Use Google Translate to translate the French extract of Obamas Nobel Peace Price acceptance:
"Pour être franc, je ne pense pas mériter" de figurer au côté de tant de personnalités qui ont changé les choses et ont été distinguées par le comité Nobel, a souligné le président américain lors d'une déclaration depuis la Roseraie de la Maison Blanche.
I was surprised to get the following english translation:
"To be honest, I do not deserve" to be alongside so many personalities who have changed things and have been awarded the Nobel committee, said Bush during a statement from the Rose Garden at the White House .
It appears like Google has translated US President directly to Bush......... I stand to be corrected though
Friday, October 9, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Netbooks Are Faster Now
Hybrid speed: NEC is releasing a new netbook that will utilize hybrid storage, the BL350 LaVie Light. The BL350 comes with both a standard 160-gigabyte hard disk drive and a more exotic 16-gigabyte solid-state drive. The idea of the hybrid approach is that by running the operating system and applications out of the SSD and using a larger capacity HDD for data storage you can boost the netbook's performance while keeping the costs down. This is because while SSDs work faster, they also cost much more than HDDs and speed is most important for running applications.
While NEC has addressed the memory issue, the other key speed bottlenecks remain in place. The BL350 has a standard 1.66-gigahertz Atom N280 chipset, good for economizing on power consumption but no speed demon, and the usual underwhelming 1 gigabyte of RAM. Beyond the processing innards, the BL350 comes with the new standard display for netbooks of a 10.1-inch screen with a 1024×600 resolution and Bluetooth. It has Windows XP home as the operating system. NEC provides an exceptional running time of up to 7.4 hours for a netbook of this screen size. It achieves this feat by employing a battery that sticks out prominently at the back of the otherwise sleek netbook.
To read full article click japantimes
While NEC has addressed the memory issue, the other key speed bottlenecks remain in place. The BL350 has a standard 1.66-gigahertz Atom N280 chipset, good for economizing on power consumption but no speed demon, and the usual underwhelming 1 gigabyte of RAM. Beyond the processing innards, the BL350 comes with the new standard display for netbooks of a 10.1-inch screen with a 1024×600 resolution and Bluetooth. It has Windows XP home as the operating system. NEC provides an exceptional running time of up to 7.4 hours for a netbook of this screen size. It achieves this feat by employing a battery that sticks out prominently at the back of the otherwise sleek netbook.
To read full article click japantimes
Sony Improves The PSP
Small game: Technology companies have an easy way of dealing with mistakes — don't admit them, just quietly stop using the failed innovation. Sony sticks to this dogma with the latest version of its PlayStation Portable gaming devices. Previously, Sony has used universal media discs, a kind of miniature DVD, as the preferred storage method for games and movies on the devices. But its new PSPgo, known formally as the PSP-N1000, relies on internal memory and memory cards for storage and can also download content via wireless. The key benefit of axing the UMD drive is that the PSPgo can be made smaller than its predecessors. It weighs just 158 grams compared to 260 grams for the previous model, the PSP 3000, itself deemed slimmer than the older PSPs. The new model also reduces its dimensions with a clever design change. Instead of having the control pad and other buttons arranged to the left and right of the screen, the PSPgo puts the controls on one panel with the screen on a separate panel above that slides up into position. The change makes the device much more pocketable.
Apart from the UMD switch and redesign of the controls, the PSPgo is similar to the rest of the PSP family, and can display photos and play music, as well as be used for playing games and watching movies. One reduction in ability is that the PSPgo has a 3.8-inch screen, rather than the 4.3-inch version of its PSP brethren. The PSPgo also has less internal memory than the 3000, opting for 16 gigabytes instead of 32, although the PSPgo has the advantage of using the more robust flash memory. The new model has support for Bluetooth, enabling such add-ons as Bluetooth headphones, and Memory Stick Micro memory cards. The PSPgo package will also include the Media Go software for downloading content such as games, videos and music.
To read full article click japantimes
Apart from the UMD switch and redesign of the controls, the PSPgo is similar to the rest of the PSP family, and can display photos and play music, as well as be used for playing games and watching movies. One reduction in ability is that the PSPgo has a 3.8-inch screen, rather than the 4.3-inch version of its PSP brethren. The PSPgo also has less internal memory than the 3000, opting for 16 gigabytes instead of 32, although the PSPgo has the advantage of using the more robust flash memory. The new model has support for Bluetooth, enabling such add-ons as Bluetooth headphones, and Memory Stick Micro memory cards. The PSPgo package will also include the Media Go software for downloading content such as games, videos and music.
