Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Apple surges on strong results

Apple stock rallied Tuesday a day after the maker of the iPod and iPhone reported record profits, overcoming difficult global economic conditions.

Apple shares vaulted 4.7 percent to 198.85 dollars in morning trade, near its all-time high of 202.96 dollars in December 2007.

RBC Dominion Securities analyst Mike Abramsky said Apple showed "resiliency despite recession" and that its "typically conservative outlook was stronger than expected."

The analyst said he sees "continued innovation" by the company with its in Macs computers, iPods and iPhones and "above-peer margins and cashflow."

Apple on Monday reported quarterly net profit of 1.67 billion dollars on record sales of iPhones and Macintosh computers.

Apple recorded 9.87 billion dollars in revenue during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, which ended September 26, compared with 7.9 billion dollars in revenue in the same period last year.

Apple's quarterly profit amounted to 1.82 dollars per share, a jump from the same quarter last year when it reported profit of 1.14 billion dollars, or 1.26 dollars per share.

Apple also predicted record revenue for the current quarter of 11.3 to 11.6 billion dollars.

"We are thrilled to have sold more Macs and iPhones than in any previous quarter," said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. "We've got a very strong lineup for the holiday season and some really great new products in the pipeline for 2010."

Rumors of Apple gadgets being readied for market include an "iTablet" computing device akin to a magazine-sized iPhone that could be used for reading digitized books as well as watching videos or surfing the Internet.

Videocon Datacom GSM Network codes

 Videocon Datacom GSM Network codes

Andhra Pradesh 405-823
Assam 405-824
Bihar and Jharkhand 405-825
Delhi 405-826
Gujarat 405-827
Haryana 405-828
Himachal Pradesh 405-829
Jammu and Kashmir 405-830
Karnataka 405-831
Kerala 405-832
Kolkata 405-833
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh 405-834
Maharashtra 405-835
Mumbai 405-836
North East 405-837
Orissa 405-838
Rajasthan 405-839
Tamilnadu 405-840
Uttar Pradesh (East) 405-841
Uttar Pradesh (West) and Uttarakhand 405-842
West Bengal & Andaman and Nicobar Is. 405-843

Samsung Protector i8320 smartphone based on the LiMo

 Smartphone Samsung Protector i8320 will work based on the LiMo. With regard to technical characteristics, Samsung phone has a touch screen with a resolution of 800x480 pixels, processor, Cortex-A8 OMAP3430, module Wi-Fi. Also there is support for 3G networks and the web browser Opera Mobile 9.6. Imaging device yet.










Recall that Samsung has already submitted two smartphone H1 Vodafone 360 and Vodafone 360 M1 OS-based LiMo.

Install a microphone in Windows XP

You may need a microphone with a headset to use on Gtalk . But when connecting it to your PC, it does not seem to work, and the worse is that there is no installation CD or drivers provided


Install microphone in XP

  1.  Open the Start menu
  2. Then open the Control Panel
  3. Click on the sounds, Voice and Audio Device icon
  4. Now click on the Sounds and Audio Devices
  5. Now a window appears click the voice tab and click at the bottom of the window to test equipment
  6. Another window appears, click on Next and wait for the computer to scan your hardware and install it click and click on Finish.
  7.  Your hardware is installed now.

Prefabricated mobile phone of two parts


Designer Joongho Choi created the concept of a mobile phone in two parts.

The device can be used as an MP3-player, with or without headphones, phone or camera or digital photo frame. The assembled apparatus has a large touch screen.






Nokia Core telephone and computer mouse

Design concept mobile phone Nokia CORE was inspired by the famous film "Star Wars". Interface device similar to the solar system.



The highlight of the model is able to use the phone as a computer mouse. OLED-display apparatus is covered with polycarbonate, which protects it from scratches. Using WiFi or Bluetooth user can drag the necessary data to the computer using the phone itself as a mouse.

