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The Reliability of Vulnerability Management System and Messaging Security System
A networked computer system consists of one server that administers all computing tasks done within the network. Because a network system consists of numerous computers, including its server, all client computers, and millions of computers located in different parts of the world to which the server is connected through the internet, and those computers are operated by a lot of different people, the network as well as all computers within are highly vulnerable to intrusions, security breaches, and malware attacks. For this reason, a Vulnerability Management system that can assess, remediate and mitigate the vulnerability level of the network is required.
This management system uses a systematic program to prevent vulnerabilities within the network from causing problem. This program starts by defining the security policy of the network system. In this stage, policies defining the expected security state of the network system are laid out. Those policies define the access privilege rules, devices and implements that are permitted to be used in the network, and many other factors that affect the overall security state of the network environment. After those policies are laid out, the network environment is assessed to find out whether there are policy violations that occur. These violations are then to be called vulnerabilities. Those vulnerabilities are then categorized based on their severity so that prioritization of vulnerabilities mitigation can be done. After being categorized, those vulnerabilities are then mitigated according to priority order. After all vulnerabilities are mitigated, the program will monitor the environment to detect any vulnerability that recurs and to scrutinize new types of vulnerabilities that may occur. This management system thus organized an endlessly ongoing program that is beneficial in keeping the network environment perfectly secured.
Another system that is also important in maintaining the security state of a network system is Trend Micro Messaging Security system. This security system protects the network environment from threats that are sent through email messages. There are various methods that are used by this system to perform its protective duties. Firstly, it blocks emails that are received from computers whose IP address is regarded as undesirable. Secondly, it blocks malwares sent through emails by using its integrated mail antivirus system. Thirdly, it can also identify spam emails by investigating their pattern. There are many other methods that are used by this system to identify threats and to mitigate them. Installing this system on a network environment is thus an advisable effort that should be done by enterprises that use networked computer system.
Online mp3 Recorder
Record mp3 is an easy to use, online recorder. You can save these files and embed them into your lessons in programs such as PowerPoint and SMART Notebook. By the way, the newest version of SMART Notebook is due out this spring and does feature an mp3 recorder to put audio directly into your lessons. Until then, this is an easy program to use. If you want a more powerful audio editor, Audacity is currently on our school division image. You will still need to convert those .wav files to mp3. If you require this, please contact your tech coach because an encoder needs to be added to your computer.Q4 2011:USA: Samsung Widens Lead in US LCD-TV Shipment. Chart.
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Q4 2011:USA: Samsung Widens Lead in US LCD-TV Shipment.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the fourth quarter of 2011 solidified its leadership of the U.S. liquid-crystal display (LCD) market, as its share of unit shipments reached a record high, according to the IHS iSuppli Television Systems Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS).
During the final three months of 2011, Samsung accounted for nearly one-quarter of U.S. LCD TV shipments, at 23.6 percent, as shown in the figure below. This represented the largest share of the market ever posted by Samsung on a quarterly basis, and allowed the South Korean electronics giant to pad its lead over No.2 brand VIZIO Inc. of Irvine, Calif.
“Samsung triumphed in the price war that raged in the U.S. LCD market in the fourth quarter of 2011,” said Tom Morrod, senior analyst and head of TV Technology for IHS. “The company was able to offer a range of price-competitive sets with a rich choice of features that U.S. consumers wanted. This allowed the company to outperform the competition during the all-important holiday selling season.”
In an example of how Samsung was able to capitalize on its broad range of products, the company in the fourth quarter sold two LCD TV models that were identical in every way, except that one integrated the older cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlighting—while the other employed the newer and more expensive light-emitting diode (LED) technology. This gave consumers a clear choice of features and price points.
Samsung in the fourth quarter extended its market-share lead over U.S.-based VIZIO to 8.2 percentage points, up from 6.2 points in the third quarter. Just a year earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2010, the companies’ positions were reversed, with VIZIO leading Samsung by 7.2 points.
Samsung may be positioned to further expand its lead over VIZIO in 2012 because of another factor separate from LCD-TV market dynamics.
