Sunday, November 1, 2009

Motorola Leaves Windows Mobile

Motorola gives appraisal to operating system based on open source that developing by Google, Android. Motorola at this time in the middle of survival for keep growth has became Microsoft Windows partner since long time, but their also became supporter for open source application developing, and even now Motorola only focused for one open system platform, Android. Because want only focus to develop Android operating system in their gadget product, this vendor willing sacrifice another operating system. From financial side, that can denied that Android is open source platform can give free. The best benefit from open source is less expenditure to develop. Because this fact, Android priority to innovation than expenditure. Motorola be confident their can created excellent tools because they can create their own application tools.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

LG 55LHX Televisions

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LG 55LHX Televisions is 55” 1080p Wireless LCD LED 240Hz HDTV. LG’s Top-of-the-line LCD HDTV series delivers superior picture quality, including a 2:000,000:1 contrast ratio, in an ultra-slim design (less than 1” at its thinnest point). Unlike LCD LED HDTVs that use “edge” lighting technology, LG’s LHX uses a full array of LED backlights with local dimming technology for precise picture control—resulting in deeper blacks and a wide color gamut. And, because it’s wireless, the LHX allows for greater room design flexibility. The wireless capability is one of the cooler new features of the LG 55LHX LCD model. The uncompressed wireless system, available with a separate media box allows Full HD 1080p transmission without any separate wires and cables. The base station will transmit those video signals to the panel itself through its proprietary 60 GHz radio and multi-element antenna array. The new LG 55LHX 55-inch LCD HDTV has a variety of inputs and outputs including 4 HDMI inputs of V. 1.3 with Deep Color capable. Besides this, an additional USB 2.0 port is also there to access to digital music and photos. With so many advanced features, the new LG 55LHX can definitely be an attractive addition for any kind of room décor.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sony DPP-F700


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Sony DPP-F-700 is digital picture frame with one-touch printing that already equipped with an integrated printer. This digital picture frame have a 7-inch (16:10, WVGA 800×480) display, 1GB of internal memory, 21 template for make your picture more beauty, time/ date display, support for a variety of storage formats (including Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, SD Card, SDH Card, CF Card, and xD-Picture Card), and simple editing functions (rotate, zoom, and crop). The printer itself creates 4 x 6-inch, 300 x 300 dpi printouts with integrated TruFast technology and a "one touch printing" button. Print result is waterproof guarantee and no leave finger print in picture if someone touched. Sony DPP-F-700 will sell in United Sates and Europe market for around €200 (US$290).

Monday, September 28, 2009

Yahoo! Prepared Meme Compete Twitter

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Twitter success to get million users from all over the world made Yahoo! enticed. However, step that Yahoo! fallowed is not persuasion to merge their service with make acquisition with Twitter but by launched similar service named Yahoo! Meme. This service can be accessed at http://meme.yahoo.com/ at a glace it likes Twitter and Tumbir. When make account, you will find empty page that can fill it with text, image, video, content, or you can write microblog title, maximum description is 100 caracters, and an avatar. You also can make comment thread under content. Likes Twitter and Tumbir, you can looking for public account of another users and follow them. Every update from another user that you follow can display in your page. Interesting to try Yahoo! Meme? If yes, you must wait till Yahoo! released Meme for public.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Apple Product “Explosion”

Explosion cases of Apple product in some places makes the safety of consumer products in Europe United feel worried. They started investigation connected to this repeatedly accidents. These accidents of course make the safety of consumer products not keep quiet. They confirmed will investigate about this matter. Besides that, they also already send warning to Rapex security system product in order to 27 Europe United members followed send update news, still connected to two Apple brand products. Apple side confessed they accept report about repeatedly accidents of these Apple products. At this time, they still waiting consumer to submit their damage product unit to analyze. Apple said that have nothing to do till they get complete information. For information, this accident is often happened and Apple tried to blockade this news from an American journalist on July.

Trojan Spied VoIP

It is uncomfortable if someone that we don’t want recorded or heard our conversation with our partner or client. Trojan Peskyspy able to record conversation and victim targeting is Skype users. By hooky several Windows API, this Trojan send conversation in mp3 file format in specific remote channel to a wiretap. Someone PC can infect by Trojan via used channels, including an exe file on e-mail when user clicked to visit infected website. For good, you better upgrade your operating system, browser, or security software, so able to detect dangerous attachment presence, and give a warning message to you about potential website contained dangerous application.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Windows XP Modification in China

Four China citizens jailed because they created and distributed Windows XP software that already modification so authenticated and certificated system been disable. One of the citizen has name Hong Lei also have part as website creator titled Tomato Garden that distributed that pirate Windows XP software. The Result, they get punished by 3.5 years in jail and fine worth US$ 146,000. China accused as the most country that used pirate software in the world. Even many sides also said software pirate problem in the industry countries is worse than China. According to an American senator whom just visiting Beijing, China government effort to stopped intellectual property law break appraised weak and not effective because China government only talk and lack in implementation. Beside that, there are many website in China that still provide favorite pirate material link and download likes movie, music, and game.

