they've not been around as long as Alienware or Falcon-Northwest, the company has six solid years of experience in building custom PCs. MainGear recently sent us a high-end system built around its unique SHIFT chassis. When it designed the Shift, Maingear took a standard ATX configuration and literally turned it 90'. Add a hybrid aluminum/steel frame, custom detailing, and a cable mount system that turns what might've been a ghettoish kludge into a gorgeous surface, and you've got the Shift. It's a unique blend of style and practicality that manages to improve system thermals and look good doing it. Curious? So were we...

Paradigm SHIFT: MainGear's Unique Gaming Rig Tested

Google Officially Announces Android 2.2

It was basically a foregone conclusion that Android 2.2 would be launching this week at Google's I/O conference in California, but up until now, we only knew about select bits and pieces of the mobile OS. Today, Google revealed everything there is to know about v2.2 (code name "Froyo"), which is easily the most significant Android update to date. It's obvious that Google is playing hardball with Microsoft and Apple in the smartphone space, and for now, Android looks to be taking the lead. Of course, Apple has a chance to hit back in a few weeks at WWDC with iPhone OS 4.0, but there's hardly a chance that native tethering and mobile hotspot features will be built in. Both of those are just two of the highlights in Android 2.2.

At the event, Google proclaimed that their partners are now selling 100,000 new Android handsets per day, with over 180,000 active Android developers building a network of over 50,000 apps. Apple's App Store just soared past the 200,000 mark, but it's clear that Google's own App Market isn't hurting for variety. One of the major additions to Android 2.2 is the ability to play back Flash content. That's a show-stopper in many ways. Apple's anger towards Adobe ensures that Flash support will probably never come to iPhone OS, so anyone wishing to watch Flash content or view Flash websites on the go will now look to Android. Score one for Google.

Then there's this: Android 2.2 will reportedly have the world's fastest mobile browser, and considering just how nice Mobile Safari is, that's saying a lot. There's also a new set of APIs and services, a new compiler, a new V8 JavaScript engine and plenty of other new dev tools that make v2.2 really attractive. Plenty of other new details are listed below, and while the SDK has gone out to devs today, there's no clear indication of when a final version will be shipped to phones. Hopefully soon. It's hard knowing all of this is coming, yet being unable to touch.

Bang & Olufsen Introduces Gorgeous $5400 BeoVision 8 40" LCD TV

Bang & Olufsen isn't a name you see every single day. They're not listed at Wal-mart, not even at Best Buy. In order to own one of their products, you have to seek them out, and likely visit your local high-end A/V dealer just to see anything they make. They're an exclusive company, and everything they design is not only beautiful, but extremely pricey. You might call them the Apple of the A/V world, and if you disagree, just take one look at this amazing new panel. It just might be the most well-designed television the world has ever seen, and it's easily one of the most expensive 40" LCD panels you could purchase.

The new BeoVision 8 is a 40" LCD TV, and it has just begun to ship to North America. It's designed to either be wall-mounted or set on a small, thin floor stand. It features 240Hz technology, BeoLink home integration support, a down-facing bass speaker andâ€¦well, B&O doesn't bother sharing too many other details, sort of like Bose on their speaker lineup. What they do say is that this beautiful set will cost you $5400 when it debuts in the summer, so you may want to give one a visit before buying to make sure that huge, huge premium is worth it.

One thing is for sure: this would make a killer gaming monitor mounted up on your wall. Watch the drool.

Bang & Olufsen Announces BeoVision 8 40-inch LCD in North America

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Bang & Olufsen, the Danish provider of high-end audio and video products, announces the arrival of the BeoVision 8 40-inch LCD in North America. The new 40-inch version of the acclaimed BeoVision 8 TV combines a technologically advanced home cinema viewing experience with the straightforward elegance and ease of use characteristic of this compact screen concept.

"The new 40-inch version of BeoVision 8 is the fifth video product B&O has launched in less than 12 months. It's a great new addition to our video portfolio," states Zean Nielsen, President of Bang & Olufsen America.Â "This product is an extremely flexible solution for both wall and floor placement and allows us to offer B&O options to a much wider customer group than ever before."

Optimized performance

The new technologies include double frame rate technology, also known as 240Hz, with motion compensation. As a consequence, the picture refresh rate has been doubled compared to conventional LCD TVs, and the inherent blur of LCD technology has thus been reduced significantly.

BeoVision 8 40-inch also includes contrast improvement technology â€“ so-called Dynamic Contrast â€“ which optimizes the contrast according to the picture content in each scene. In addition, both BeoLink home integration functionality and extra video connections can be included with a convenient plug-and-play module.

Great sound from small cabinet

The sound performance of BeoVision 8 also sets new standards for compact TVs. The down-facing bass speaker provides a firm foundation for movies and music programs, while the front units are tuned specifically for the reproduction of human speech. The overall sound is extremely natural and clearly audible, giving the sense that voices are coming directly out of the screen.

