More than 50 Tablet PC will be Released in 2010

Launch iPad encourage rivals like Apple products this year
Launch Apple iPad in January and was pushed Apple rivals 'talkative' similar products this year.
An executive of the Arm - Intel's main rival companies in the field of mobile processors-predicted, this year will show no fewer than 50 devices tablet PCs worldwide.

"The first Tablet PC will appear in the second quarter up by collaborating with a number of operators," said Roy Chen, Mobile Computing ODM Manager in Arm, through a press conference in Taipei, was quoted by PC World, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

In fact, Chan explained, the number of tablet PCs that would slide in the third quarter of this year there will be more. Not just a computer vendor, telecom operators will also be launching many similar devices this iPad.

Of course, as the chip maker, Arm benefit from this. Products and technical support will be much needed Arm by the tablet PC makers said.

At the Computex exhibition in Taipei Taiwan, Arm also introduced several new tablet device. The first tablet is a tablet besutan Taiwanese electronics company that also is an OEM (original manufacturer electonics) laptop in the world's second largest, is Compal Electronics.

Tablet PCs Compal has 7-inch screen with Nvidia Tegra chip technology core 2 Arm. Compal offers two versions of the tablet PC, one based on Android, and other Microsoft Windows CE.

Its size was divided into two versions, which is 7 inches and 10.1 inches. Interestingly, the two tablets have also been equipped with slot high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), so that it can connect HD TV.

Another tablet, named Armadillo, which is based Android and smaller than a Compal.
Armadillos also use Arm's core technology on the chip made by Freescale Semiconductor. Armadillos also pinned Quickboot labeled software, to speed up the startup process.

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LED Abandoned, Replaced by LCD 3D

Technology trends Light emitting diode (LED) on the LCD TV will slowly becoming obsolete with newer technology.
By mid-next year, Director of Sales, LG Electronics Indonesia Budi Setiawan said, LED technology is becoming obsolete and would welcome the 3D technology in the LCD TV. And, LG is ready bringing the first products in July.

Sony Corp. did not want to miss. Multinational electronics company from Japan is also going to launch LCD TV 3D technology in Tokyo in June. Unfortunately, no further information relating launch in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.

Scheduled next June 10, Sony immediately release two different variants based on the size of LCD TV for the first 3D technology. That is, LED 46-inch LX900 and 40 inches. However, for the price, you might say very premium, U.S $ 3875 and U.S $ 3,000.

March 9, 2010, Panasonic Corp. also plans to launch a 3D LCD TV in the United States. Even to strengthen its sales, the producer who also came from Japan is holding Best Buy as an online and offline retailers.

However, Samsung Electronics became the first manufacturer to introduce this 3D technology globally. The reason, manufacturers of electronic devices from South Korea is being marketed ranks first 3D LCD TV in South Korea.
Samsung started producing LED and LCD panels compatible to 40 inches, 46 inches and 55 inches with Full HD 3D display 3D Active Glasses technology.

Based on data obtained by DisplaySearch, the 3D display market is expected to grow from U.S. $ 902 million in 2008 to U.S. $ 22 billion in 2018. Special 3D TV market, DisplaySearch estimates that the market will expand to U.S. $ 17 billion, with sales increasing from 200,000 units in 2009 to 64 million units in 2018 to come.

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Mystery "River" in the Sea of Mexico

River in the sea. It is not scientifically possible. A diver, Anatoly Beloshchin, take a picture 'of the river in the sea' from the depth of 60 meters water cenote Angelita, Mexico.

At a depth of more than 30 yards a team of divers to find fresh water in the middle of the ocean water column. Conditions changed and divers returned to find the sea water began to pass 60 meters depth.

A few yards from the site will find a cave. At the bottom of the cave diving team discovered a river complete with trees and leaves that float in the water column.
It turned out that location is not the river, as seen on the mainland. However, the atmosphere was like a river complete with a layer of such colored water slightly brown.

But wait, it's not comes from brown fresh water. Mentioned, like the brown river water is the bottom layer of hydrogen sulfide gas. Gas is usually produced from sewage.
Overall, the team's divers found the conditions very surprising and amazing to look at.

"In the depths of 60 meters I found the water again. I saw a river, island, complete with falling leaves. But the river that we see is a layer of hydrogen sulfide gas," said Anatoly.
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Sistem Operasi Symbian vs Android

Apa kabar Symbian? Symbian is an operating system (OS)designed for mobile devices and smartphones, with libraries, user interface, frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, originally developed by Symbian Ltd. Symbian adalah sistem operasi yang diperuntukkan bagi ponsel cerdas yang kini sedang menguasai dunia.

Laju Operating System Symbian pada smartphones tak terkejar oleh sistem operasi lainnya karena kekuatan sistem operasi yang membolehkan developer luar membangun aplikasi pada ponsel symbian. Sampai dengan Februari 2010 platform Symbian telah dikembangkan lebih dari 10 tahun dan telah dibenamkan dilebih dari 330 juta perangkat diseluruh dunia.

In 2008, the former Symbian Software Limited was acquired by Nokia and a new independent non-profit organisation called the Symbian Foundation was established. Symbian OS and its associated user interfaces S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) were contributed by their owners to the foundation with the objective of creating the Symbian platform as a royalty-free, open source software. The platform has been designated as the successor to Symbian OS, following the official launch of the Symbian Foundation in April 2009. The Symbian platform was officially made available as open source code in February 2010.