Google Donation

Google known so supported open source community was given fund donation US$ 400,000 to Open Source Lab, Oregon State University. This additional fund will support their effort to provide hosting services that used by many projects and open source community. Chris DiBona, Google Program Manager explains that Oregon State University (OSU) has already given contribution to open source world. This makes OSU as leader in global education. This year, OSU also fallowed to be participant as organization adviser in Google Summer of Code Program. Contribution that Google given was part of campaign for OSU, a campaign given fund supported for publication in 2007. This campaign have goal to get US$ 625 million that will be used for scholarship, research, new learning facility, and other.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Printee 1.5.1

Sometimes we need to print information from website page. Commonly, user do copy paste to text contain editing application to get information they need from website page and rearranged. But this way take times and difficulties. To resolve it, you can used this application known as Printee. This application is add-on Internet Explorer browser to print of some part or only content from website page that you want it. You can erase all pictures and background, advertises, and another item that you don’t want to print. Even with this application you can changed font, width, and page style layout. Printed output surely only take website page content wanted. You can download this application at www.irido.com/download/printee.exe (size file : 435 KB).

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Dell Ended Mini 12 inch Netbook.

Dell announced will to end their Mini 12 inch netbook that used Intel Atom processor and will be focus on Mini 10 inch netbook. For meanwhile, conventional ordinary netbook will fill this empty space that left by Mini 12 inch. According to Dell, to their customers, 10 inch display is more suitable to used in netbook because portability is the most important key of netbook users. From circulated news on internet, their have possibility to developing a new netbook used CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) processor. According to another news, this decision cause by conflict of interest between Dell and Intel. Intel prefer to 12 inch netbook used dual core processor than 12 inch netbook. By this Dell decision, so limitation between netbook and small notebook size will be more not clearly.

Facebook Implemented New Rules

Facebook have plan to implemented new changed in their Term of Service. One of the changed rules is banned thing to write by Facebook users on their status row. That changed will be ban to user status for commercial purposes. So if Facebook user still used to sale their status update to an advertiser, it will be consider as rules breaker. In commonly, Facebook private user profile will be ban for use to get commercial gain. Draft of new rule goes as follow: “You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).” This time, the new rules just submitted by their official blog and you can see it in Facebook Site Governance. If have no objections, Facebook will be implemented this draft as new rule that must obeyed by all members.

China Canceled Their Censor Software

China finally cancelled their effort to censored internet contain massively. China government no longer obligation all internet user in their country to used censor software named Green dam Youth Escort. That censor software said China officer was had no obligation for computer user to use it. After installed that software, China internet users have right to choose. If you buy computer attachment with floppy disc or compact this contained censor software, buyers have choice to use it or not. This decision ended China government controversial plan that arise up on June. In that time, China government required to all computer users to install that censor software, and this decision made people and netter all over the world angry. They accused China government trying to increase their control on internet. China then busy to make self defenses about their decision. At last, their make officially canceled that decision.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Symantec Announced The 100 Dirtiest Websites.

Do you want to know the 100 dirtiest website on internet for this summer 2009? According to threaten quantities that detected till August)? Symantec via Norton Safe Web project provided their information for you. The website list that must be you avoid was thrown by website that contained no less than 56,271 malware threaten. If you approximately to all website in the list, that average number became 18,000. There is no weird if adult websites take 48 of 100 positions on the list. But that surprising enough to known another website have work in not dangerous image, like catering, skating figure, deer hunt, and legal or retail service. Virus, according to Norton Safe Web, is the most common threaten that they found it. Only with no purpose action when you have navigation to the one of that dirtiest websites, user become exposed their computer to virus attacker wave or information stealer. There are many ways to make a website became malware infection, but attacker usually used SQL injection technique to exploration web server technology weakness. The champion of the dirtiest website or the number one in Symantec list version is Arab Saudi website that used host in United States found already spread many downloader trojan infection. That must be beware is website owned by US based catering company with infection number reached 23,414. For information detail, see at http://safeweb.norton.com/dirtysites.

Adobe Provide Video Upload Feature Till 2 GB

Tragic for Adobe Flash that become dominant platform enough for video streaming hosting like YouTube and Hulu, for this long time never been launched own hosting service and video sharing, But in recently time, Adobe will catch their fact falling behind with added video upload feature at Photoshop.com, editing service, and website based picture sharing. Maybe you already known, Adobe is not the first company that have video added feature to website that originally designed for picture. But compared with Flickr that asked video upload duration no more than 90 seconds limit, Adobe permitted their user to video upload till 200 MB if you used web browser, or till 2 GB if you used via Adobe AIR uploader. After finished to upload, you can played at Photoshop,com or share with another users. By the way, for user service also get free 2GB capacity storage space. Beside that new feature, Adobe also provided chance for user to make Group Album. This album can collaboration with another user. Instersting? You can directly visit www.photoshop.com.