Bluetooth-clock for RIM BlackBerry smartphones

Bluetooth-hours BlackBerry inPulse company RIM, designed specifically for smartphones the company. Watches have a bright and large OLED-display, which displays the various notifications about calls, SMS-messages, etc., coming from the smartphone BlackBerry. The device is designed for those cases where difficult to use a smartphone, such as driving a car. Thanks to the clock, the user can view the notice came, not removing the smartphone.


Released Bluetooth-hours BlackBerry inPulse as their price is still unknown.

Apple's record results, cheaper products in order?

Again, time is the party side of Cupertino where, despite a lackluster growth, Apple has just announced another quarter of growth. In the three months ended September 26, the company claims in effect a turnover of 9.87 billion dollars, compared to 7.9 billion recorded a year earlier. The net income was 1.67 billion against 1.14 billion the same period in 2008, coupled with a gross margin of 36.6%. Apple suggests having completed 46% of its international sales (outside U.S.).

3 million Mac

For the fourth quarter of fiscal Apple, which marks the return of Steve Jobs at the helm, the Mac is a real party, with 3.05 million units sold in the quarter, an increase of 17% one year. The laptops boost this segment they represent 74%, with shipments up 35% year on year, while desktop computers are experiencing a decline of 16%. Demand was particularly strong in Europe, said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO, particularly in Spain or Italy, where sales rose more than 40%.

A phenomenon is explained by Apple by the following factors: lower prices applied to the MacBook Pro range and the arrival of Snow Leopard, with sales (box version) were five times higher than those of his time in Leopard on the first five weeks of marketing.

The iPhone is no exception: 7.4 million pieces were sold in these three months, a score up 7% on a year for a total of 21 million terminals throughout the exercise. Only one record iPod sales decline by 8% a year, with 10.2 million players sold in the quarter.

One thing that Apple does not consider calmly the holiday season to season, traditionally one of the most lucrative ever. For what will be its first fiscal quarter 2010, Apple expects revenues of between 11.3 and 11.6 billion dollars, with earnings per share from 1.70 to 1.78 dollars.


Cheaper products, or more for the same price?

"For new products we already have or that we announce, we will deliver even more value to consumers with products that have a lower gross margin than their predecessors," warned Peter Oppenheimer at a conference call.

A gross margin decline can be explained by two phenomena: the rise of the purchase price of components and materials, or increase the value proposition, no direct correlation with the final sale price. In other words, better-equipped machines for the same price or cheaper computers to composition equivalent. This fuels the rumors that announce the imminent update iMac configurations, and why not, Mac Mini or MacBook Pro.

New MERIDIIST BLACK PVD by TAG Heuer

TAG Heuer launches new version of mobile phone MERIDIIST in black. The inspiration for creating this unique apparatus formed the cult watch GRAND CARRERA CALIBRE 17 RS 2.

Among the features of the new phone - switching function displaying information about an incoming call through the screens of the phone with multifunction buttons, Super-sensitive antenna for good signal reception and speaker, able to reproduce the sound to 100 decibels at a distance of 5 cm exceptional resources of the battery provides a backup power within 28 days. The basic construction of all the devices includes a high-quality stainless steel and sapphire crystal display (60.5 carats), protects the phone from scratches.

The deep black color is achieved by applying a top layer with the use of high-tech process PVD (coating by vapor deposition) to a clean painted surface. Titanium carbide is attached to a steel body by regulating the temperature and ionization, thus generating a thin coating thickness of only a few mikromillimetrov. Such a black surface increases the strength of the phone shells and resistance to damage its surface. The rear panel is presented in several versions: black or white crocodile leather, black soft rubber, red or black calfskin. To create a dynamic sporting image to black calf marked red contrast stitching.


Support for Russian users open a service center, where the average repair time is 3-4 working days. For customers who have purchased phones in other countries, service center TAG Heuer has Russification (change language pack and keyboard with Russian language). The cost of repairs and Russification regulated producer and is the same throughout the world. Experts technical support (phone 8-800-100-45-40) provide advice on all matters relating to the operation of the phone and its technical characteristics.

