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ViewSonic has released three flat products in a row in Berlin today, one is a 10-inch ViewPad 10pro, ViewPad had two is a 7-inch products and 7x.
ViewPad 10pro an Oaktrail-based platform, processor 1.5GHz Atom Z600, users can choose to run Android 2.3 or Windows 7 Professional, priced at 499 euros.

ViewPad 7x mount 1024×600 resolution is a multitouch screen, built-in NVIDIA Tegra2 programme, 8GB memory, with before and after resets the camera and GPS, you can only run Android, costs 349 euros.

ViewPad 7E is an aspect ratio of 4:3 products, internal Amazon Kindle reader, supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HDMI output, price only € 169.

Windows 8 developer preview version has been published, I believe we have already begun to experience. But Windows 8 is still very early days, many user interface part of sophistication is not high, can give you early adopters – especially the start menu control, brought a lot of awkward. The good news is that now there’s a method could result in the new started back to the classic Start menu of Windows 8 (similar to Windows 7). Thanks to Neowin Member provided by the FaiKee method, follow these steps:

Open the registry editor, and run “regedit” move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer modifying RPEnabled value, change 1 to 0

To note is that this amendment at the same time it disables the Metro UI (you want to recover, the RPEnabled value to 1).

Talk about the beginning of a new experience is one of the most worthwhile experience part of Windows 8, this seems unnecessary.

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At present, the EU is reviewing Microsoft’s Skype acquisition. Italy Messagenet SpA PSTN and VoIP service providers, should prevent the Microsoft Windows software bundle Skype service.
Messagenet SpA also requested assurances from the Commission, Microsoft and Skype will provide data and allows competitors to offer software products are compatible with Skype.

Microsoft recently announced US $ 8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, this is one of Microsoft’s largest acquisition, it can make Microsoft compete directly with Google and Apple in the Smartphone, video chat.

In June, the United States antitrust authorities have approved the deal, before the deal to settle, the EU is an obstacle. Antitrust counsel, the transaction will not create greater competition risk.

Messagenet said in a letter sent to the European Commission, if Skype is an acquisition, it will obtain a dominant position, competitors can be kicked out of the market. Wrote in a letter: “in the Microsoft operating system to bundle Skype is anti-competitive, it should be banned. ”

Messagenet also believed that the two companies have an obligation to disclose to competitors important interoperability data.

In accordance with the timetable, the EU will decide whether to approve the deal before the October 7. Earlier this month, it requires third parties to comment on the deal.

European Commission spokesman said that regulators are working on a third party observation.

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United States on September 28, Amazon released some long awaited Tablet PC Kindle Fire spread, sells for $ 199, which is considered to be the only possible threat to Apple iPad tablet computer. Amazon services that sell hardware at a loss, depending on content model for making money, greatly accelerating the “post-PC era” the arrival of those simply do hardware business after the prospect of becoming very dangerous.

However, on September 29, Amazon officials told reporters that the Tablet PC to enter China has no timetable, stressed that introducing this product currently on the hardware without any obstacles, but Amazon less than introducing eco-environment in China’s overall time.

Posterior choke Android Tablet?

“Apple dominated above, below, Amazon, others trapped in the Middle, very hard”

Amazon’s Kindle Fire sells for half the other tablet, tablet of the other Android camp was a huge blow. Prior to that, under the pressure of the iPad, Android tablets are poor delivery.

According to data from IDC, the second quarter of 2011, iPad tablet computer in the world market share of up to 68%,Android system with 27%. With HTC’s 7-inch tablet computer Flyer for an example, the tablet in the United States electronic retail shopping centre, best buy is priced at $ 499, this type of plate after the advent of the Kindle Fire can in a tough position.

According to United States investment bank analyst Gene Munster predicts that the price of $ 199 in Amazon’s Kindle Fire, each selling a Kindle Fire, Amazon lost $ 50.

Amazon’s low pricing so that other Tablet manufacturers breath of cold air. “Now the Tablet market, Apple held above, below, Amazon, others trapped in the Middle, will be very unpleasant. “The Taiwan Institute of extension lump of Earth, said Li Yicong.

Prior to this, almost all of the Tablet PC manufacturers want to pressure the iPad on hardware specifications, but none have succeeded. Apples through their superior supply chain management system to establish a very high threshold, very few Tablet shipments due to other manufacturers, so the single unit production cost is much higher than Apple, it is difficult to pose a real threat at the same price with respect to the iPad.