To read full article click japantimes
Panasonic Builds 85-inch Full HD Plasma Display
Panasonic Corp on Wednesday announced the development of an 85-inch full high-definition (HD) plasma display designed for professional users. The new display will become available through business channels worldwide starting with Japan and the U.S. this fall.
Panasonic has led large-size high-quality display market globally, introducing the world’s largest 103-inch plasma display to the market in 2006. With the move toward digitization in the broadcasting and content industries as well as convergence of communications technologies, there are increasingly diversified demands for large-size flat-panel displays.
The 85-inch display, having a screen size equivalent to four 42-inch panels, incorporates Panasonic’s NeoPDP energy-efficient, double luminance technology. With a moving picture resolution of 1,080 lines and a stunning contrast ratio of 40,000:14 (max. 2,000,000:15)—both the world’s highest to date—the panel delivers blur-free, crisp, true-to-life images with deep, rich blacks. With a viewing area of 1,889 mm (W) x 1,062 mm (H), about the same size as commonly-used projection screens, it is big enough to show a person in full size when installed vertically. The display measures only 99 mm in thickness.
The large and thin plasma display not only delivers dynamic images, but is outfitted with many convenient features for professional uses. With LAN (PJLink) terminals, it supports LAN control that enables connection with other PJLink compatible imaging systems as well as remote control of the display and input signal check. The display also features Panasonic’s own Function Slots that let users to add up to three different terminal boards8) such as DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI, according to their needs.
To read article click japantoday
Panasonic has led large-size high-quality display market globally, introducing the world’s largest 103-inch plasma display to the market in 2006. With the move toward digitization in the broadcasting and content industries as well as convergence of communications technologies, there are increasingly diversified demands for large-size flat-panel displays.
The 85-inch display, having a screen size equivalent to four 42-inch panels, incorporates Panasonic’s NeoPDP energy-efficient, double luminance technology. With a moving picture resolution of 1,080 lines and a stunning contrast ratio of 40,000:14 (max. 2,000,000:15)—both the world’s highest to date—the panel delivers blur-free, crisp, true-to-life images with deep, rich blacks. With a viewing area of 1,889 mm (W) x 1,062 mm (H), about the same size as commonly-used projection screens, it is big enough to show a person in full size when installed vertically. The display measures only 99 mm in thickness.
The large and thin plasma display not only delivers dynamic images, but is outfitted with many convenient features for professional uses. With LAN (PJLink) terminals, it supports LAN control that enables connection with other PJLink compatible imaging systems as well as remote control of the display and input signal check. The display also features Panasonic’s own Function Slots that let users to add up to three different terminal boards8) such as DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI, according to their needs.
To read article click japantoday
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Microsoft's Plan For Your TV-Xbox
In a few years, you'll be able to interact with your television like you've never been able to before, says Marc Whitten, general manager of Xbox Live, Microsoft's online multiplayer and content service for its Xbox 360 console.
Xbox-360 Natal
Whitten spoke extensively about social networking on Xbox Live, Arcade games and the future of digital distribution.
"It has always been our ambition to create this community of people playing together and having these great experiences," he says. "We have 20 million people on the Xbox Live service, and 6 million people that return a day, and we saw this future that was possible, and what's cool now is that I think we're in that future. "
Facebook and Twitter functionality will be added to Xbox Live.
"Live is the largest social network in the living room and when we marry that with Facebook, it takes it to the next level, and starts to expand those social aspects well beyond gaming." (Last year Microsoft, owner of Xbox, paid US$240 million for a 1.6 per cent stake in Facebook.)
"Part of where we went last year with NXE (a new dashboard for Xbox) was about creating a system where we could add functionality and features at a much faster rate than before.
For example, Live's Movie on Demand service means 1080p high- definition movies can be streamed to an Xbox 360 console instead of relying on a download.
Live is much more about how to bring a living room alive and real friends together, whether in person or not.
A few days before E3 kicked off, Microsoft announced that the classic Nintendo 64 shooter game, Perfect Dark, was headed to Xbox Live Arcade, and while Whitten wasn't willing to spill too many beans on the modern reimagining of heroine Joanna Dark, he said, "The team is working on it, it's up and running, and it's already fun . . . it's going to be a great classic".
In August, Live will launch its Retail Games on Demand, at prices that will match retail. Thirty games will be offered, then a new game added weekly, and you can use a credit card as well as Microsoft points.
To read full article click stuff.co.nz
Xbox-360 Natal
Whitten spoke extensively about social networking on Xbox Live, Arcade games and the future of digital distribution.
"It has always been our ambition to create this community of people playing together and having these great experiences," he says. "We have 20 million people on the Xbox Live service, and 6 million people that return a day, and we saw this future that was possible, and what's cool now is that I think we're in that future. "
Facebook and Twitter functionality will be added to Xbox Live.
