This week, a funny thing happened on the two industry news, Thursday, INQ website published an article entitled “Touch Screen Is the Future of Computing, Says Microsoft” of the article the next day, Vnunet.com published a website Part of the article means exactly the opposite: “Touch Screens Are Not the Future of Computing, Says HP”.

This time, Microsoft’s opinion is right, while HP’s is wrong. 70 era in the 20th century, a talented HP engineers have invented a low-cost, efficient personal computer. At that time, he strongly urged the company funds and create the PC, if HP was better than it is now looking, five million U.S. dollars will be allocated and assigned 30 engineers to complete the project, which will become the personal computer-driven force development. But HP has no future at the time that it rejected the proposal of the Engineer.

Steve Wozniak left so HP, and with Steve Jobs created the Apple, the next is history.

Now, HP seems to have committed a similar error, HP’s CTO Phil McKinney said this week, although the computer touch screen very interesting, but not the future of the computer. He pointed out that only limited use touch interface on the desktop and notebook computer on, and will not replace the mouse and keyboard, because the user must have access to the screen, enter the glass is up to unpleasant things.

Right on the case, HP or at least McKinney (again) not be able to see its future, which is why the company and the CTO does not believe that the reasons for touch-screen technology.

Touch Panel PC desktop will not be displayed once Microsoft and Dell notebooks, the vertical touch-screen, the user can use a hand-raised. Touch-screen desktop PC will become the same as the desk, touch screen notebook models in the use of touch to adjust to the flat-panel model.

And even if you can use the on-screen keyboard does not prevent you to use their mouse and keyboard, you can in writing are connected to low-cost wireless keyboard and mouse. And some are now completed through a simple mouse keyboard to work in the future will be conducted via voice command.

Similarly, HP will now consider the future of Touch Panel NOT refuse to spend billions of dollars to develop, but in the next 10 years, much of the company’s system will be set up on the touch screen interface.

Touch Panel UI field are between Microsoft and Apple compete, the competition intensified from the beginning from this year. Microsoft has stated that Windows 7 will support touch technology, and it will also launch the consumer version of Surface Product class.

At many points Apple patents touch UI at the level of industry-leading, including large and small equipment. McKinney did not see even though touch technology, but HP in their laboratory has developed a number of touch-based technology.

Search wiki trying to copy the successful model of Wikipedia, let users of different index of the search results for editing and sequencing. It attempts to introduce transparency and human face to the market. However, according to the website to provide their own data, the service has been been deterred. Since re-released in June last year, since the wiki search english or even decline in the volume of monthly contributions to the volume of users is also substantially reduced.

Wales had hoped to english wiki as a “long-term projects” to operate. However, the current economic situation has forced him “to re-evaluate everything,” and “do its utmost to create a profit.” Wales said that the wiki search the development of “seriously off track.” He also added: “we have to wait until the use of Wikipedia has been recognized by the public, at least one to two years, but we can not afford now.”

Even though the search for the success of wiki set a very relaxed time, but its data is still unsatisfactory. Over the past 6 months, the number of unique users per month for only 1 million people. Wales said that it was difficult to find While one of the reasons to continue to invest the resources. english wiki project will lead to the termination of two full-time employees will lose their jobs.

Welsh said that the wiki’s other items of unique users per month about 30 million people. Wiki such as Q & A (Wikia Answers) on the very rapid growth.

Wales said: “wait until the economy improves, I will start this business again.” This shows that Wales continue to believe that search needs to open up, rather than Google, as the privatization of most algorithms.

In November last year, Google has introduced a SearchWiki called personalized search tool allows users to sort search results, delete, update and add comments. Google SearchWiki users will remember the changes, so that the next user at the same show search results and personalized notes.

Announced the closure on the wiki at a time when the search engine, Microsoft also announced the closure of its web encyclopedia Encarta.

Microsoft on Monday local time, announced that it would turn off the service. Wales, expressed his disappointment, he said that Wikipedia had been contact with Microsoft, Encarta want to authorize the data in the framework of free of Wikipedia open, thereby make it into Wikipedia.

Wales said, In theory, Wikipedia content can be fully absorbed Encarta come. However, because of its relatively small scale, “the community may not benefit from it. However, its use must picture might be.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Kevin Rudd), today announced that the Australian government will invest 43 billion dollars (30.7 billion U.S. dollars) to the formation of a national high-speed fiber-optic broadband network. Kevin Rudd said Australia’s national broadband network set up in line with the country’s long-term development objectives and benefits, “we are announcing today the formation of a national broadband network’s decision to meet the needs of long-term development of Australia.”