And now, Amazon has ushered in a new era of Tablet, that is, the hardware only foil, relying on the content and services for higher earnings in the short run, other Tablet manufacturers it is difficult to catch up on the piece.

Prior to this, 7-inch tablet computer sales had been poor, and the iPad’s 9.7-inch market has been the main dimensions of the tablet.

Amazon’s model

Amazon using compact hardware to match the various cloud services, this coincides with other Tablet manufacturers already have substantial differentiation

Amazon Kindle Fire occurs, are considered to be speeded up “post-PC era” appears, its direct consequence is that all simple hardware manufacturers are likely to be difficult.

Taiwan companies lump of Earth Institute West Coast Research Center researcher You Kexi, enter “post-PC era”, product specification and differentiation no longer is the key to winning, software and services to take a more critical role. Amazon has 200 million users (mainly in Europe, America and Japan), and a complete back-end services, once its launched after the flat, will be able to replicate successful models of the Kindle ebook and Kindle Store eBook Store, to seize the Tablet business opportunity and threat status for iPad.

From a technical point, Amazon take a stripped-down hardware to match a variety of cloud services, which like other Tablet manufacturers have significant differences.

From here, Amazon and Apple are beginning to be widely brought competition in comprehensive strength. Current hardware, operating system, Apple has a strong research and development strength of the core components, music, electronic books, and have a certain strength of cloud computing services, app store, while the Amazon in digital publishing, cloud computing has a strong competitive edge.

Amazon e-book occupies absolute leading position in the market, experts in the industry, while Apple wants to enter the market, but it is difficult to Amazon too great a threat.

Long-term research on digital publishing best road networks CEO lane just shortly before the three countries and several international book publishing at the Beijing book fair exchange agency Sales Manager, when asked about Apple after entering the field of digital publishing did have an impact on market patterns, the large publishing houses, said, and has no practical impact.

Cheng said the three countries, Amazon in the United States still dominates the field of digital publishing 75% share, Apple’s shares have hovered at around 5%, or, rather, pushing Apple iPad iBooks in fact has not become mainstream products.

Because Amazon business books market for many years, in the paperback market began to deal with major publishers, has later established a Kingdom of digital publishing, and major publishers maintain very good relations of cooperation, which was followed up shortly after it’s hard to go beyond.

In addition to the electronic publishing paperback, Amazon also pioneered industrial chain of the on-line publication of books, some writers in the Amazon direct publication of books and obtained a very good income, the highest circulation is more than million.

In addition to the eBook Store, Amazon also has a shopping center, MP3 online store e-commerce, VOD and video services such as computing services, shops, stores, and can match Apple eco-system services. Amazon, which has more than 18 million books, songs, films and TV miniseries, users also can be purchased through the Kindle Fire on tens of thousands of Android applications in the app store.

Currently, Amazon is working actively to promote the subscription service, whether it is eBook content, music, film and television content, as long as the user to pay a certain fee to provide unlimited access to Amazon’s digital content. Currently, users can already buy Amazon Prime Services, only $ 79 will be able to enjoy the film and television content. -Book service, Amazon is in negotiations with major publishers.

By contrast, on the Apple app store with competitive strength, App Store now has more than 500,000 applications, and is the most abundant of the app store, Amazon is difficult to catch up with Apple in the short term. In addition, Apple’s iTunes has 200 million accounts, and also have very alarming number of iPhone and iPad.

On the sales model, also has a fundamental difference between Apple and Amazon. Apple is currently the global sales network much-expanded entity, such as Apple’s plans by 2012 in China out of the 25 largest flagship store, in contrast, Amazon rely more on e-commerce, Amazon is the world’s largest online retailers.

By contrast, the Apple sales model and user-oriented communication, promote users to the Apple store experience, and Amazon e-commerce model is cheap, convenient representative, who will win is worth two sales model for observation.

Enter China no timetable

“In introducing hardware does not have any difficulty, but also needs good content with”

Amazon Kindle fire after the launch of cost-effective ultra high, many consumers are asking, this tablet into China’s time.

This reporter to call the Amazon public relations and Marketing Director, Kim Joon, she said that Amazon does not have a clear timetable for the Tablet PC introduced in China, “good things Amazon has certainly wishes to China, will consider the matter in the future, but it’s not a timetable.”

“In introducing hardware does not have any difficulty, but also needs good content with. “Jun Kim pointed out that currently Amazon are China accelerated construction on the content, including wear and large publishers such as iron content cooperation, however, because overall digital publishing environment in China and the United States the difference huge, so the construction time was needed.