“The recent Free Trade Agreement between the United States and South Korea will remove tariffs imposed on Korean firms selling TVs in America,” Morrod said. “Because of this accord, Samsung and fellow South Korean brand LG Electronics are poised to increase their shipments in the United States this year.”
LCD-TV Shipments Spike in the Fourth Quarter
U.S. LCD TV market shipments experienced strong sequential growth in the fourth quarter of 2011, rising by 30.7 percent compared to the third quarter.
Lower-than-expected demand and uncertainty about the U.S. economic recovery had caused LCD shipments to fall going into the second quarter. However, aggressive pricing helped boost sales at the end of the year—the time when holiday sales typically peak.
Overall average LCD TV prices in the fourth quarter fell to about $1,032, a $16 drop from the third quarter.
The strong fourth-quarter increase helped the U.S. LCD-TV market to eke out a small increase in 2011, with shipments rising to 33.4 million units for the year, up 0.4 percent frol 33.2 million in 2010.
2012: Huawei and ZTE to ship nearly 100 million smartphones for 15% global share target.
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2012: Huawei and ZTE to ship nearly 100 million smartphones for 15% global share target.
Huawei Device and ZTE, two China-based vendors, will together ship 95-100 million smartphones for a combined global market share of 15% in 2012, according to Taiwan-based makers of handset components.
Huawei shipped 16 million smartphones to rank globally 9th and ZTE 11 million for 10th place in 2011, the sources cited Gartner statistics as indicating. Huawei and ZTE have set internal shipment targets of 60 million and 35-40 million smartphones respectively for 2012.
Huawei and ZTE have produced Android handsets for own-brand sale and on a customization basis through cooperation with mobile telecom carriers in the recent two years.
The two vendors initially lunched smartphones for sale at low to medium prices and began to make a foray into market segments of medium- to high-level smartphones in the second half of 2011.
In 2012, Huawei and ZTE will launch smartphones equipped with quad-core processors, LTE (Long Term Evolution) functionality and large screens of over 4.5 inches as well as Windows Phone-based models.
China-based hqew.com forecasts that Huawei and ZTE will ship 57 million smartphones and 37 million ones respectively in 2012, while China-based vendors TCL Communication Technology, GiONEE, Coolpad and Lenovo will each ship more than 10 million units.
2H2012: Intel StudyBook tablet PC targets emerging markets.
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Intel is set to push a tablet PC product codenamed StudyBook to target emerging markets and will adopt the same sales model as its Classmate PC.
The StudyBook tablet PC will feature a 10-inch panel with Intel's Medfield platform and adopt dual-operating systems and will target the emerging markets such as China and Brazil.
Intel's Classmate PC project has been operating for about five years and the company has already established a partnership with many emerging countries. The StudyBook tablet PC will be released in the second half of 2012 and in addition to the education procurement market, Intel also hopes to push the product into regular retail channels priced below US$299.
Second-tier notebook maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), which has close relationship with Intel and is also the OEM of Classmate PC, is expected to manufacture the StudyBook for Intel, while China-based Malata will also receive the tablet PC orders from Intel.
Intel and Lenovo have also launched a 10.1-inch Classmate PC, featuring Atom N2600 and Windows 7, in Argentina and the machine is priced at US$300-400 and has already received orders for 158,000 units in the country.
NAB 2012: CLIPSTER® 3D ahead of its time.
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NAB 2012: CLIPSTER® 3D ahead of its time.
From April 16-19, DVS will showcase its flagship product CLIPSTER® packed with an extended stereoscopic features set. Along with support for mezzanine formats, CLIPSTER® provides massive flexibility, supporting RAW material from several cameras.
DI workstation CLIPSTER® introducing an impressive set of dynamic enhancements and features in the 3D arena. Moreover, CLIPSTER® follows the company’s philosophy of openness, maximizing its number of supported formats and codecs.