The price policy of the manufacturer is the same all over the world - the cost of the phone MERIDIIST,

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 picture

Here is the picture phone Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3. Recall that the announcement of the model Sony Ericsson is expected in early 2010. The device will run OS Android 2.0.


8 new Athlon II 2, 3 and 4 core AMD

As expected, AMD joins his way to the arrival of Windows 7 by launching eight new processors of the Athlon family. With prices of wholesale (price per unit for purchase of a thousand pieces) between 69 and 143 dollars, they will allow the company to Sunnyvale to muscle its supply relative to that of Intel, as well the general public that the OEM market.

Among the eight new chips, there are different models 'e', displaying a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 45W, compared to 95W of Athlon II "standards". Reduced energy consumption welcome lovers living room PC or manufacturers wishing to offer machines little greedy, but not without impact on the final price.


Earlier this range, we therefore find the Athlon X2 II II 235th and Athlon X2 240th, with 2MB of L2 cache and a TDP of 45W, clocked at 2.7 GHz and 2.8, respectively sold 69 and 77 dollars apiece, for a thousand units. Next come two to three core processors, the Athlon X3 II II 400 and Athlon X3 405th at 2.2 and 2.3 GHz, also with a TDP of 45W for the price of 97 and 102 dollars. Two standard X3 addition to offering the 425 and 435, with frequencies up sharply, to 2.7 and 2.9 GHz for the price of 76 and 87 dollars. Finally, AMD Athlon X4 II 600th and 605th, four cores, 2MB L2 cache and TDP of 45W for the price of 133 and 143 dollars.

  • Athlon X2 235th II: 2.7 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 69 
  • Athlon X2 240th II: 2.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 77 
  • II X3 400th Athlon 2.2 GHz, 1.5 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 97 
  • II X3 405th Athlon 2.3 GHz, 1.5 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 102 
  • Core II X3 425: 2.7 GHz, 1.5 MB L2 cache, 95W - $ 76 
  • Core II X3 435: 2.9 GHz, 1.5 MB L2 cache, 95W - $ 87 
  • II X4 600th Athlon 2.2 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 133 
  • II X4 605th Athlon 2.3 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 45W - $ 143

Intel launches the Core i7 960 on the ashes of 965

It is in the utmost discretion Intel launched this weekend a new high-end processor, the Core i7 960. As expected, the chip increases the ranks of the Bloomfield family instead of the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition which has itself been replaced with the current flagship of the founder, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition.

Like the man he replaces, the new processor is clocked at 3.20 GHz with 8 MB of cache. It adopts a socket LGA 1366 and a fine engraving of 45 nm for a TDP of 130 W. It is losing its multiplier unlocked upwards and the link to QPI 6.4GT / s reserved for Extreme Edition, to be content with a link to 4.8 GT / s.




The Intel Core i7 960 is already in the catalog of Intel $ 562 in quantities of thousands. It appears as the same wholesale price as the Core i7 950, clocked him on at 3.06 GHz and sold approximately 500 euros, it seems to have to foreclose.

Office 2010 Public Beta next month

Microsoft announced a test version of its Office 2010 suite will be available to all users in November 2009.

Monday at the SharePoint Conference 2009 taking place this week in Las Vegas in the United States, the CEO of Microsoft announced the availability for the month of November a public beta of Office 2010. For then, this office suite is available for testing as a technology preview with a small panel of users, as recently declination online Office Web Apps.

Office 2010 is available in its final version in spring 2010. Microsoft will then open a new way of selling with marketing a card activation to activate this image in a new computer. And a free version with limited functionality, Office 2010 Starter, where ads appear, replace and Works may be pre-installed on certain new machines.


