2011年12月29日星期四

Apple Has Idea for Fuel Cell Battery That Would Last Weeks

Claiming to give birth to strong-minded a way to eliminate "the need in support of a bulky and minder battery," Apple has made in the public domain two patent proposals, originally filed in the sphere of 2010, with the aim of combined would enable the manufacture of fuel-cell batteries with the aim of may well boost the life of handheld device batteries by a carry some weight weeks. "Such fuel cells and associated fuels", the proposals show all the signs, "can potentially accomplish important volumetric and gravimetric energy densities, which can potentially enable continued surgery of portable electronic policy in support of days or else even weeks with no refueling."

Though neither factor of the wished-for expertise would require hydrogen to function, they indicate the stanch prospect with the aim of hydrogen fuel-cell batteries can be present insubstantial a sufficient amount to be present commercially feasible, and their statement accompanying the proposals indicates this is someplace they plan to focus their labors. The originator proposal, congruence Fuel Stack Architecture, is in support of a battery with the aim of would place fuel cells in the sphere of a stack, promising to boost voltage significantly. This would be present accomplished by allowing adjacent fuel cells to share electrodes, dwindling the amount of electrodes compulsory apiece battery, which would allow in support of the benefit of lighter components. The back patent hard work is in support of a method of creating a condensed burden fuel cell plate with the aim of would incorporate the expertise wished-for in the sphere of the originator hard work.

Aside from the obvious pro to the consumer with the aim of longer-lived batteries would provide, Apple's eye is very much on the continuance of a useful in the public domain image and the bed line. "Our country’s continuing trust on fossil fuels," lone of the applications says, "has enforced our government to look after complicated opinionated and forces relationships with unstable governments in the sphere of the mid East." This association, Apple continues, "also exposed our coastlines and our citizens to the associated hazards of offshore drilling." All proper, and these problems are well worth the effort it would take to mollify them. Not mentioned in the sphere of the patent applications is the snag of mushroom fossil fuel custom stemming from an over-reliance on offshore result labor, but having the status of they say, lone snag by a clock.

2011年12月21日星期三

HP and EMC warn of hard-disk price rises

Both companies can nix longer swallow the hard-disk drive (HDD) value increases caused by the flooding, EMC and HP told ZDNet UK on Tuesday.

"To blind date EMC has absorbed the value increases accepted on to us by our hard-disk drive suppliers and we desire prolong to figure out so through the come to an end of the month," EMC assumed. "However, inauguration in the field of Q1 2012 we desire take place increasing hard-disk drive make a list prices from five percent up to 15 percent in support of an indefinite full stop of occasion."

HP did not undertake a blind date in support of as soon as its prices would quit up, but assumed it would take place compulsory to raise prices since well. HDD factor prices take part in already risen by 20 percent, it assumed.

"We often adjust prices we charge in support of components based leading sell conditions, and this condition is nix exception," HP assumed in the field of a communication circulated to its customers on 21 November, and exposed to ZDNet UK by HP on Tuesday. "What is separate straight away is so as to particular of these factor prices possibly will get to your feet significantly, and in support of an indeterminate full stop of occasion."

The flooding has led to plain shortages in the field of HDD components, value so as to tubby facility SAS and SATA drives are already in the field of abrupt supply, HP assumed.

In the field of beforehand November sell study company IHS iSuppli predicted the floods would front to "a substantial shortage" of HDDs.

"Operations by the side of many hard-disk drive factories in the field of Thailand take part in been disrupted. According to IDC, Thailand accounted in support of 40-45 percent of worldwide HDD production for the duration of the leading partially of 2011," HP wrote. "Many factories take part in been flooded, and in the field of others production has been impacted due to power outages and exert yourself stoppages."

Chief hard-drive manufacturers Seagate and Western Digital recently slashed the warranties on their HDDs. Western Digital assumed this was unrelated to the floods so as to strictly damaged its manufacturing facilities, but IDC analyst Daniel Bizo disagreed.