CLIPSTER® makes working with stereoscopic workflows much easier and guarantees incredible time savings. At NAB 2012, visitors to the DVS booth will experience a sophisticated 3D workflow thanks to CLIPSTER’s integrated STAN (Stereoscopic Analyzer) software and thanks to its state-of-the-art hardware and software set-up. STAN’s exceptional algorithm analyzes and corrects the 3D material geometrically, including keystone correction. The handling of independent streams and their perfect synchronization offer time-savings even when processing tasks with the highest frame-rates. Users can apply the overlay’s difference and anaglyph modes to control the result, or consult the 3D depth histogram for quickly readable depth allocation – including configurable thresholds for maximum disparities.
Along with its acclaimed Digital Cinema Mastering Tool, CLIPSTER® supports mezzanine files such as IMF (Interoperable Master Format, in line with the latest published specification from IMF/ETC), providing the digital master as a file package with different video, audio, subtitles or closed caption tracks. The integrated SOAP (Service Oriented Architecture Protocol) interface provides automated control from third-party applications.
In combination with RAW cameras, CLIPSTER® assures massive flexibility – e.g. by supporting RAW material from RED®, ARRI and now also Sony cameras. The CLIPSTER® accelerator board easily decodes, demosaics, and processes RAW content faster than real-time.
Furthermore, CLIPSTER® supports formats like Panasonic AVC-Ultra, Sony SR, Apple ProRes 422 and Avid DNxHD®, and is capable of reading and writing OpenEXR. Equipped with state-of-the-art hardware, CLIPSTER® offers tremendous security and speed.
Stefan Albertz, Product Manager at DVS: "The growing market for DCP along with increasing digital demands has led us to equip CLIPSTER® with new, exciting and first-class enhancements. Besides DCP, which has established itself for the distribution of cinema content, IMF is going to become another major format which is also supported by our future-oriented systems.”
About DVS: DVS, a Rohde & Schwarz company, is a leading manufacturer of high-quality hardware and software for broadcast, digital film and video post production, presentation and event markets. DVS applications cover the production of popular TV series and Hollywood blockbusters, and enable 4K films for Digital Cinema. With over 25 years of experience in the professional video industry, DVS has cultivated a “passion for perfection,” and continues to develop revolutionary systems for customized, flexible, high-performance workflows. With CLIPSTER®, DVS was the first company in the world to make real-time 4K processing possible. Its future-proof broadcast server VENICE Hanover (Germany ) and Los Angeles (USA ), DVS also has branch offices in New York (USA ), Miami (USA), Paris (France ), and Singapore
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Child Safety Using Computers: MacBook Parental Controls.
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Source: Intel Inside Scoop.
Child Safety Using Computers: MacBook Parental Controls.
When setting up a MacBook for your child to use, you’ll want to take a look at parental controls for greater child safety when using the computer.
Go to System Preferences and find the parental control solution that has already been installed by default. You can use the application to control the child account’s usage. For example, you can specify which applications can be used, which URLs can be browsed, as well as the time slot your child can use the computer.
When you click on Parental Controls (the yellow icon with a parent and child), the user interface prompts will prompt you to create a child account.
After that, it prompts for a detailed policy that applies to this child account.
1. Applications – select the applications you wish to allow.
2. Browse URLs – You can block your child from visiting specific URLs.
3. Time limit
This tool can set the time limit on the child account. For example, like at most 3 hours on school days, and at most 5 hours on weekend and the child account can’t use the computer during 19:00-21:00 on a school day, etc. It is very useful to set limits automatically. Once the child account triggers the limit criteria, it will automatically lock and can only be unlocked when it passes the limit criteria.
4. Other Controls
Restrict Mail and iChat: the system will control the mail and chat communication of child account.
Logs: you can also review the child account’s activity history.
I found it to be fairly easy to set up these useful and common controls parents might want to enforce. It’s tools like this that make the MacBook a computer that can be used by whole family, and at the same time, it can make child account activities controlled by the parental account, if needed.
Source: Intel Inside Scoop.
Amazon Instant Video Now Available on PlayStation 3.
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Amazon Instant Video Now Available on PlayStation 3.
Customers can now stream Prime Instant Videos and rent or buy the latest movies and TV shows on PlayStation Network.