Designer David Lewis explains, "What we did was move the sound forward and up, designing the TV like a proper stage with an orchestra pit. This ensures the synergy between performance and design expected of Bang & Olufsen."

Flexible solution

BeoVision 8 from Bang & Olufsen offers maximum flexibility as this compact television can easily be moved around and placed high or low.Â The retractable feet support BeoVision 8 in a casual setup - either directly on the floor or on a countertop. The elegant stands and wall bracket solutions allow for further placement options according to each customer's preference.

Made for those who are looking for an advanced yet entry-level TV with multiple placement options and fantastic picture and sound performance, BeoVision 8 40-inch offers a radical synthesis of time-honored craftsmanship, technological innovation and easy operation.

BeoVision 8-40 will be available in all Bang & Olufsen retail locations by summer 2010 and includes the Bang & Olufsen three-year international warranty. MSRP $5400.Â

Apple Reverses 'No-Cash' Policy for iPad Sales, Woman Scores Free Tablet

It doesn't matter that Apple's iPad can't do Flash, doesn't come with USB ports, won't accept SD cards, has no built-in camera, and puts up a pitiful effort at multitasking (at least until iPhone OS 4). None of these shortcomings were enough to dissuade Diane Campbell, who lives on a fixed income and had been saving up for several weeks, from wanting to purchase an iPad. There was only one problem: the Apple Store in Palo Alto wouldn't sell her one. Why not?

"About a month ago, we said we'd like you to use a credit card when you buy your iPad, and that was the best way we could think of to make sure that people only bought two per individual," said Ron Johnson, Senior Vice President for Retail, Apple.

And that was the case up until a local ABC news affiliate got involved. Learning of Campbell's situation and her desire to purchase an iPad only to be turned down, ABC San Francisco's "7 On Your Side" contacted Apple. The result? Nothing, at first. But as the story gained publicity, Apple pulled an about face.

According to Johnson, ABC's story triggered a company wide policy change to now accept cash for iPads. The only caveat is that cash-paying customers have to set up their account at the Apple Store, which isn't a big deal since an account is needed for the iPad anyway.

So what of Diane? Well, credit Apple for turning a potentially bad situation into positive publicity, not only by reversing its cash-only policy, but also for giving Diane a free iPad as a way of saying "thank you" for bringing the policy's shortcomings to attention.

Google Refreshes Wave And Opens It To The Public

Google has their hands in a lot of buckets these days. Chrome, Chrome OS, Android, Search, Buzz, Wave, and the list goes on and on. Not everything Google touches turns to gold, and one of those things may be Wave. This launched with loads of fanfare, and some said that it would revolutionize internal corporate communication as we knew it. But so far, even the beta has seemingly flickered out in terms of importance, and there's hardly anyone left riding the Wave, at least in public.

But going public, as it were, can do a lot for a company or service. Around eight months after releasing a beta to testers, Google has made the decision to open Wave up for everyone to enjoy. Or at least use. It's a part of Google Labs, and now you no longer need an invite to get in the door. Google has pointed out a few best-use scenarios below, so if you've been waiting for when your entire staff or team could have access in order to try it out, now is your chance.

Wave is still pretty interesting. We're not quite sure how or if it fits in just yet, but it's definitely got potential as a collaborative tool. Google also admits that things weren't fully baked during the Beta run, noting that "if you tried Google Wave out a while ago, and found it not quite ready for real use, now is a good time to come back for a second try." The public version of Wave is said to be "much faster and much more stable than when we began the preview, and we have worked hard to make Wave easier to use." For example, you can now get email notifications when waves change, easily navigate to unread parts of a wave, and remove participants added by mistake. Google has also added permission management options and an extensions gallery. Visit wave.google.com to get it a whirl, and make sure to suit up before heading over.

Wave is a great place to get work done, in particular for teams workingtogether on projects that involve lots of discussion and closecoordination. Here are a few examples:

Business:Co-workers at companies large and small are using Wave, from writingsoftware code at Lyn and Line and coordinatingad campaigns at Clear Channel Radio, to international projectcommunications for Deloitte's As One project.

Education:University students and professors worldwide have used waves within andbeyond the classroom to collaborateon Latin poetry translations, writeacademic research papers and even buildnew functionality with Wave's APIs. An ICT teacher also enjoyedhaving her 5th-graders do their class researchin Wave.

Creative collaboration: From virtualart classes to writing the CompleteGuide to Google Wave itself, waves make it easier for groups toreview and critique multimedia content like images and videos. (We'veheard that Wave is fun for gaming,too.)

Organizations and conferences: The DebatewiseGlobal Youth panel explored climate change across 100 countries andwaves at eComm(Emerging Communication Conference), LCA 2010 conference and HASTAC 2010helped track speaking sessions. We are using wavesin the same manner at today's Google I/O conference.

Journalism:Mashable used Wave to interviewjournalists on the future of journalism, and The Seattle Timesexperimented with a public Wave to develop their PulitzerPrize-winning news coverage.