2011年12月18日星期日

LG’s Prada 3.0 Fashion Phone is Big on Performance

The LG Prada phones with the aim of allow come up to available sooner than were undoubtedly fashionable, the contemporary Prada phone, dubbed LG Prada 3.0, follows in the sphere of their footsteps but in addition delivers in the sphere of vocabulary of performance. In the sphere of squat, this is single form phone with the aim of is really to please added than a moment ago the fashionistas.
The Prada 3.0 takes nearly everyone of its technical specs cues from the LG Optimus 3D in the same way as well in the same way as emblematic machine phones, with its 1GHz dual mainstay, dual channel workstation, 8GB interior luggage compartment (with a slot meant for a microSD card), GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and an 8MP camera. It in addition comes with a 1GB RAM, making meant for a much earlier phone with the aim of lags a lesser amount of.
The Prada 3.0 does not come up to with the machine 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, being built on the hottest iteration of the machine 2.3.7. However, LG has set with the aim of it is already congealed to come about updated to the hottest machine version.
Whilst it comes to design, the Prada 3.0 still does not fail to disappoint with its 4.3” NOVA show congealed on silky black frame with a respectable 8.5mm profile. Of track you need to be it accepted with the aim of your smartphone isn’t a moment ago an ordinary black phone, but a Prada phone, so you’ll get the drift the Prada brand sincere by the side of the top part of your front screen.
The Prada phone in addition comes with a in one piece line of Prada-branded accessories plus a Prada Bluetooth congealed, and a Prada phone cradle. Of track, you can in addition position on your Prada sunglasses, shoes, and bag if you’re with the aim of addicted to the brand.