This makes the PS3 system the first and only video game console system to offer Amazon Instant Video. Customers can access Amazon Instant Video on their PlayStation 3 system for free by installing the Amazon Instant Video app directly from the TV/Video Services category on the XMB (XrossMediaBar). The Amazon Instant Video app can also be found in the PlayStation Store, under the Media & Apps category. For more information on how to get started visit, www.amazon.com/instantvideo/ps3.
Starting today, Amazon Prime members can watch Prime Instant Videos on PlayStation Network, streamed directly to their PS3 system. In addition to receiving free two-day shipping on millions of items and access to thousands of books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library , Prime members can instantly stream more than 17,000 TV shows and movies, all for just $79 a year. Prime Instant Videos include hit TV shows like Glee, Downton Abbey and Sons of Anarchy and classic movies such as Office Space, The Graduate and Brokeback Mountain. Non-Prime members can start their free one-month trial today.
The Amazon Instant Video app also offers more than 120,000 TV shows and movies to buy or rent, including the latest hit movies like The Descendants, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and War Horse and popular TV shows like Mad Men, Vampire Diaries and Justified. Plus, to celebrate the launch of the PS3 system app, Amazon is offering the first episode of more than 100 TV shows for free instant streaming to both Prime and non-Prime customers.
The Amazon Instant Video app is custom designed to harness the powerful entertainment capabilities of the PlayStation 3 system and provide customers with the best Amazon Instant Video experience to date including:
- Instant streaming of nearly 25,000 high-definition movies and TV shows that start and resume in just seconds.
- New smart lists such as Recently Watched, Next Episode and Personal Recommendations. These lists appear on the home screen of the PS3 system app and update dynamically based on what customers watch and buy. They make it easy for customers to find the next thing they want to watch - start watching an episode where they left off, watch the next episode in a series and introduce them to new TV shows and movies that they will love.
- Whispersync lets customers seamlessly switch from one device to another. Start streaming a movie on Kindle Fire, then pick up right where you left off on your PS3 system - avoid the frustration of having to find your spot.
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Your Video Library gives customers access to purchases fromAmazon Instant Video on the PlayStaion 3 system or any of the hundreds of other devices enabled for Amazon Instant Video. For a list of compatible devices click here.
“PlayStation 3 is a powerful home entertainment system and is incredibly popular with our customers. Since the launch of Prime Instant Videos one of the top customer requests has been to provide customers with an app for PlayStation 3,” said Bill Carr , VP of Video and Music at Amazon . “Pushbutton, which we acquired specifically for their expertise in TV entertainment app development, has done a fantastic job of developing our best video app yet. We are excited to deliver the PS3 app to customers today.”
“We’re always looking for new ways to expand the digital entertainment offerings across PlayStation Network, and we’re thrilled to be the first game console to deliver Amazon Instant Video to our community,” said Jack Buser , senior director of PlayStation Digital Platforms, SCEA. “Working with Amazon is a prime example of our commitment to providing our community with a wealth of options so they can experience entertainment the way they want.”
About Amazon.com
The new latest generation Kindle is the lightest, most compact Kindle ever and features the same 6-inch, most advanced electronic ink display that reads like real paper even in bright sunlight. Kindle Touch is a new addition to the Kindle family with an easy-to-use touch screen that makes it easier than ever to turn pages, search, shop, and take notes – still with all the benefits of the most advanced electronic ink display. Kindle Touch 3G is the top of the line e-reader and offers the same new design and features of Kindle Touch, with the unparalleled added convenience of free 3G. Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon’s new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com 's financial results is included in Amazon.com 's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission , including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures, distributes, develop and markets the PlayStation®2 (PS2) computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system and the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) portable entertainment system. SCEI has revolutionized home entertainment since they launched PlayStation in 1994. PS2® system further enhances the PlayStation legacy as the core of home networked entertainment. PSP® system is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games with high-quality full-motion video and high-fidelity stereo audio. PS3™ system is an advanced computer system, incorporating the powerful Cell Broadband Engine and RSX processors. PS Vita system is an ultimate portable entertainment system that offers a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context. SCEI also delivers the PlayStation® experience to open operating systems through PlayStation®Suite, a cross platform and cross device initiative. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan , SCEI, along with its affiliated companies, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC , and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. , and its division companies, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Sony Computer Entertainment Asia develops, publishes, markets and distributes hardware and software, and manages the third party licensing programs for these platforms in the respective markets worldwide.