Sony Introduces Google Internet TV And Blu-ray Player

Yesterday, Google's biggest reveal at Google I/O was Google TV. It's still sort of a fuzzy product, and it's hard to aptly describe in just a few words. It's definitely aiming to be the "next big thing" in television, and the only way it will ever have a huge impact is to join up with known names in the industry in order to get into more homes. Teaming with DISH Network at first is a wise move, but there's no Google TV without an Intel CE4100 processor to run the custom Android app/Chrome browser. You can either buy a set-top box for this and connect it to your existing television, or you can get the functionality (and hardware) built right into your next TV. Sony hopes you'll go for the latter option.

We knew yesterday that Sony would be one of Google's launch partners, but basically no details were given at the conference about the future set. Today, Sony has come forward with their own press release regarding the launch, and there's plenty to get excited about. If you thought existing Web-connected HDTVs were stunning, this new "Sony Internet TV" aims to set the bar even higher. Sony has announced that this particular TV will come with all the necessary Google TV hardware within, so there's no additional boxes or wires to connect. Just plug in an Ethernet cable connected to the Web, and Google TV is ready at your fingertips.

There's also a smaller announcement being made by Sony on this topic, and that's a forthcoming Blu-ray player that will actually have the Google TV hardware within. This is a fantastic upgrade path for someone is happy with their existing television, yet has not made the jump to Blu-ray yet. You'd get Google TV + Blu-ray in one simple set-top box, rather than having to buy two. No details on the screen resolution or any pricing for either is yet being talked about, but Fall 2010 release dates have been posted on both.

Sony to Introduce 'Sony Internet TV'

World's First TV Incorporating 'Google TV' Platform, Delivering Unprecedented TV-Internet Integration

TOKYO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation (hereafter "Sony") today announced the launch of "Sony Internet TV," the world's first TV to be based on the "Google TV" platform announced by Google Inc. (hereafter "Google"), Sony, Intel Corporation and Logitech today at Google I/O in San Francisco.Â "Sony Internet TV " combines the future growth potential and accessibility of the Android-based open Google TV platform with Sony's industry-leading expertise from product development to marketing.Â "Sony Internet TV" is scheduled to first launch in the U.S. in the Fall of 2010, with the lineup featuring both a standalone TV model and set top box-type unit incorporating a Blu-ray Disc drive.

As part of its ongoing efforts to introduce new business categories, Sony has proceeded to develop an "Evolving" TV that delivers new viewing styles exceeding conventional preconceptions, expandability through application downloads and other compelling features such as seamless operability and multitasking.Â "Sony Internet TV" realizes this vision, and is a new generation of TV that not only offers new forms of TV enjoyment through unprecedented Internet integration, but is also able to "evolve" through the download of applications.Â By leveraging the flexibility and growth potential of Google TV platform, Sony will be able to provide consumers with easy access to a range of rich and attractive content. Â

As the range of new internet content and services continues to grow and diversify, Sony's development of an "Evolving" TV will enable it to deliver this world of internet-based entertainment directly into consumers' living rooms.Â Furthermore, Sony will continue to apply its wealth of display technology expertise to create ever more compelling and attractive TV products.Â

New 1V NAND Drive Method Could Lead To Enhanced SSD Write Speeds

Solid state storage producers have been preaching about a few select points for years, particularly on why they're superior to traditional hard drives. Reliability and speed are the two obvious ones, but many SSD makers suggest that these Flash-based drives are more power efficient than HDDs as well. But as always, someone in the world doesn't think that existing SSDs are power efficient enough, and that's why a group over in Japan is currently attempting to develop a technology to make a NAND Flash memory module whose "drive voltage is as low as 1V and power consumption is 86% lower than existing NAND flash memories."

The researchers lowered the drive voltage of a NAND Flash memory module (one that uses a ferroelectric substance) from 3V to 1V. It has been known that the voltage of a ferroelectric NAND could be reduced by lowering the drive voltage of the core circuit more than that of existing NAND flash memories, and they're discovering that even when the drive voltage is lowered to around 1V, there's "o need to drastically increase the number of the steps of the charge pump circuit (boost circuit); therefore, the increase in the power consumption of the charge pump circuit is small."

It's all pretty technical in nature, but the short of it is that these researchers finally developed a new writing method to join this other work, one called the "Single-cell Self-boost method." Basically, this flips off "two cells adjacent to the unchosen cells by applying a voltage of 1V from both ends of the bit line connected to the unchosen cells so that the channel of the unchosen cells is in the state of floating." According to the estimates of the group, the power consumption of the ferroelectric NAND capable of being driven at 1V is 86% lower than that of the existing 1.8V-driven NAND flash memory. In the end, this could also lead to enhanced writing speeds as well, but honestly, all of this research seems a long ways out from being passed on to the commercial realm. Still, we knew that SSD adoption seemed to be on the rise, and things like this will only help separate SSDs from HDDs in the long run.

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Sapphire Radeon HD5830 1GB DDR5

Just found Sapphire HD5830 1GB is on sale, currently there's a good price on centralcomputer.

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