Ulysse Nardin Chairman

Do you want have a handphone that really different, and not all people can’t have it? Ulysse Nardin Chaiman is one of some product that will release soon. This handphone made by Ulysse Nardin, a watch producer company from Swiss. Ulysse Nardin Chaiman is a handphone that used kinetic energy, for battery charging process. A same method that already implemented in some famous watch branded. Kinetic energy produced by user movement. In watch that using in wrist is proven already efficient, for handphone not always in user hand held, this is not optimal possibility. We can say if the handphone keep on our pocket, there not keep as many as kinetic energy if we used watch when we walk. At least, Ulysse Nardin Chaiman handphone become exclusive because is not many people use it. This limited edition handphone planned only produced for 1,846 units. Interesting? You can see more detail information at www.uncells.com.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Intel-GridRepublic Cooperation

Intel and GridRepublic non profit organization launched application that make possible for Facebook users shred their computer processor platform for social need. With application titled ProgressThruProcessors, Facebook users can share their computer processor platform for project need that already running are Rosetta@home (for AIDS researcher, malaria, cancer, and Alzheimer), ClimatePrediction.net project (global warming effect reduce) and Africa@home (malaria controller). These projects need high level and expensive computation system, even sometimes need computer not already exist. Because of that, Intel and GridRepublic used grid computing system, where computers make a large network that share their collective computer resource so can equal or even can beaten a supercomputer. According to Intel, This application will be run if only a computer is 100 percent not in use. When user still busy working with heavy application program, automatically ProgressThruProcessors application will be idle, delayed their work and back to run when there still resource remainder.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Android Targeting BlackBerry

Android destiny in the future have possibility will directed became big competitor for BlackBerry made by Research in Motion (RIM). Google as platform developer clarified that the operating system will be focused on business market, not customer. This is like Reuter reported, quoted from one of the Google top executive that have responsibility from Android developing, Andy Rubin. In his statement, Rubin said that beside to developing consumer features like social networking and games, Android will become platform for business developing solution to supported jobs. Android debut already started in this years, and predict will come about 20 handset variant from many smartphone vendors in the last 2009. Rubin predicted Android will be looking by business class users starting in this year. If Google come in, competition in handset business market will be harder because Google has online services for this market likes Google Apps. Before, Google was demonstrated combination between high feature equipment with application, and online service.

MySpace Launched E-mail

MySpace try with many ways to persuade his user. One of this ways is launched an e-mail service, MySpace Mail. MySpace Mail already existed in beta version. This e-mail service will available in all over the world in the some week future. With MySpace Mail, user has change to communicated and content sharing with other person. By this service, user can attachment their photo directly from profile to e-mail, send music and video as attachment without storage limitation. MySpace user also can used name that already used in social networking by added @myspace.com. In recently, Myspace enchantment began to become overcast, with more increased popularity of facebook prestige. Even for some time ago, this website owner by New Corp must reduced 30% of his workers. Because of that, MySpace really need to some breakthroughs like presented this e-mail service, to challenge facebook popularity. But I think MySpace need more than only presented e-mail service. We wait what the next Myspace breakthrough.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Opera Supported Android

Opera Mobile makes sure to support Android platform. Before, Opera only supported platform for smart phone that used Windows Mobile and Symbian operating system. Opera Mobile 9.7 claimed has fastest navigation for both operating systems. This browser company from Norway now trying luck by jumped into Android platform. Opera explained their certainty will can use in hand phone with Android based. Opera Mobile 9.7 exactly released on June 2009. In that time, Opera Mobile beta version just released only for Windows Mobile also can be use in hand phone with touch screen technology. Now Opera delayed himself as the most popular mobile browser in the world. Based on web annalistic company StatCounter, Opera succeed to replaced iPhone Apple browser position. Survey by Stat Counter showed 24,6% browsing used Opera browser. In fact, Opera has been number one in early 2009.

Microsoft Persuaded European United

Microsoft not gives up with monopoly accused by European United Commission to Internet Explorer installation in every Windows system. Microsoft has already lobbying European United. In his offered, Microsoft still want to keep Internet Explorer in every Windows 7 that released in Europe countries, but will give additional application named “Ballot Screen” that make user can easily to installed another Internet Explorer competitor browser, and make non activation of Microsoft browser application. European United Commission not makes decision yet about Internet Explorer. But rumors said this Microsoft peaceful offered is interested for European United. Commission will take this offer with open hand, and European United will make investigation for user choice affectivity. Unfair competition accused by European United to Microsoft started on last January. Internet Explorer complained too following Windows popularity so is difficult to catch up by another competitor browser like Firefox, Opera, and Chrome.