Kevin Rudd said, in order to successfully achieve this goal, the Australian government will be dedicated to the formation of a joint venture, and allows the participation of other private companies. He also said the broadband network construction and operation 5 years later, from Australia under the auspices of the corresponding Foreign joint venture company will sell its major stake in

Earlier research has pointed out that compared with other developed countries, Australia’s Internet service has been lagging behind, mainly reflected in a slower speed and higher fees. It is reported that Australia plans to implement the broadband network will become the history of the state-owned The largest scale since the basis of the proposed project.

Kevin Rudd also said that the formation of Australia’s national broadband network, also in favor of more public employment arrangements. Operation of the network will be able to cover 90% of Australian home, the maximum access speed of up to 100M / second.

Google recently launched at the world’s local search service. Google said at the official blog, in most cases, Google will be the basis of IP addresses to determine the location of the user. Users can also map the top of “change position” function of their location position to make specific settings.

Google will attempt to guess the user’s needs, whether the user is to purchase food, sporting goods, flowers, or search the bank, gymnasium, offices and so on. Users will only need to enter the premises wish to search, Google will return the location based on user search results.

“Forbes” magazine has selected the online version of 11 the company has ample cash, these companies have the cash on dozens of billions of dollars. Among them, the apple to 25.7 billion U.S. dollars in terms of the amount of cash reserves, while Microsoft was 20.7 billion U.S. dollars in the first four. 11 for the following companies:

1. Apple: 25.7 billion U.S. dollars in cash.

2. Exxon Mobil: 25400000000 U.S. dollars in cash.

3. Cisco: 23.1 billion U.S. dollars in cash.

4. Microsoft: 207 million dollars in cash.

5. Pfizer: 16.6 billion U.S. dollars in cash.

6. MetLife: 108 million dollars in cash.

7. QUALCOMM: 90 million dollars in cash.

8. Interactive Brokers Group: 55 million dollars in cash.

9. Johnson & Johnson: 47 million dollars in cash.

10. Charles Schwab: 46 million dollars in cash.

11. Ameriprise Financial: 42 million dollars in cash.

As the world’s biggest search engine, Google has a has a large number of large-scale server systems, but they know little about the outside world. Wednesday, the first time Google has designed its server mystery.

Most enterprises are from Dell, HP, IBM or Sun server systems purchase, and Google’s server system is designed. Google servers are the most surprising, each server is equipped with 12V battery backup. When the main power when the accident happened, the battery can continue to supply.

Typically, the use of large-scale data center uninterruptible power supply (hereinafter referred to as “UPS”) as a standby power supply, and the Google server is used 12V battery. In this connection, Zhai said: “Compared with the UPS, battery cost more low. ”

Moreover, the battery more efficient than UPS. Typically, there is a large-scale UPS efficiency 92-95%, which means that part of energy being wasted, and the battery has 99.9 percent efficiency.

The efficiency of energy use (hereinafter referred to as “PUE”) is a measure of energy-efficient data center is an important criterion, one on behalf of all values for all the energy used in equipment, but not used in cooling or power supply system; If it is 1.5, means that 50% of the energy spent by the latter.

The third quarter of 2008, Google data center PUE value is 1.21, already very low, but then fell to 1.20 in the fourth quarter, then dropped to 1.19.

Google has always attached importance to energy saving, energy saving and are willing to share the experience. Google vice president of operations (Urs Hoelzle) said that with heightened awareness of environmental protection, energy prices, as well as the economic downturn led to reduction of operating enterprises costs, Google is now sharing a good time for energy-saving experience.

In addition, starting in 2005, Google’s data center on the use of a standard container design: Each container has a 1160 server, power consumption is 250 kilowatts, and each data center with multiple containers.

Google’s servers thickness of 3.5 inches, is equipped with two processors, two hard drives, the eight memory slots have the Gigabyte motherboard. Google designers of the core server Zhai (Ben Jai) said the design of Google servers began in 2005, now has entered the sixth generation and the seventh generation.

Google operators of this size is bound to challenge many large enterprises, but at the same time there is no lack of beneficial side. For example, the results of a field of R & D can also be applied to many other basic structure, thereby speeding up the rate of return on investment.