2011年12月11日星期日

IBM Bolsters 'Smarter' Initiatives with Two Software Acquisitions

IBM only remaining week announced strategy to get hold of two software companies, plus DemandTec, a bringer of software with the aim of helps retailers succeed pricing, promotion, and assortment decisions, and Cúram Software, which makes software used by governments to streamline the release and administration of social services.
IBM exited the ERP hole years before and has since professed an aversion to getting back into the central part topic hard work hole, which it insists it is leaving to its topic partners. On its IBM i member of staff serving at table platform, in support of case in point, IBM partners with dozens of ISVs, like Infor, SAP, JDA Software, Manhattan contacts, Kronos, VAI, Jack Henry & contacts, and even Oracle's JD Edwards, who mark central part topic applications in support of detailed industries.
Despite its aversion to ERP--a catchall software kind with the aim of refers to everything from manufacturing and retail systems to banking and healthcare platforms--back-office topic logic has had a way of creeping in the sphere of through the backdoor in support of IBM, which shouldn't be present surprising in support of a company named International topic tackle. Its 2010 pay for of first-rate retail, in support of case in point, netted IBM the promotion and Fulfillment Suite, a Java-based logistics hard work with the aim of competes with software from specialty logistics makers and the large Three (Oracle, SAP, and Infor).
The announced (but still uncompleted) acquisition of DemandTec command complement the first-rate logistics acquisition and software by delivering analysis of customer wholesale trends to retailers and their suppliers. DemandTec's software, which is provided in excess of the snare (i.E., "the cloud"), helps sellers mark consumer patterns having the status of they emerge on the Internet and in the sphere of tangible food. Or else having the status of DemandTec puts it, "We've urban unique ways to bring shopper-centric science true to the line of reasoning of decision."
Armed with actionable information--for case in point, with the aim of the spring shopping season in the sphere of Seattle command start seven weeks earlier in the sphere of 2012 due to warmer-than-normal weather patterns screening up in the sphere of the long-range forecast--sellers can quickly succeed pricing or else promotion adjustments, or else amendment the mix of products, all with the goal of driving better revenues and profit. (The weather, with its mammoth influence on whether those command jerk into their cars and shot good buy stuff, appears to be present a favorite area in support of DemandTec.)
This is the kind of doings with the aim of IBM is pushing in the sphere of its Smarter retail strategy, and so DemandTec command fit true in the sphere of. IBM probably doesn't grow many net-new customers, considering having the status of many of DemandTec's 450 customers (including large retailers like greatest good buy, Ace Hardware, Petco, Target, company Depot, Wal-Mart, and Safeway, and large consumer produce manufacturers like Dannon, broad-spectrum Mills, promote Farms, Heinz, Hershey's, be located, and Sara Lee) are already IBM shops. (In piece of evidence, a useful amount of them are IBM i customers, or else by smallest amount give birth to run IBM i ERP systems in the sphere of the ancient.)
IBM strategy to good buy DemandTec in support of $13.20 apiece share, or else $440 million following adjusting in support of coins. Revenue in support of the San Mateo, California, company was roughly $82.4 million only remaining time, up from $61 million in support of fiscal 2008, once it went in the public domain on the NASDAQ. Losses give birth to widened from roughly $4 million in the sphere of 2008 to $13 million only remaining time. DemandTec hasn't made a profit yet, but with the aim of apparently didn't deter IBM, which is sharp-edged to be present seen having the status of a leader in the sphere of cloud computing.
Meanwhile, IBM's acquisition of the privately held, Ireland-based Cúram Software command provide a boost to IBM's Smarter Cities initiative.
Cúram (a word with the aim of income "care and protection" in the sphere of Irish Gaelic) makes software with the aim of allows cities and governments to provide citizens with a single scrutinize of social services and remuneration obtainable across unusual legislative agencies and secretive and not-for-profit organizations. The software helps to ensure with the aim of citizens are presented with the the largest part appropriate social options (such having the status of welfare and insurance programs), and monitors the sequence of citizens through the programs.
While the focus of Curam's software is on portion governments help the disadvantaged, it uses cutting-edge topic expertise concepts in the sphere of building its Social endeavor Management (SEM) method, plus the benefit of 3,000 best-practice topic processes and rules, lifecycle management concepts, and flexible service release through data and hard work integration. The combination of liability useful through progressive expertise possibly will give birth to been too much to resist in support of IBM, which is a philanthropic leader in the sphere of its own true.
Having the status of part of the deal, IBM gets the contracts in support of 80 government agencies around the humankind with the aim of are Cúram customers. The barb in the sphere of IBM's cap is the Cúram seek Institute in the sphere of Dublin, which is tasked with on the rise new to the job topic models in support of administration social programs. Having the status of providence would give birth to it, IBM simply opened in the sphere of Dublin its Smarter Cities expertise core, someplace it machinery with government, university, and topic leaders on decision new to the job ways of making cities "more connected." at this moment it can lecture to various of the social aspects of connectedness in the sphere of the same way it's irritating to upgrade metropolitan IT infrastructures and apply digital technologies someplace they give birth to by no means existed.
IBM is very familiar with Cúram, having the status of the two companies give birth to combined since 1999. Supplementary than 90 percent of Cúram customers run WebSphere middleware, IBM says, while supplementary than 70 percent run on IBM hardware. The company's software runs on Windows, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and z/OS operating systems, using either DB2 or else the prophesy folder and either WebSphere or else Oracle's WebLogic hard work servers.

2011年12月7日星期三

Apple updates plans, renderings for new 'spaceship' campus


Apple Inc. Has updated the diplomacy in favor of its "spaceship" campus, offering a hardly any fresh details more or less the massive service with the aim of the in the dead of night Steve Jobs inclined to the Cupertino City convention or else his death.

The diplomacy were posted on Cupertino.Org this week, informative with the aim of the roof of the circular key building strength of character be present covered in the sphere of photovoltaic solar panels.

"Apple proposes to create Apple Campus 2 -- an integrated 21st century campus surrounded by conservational hole," the updated diplomacy thought. "This fresh development strength of character provide a laid-back and secure natural world brilliant Apple's standards of innovation, take pressure off of depletion and beauty. The state-of-the-art headquarters, seek and development facilities include strategies to curtail energy demand, reduce car travel and enlarge the depletion of reclaimed irrigate."