Prior to that, Amazon’s popular Kindle electronic reader has not officially entered China, but the low price popular reader gray market in China.

According to Li Yi estimates that Kindle sales are the best in China will sell 4 a month to 50,000 units, also have 20,000 poor sales, they can through various channels to download pirated books to read.

In fact, the construction of Chinese digital copyright industries far behind the United States, said Kim Joon, China and the United States vary widely, such as digital rights scattered in the hands of writer of many books, unlike the United States are concentrated in the hands of a small number of publishers, so digital rights work together is very difficult.

In this sense, content services are not very good profits in China’s case, Amazon really no too much short-term power the Kindle reader and Kindle Fire tablet was introduced into China.

The 21st century business Herald

East Coast time on October 6, according to a MarketWatch report, Oracle is paid about $ 200 million, and the United States Justice Department settlement.
United States Department of Justice to Oracle sued, alleging Oracle cheat in the contract to the Federal Government, leading government customer transaction price is above the Oracle-provided to commercial customers in the price.

“Oracle has settled a qui tam case with the General Services Administration relating to a contract that dates back 13 years ago to 1998. Oracle vigorously denies that it did not scrupulously adhere to the pricing requirements of that contract. The company has always had strong controls in place to insure that the government agencies who purchased from the GSA schedule received fair pricing. Oracle never committed any fraud whatsoever. Given that the events surrounding this case took place so long ago, not surprisingly many of the witnesses are no longer available or do not clearly recall these events. Oracle has therefore decided to avoid the distraction and high cost of litigating this case by settling. We remain committed to the highest principles of integrity in our relationships with Government customers.”

Facebook announced the launch of iPad applications, and pledged to support users with social gaming to the mobile platform. Facebook says, the current global more than 350 million users every month access Facebook from your mobile device and its services, launches iPad application will generate more revenue for the company. Facebook revealed that the launch of new mobile services platform will be closely combined with third-party games and applications, its built-in “site Favorites” feature, you can easily save user favorite games.

Facebook also said that due to limited Apple development terms, iPhone version of Facebook application will not be able to use the company’s virtual currency service.

The battery is an important part of modern electronic tools, is also a major weakness. Its main defects are not as fast as the super capacitor charging, performance will decrease over time. According to United States physicist organizations network on October 9, the now United States scientists have three dimensional battery of nanostructured electrodes were developed, charging and discharging to be completed in a few seconds, and rapid charging and discharging battery energy density will not be affected. Outcome is expected to completely change the battery of the latest design methods.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of materials science and engineering with Master Yu Xindi baoer·baoen (transliteration), postdoctoral researcher Zhang Huigang (transliteration), wrapped into a three-dimensional nano-structure of a thin film electrode for its valid to have a larger volume and current. Presentation results indicate that battery can have this electrode charge and discharge quickly in seconds, the efficiency is 100 times times the bulk electrode battery. This means that, when when it is used in electric vehicles, charging the amount of time possible and at the gas station refueling and, more importantly is fast charging and discharging of the battery energy density (in space or the quality of stored energy in the material the size of the to resolve is the electric charge of power ran far problems) had no effect.

Bhaun said: “fast with this new battery charging and discharging in addition to outside the automotive sector creative, can also be used for medical equipment, and military fields in the laser. ”

Scientists were first will small of ball coated in a surface Shang, then will ball tightly package into a network lattice shaped of structure, ball Zhijian of gap and ball around are filled metal; then will ball melting, are a similar sponge of three dimensional bracket; then with electrolytic method on three dimensional bracket of surface for etched, to let sponge structure within of micro-hole increases, manufacturing out has a open of framework structure, last then will activity substances film coated in the framework Shang.

Researchers point out that: “the result, we got an excellent electrode structure, their mutual links between small, so lithium ion moves fast; active material thin film lithium ions can quickly spread and electrical conductivity of metallic materials to have their better. ”

Bhaun said: “the latest study is independent of any specific type of battery, but a new battery design paradigm-with three dimensional structure to enhance battery performance. ”

This study received a United States Army Research Laboratory, and United States Energy Department support.

Earlier this year, Zhang Huigang, and others in the journal Nature · Nanotechnology journal pointed out that they have developed a new method for rapid charging of a battery, suitable for lithium-ion and nickel-based batteries. The methods aimed at reducing ions reach distance between electrodes. Results showed that to nickel-metal hydride battery, for example, the electrode capacitance full of 75% in 2.7 seconds; filled within 20 seconds to 90%, this rate remained stable after after 100 charge and discharge cycles. A full size for lithium battery electrodes in 1 minutes to fill in to 75%; 2 minutes is filled to the 90%.