According to “The New York Times” reported on the 2nd website, China has embarked on a world of hybrid cars and electric vehicles is the largest producer of the program. China hopes that the end of the year 2011 will be hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles to improve annual production capacity of 500,000, this area has become a global leader.

GM United States-China principle controller, said, “When China has the proficiency to better leader.” “New York Times” said that the Chinese government agents, last year China made a total of hybrid vehicles or electric driven vehicles from 2100. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao put ahead two years before should pay vigilance to electric driven vehicles.

The newspaper said that China’s intent is sweep, this venture can lead the global energy the automotive industry, boosting employment, extending exports; city and dampening ecological pollution, to lessen their oil exports from Middle East dependence. The Chinese federal arranges to advise that the three U.S. auto giants: in the future of automotive engineering, suspended on the verge of bankruptcy at the American auto industry shall suffer more from external competitive pressures.

In supplement to large-scale output, the Chinese city’s 13 localized authorities, or hybrid electric driven vehicle to fuel subsidies. State Grid Corporation of China has designed for Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin to set up three vehicle ascribing stations. The Chinese government has furthermore paced up study on the conceive of electric-powered vehicles into the capital.

American interviewing strict McKinsey news said that instead of small electrical cars can lessen car fuel energy 19 per cent of Chinese greenhouse gas emissions, efficiently renew the environment. Gasoline energy car at time, China’s prevailing engineering behind the United States, Japan and other continent, and now, across the Chinese hope that threshold, a guide transition to the electrical car technology.

At current, Japan is the world’s figure one hybrid vehicle-producing continent, with Honda and Toyota and other global marks, presentation at the same time the exert of electricity and petrol. The United States is the second highest field of the manufacturer. The United States Chevrolet plug-in hybrid electrical car is registered next year, it shall take corporations to import from South Korea’s LG rechargeable batteries.

Global automotive industry interviewing strict CSM predicts that via the end of the year in 2011, Japan and South Korea’s total production of electrical cars between the pair continent could arrive 1.1 million, North American presentation could arrive 267,000. The United States Energy Department has granted 25 billion U.S. dollars, for the growth of electrical cars and battery technologies improve. It is reported that the U.S. Congress from the financial stimulus plan shall take pair billion U.S. dollars in funding for the field.

According to market research organization, analyzed more than 2009 digital flat-panel television will become a crucial year for development. With the upper reaches of the rich supply of resources panel, LCD module production capacity to gradually enlarge, and supply chain management

Enhance the contribution of productivity enhancement, in 2009 the number of flat-panel television sales will for the first time an overwhelming number of Units CRT television, becoming the first choice for consumers.

As the LCD TV industry leading vendors, Sony recently released the Chinese mainland market in 2009 New Spring, including the V5500 and the two series of seven S550 Product. Although the two series of products in the

Sony television map is not ranked high-end, but to accelerate the popularity of LCD TVs at the time, through its technical, functional, performance analysis will help the general public right to make wise consumer choices.

First of all, for the pursuit of high-definition LCD TV will become the primary subject of development and more television manufacturers compete to become the most violent aspect.

Product popularity means that the consumer select a more pragmatic and rational. Prior to that, LCD TVs of consumers tend to ignore the panel behind the technology, and this is precisely the television screen LCD decide an important indicator of performance.

Television as a synonym for high-end Sony has been trying to picture quality a breakthrough technology to create differentiated consumer value, 10bit panel, Liang Yan-color backlight, such as four-speed drive technology to establish its

“Quality is king” competitive strategy.

Sony’s latest generation image processing engine technology at New BRAVIAENGINE3 will debut the first time, let us see its LCD TV technology in 2009 a major bright spot, BRAVIAENGINE3 technology is already

Treatment has engine technology upgrade can receive television SDTV / HDTV video signals more powerful intelligent analysis and optimization, and to enhance the contrast of images so that reproduce the natural effects of more realistic

. Further supported by LiveColor color enhancement technology, so as to ensure vivid, lifelike color performance.

Secondly, as the television home digital entertainment center will be new features, new applications continue to strengthen! Digital, high-definition, network upgrade and popularity, will give the TV a more rich, exciting and side

It’s entertainment experience.