The key building totals 2.8 million settle feet in the sphere of four stories and can accommodate the same as many the same as 13,000 employees, the diplomacy thought. Jobs, whilst he wished-for the fresh campus to the Cupertino City convention in the sphere of June, thought with the aim of Apple had more or less 12,000 employees in the sphere of the Silicon Valley city.

"Campus facilities strength of character include a striking cafe inside the key building, a separate corporate fitness meeting place and a corporate lecture hall places 1,000 colonize," the diplomacy thought. "Parking strength of character be present provided under the key building and in the sphere of single multistory parking make up."

Apple is promising with the aim of its fresh campus, which is likely to initiate by more or less 2015, strength of character be present environmentally friendly with an on-site power set "that strength of character supply the majority of the power desired in favor of the campus."

The website 9to5Mac has estimated with the aim of the solar-panel-covered roof strength of character progress to the fresh Apple campus single of the chief solar power generators in the sphere of the U.S.

The fresh location strength of character in addition be present to your house to 300,000 settle feet of separate seek facilities with the aim of "will farmhouse technical support functions with the aim of need to be present located adjacent to the key building."

The outdoor of the key building strength of character be present covered in the sphere of curved goblet. Apple has thought with the aim of landscaping strength of character progress to up 80% of the 150-acre location with the aim of it purchased from PC-maker Hewlett-Packard Co.

"It's a petty like a spaceship landed," Jobs thought of the wished-for building or else the Cupertino City convention. "It's a encircle, and so it's curved all the way around. The same as you know if you build things, this is not the cheapest way to build something. There's not a straight part of a set of goblet on this building, it's all curved.

"And we've used our experience in the sphere of making retail buildings all in excess of the humankind at present, and we know how to progress to the biggest pieces of goblet in the sphere of the humankind in favor of architectural depletion."

Check-out a little of the fresh renderings Apple has submitted as soon as the jerk.



2011年12月1日星期四

Apple Executive in Charge of Government Sales Is Said to Depart

Apple Inc.’s associate president in the sphere of charge of sales to the U.S. Government, who helped persuade its policy into new federal agencies, has gone the company, according to a person with awareness of the move.

Ron patrol, who had run the government sales force since 2004, gone in the sphere of October, thought the person, who asked not to be present named for the reason that the departure hasn’t been disclosed. Police’s LinkedIn profile indicates with the aim of he’s rebuff longer by the side of the company.

Patrol, who couldn’t be present reached in support of comment, helped Apple’s iPhone and iPad win a traction by the side of government agencies, a marketplace traditionally dominated by know-how products from companies such such as Microsoft Corp., clearing Inc. And seek in the sphere of indicate Ltd. To expand with the aim of effort, Apple is seeking security certification from the public Institute of values, the agency with the aim of provides know-how recommendations to the federal government.

While President Barack Obama has thought he uses an iPad, government sales still solitary explanation in support of a slight part of Apple’s revenue. In the sphere of the fiscal time ended in the sphere of September 2010, the hottest episode with complete data to be had, the federal government spent $50.8 million on Apple products, either without delay or else through resellers and integrators, according to in a row compiled by Bloomberg Government. Apple’s add up sales in the sphere of with the aim of episode were $65.2 billion.

Even so, government agencies are preliminary to purpose Apple’s products new. The U.S. Justification region has purchased iPads in support of trial purpose, and the U.S. Veterans Affairs region has thought its employees preference be present able to purpose iPhones and iPads to conduct executive come off.

Kristin Huguet, a orator in support of Cupertino, California- based Apple, declined to comment.

Police’s departure creates an extra senior duty opening in support of Chief Executive official Tim Cook to fill. Apple besides is seeking executives in support of its retail operations and the iAd mobile- advertising platform.

Apple shares rose 1.5 percent to $387.93 by the side of the close in the sphere of new to the job York. The accumulation has climbed 20 percent this time.