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NAB 2012: IDC LASER™ Launches Targeted Advertising Platform.
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NAB 2012: IDC LASER™ Launches Targeted Advertising Platform.
NAB 2012: IDC LASER™ Launches Targeted Advertising Platform.
International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) announces the unveiling of a significant evolution in targeted local advertising insertion at NAB 2012, Las Vegas, April 16-19, 2012.
The new IDC LASER™ - Local Ad Splicing Edge Receiver – enables TV broadcasters to offer their advertisers regionalized targeted advertising at a price point not previously attainable. LASER enables broadcasters to increase advertising revenues by selectively and seamlessly inserting targeted regional or local commercials at the edge of the network.
In addition to local ad insertion, the platform allows for the replacement of ad content that may be unsuitable for specific audiences due to copyright issues, regional variances in culture and language, with ad content more appropriate for that target market. This additional flexibility allows broadcasters who distribute content over a wide geographic market to generate revenue from a much broader base of advertisers. Further, with its extended storage capacity, LASER can also support local or regional black-out functionality where previously distributed long form programming can be substituted on a selected local basis.
The LASER platform is comprised of three core elements:
1. The LASER satellite receiver which integrates an ad server and a frame accurate stream splicer;
2. IDC’s proven Production Manager which first distributes regionalized ad content to the network of receivers, and then uses SCTE-35 triggers to switch between the linear stream and the locally stored ad content and;
3. Ad Insertion Module (AIM) which enables an overbuild of existing legacy broadcast platforms, allowing SCTE ad insertion functionality to be seamlessly retro-fitted into a customer’s current play-out environment.
“The number of ad spots that broadcasters have available for sale is limited,” stated Frederick Godard, IDC President and CEO. “LASER provides broadcasters with a cost-effective solution for maximizing the value of each time slot by allowing advertisers to target their messages on a regional basis.”
IDC is at the forefront of delivering the content that connects broadcasters to their audiences and advertisers, for optimal efficiencies and revenue generation opportunities. Learn more about IDC’s latest technologies including the LASER targeted advertising platform, at NAB 2012, IDC Booth SU-2608.
About International Datacasting Corporation:
International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) is a global leader in digital content distribution for the world’s premiere broadcasters in radio, television and digital cinema. IDC offers a broad portfolio of advanced solutions including Pro Audio, Pro Video, Pro Cinema, and Pro Data for implementing broadcast content contribution and distribution applications. IDC’s products and solutions are in demand for radio and television networks, digital cinema, 3D live events, distance learning, satellite news gathering, sport contribution, ad insertion, VOD, and IPTV among others. IDC is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with regional offices in Arnhem, the Netherlands and in San Diego, California. IDC has installations in over 100 countries and service offices in Australia, Singapore and China with an international network of value-added partners and distributors.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements reflecting IDC’s objectives, estimates and expectations that may involve risks and uncertainties, including statements about expected revenue impacts. IDC's actual results, performance, achievements and developments may differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such statements. Factors that might cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, competitive developments; risks associated with IDC’s growth; any difficulties with integrating acquired product lines into IDC’s business and/or manufacturing procedures; any difficulties or disputes with IDC’s subcontractors, contract manufacturers and suppliers; IDC's dependence on the development and growth of the satellite datacasting market; a lengthy and variable sales cycle for IDC's products and services; IDC’s reliance on a small number of customers for a large percentage of its revenue; regulatory risks and intellectual property infringement. IDC assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as expressly required by applicable law. Forward-looking statements are provided to assist external stakeholders in understanding IDC’s expectations as at the date of this release and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect IDC’s financial and business results is included in the public documents IDC files from time to time with Canadian securities regulatory authorities and which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, including, without limitation, IDC’s Annual Information Form dated April 29, 2011.