Users outside the living room, can be enacted in the living room big screen tv watch computer in the bedroom or the study of the best content. All this is thanks to DLNA, home entertainment networks, wireless transmission function. This feature will be the home of several

Code United into an entertainment device networks, to break the boundaries of entertainment space, wireless transmission of video, photographs, and other image data. Sony BRAVIAV5500 this year at the new series of television not only has the DLNA function, but also with

Purchase generic USB interface, can easily connect peripheral digital devices, such as digital cameras, camcorders, USB storage and so on, so that home television to become self-creation, storage, sharing the core of entertainment content Exhibition

Is a platform. Home entertainment content and solutions greatly enriched, so that Sony has always stressed the “Sony HD World” to further become a reality.

Third, the demands of intelligent energy saving and environmental protection will lead the new fashion television consumption.

Energy saving and environmental protection are flat-panel television, one of the inevitable trend of development. The United States early in January this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Sony will exhibit its full range of energy saving and environmental protection-based television, individual models of energy-saving rate of 40%.

From the March release of Chinese products, all models are energy-saving technologies, clearly showing that Sony is to accelerate its strategy of global environmental protection.

Apple’s Safari browser has been known to speed quickly, and constantly new. Although many Safari browser for Apple Macintosh computer on their own (both tie-in sales), but there is also Safari version for Windows. In addition, it is also the default iPhone browser.

Last week, Apple launched the fourth version of Safari browser for Mac at the same time and Windows computer. Apple said it is the world’s fastest browser, and add many graphics to make it easier to browse the web. Safari 4 is still in the testing phase, Windows and Mac versions are at apple.com / safari for free download.

I have been testing the new operating system both Safari browser, and with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google (Google), compared to the Chrome. My conclusion is that, Safari 4 speed really quickly than a lot of competitors, but its user interface changes are disappointed people. They are window dressing or a small change, either inherited the functions of our competitors have introduced, or just the browser is to allow the use of more inconvenient.

First of all, we talk about speed. Units at my Mac computer, as well as many run Vista and XP on the Windows computer to test the Safari 4, and the use of three different networks to conduct these tests in high-speed fiber-optic ─ ─ First, one general hotel Internet connection, speed is also relatively slower mobile data card.

All kinds of network connections in the above manner, I download Safari 4 for a number of commonly used time for the website a time, such as Facebook, “The Wall Street Journal,” “The New York Times” (New York Times), the United States, such as Major League Baseball. I not only tested a single window to open the site separately and also test the use of keys simultaneously to open the case of multiple URLs.

The results are amazing. In almost every case, Safari 4 than any other browser much faster. Safari 4 lot of testing other browsers need only one-third or half of the time to download a web page or a group, even if they are on the same computer and Internet connection with a network running.

In particular, are of interest to me, Safari 4 in testing the Windows version of Google Chrome in the left behind, even if these two browsers are used by Apple’s management, but the concession of a number of other companies give open-source technology.

In some cases, when a new version of Safari browser’s speed advantage when only a few seconds, the Express probably did not look so important. However, when I opened the page a lot of time, Safari is very different indeed. For example, in my tests the fastest network, Safari 4 for Windows versions 21 to open a web site required 43 seconds, while the new version of IE 8 two minutes required to complete the same task.

I hope I can on Safari’s more enthusiastic about a number of other changes, but I should not. The worst apple is to decide on behalf of the keys to open the page the browser to the top of the screen, and at all the tools on the menu, rather than where they are the traditional instrument and under the menu.

The changes are the result of copying Chrome, and Apple said that this could make keys more easily found. But this is not me. In my opinion, Apple’s changes more difficult to cause the user to see the button, in a crowded computer screen is also very easy to use, but they represent the keys from the contents page is also too far. Vista operating system in particular, is a troublesome problem, because the title of Vista’s transparent windows can be almost impossible to identify the key pages.

Another option is, unfortunately, to give up Safari 4 shows the progress of the download page the progress bar. Apple said that it is now because the page is complex, progress can not be accurately capture the download progress. However, I think users like to see the page download process, the stage of their own, even if it is only a rough estimate.

I am not the only people who have this feeling. Those who would normally be for Apple to defend the action every step of the Apple-oriented website has begun to release notes, the Safari 4 attack the user how to re-restore the old system and the keys have a progress bar.

New version of the graphics features will only further line. Now, when you open a new button, the web address without notes, Safari will be able to place the original blank fill the largest web site users to browse graphical presentation. Just click on any one of your Web site, you can directly access a specific page. It can even display the user since the last visit after a web page when changes have taken place.