Ribuan aplikasi gratis dan berbayar lahir dari developer software di penjuru dunia, inilah yang membuat ponsel dengan OS symbian kaya akan konten dan penggunanya adalah pribadi yang suka ngoprek. Walaupun ada yang memperkirakan sistem operasi android bakal nomor dua dibawah Symbian pada tahun 2013, akan tetapi symbian tampak masih menjadi kekuatan mumpuni, terlebih lagi janji para petinggi Nokia, tahun 2010 Symbian Foundation telah melepas sistem operasi itu sebagai kode terbuka open source.

Symbian Foundation, lembaga yang bertugas mengurusi persiapan Symbian ke open source adalah lembaga nonprofit yang diumumkan 24 Juni 2008. Nokia menggandeng Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, LG, Samsung, Vodafone dan beberapa deretan brand lain untuk mengerek Symbian. Selain dari dana yang telah disumbangkan Nokia juga memberikan kontribusi Symbian Operating System dan S60 kepada Symbian Foundation, Sony Ericsson dan Motorola tidak mau ketinggalan mereka menyumbangkan kode andalan mereka yaitu UIQ sedangkan NTT DoCoMo memberi kontribusi berupa MOAP.
Dengan modal seperti itu seharusnya bisa lebih menggebrak pasar, spekulasi juga merebak bahwa kalau aliansi Symbian itu untuk menghadang Android Operating System.

Android is a mobile operating system that uses a modified version of the Linux kernel. It was initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and lately by the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.

Symbian Foundation terlalu lambat bergerak untuk merespon para Google mania yang terus mengikuti isu Android dan menanti fitur aplikasi Google untuk berjalan sempurna di ponsel. Jauh sebelum ponsel android diwujudkan para komunitas sudah menggalang diskusi soal Android.
Jauh sebelum ponsel Android hadir di Indonesia komunitas ini sudah meramaikan jagat diskusi internet soal Android, virus Android pun terus ditularkan. Iklan gratis berupa Word of Mouth (WOM) soal Android benar-benar berjalan secara sukarela.

"Anggota kami sekarang sekitar 1200 orang, ini milis untuk komunitas yang suka ngoprek teknologi Android" kata Agus salah satu komunitas pengguna Android. Forum diskusi dan Komunitas pengguna Android pun terus tumbuh walaupun ponsel Android secara resmi belum beredar di Indonesia, mereka bergerilya mencari produk tersebut langsung keluar negeri yang sudah merilis ponsel Android.

Disaat kekosongan ponsel Android itu, ternyata belum terjadi loncatan strategi dari Symbian walaupun Symbian tetap memimpin di segmen sistem operasi pintar. Ini terjadi karena sistem keanggotaan Symbian Foundation yang tak sepenuhnya terbuka karena sistem keanggotaan mewajibkan membayar 1500 dollar AS sehingga developer kecil tak mampu untuk mendapatkan kode secara penuh.

Ketika Android sudah mencanangkan langsung mengratiskan Android Operating System, Symbian masih mempersiapkan rencana menggratiskan peranti lunak itu ke open source pada tahun 2010. Kekosongan antara tahun 2008 dan 2010 dimanfaatkan oleh Android untuk tampil melenggang mencitrakan diri sebagai opersource sejati.
Pada tanggal 4 februari Symbian Foundation resmi merilis platform Symbian dibawah open source, untuk rilis awalnya adalah paket Kernel dan Hardware Services yang gratis di unduh.

Sayangnya publikasi rilis open source itu masih minim dan tak menggaung kalah dengan gaung Android System Operating yang mulai raji merangkul komunitas. "Saya baru saja pulang dari Singapura diundang oleh Google untuk acara Android Developer Labs, saya tak menyangka diundang. Google tampaknya rajin merangkul komunitas pengguna maupun developer" kata Agus dari milis id-android.

Dengan kabar ini maka tampaknya pertarungan ponsel pintar (smartphones) akan menarik dan komunitas pengguna serta komunitas pengembang dipastikan bakal menjadi rebutan. Namun selama berada di jalur open source, Android dan Symbian seharusnya bisa bersaing sehat, sesama kode terbuka dilarang saling menelikung.

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Germanium Laser is The Latest Light Technology

The materials in lasers can be difficult and expensive to work with. A discovery at MIT may be changing all of that much sooner than we think as germanium laser technology is here and it is very real. The beauty of this latest technology is that there isn’t even a large call to change manufacturing specs as they exist because germanium can easily be incorporated into designs that are already in place.

Light technology is nothing new. In fact, it seems to be stealing all of the headlines these days. The scientific community is quickly figuring out that the sun can be used for a lot more than just heating up homes and powering cars. Light can be a very powerful resource if it is used properly. Researchers have been making great strides in many different areas regarding this kind of technology and the recent proving of indirect-band-gap semiconductors yielding practical lasers has everyone sitting up and taking notice.

A challenge that is being realized as computers and other electronic devices become more advanced is that the communication process is getting to the point that current technology is holding back advancements. Data is being streamed faster and faster and as the possibility of that rate increases, a new transfer of that data is going to have to be created.

This is where germanium laser technology has the chance to truly make a name. Instead of transporting date in manners that we now consider to be the norm, date transfer via laser beam would be more power efficient and much cheaper than turbo-charging the devices as they are now. Because of the speed and power that is needed, the cost of everything would go dramatically up if a different solution is not found.

For all of this to fall into place, germanium will now have to be integrated into the manufacturing process of lasers. What we would consider a standard laser today would be a very challenging fit to use for purposes such as this. However, by creating a germanium laser, the entire makeup of everything is changed and a laser beam that transfers data in now a reality.

Before anyone gets too excited, there is still progress to be made. Just like other earth-shattering discoveries that have been announced over the last few weeks, this process is hardly efficient enough to deliver on what is anticipated. That day will surely come though as the groundwork has been laid and it is now just a matter of the researchers fine tuning the process
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