Yahoo, Microsoft finally near deal-Reports says

Posted by Techpro on July 17th, 2009

It’s unclear whether they brought the requested “boatloads of money,” but several top Microsoft executives are in Silicon Valley to try to finalize a search deal with Yahoo, according to an All Things Digital report late on Thursday.

According to the report, the two sides are “down to the short strokes” after years of excruciatingly well publicized on-again, off-again talks. A deal could come within a week, All Things Digital said.

Included in the Microsoft entourage, according to the report, are three of its top online executives: Yusuf Mehdi, Satya Nadella, and Qi Lu.

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said in May that she was open to a search deal if she believed in the partner’s technology and they provided said boatloads of money. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated for more than a year now that he would like to strike some sort of search deal, although he no longer wants to acquire all of Yahoo as the company offered to do in February 2008.

With Microsoft’s Bing getting some good reviews and Microsoft having billions in cash on hand, the ingredients would seem to be in place, if both sides have the will to make it happen.

Source: CNET

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Nokia sees bottom to mobile market geting down

Posted by Techpro on July 17th, 2009

The mobile handset market is set for recovery after the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, according to Nokia, the world’s largest maker of cell phones.

The cell phone market has been hit particularly hard by the worldwide economic slowdown. And companies such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson have taken a beating.

The second quarter of 2009 was particularly hard for Nokia. The company’s earnings were ugly with a 25 percent drop in revenue, a 15 percent drop in handset shipments, and a more than 70 percent decline in operating profits, compared to the same quarter in 2008.

Sony Ericsson, which reported its second quarter earnings just hours before Nokia, also had a poor showing in the second quarter. The company posted a 213 million euro ($301.4 million) net loss for the second quarter, which was down from a profit of 6 million euro ($8.5 million) during the same quarter a year ago.

But for Nokia and Sony Ericsson there are glimmers of hope in their results. Sequentially, Nokia’s revenue and profits improved slightly compared to the first quarter of this year. And Sony Ericsson posted a narrower net loss than analysts had forecast.

These bits of positive news are likely contributing to a growing sense that the worst of the recession may be over.

“Competition remains intense,” said Nokia’s CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. “But demand in the overall mobile device market appears to be bottoming out.”

This is good news for an industry that some market research firms have predicted will see at least a 20 percent drop in product shipments for 2009 compared to 2008. Nokia admits that neither its company nor the industry as a whole is out of the woods just yet. It reiterated on Thursday that it expects the industry to shrink about 10 percent in 2009 compared to last year.

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Chrome OS coming up soon.

Posted by Techpro on July 8th, 2009

Google Unveils a PC Operating System

SAN FRANCISCO — In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser.

The operating system, called Chrome OS, is initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted.

The move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers.

“Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, in a post on a company blog. “We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds.”

Mr. Pichai and Mr. Upson said that the software would be released online later this year under an open source license, which will allow outside programmers to modify it. Netbooks running the software will go on sale in the second half of 2010. The software is compatible with processor chips made by Intel and ARM, the company said.

 

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How Do Computers Work

Posted by Techpro on July 6th, 2009

How Do Computers Work?

If you have ever wondered how computers work, here is a chance for you to understand the basics. While the technical aspects of what makes computers work could be difficult for a non-professional to understand, the mechanical aspects of it can give you a clear idea of what and how things happen inside a processor.

Computers work thanks to a series of hardware devices that are closely interconnected. The basic components of a computer are the motherboard, or tower; the monitor; and the keyboard. The mouse may or may not be essential to the functioning of a computer, depending on the type and model.

Most of the essential things that make computers work are inside the tower, away from your eyes. The central processing unit (CPU), located inside the computer tower, is the central stop for all the processes the computer goes through. As a command is sent, such as “open a program” or “turn the monitor on,” the CPU interprets this order and then acts accordingly.

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Who Invented the computers

Posted by Techpro on July 6th, 2009

Who Invented the computers?

The question of who invented the computer cannot be answered with a single name. Throughout history, numerous people have created devices that helped to lead to development of this valuable machine. These go far back into time and many date the first important invention to the fourth century BCE when the Babylonians developed the abacus.

Other important concepts that would help lead to computers occurred in early days and include the adoption of Arabic numerals and the concept of zero, and in the 17th century, the development of the first mechanical calculators by Wilhelm Schickard and Blaise Pascal. Another milestone along the way was the plans created by Charles Babbage in the early 19th century to create a steam-powered “Difference Engine.” Though it was never built successfully, the intent of the device was to calculate astronomical tables. Babbage then turned to the idea of creating an Analytical Engine, which would be designed to solve all math problems.

Babbage’s ideas led to the writings of Augusta Ada Byron on the Analytical Engine. She clearly delineated some of ways in which modern computers now operate and discussed the concepts of data analysis and memory among other things. Another key thinker that needs to be credited was George Boole, responsible for Boolean algebra. The work of Babbage, Pascal, Boole and Bryon is remarkable and far predates capacity to build machines with electronic components that could store memory.

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What is a computer

Posted by Techpro on June 10th, 2009

What is a computer

 

Modern Day computer

Modern Day computer

We are all familiar with what a computer is in a specific, contemporary sense. Personal computers are found in most aspects of daily life, and for some it is hard to even imagine a world without them. But the term computer means more than simply the Macs and PCs we are familiar with. A computer is, at its most basic, a machine which can take instructions, and perform computations based on those instructions.

It is the ability to take instructions — often known as programs in the parlance of computers — and execute them, that distinguishes a computer from a mechanical calculator. While both are able to make computations, a calculator responds simply to immediate input. In fact, most modern calculators are actually computers, with a number of pre-installed programs to help aid in complex tasks.

Computers range from the very small to the very large. Some are capable of doing millions of calculations in a single second, while others may take long periods of time to do even the most simple calculations. But theoretically, anything one computer is capable of doing, another computer will also be able to do. Given the right instructions, and sufficient memory, a computer found in a wristwatch should be able to accomplish anything a supercomputer can — although it might take thousands of years for the wristwatch to complete the operation.

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