Contact: International Datacasting Corporation Christine Rozak, Director of Marketing
Tel. 613-596-4120 x 2215 E-mail: crozak@datacast.com
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ARM, joint ventures with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient, to Secure Mobile Payments.
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ARM, joint ventures with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient, to Secure Mobile Payments.
ARM, the London-based company that designs the chips in most of the world’s smartphones, announced a partnership on Tuesday with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient, which both make security tools for payment technologies.
They will create technical standards for a “security environment” in an area inside the chip where sensitive data is stored, processed and protected, according to Ben Haber, a spokesman representing ARM.
It means that sensitive data like your credit card information wouldn’t live in the same place as the rest of your data, and you would use payment services inside this secure area as well. This would be invisible to the everyday consumer, but if businesses embrace the standard, it could lead to a steady stream of new mobile payment services.
“The integration of the hardware, software and services necessary for system-wide security has been slow,” Warren East, chief executive of ARM, said in a statement. “I am confident that this new joint venture will accelerate the adoption of a common security standard, enabling a vibrant ecosystem of secure service providers to emerge. This will be a significant step in terms of improved consumer trust in sdcure transactions on connected devices.”
Source: NYTimes
Canada: RIM to offer software to open up its secure network for use on other mobiles in the workplace.
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Canada: RIM to offer software to open up its secure network for use on other mobiles in the workplace.
Research In Motion said Tuesday that it will offer software to companies and governments that would open up its secure network for use on iPhones and other mobile devices in the workplace.
The move is intended to encourage enterprise customers to stick with its services, even if they gravitate away from the BlackBerry smartphone itself.
"Organizations face pressure to allow employees to bring their own devices into the workplace, and they are looking to RIM as the global leader in the enterprise mobility space to solve that problem," Alan Panezic, RIM's vice-president of enterprise product management and marketing said in a news release.
The Waterloo, Ont., tech company has been losing consumer market share to Apple and Android devices and although it's still dominant in workplaces, its competitors are making inroads there as well with iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets.
RIM said about 90 per cent of Fortune 500 companies are using BlackBerry smartphones.
However, recently several major organizations have confirmed plans to open up the options for their employees to use devices other than the BlackBerry.
Those customers include energy services giant Halliburton Co. and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Research In Motion has said it will focus more on its business customers and will go after only "targeted" parts of the consumer market, possibly with partners.
After releasing weak quarterly results on Thursday, the BlackBerry maker announced plans to rebuild itself and it will consider a host of corporate options, including putting itself up for sale.
Pics4Learning: Free Image Library
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China: Samsung to build a mobile chip US$7Billion factory in Xian.
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China: Samsung to build a mobile chip US$7Billion factory in Xian.
Samsung has said it will invest a total of around US$7 billion to establish a manufacturing organisation in China focusing on mobile device memory, with a factory likely to be opened in Xi’an. The investment, which has been approved by the company’s board of directors, will initially be US$2.3 billion and will total US$7 billion over the next several years.
The company said it is “considering” building a factory in Xi’an to produce 10nm-class NAND Flash memory for mobile phones and music players ”to meet growing market demand for NAND products.”
Bloomberg cites US analyst group IHS iSuppli as saying that demand for flash memory - used to store media files including photos, videos, apps and music on mobile devices – will increase by 49 percent between 2010 and 2015. By 2015, IHS iSuppli forecasts that media tablets will account for 17 percent of global NAND shipments, up from 9 percent in 2011.
Samsung produces memory for Apple’s iPhone and iPad as well as its own mobile devices. It opened a new US$10.6 billion facility making NAND flash and DRAM memory in South Korea in September and has a plant in Austin, Texas which makes memory and logic chips, including application processors for mobile phones.
It was reported in January that Samsung Group planned to invest around US$6.5 billion in smartphone and tablet chip technology this year, as part of a larger investment programme across the company.
Samsung is known for making significant investments into technologies ahead of rivals, which has translated into success with flash chips, computer memory chips and LCD flat-screens.
