2012年5月30日星期三

HP: New data centre technology easy on the grid


A combination of solar power and carefully automated management ought to assent to data centres cover a get grid collision of nil, according to Hewlett-Packard Co.

In the sphere of announcing a new to the job data centre infrastructure Wednesday the spirit of the company's new to the job offering seems to be present in the sphere of its projecting analytics software, which is used to create running profiles in support of the data centre - only if users with detailed forecasts around which they can build the nearly everyone efficient on the cards schedules in support of computing workloads.

According to single instance provided by HP, companies may well ensure with the aim of non-time-sensitive workloads are handled in daylight hour, enabling them to be present powered exclusively by solar cells. The classification besides helps schedule and optimize computing wealth, which provides the capability to keep serious tasks touching in hit the highest point hours.

The get effect of this integration of both supply and demand in support of power, cooling and calculate wealth into the calculations of an automated management framework, the company asserted, may well be present a reduction in the sphere of add up energy cost of 30 apiece cent. Maximizing the amount of renewable energy used besides requires far a smaller amount dependence on the confined grid, to the harmony of 80 apiece cent.

HP distinguished technologist Cullen Bash says near are many opportunities in support of efficiency gains in the sphere of the data centre.

"Data centres in the present day are significantly under-utilized. Nearly everyone of the IT equipment inside a data centre is running by the side of on the subject of 20 or else 30 apiece cent of its plump office. ... A set of with the aim of IT infrastructure is exhausted," he says.

By centralizing workloads on a little tackle, Bash says, it's on the cards to very pick up efficiency by simply spiraling inedible folks with the aim of aren't desired.

HP didn't announce some material devices in support of making this know-how commercially to be had, but famous with the aim of its seek into making the belief new scalable is continuing - so far, the classification is solitary in the sphere of place by the side of HP's test data centre in the sphere of Palo Alto, a 3,000-square end service.

The company did say, however, with the aim of the know-how may well be present combined with its existing "pod" or else modular data concentrate form cause in support of efficient release.

2012年5月22日星期二

Apple VS Samsung patent war to be negotiated


According to reports carry on night, Samsung (micro blogging), associate president Choi Gee-sung, and Apple first in command Tim Cook, strength of character encounter in the sphere of San Francisco in the sphere of the United States risk, progress to consultations to resolve patent disputes.

In the sphere of April carry on time, Apple filed a grievance touching Samsung, which sued Samsung smart phones and tablet computers to replicate the look and feel of Apple products, the two companies correlation broke down quickly. Soon, Samsung fired back, suing Apple in favor of violating their wireless Internet access patent and requesting the judges from a amount of countries to prohibit resident sales of the iPhone / iPad. This ongoing dispute even troubles all the humankind risk. So far, the patent battle concerning these two equipment giants has daub worldwide.

Samsung Electronics thought recently with the aim of the two first in command and officially authorized Affairs would appear on 21 to 22 could by the side of the San Francisco risk of Justice. Choi Gee-sung and Cook, by the side of resident occasion 9:30 on could 21, made at the outset consultation more or less the patent court case, the subsequently daylight hours by the side of the same occasion met again to persist their consultations. Well-known IT observers, Dumbo, thinks with the aim of the president-level talks, is likely to mean with the aim of this is the carry on contest concerning the two companies.

First in command of Fei Xiang Internet: This main point, if it is a relatively low level of leadership, intense in favor of him to progress to the final decision, the negotiations concerning the presidents income to poverty this hindrance solved.

Although Apple and Samsung are keeping silence more or less the consultation, according to foreign media reports, the northern California risk of Justice to blame in favor of two patent court case recently informed with the aim of the first in command of both companies met and specified the engagement. Consultation location is the risk in the sphere of San Francisco, as a substitute of the north risk of San Jose, for the reason that it is appropriate in favor of the judges who maintain been involved in the sphere of the legal action in the proceedings not to sort out.

The discussion of Samsung Electronics and Apple strength of character discuss the fee of giving both other patent. Samsung Electronics advocate with the aim of Apple has infringed the patent of the third generation cell letter, while Apple advocates Samsung Electronics was touching the iPhone and iPad design patent. If conciliation fails, the Apple and Samsung patent war has jammed the attention of the humankind strength of character be present on track in the sphere of San Francisco, California, in the sphere of July. Industry insiders estimate with the aim of in the sphere of the late afternoon, the two companies could be present entered into the chat of patent contracts to compromise.

Well-known IT commentator Hongbo: Apple master a little of the smart phone patent, but Samsung it in addition has its own patent and could sanction Apple to depletion their own patents in the sphere of chat in favor of the depletion of its Apple patent.

Samsung's two strengths is finished products and extra parts, which has formed a layer of novel ensign, for the reason that Apple is still single of the chief customer of Samsung chips and liquid sparkler demonstrate.

Bo: Apple could win, or else Apple's take is other pro-active draw near, many things are pioneered by Apple, which strength of character suit a very of great consequence mace to it to watch over themselves touching competitors.

Yunting, well-known intellectual property lawyer, thought with the aim of Samsung has made a little bow suit, in the sphere of piece of evidence, Samsung has in addition ready a allotment of compromise, a hefty amount of design modifications on  Galaxy SIII , cautiously avoiding products to maintain the same development with Apple , this is in point of fact a Samsung execute a concession.

Xiang Ligang:  Apple and Samsung these two robust competitors, the dispute probably strength of character not so straightforwardly conclusion. I think the intellectual property human rights of this hindrance is in no way the conclusion, it could maintain other unknown court case.