SharePoint Server 2010 also in beta
But forces SharePoint conference, Steve Ballmer has also indicated the availability of beta version of its platform for collaboration and SharePoint Server 2010 Web. As for Office 2010, the public beta version of SharePoint will be available in November. "When combined with Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 will transform the efficiency by connecting employees across a single platform for collaboration," said Steve Ballmer.

Among the new features of SharePoint 2010 put forward: Ribbon interface, improved integration of Office, the integrated management of multimedia (video, audio, Silverlight) for dynamic websites, new features of Web content management, integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, connectivity services tailored to businesses, rich API and support for Silverlight, REST and LINQ, Services and Excel Services InfoPath forms for use throughout the company, two new references for SharePoint sites open Internet with an offer on site and a choice of accommodation.

Facebook groups will provide up to date

Supplanted by the fans pages in the latest version of Facebook, groups are not abandoned and given new insights into the social network.

Among the approximately 300 million active users of Facebook, several were visibly worried about the fate of groups that have tended to be evicted by the fans pages. Facebook concedes that the activities for the groups were isolated from the top group and it is often difficult to find what is happening within a group. Duly noted, a small percentage of users is entitled to a renewal of Facebook groups, before extending to all users in the coming days.

Facebook ad and a new design for groups to make them similar to other components of the site as profiles and pages. The groups will have a wall that "summarizes all the recent activities of a group of people" and an editor that allows members to share their content. Group activities appear to share equally in the wire news and feature publication of a friend (not all members of a group).

According to Facebook, if the Groups and Pages are similar now, they serve different purposes. Groups linked to the "collaboration between members," Pages are the "best way to broadcast messages to your fans if you are a business, organization, or other public figure." Facebook currently has more than 45 million of which some groups in life sometimes ephemeral that may trigger controversy like neo-Nazis in the past.

According to information from our colleague Wikikou a new formatting more general Facebook is also preparing with the onset of flow and Top News Recent News (a feed split into two), a highlighted dates birthday, a page load faster.

Dell offers its services to migrate to Windows 7

The Texas computer maker announced the launch of services to assist migration to Windows 7 for business.

To migrate a single machine to a new OS and Windows 7 in this case is an operation that does not a priori any particular difficulty. But when we speak of the computer park of a business consisting of hundreds or thousands of PCs, is an initiative that is not taken lightly and requires the establishment of a genuine migration plan.

Even before the mass market of Windows 7 this Thursday, October 22, Dell took the lead in announcing the launch of services to aid the migration to the OS for businesses. And we can assume that as many companies have been deadlocked on Windows Vista, the world will occur for a transition to Windows 7.

However, companies tend to wait for a first service pack before starting such a site. Note however that Gartner believes that for the case of Windows 7, need not wait for the release of SP1 before considering a migration and perform some tests.

Dell has therefore already services for migration from Windows XP and Windows Vista to Windows 7 via including members of its Partner Direct program. In a statement, Dell said to ensure its customers that their systems are capable of running Windows 7, and determine which applications are used and which are compatible with Windows 7. Dell provides an impact assessment and evaluation with its presence in the park, establish a plan to deploy Windows 7 also with the end user training.

The Windows 7 for business
With Windows 7, Microsoft offers Professional and Enterprise editions, which have some advantages over consumer publishing Home Premium, as backup technologies via the network, data encryption, connection to a domain, making Remote Control, the XP compatibility mode.

For large accounts, the Enterprise edition of Windows 7 offers more protection against data theft with BitLocker To Go and BitLocker to removable disks, the Direct Access functionality that Windows Server 2008 R2 allows administrators to give mobile users secure access via the Internet (no VPN) to corporate resources, Branch Cache to optimize the loading time files from the parent (to agencies), AppLocker to prevent the execution of software not authorized federated search or booting from a VHD.

According to a Gartner study recently relayed by our colleague Silicon.fr a business migration to Windows 7 from Windows Vista is estimated around $ 500 (excluding equipment purchases), and $ 1 800 from Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 share the same base and what works on Vista, also works in Windows 7.