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Datang Cooperates With Microsoft, Dell T...

wsueb — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:35:46 +0200

Datang Cooperates With Microsoft, Dell To Accelerate TD-SCDMAAs a main terminal of TD-SCDMA (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/d-p12496090-TD_SCDMA_MODULE_SIM4000/)the 3G data card can be inserted into laptops to realize data applications such as wireless access with seamless broadband and video download functions. It can also support functions that are specially designed for mobile phones, including voice communication and SMS. According to a memorandum, Datang will start deep cooperation with Microsoft in a series of key applications, including the application of the TD-SCDMA 3G data card driver in the next generation of Windows; the cooperation between Windows Mobile and TD-SCDMA in terminal solutions and application software; and the cooperation in other TD-SCDMA 3G value-added services and applications. Eugenio Beaufrand, COO of Microsoft, says that the strategic partnership between Microsoft and Datang in the TD-SCDMA development sector will ensure the success of the development and promotion of TD-SCDMA terminal products(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/Products/). The cooperation is also consistent with Microsoft’s requirement for its layout in the next-generation communications. At the same time, Datang and Dell(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-Dell/) reached an agreement, which says the two sides will cooperate in such sectors as pre-inserted TD-SCDMA 3G data cards in Dell’s products. Datang has established partnerships with many multinational corporations, including Microsoft (MSFT) and Dell (DELL), in Beijing to promote their cooperation in various aspects from TD-SCDMA terminal solutions to application software..

Microsoft Sees UptickMicrosoft Sees Upti...

wsueb — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:35:34 +0200

Microsoft Sees UptickMicrosoft Sees Uptick in Use of 64-bit Windows Vista in Use"64-bit has some definite benefits, but it's about what kind of workloads you are pushing through your PC（from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-pc/）," he said. However, analysts warn the uptick may have less to do with customers' interest in a 64-bit OS and more to do with the fact that so few people have, until now, used a 64-bit client version of Windows. A post by a member of the Vista team, Chris Flores, on the Windows Vista Team Blog claims that the installed base of 64-bit Windows Vista PCs as a percentage of all Vista systems has more than tripled in the U.S. in the past three months. He also wrote that worldwide adoption has more than doubled in the same time frame. "Put more simply, usage of 64-bit Windows Vista is growing much more rapidly than 32-bit," Flores wrote, speeding up from the previously "glacial" movement toward the platform, driven mostly by "technology enthusiasts." "Based on current trends, this growth will accelerate as the retail channel shifts to supplying a rapidly increasing assortment of 64-bit desktops and laptops(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-laptops/)," he wrote. But don't be fooled by the numbers and think there is rampant interest among PC customers in 64-bit Vista, warned one analyst, who said that prior to Vista, use of 64-bit versions of the Windows client OS was virtually nil. "If you start from almost zero it's easy to triple," said IDC analyst Al Gillen. He said that true adoption of 64-bit Vista -- or any Windows client OS for that matter -- is still a couple of years out. "Two things have to happen: people have to begin deploying Vista in a broad way, and have to believe that all of their applications are fully compatible with a 64-bit environment," Gillen said. As for the latter, the inclusion of more peripheral drivers that are compatible with a 64-bit OS in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, released in April, may be responsible for the recent increase in 64-bit Vista users, said Mike Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-Microsoft/).This adoption may continue to grow as PC makers are more comfortable putting a 64-bit version of Vista on PCs and selling them to customers now that they know third-party devices will be compatible with the OS, he added. But he still doesn't see people necessarily being "thrilled" by the idea of using 64-bit Vista. "It's nice to see [64-bit use] tracking this way," Cherry said, then joked, "but I'm not going home to the wife and saying it's finally the time -- I have to go out and buy a 64-bit Windows [PC]. I just don't think people are excited by this kind of thing the way they used to be." He also noted that because 64-bit Windows has not had widespread adoption, "low expectations" for its use could also explain why a tripling in numbers is a big deal to Microsoft. Flores cited better overall performance and better responsiveness when many applications are running at once as the benefit of 64-bit PCs running 64-bit editions of Vista, which typically have 4 gigabytes (GB) of memory or more. In contrast, 32-bit systems top out at about 3GB of memory(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-memory/), which limits their performance, he said. However, while a 64-bit OS means better PC performance, it wouldn't really be noticeable to the "average office worker" who only uses a PC for e-mail, the Internet and worker productivity applications, IDC's Gillen said. People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have previously, Microsoft said this week.