By the side of the same occasion, the current proceedings countries not including cups, therefore, the Chinese electronics manufacturers would be present fractious to benefit from it, but consumers could look ahead to a cheaper artifact in the sphere of the opportunity. In favor of instance, the same artifact, if a high-pitched intellectual property fees, it is likely part of the cost approved on to consumers, but if not, this is much better.

2012年5月13日星期日

ET review: Sony Xperia S


Subsequently Sony and Ericsson parted ways, the Xperia S is the at the outset smartphone so as to carries the 'Sony Mobile' tag. It's obvious so as to Sony has made substantial effort in the field of the overall look & feel at the same time as well at the same time as the hardware and software to command somebody to this phone viewpoint up to the existing competition.

The Xperia S is a gorgeous device - an all-matte black conclude with a transparent crew running around the body makes the phone viewpoint given away from the usual smartphone crop. The pin-sharp 4.3-inch HD make an exhibition of offers superb brightness and clarity.

However, the phone has a mad design flaw with regards to the strike home thin-skinned buttons (home, back and menu). The icons representing the buttons are on the transparent crew by the side of the substructure while the concrete touch-sensitive are is beyond the crew, conspicuous simply by tiny dots - we found it strict to get a hold used to this. Inside is a 1.5Ghz dual-core central processing unit with 1GB RAM and onboard 32GB luggage compartment (no development slot), making it single of the on the whole powerful dual-core phones in our day.

It runs machine 2.3 with Sony's Timescape UI. Nearby is nix visible sluggishness, but Sony needs to come off a assortment on TimeScape to bring it up to Samsung's TouchWiz before HTC's meaning values. Single of the on the whole impressive factors is the 12MP camera. Not simply does it take amazing pictures in the field of daylight, but plus records bursting HD videos in the field of top-notch quality. Even low light images were accomplished whilst the sparkle was not used.

However, with the sparkle the images tended to get a hold overexposed. The phone comes with each viable wireless connectivity introduce - Wi-Fi , Wi-Fi in a straight line, Bluetooth and NFC. Battery life of the phone came given away to stay a short time ago in relation to a day of the week - disappointing , especially since it has a 1750 mAh battery (which is not user replaceable).

At the same time as a premium smartphone, Sony has managed to leave in the field of all the essential ingredients in the field of the Xperia S. Even the cost ( 32,000) seems fine making an allowance for the reigning dual-core champion - the Samsung Galaxy SII, which is straight away priced under 29,000. The Xperia S outperforms the SII on make an exhibition of irregularity, camera performance and build quality.

2012年5月6日星期日

Did Apple settle on Plan B for the third-generation iPad?


Because illustrious because the third-generation -- aka "new" -- iPad is, I've continuously wondered whether the design was compromised.
Of direction with the aim of statement on your own is as much as necessary to incur the everlasting wrath of the Apple crowd. So agree to me say with the aim of I mistreat the gen 3 iPad pretty much each daylight and take part in relegated my elder iPad 2 to backup duty. In the sphere of other lexis, I like the new to the job iPad and sweetheart the 2048x1536-pixel, 264-pixels-per-inch (ppi) Retina put on view. (Not to point out the 4G LTE.)
Still, the piece of evidence with the aim of the newer version is thicker and heavier than the elder single strikes me because being by the side of odds with Jobsian values, because I've in black and white earlier. (And it has particular me newfound appreciation used for my 10-inch Motorola Xyboard tablet, which is easier to clutch used for prolonged periods of stage than the new to the job iPad.)
Round about analysts are at present motto with the aim of the gen 3 iPad design with the aim of made it passй the exit earlier this time was table B used for Apple. Table A was an iPad with the aim of didn't take part in the other heft. (While the Apple tablet's height and width remained the same, the thickness of the new to the job iPad swelled to some extent to 0.37 shuffle and the burden edged up to 1.44 pounds.)
That's what did you say? Raymond Soneira, the come to nothing, president and first in command of DisplayMate Technologies, is motto, and he knows a lot in life further than me going on for the ins and outs of the newest iPad.
"The table was to mistreat this new to the job skill called IGZO from abrupt -- a lot in life upper electron mobility with the aim of allows them to put together the transistors a lot in life less significant and the circuit elements a lot in life less significant," he assumed.
In the sphere of brief, less significant transistors and circuit elements allow further light through and reduce the amount of backlights desired, resultant in the sphere of a thinner put on view congregation.
Near was single badly behaved, though. Abrupt didn't take part in its IGZO put on view tech eager in the sphere of stage. So, Apple had to fall back on further standard unstructured silicon skill.
"There's rebuff question with the aim of the iPad 3 is table B. They pressed unstructured silicon to a upper [pixels apiece inch] than anyone to boot. But the light throughput is not well brought-up. So it has roughly twice because many LEDs, and they had to obtain a 70 percent bigger battery," Soneira assumed, referring to today's third-generation iPad.
Richard Shim, an analyst by the side of DisplaySearch, agrees with with the aim of assessment. "The conception was with the aim of IGZO would enable a brighter put on view and you may well mistreat a lesser amount of LEDs and you wouldn't need because full-size a battery compared to unstructured silicon," Shim assumed.
My takeaway from listening to both is with the aim of Apple, in the sphere of conventional method, made (a) unbearable and (b) almost-impossible difficulty on its put on view partners -- abrupt and Samsung, correspondingly. It established used for the almost-impossible, amorphous-silicon Retina put on view with the aim of we take part in nowadays.
And based on my own experience with new to the job iPad, that's not a bad backup table.