This feature is pretty good, but Chrome is also a copy of the existing features, and I think most people will not too seriously on this point, because in general they have long known their wish to visit the page.

Apple will “cover flow”, that is iTunes album browser vision methods, the use of the Safari bookmarks folder among management. Users can preview it in the list of bookmarks for each page. Similarly, this feature is indeed very good, but not much innovation.

Safari 4 to catch up with competitors also have other functions, when a user types a URL or a search time of entry, to give tips. This feature is also good, but not better than other browsers.

Finally, Safari’s Windows version now seems, are up and running more like a standard Windows procedure, rather than Mac program. It added a traditional Windows-style buttons and behavior, which is not before the Safari.

Overall, Safari 4 has been mixed. Fast, but some changes in the design of some new, some are irritating.

When Apple and Palm are still many controversial points, the ownership of touch technology, the company is surprisingly silent. However, according to the BNET blog website an article that Microsoft is probably the first multi-point touch technology to apply for a patent.

BNET analyst Erick Sherman said that many points raised by Microsoft’s touch technology on a patent application at the date of the earlier than a lot of apple. Think people have been a number of multi-point touch technology patents apple, then it probably necessary to cross-license with Microsoft in order to avoid loss of patent ownership.

Microsoft in May 12, 2006 on the proposed patent No. 20070262964 of “the use of multi-point touch, gesture and application of” patent application. However, the patent application has not yet been approved.

Microsoft has already demonstrated our multi-point touch technology in the application of Windows7, and partners have also been discussed with the Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7.0 versions of the application of multi-point touch the related issues.

When asked about the discovery of Sherman is true, the Microsoft spokesman replied: “We have no comment.”

On the other hand, Moxia companies claim that they apply for their own “apple the size of the” multi-point touch the ball has passed the patent Recognition. Microsoft has also developed a similar equipment, but they touch the ball is based on the Global Imagination’s technology.

When we asked Microsoft this device has not received authorization Moxia patent, Moxia said: “No, I did not. Advanced U.S. technology, equipment size is also smaller, more suitable for those who touch on the surface equipment has many points of interest applications, such as advanced 3D / control equipment.

PSP headphones: the enjoyment of being at that time

Purchase a small p on the day after for headphones, the frequency of very quickly, because there is poor quality and died, and there is missing, has put up are not bad at the acoustics of the … … time after a long time wanted to possess a Comparison of long-term vitality of the effect of another good headset, this should be the holder of each small p’s dream, right? PSP headset is currently good and the bad, parallel simulation of the production in full swing, PSP headphones are very popular, there is a market there are businesses willing to try. So how to select as consumers buy them? After all, play games and watch the film when the ear is also very important to enjoy it?

1000 original headset

2000 original headset

Three models 1000,2000,3000 original headset prices generally at around 200 yuan, depending on the region and businesses. 1000 and 2000,3000 headset interface can not be shared.

PSP original revolutionary headphones

In fact the majority of domestic headset is the Sony PSP Original E808, just printed up the PSP logo, replaced by the white color only. E808 earplugs genuine price around 50, so I spent 200 yuan purchase are not in the “original” This快刀put the case? Unique advantages of E808 is the volume of a sense of rich low-frequency, but also a lot of disadvantage, the sound is not natural, and so on Resolution relatively bad.

The market has about 30 yuan a lot of PSP headphones, merchants will tell you this is the original, but in fact only the imitation. The actual original PSP headphones on a dozen less than 20 yuan. Even the original PSP headset really is the E808 is also marked a high price. Imagine the sound quality is not the “original” So good, it is proposed another hundred dollars to buy a good headset with a PSP. Even 300 Sony E888 can not be overemphasized.

psp headset purchase

How to buy a PSP headphone fit, we must first know the quality characteristics PSP. Sony PSP heritage in audio circles for many years attainments, and its voice with the typical Japanese style. PSP owners at the end of low noise, sounds clean, restore Alto accurate, the advantages of a broad sound field, in the performance of Newage and classical music in particular on well, for some, like the girls like Faye Wong, PSP crystal clear voice to their interpretation of the most; however small P functional again, and is also a portable device, so PSP with a large number of portable devices, with output of small, weak bass disadvantage. Therefore, when choosing us to buy some low-impedance, high sensitivity headphones, earplugs, so as to allow small P better audible.