Microsoft Shows off New Technologies at...

wsueb — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:54 +0200

Microsoft Shows off New Technologies at Faculty Summit

Another fun demonstration consists of six vertical tubes back lit to look like lava lamps. Valves at the bottom of the tubes release bubbles and can be programmed to send up bubbles across the tubes that take the shapes of letters. One of the device's creators, Andrew Malota from the University of Texas A&M, envisions it could be used in a bar to advertise drink specials and generally contribute to the ambiance.
Sphere is a multi-touchscreen,(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-touchscreen/) similar to Microsoft's Surface computer, but it is round. Microsoft envisions that it could be used in a collaborative public environment, like a hotel lobby.
"There is no master-user position," said Hrvoje Banko, a Microsoft researcher who showed off the Sphere at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday.
That means that users standing on either side of the globe could separately manipulate the device, viewing photos or videos independently of each other. But it was designed to ensure that such users could also interact with each other, he said. A user on one side can swipe a photo to send it around to the other side.
The Sphere was one of many devices on display at the event's demo fest. Ken Perlin, a professor in New York University's computer (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-computer/)science department, showed off what he calls the UnMouse Pad. It looks like a mouse pad, but rather than using a mouse, people just touch the pad with their fingers to navigate a computer. It's quite sensitive, Perlin said, so it could be easier on wrist and hand muscles than a mouse, and it could be useful to people with disabilities who may have limited use of their hands.
Graduate students from design institutions also showed off prototypes of concepts they developed as part of Microsoft Research sponsored classes. Nadim Matuk Villazon of the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico, displayed Foodmate, a system designed to help kids eat better. Kids would wear a bracelet that they can wave over the barcode of a food product. The bracelet grows wider based on the nutritional value of the product. The bracelet will then shrink if the child does enough exercise to work off the calories from the food.
Foodmate comes with software (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-software/)that parents use to monitor the calorie intake of their children and the number of calories they've burned off. It also offers them tips on balanced meals and good nutrition. Villazon and his colleagues are working with the health department in Mexico to set up a pilot of the product, he said.
Microsoft demonstrated a number of technologies that it is developing in its research department or in collaboration with university researchers, including a sphere-shaped touchscreen device, at its annual faculty get together.

Microsoft still no plans to make Windows...

wsueb — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:38:38 +0200

Microsoft still no plans to make Windows for customer

Microsoft’s marketing and communications wonk James Utzschneider offered some detail about its forthcoming release in a blog post late last week.
Microsoft has quietly released to manufacturing a tweaked version of Windows XP to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer.
“Microsoft internally ‘RTM'ed’ the Windows XP version we are building for the OLPC XO computer.( from:http://www.china-computer-accessories.com) Windows on the XO looks like it is on track for availability in these types of national educational PC deals in September,” he said.
“We still have no plans to make Windows available for individuals who bought an XO in the Give 1 Get 1 program though.”
In May Redmond and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation confirmed the XO laptop would be made available as Windows-loaded machines. That was Microsoft’s(from: http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-Microsoft/) first public acknowledgement that the firm was working on a port of XP for the distinctive white and green machine.
That followed OLPC project founder Nicholas Negroponte revealing in April that the group had reached a Windows-only agreement with the software giant, much to the chagrin of Linux fanciers.
Earlier this year Negroponte had called for the development of a dual-boot XO laptop with both Linux (from: http://www.china-computer-accessories.com/buy-Linux_/ )and Windows to give the world's poorest school kids the widest range of choice. However, under the Microsoft deal, it was agreed that an initial, limited run of $188-priced XOs will ship as Windows-only machines

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