Colombia: Movistar and Colombia Telecomunicaciones in a merger agreement.
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Colombia: Movistar and Colombia Telecomunicaciones in a merger agreement.
Telefonica Moviles Colombia (Movistar), Colombia Telecomunicaciones, and the Colombian government have reached a final agreement to restructure their fixed and mobile business in Colombia. Colombia Telecomunicaciones is 52 percent owned by Telefonica Group and 48 percent by the Colombian government.
The agreement includes, among other commitments, the assumption by the government of the 48 percent of the payment obligations not yet due of Colombia Telecomunicaciones to Parapat, the consortium which owns the telecommunications assets and manages the pension funds for the entities that comprise the National Telecommunications Operator.
The agreements reached also include an amendment to the operating contract for the extension in six years, to 2028, of the payment obligations not yet due of Colombia Telecomunicaciones to Parapat.
As a result of these agreements, the net financial debt which will be fully consolidated in the financial statements of the Telefonica Group, will fall by approximately EUR 1.300 billion. The merger agreement is subject to the approval of the general shareholders' meetings of Telefonica Moviles Colombia (Movistar) and Colombia Telecomunicaciones, scheduled to take place on 24 April 2012.
Following the merger between Colombia Telecomunicaciones and Telefonica Moviles Colombia, Telefonica will hold 70 percent of the share capital of the resulting company, while the government will control the remaining 30 percent.
The merger of both companies s expected to create the second largest integrated operator in Colombia.
Telefonica has launched its Patent Club initiative.
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Telefonica has launched its Patent Club initiative.
Telefonica has launched its Patent Club initiative. The project aims to promote the work of Telefonica professionals engaged in the field of innovation, Cinco Dias reports.
One month after the Patent Club launch in February, the project already has 120 active members, says Luis Ignacio Vicente del Olmo, return on innovation manager at Telefonica I+D. The Patent Club initiative has already been implemented at Telefonica's research and development centers in Barcelona, Granada, Huesca, Valladolid and Madrid, and the company plans to expand it to its subsidiaries in UK, Israel, Silicon Valley and Brazil.
Amazon Kindle Exclusive: Free Subscription to The Kenyon Review Now Available in the Kindle Store.
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Amazon Kindle Exclusive: Free Subscription to The Kenyon Review Now Available in the Kindle Store.
Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that a free subscription to the digest edition of The Kenyon Review is now available exclusively in the Kindle Store . Kindle customers who subscribe will get access to a selection of the magazine's fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and editorial content, all at no cost.
Customers can visit www.amazon.com/kenyonreview to start reading the magazine today on any Kindle, and on free Kindle reading apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices.
“The Kenyon Review has a long and storied history of publishing some of the most famous American writers and poets, from Thomas Pynchon to Maya Angelou,” said Sean Gorman , Director of Periodicals at Amazon . “We’re excited to make the magazine available digitally to fans of the highest-quality fiction and poetry.”
“We’re proud to work in cooperation with Amazon to allow readers around the world to access both a free digest and a full version of The Kenyon Review, featuring the stories, poems, and essays that have made the journal internationally famous,” noted David Lynn , editor of The Kenyon Review. “We will continue to identify and support the most exciting voices of each new generation.”
The Kenyon Review, which publishes quarterly, was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom , and has published works by generations of important writers, including Flannery O'Connor , Ford Madox Ford, Robert Lowell , Boris Pasternak , Bertolt Brecht , Dylan Thomas , Maya Angelou , Rita Dove , Derek Walcott , Thomas Pynchon, Woody Allen , Louise Erdrich and Ha Jin .
A subscription to the extended edition of the magazine, which is also a Kindle exclusive, is available for just $12 a year and includes everything in the digest edition plus several additional poems, short stories and book reviews. Individual issues of the extended edition are also available for $3.99 .
Like all Kindle books and many magazines, The Kenyon Review is “Buy Once, Read Everywhere”— customers can read more than 500 newspapers and magazines, including The Economist, Esquire, Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal , using their Kindles and free Kindle reading apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices.
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