According to foreign media reports, according to sources familiar with the Apple plan, today the upcoming release of a new generation of Apple iPhone mobile phone does not support the long term evolution (LTE) or WiMAX. According to sources, next-generation iPhone handsets will still support a 3G network, with the same criteria used by the current iPhone 4 mobile. United States’s second-largest mobile operator AT&T had previously said the company HSPA+ networks with speeds like 4G network.

Verizon Communications currently has been laid in the United States long term evolution network. The company promised that similar to the Droid Motorola mobile Bionic, and HTC phones such as Thunderbolt, the network will have “lightning” download speeds.

Sources say, United States’s third largest mobile operator Sprint Nextel, and AT&T and the largest mobile operator Verizon Wireless, will be launched at the end of this month the latest iPhone handset. United States’s fourth largest mobile operator t-mobile United States previously has said that the company has not sales cooperation agreement with Apple. The second quarter of this year, AT&T and the amount of iPhone for Verizon Wireless cell phone activation for 4.9 million units.

As of now, Apple will the spokesman made no comment on the reports.

If you have Dell founder Michael Dell (Michael Dell) again to start a business, where his business? Michael Dell remarks, replied: “I will go to China at the age of 19, where startups. There the environment better. “Yesterday, Michael Dell, attend Ernst strategic growth Forum express the views above.

At the age of 19, Michael Dell, Dell was founded at the University of Texas, it reshaped the PC industry. Now he is 46 years old, Michael Dell is the captain of the enterprise, among them vacate in just 2 years period.

At the Forum, Michael Dell said he has tried his best efforts, several times to avoid the first-class enterprise Apple, kept the business destroyed.

Gartner data shows that in the United States, Dell is still the second-largest PC, and Apple in the third place, and close behind and hold. Overall, due to the outbreak of smartphones and tablets, and hurts PC sales, Dell hit worst, third-quarter PC shipments fell 7.2%, Apple increased 21%.

Although Dell does not plan to exit the PC business, but Michael Dell hopes to launch iPad competitors, he declined to give a specific time and product appearance.

Michael Dell remarks, saying: “we live in multiple devices in the world. “He added most likely in cooperation with Microsoft, he added:” we’ve got 1.5 billion PC, mostly using Microsoft System. If the device can meet, people will be like. ”

Michael Dell remarks, is also expected, iPad, Android tablets, the more traditional Dell PC, their differences would disappear. He said: “today, on the flat panel and notebook is a clear boundary between, and in the future will blur the boundaries, different forms, different devices of various sizes will appear. ”

Dell will not abandon the PC business models, Michael Dell said PC accounts for half of sales, one-third of the total profit. Indeed, Dell will actively acquire, it had $ 16 billion in cash. Recently Dell 9 acquisition, Michael Dell said that this acquisition will continue.

Michael Dell remarks, say, Dell and Apple, Dell will only provide what customers want. Emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, will become Dell’s strategic thrust force.

According to market consulting firm Forrester Research shows that Amazon Tablet 3 months after the listing may be selling 3.005 billion units. Reports also say Amazon flat prices will be lower than US $ 300; tablet will encourage supply chain. Forrester analyst Shala·luoteman·aipusi (Sarah Rotman Epps), from the market, profit, cash position, Amazon and Apple in the Tablet market confrontation as “David and Goliath” fight (Goliath was one of the famous legendary Giants).

However, Amazon has a strong brand recognition, a cloud computing service, Kindle product line and other products, which makes it unique on the market an iPad to Amazon competitive rivals.

Epes believes that if Amazon tablet at less than $ 300 price, and there is sufficient supply chain assurance of supply, it can be sold 3.005 billion units in the four quarter.

If Amazon Tablet launch product strategy appropriate, figures may be higher. Although Apple dominated the flat sales, but Amazon’s intervention would stir up Apple challenge.

Epes said: “Apple to sell software and services, but its revenues mainly from hardware, which makes Apple vulnerable, such as attack of the Amazon, Amazon is not prepared to profit on hardware sales. ”

Epes also believed that Amazon may not be the only Amazon Tablet vendor. OEM may use Amazon’s software and services on the Android system, providing a richer experience. A year later, we might see from different hardware’s Amazon tablet. As a result will stimulate investment in Android program.

Forrester speculated that says, “If Amazon Android Tablet sales per million level, appeal of Android developers will surge before developers adopt a wait-and-see attitude. ”

Text/Sohu IT