"Live is the largest social network in the living room and when we marry that with Facebook, it takes it to the next level, and starts to expand those social aspects well beyond gaming." (Last year Microsoft, owner of Xbox, paid US$240 million for a 1.6 per cent stake in Facebook.)
"Part of where we went last year with NXE (a new dashboard for Xbox) was about creating a system where we could add functionality and features at a much faster rate than before.
For example, Live's Movie on Demand service means 1080p high- definition movies can be streamed to an Xbox 360 console instead of relying on a download.
Live is much more about how to bring a living room alive and real friends together, whether in person or not.
A few days before E3 kicked off, Microsoft announced that the classic Nintendo 64 shooter game, Perfect Dark, was headed to Xbox Live Arcade, and while Whitten wasn't willing to spill too many beans on the modern reimagining of heroine Joanna Dark, he said, "The team is working on it, it's up and running, and it's already fun . . . it's going to be a great classic".
In August, Live will launch its Retail Games on Demand, at prices that will match retail. Thirty games will be offered, then a new game added weekly, and you can use a credit card as well as Microsoft points.
To read full article click stuff.co.nz
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Down-turn Reality Bites Internet as 1Q Ad Sales Fall 5 Pct
Internet advertising in the United States dropped 5 percent in the first quarter, marking the marketing medium's first downturn since 2002 when the Web was still recovering from the dot-com bust.
The data released Friday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provided another reminder of the widespread pain wrought by the longest U.S. recession since World War II.
But the Internet's financial backbone isn't sagging as badly as that of more established media like newspapers and broadcasters, where far more severe advertising losses have triggered massive layoffs, bankruptcy filings and doubts about whether their businesses will ever be the same again.
Advertising revenue has been drying up as more companies clamp down on their marketing budgets to save money during tough times. Traditionally big spenders like banks, automobile makers and dealers, department stores and real estate developers have been grappling with major crises that have forced some of them to merge with rivals or simply close their doors.
Even before the Internet recorded the first-quarter decline in ad revenue, sales have been slowing down after years of rapid growth.
U.S. advertisers spent $5.48 billion on search, display, video and other Internet ads during the first three months of the year, a decline from $5.77 billion during the same quarter last year.
The data released Friday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provided another reminder of the widespread pain wrought by the longest U.S. recession since World War II.
But the Internet's financial backbone isn't sagging as badly as that of more established media like newspapers and broadcasters, where far more severe advertising losses have triggered massive layoffs, bankruptcy filings and doubts about whether their businesses will ever be the same again.
Advertising revenue has been drying up as more companies clamp down on their marketing budgets to save money during tough times. Traditionally big spenders like banks, automobile makers and dealers, department stores and real estate developers have been grappling with major crises that have forced some of them to merge with rivals or simply close their doors.
Even before the Internet recorded the first-quarter decline in ad revenue, sales have been slowing down after years of rapid growth.
U.S. advertisers spent $5.48 billion on search, display, video and other Internet ads during the first three months of the year, a decline from $5.77 billion during the same quarter last year.
Apple's Next iPhone Crop To Face Competition
When Apple Inc. launched an updated iPhone at its annual gathering of software developers last June, its biggest competitor was the iPhone that Apple had introduced the year before.
That won't be the case at this year's conference, which opens Monday. Now the next version of Apple's touch-screen phone has to outdo a slew of rival gadgets _ including one that comes out this weekend _ that emulate or improve on some of the iPhone's best features.
Much is riding on Apple's ability to appear well ahead of its competitors. Apple's shares have jumped 73 percent since March because of high expectations for the iPhone. Just two years after entering the fray, Apple enjoys a 19.5 percent share of the smart phone market, according to IDC, and investors are betting on a continued run of success.
Last year, Apple used the conference to announce the iPhone 3G, and many Apple-watchers expect the Cupertino, California-based company to produce another version this time, and to reveal more about the new iPhone operating software it previewed in March.
To read full story click etaiwannews
That won't be the case at this year's conference, which opens Monday. Now the next version of Apple's touch-screen phone has to outdo a slew of rival gadgets _ including one that comes out this weekend _ that emulate or improve on some of the iPhone's best features.
Much is riding on Apple's ability to appear well ahead of its competitors. Apple's shares have jumped 73 percent since March because of high expectations for the iPhone. Just two years after entering the fray, Apple enjoys a 19.5 percent share of the smart phone market, according to IDC, and investors are betting on a continued run of success.
Last year, Apple used the conference to announce the iPhone 3G, and many Apple-watchers expect the Cupertino, California-based company to produce another version this time, and to reveal more about the new iPhone operating software it previewed in March.
To read full story click etaiwannews
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