iPad, from Microsoft to Apple's Victory

True tablet computers have Bill Gates predicted would be successful since nine years ago. But Microsoft was never found its momentum until it was struck by the iPad has just been released Apple.

Microsoft may immediately stung by the sight of its main rivals got a massive publicity and praise the iPad will believe a big success in the marketplace.

Naturally, Redmond-based company, the U.S., is among the first to trigger the development of a tablet computer technology. If anything, Microsoft's share "instrumental" in opening the way iPad birth.

Back to the year 2001, Bill Gates predicted even express tablet computers would soon dominate the market. The comments came as related to Microsoft's aggressive, while working on a tablet computer technology.

"The computer is a tablet PC that is virtually without limits and within five years, my prediction is going to be tabet most popular form of PC sold in America," Gates said at the time.

Gates missed predictions. Because five years later, in 2006, a computer tablet computer products have become a prima donna. However, detikINET quotes from Computerworld, Friday (29/1/2010), Microsoft is still determined to invest for tablet computers.

In 2003, CNN reported Microsoft spent U.S. $ 400 million to develop Windows XP-based tablets. Microsoft re-predict, approximately 500 thousand to one million units of Windows-based tablet PCs will be sold. But in reality, tablet PCs remain popular.

The root of the problem was Windows votes tablets too expensive. Even in 2003, Fujitsu Stylistic tablet PC sells for U.S. $ 2200. No wonder if the tablet PC can not reach the general consumer. Users were most industries.

Apple seems to know the opportunity and released the iPad, a tablet with an affordable price. Microsoft may be stung by iPad though they've set up a rival product, HP Slate made with HP. It's just not clear when HP will be marketed Slate.

The Testing of Office 2010 Break Records

Microsoft was happy. Therefore, the user shown enthusiasm for trying out Microsoft Office 2010 beta fairly satisfactory. In fact, until the record-breaking numbers.

Quoted from Information Week, Friday (29/1/2010), for 7 weeks was thrown to the public, Office 2010 beta've copied more than 2 million times by the tester are curious.

"Office 2010 beta has been collecting records the use and interest, beyond what is printed Office 2007," said General Manager of Microsoft Office, Rachel Bondi.

"Or, if averaged, there were 40,000 downloads per day," she said.

Of course this is a separate foster trust for the software giant to release a new champ at the end of the year.

For now, Microsoft could say was abused 'grief'. After the sale of Office for the consumer market in the last quarter slumped some 34%, while sales for the company fell by 4% because some of their customers choose to turn to cheaper products from competitors

Nintendo's boss: iPad isn't Special

Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have bragged by his new tablet computer, iPad, as a revolutionary gadget. But not so with the assessment of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. According to him, no special iPad.

Yes, that comment about the Nintendo boss noted that the presence of so iPad staying digadang will continue the successful Apple iPod and iPhone. "iPad iPod Touch only the larger course," he said.

Satoru pleaded not surprised with the technology brought iPad - which Jobs said it was revolutionary. Even he was impressed casual. "Nothing surprises me at all," sindirnya, as quoted Gather, Monday (1/2/2010).

It is not known what the reason would indeed Satoru said so. It's just assume that Apple's own iPad is a new type of gadget that is more intimate than a laptop but more functional than the phone.

Weaknesses Apple iPad

New tablet computer from Apple, iPad, declared as a revolutionary device. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, even commenting on this device as 'the most important thing' is announced.

From the innards and features owned, Apple iPad is quite promising. The device mentioned can have many functions for its users, ranging from e-book reader, video player and even to handheld game consoles.

Even so, Apple iPad still considered to have some shortcomings. These deficiencies could be a reason for consumers to not rush to adopt kinclong gadget from Apple.

What are the drawbacks? Quoted from InformationWeek, Thursday (29/1/2010), following a number of weaknesses in Apple iPad:

* No Adobe flash
* Not equipped with a camera
* Not to multitasking
* The screen has a small size, which is 9.7 inches
* Not using Mac OS
* Storage capacity is not big enough
* The battery is not easily replaced
* Does not have HDMI port

With the advantages and disadvantages that are owned, will iPad sold on the market? We'll wait.

Social Search Makes Google More Intimate

Once injected Twitter content in its search results, Google is now a social networking touch wider. This feature is called Social Search this makes the search results even more intimate.

Through this feature the Google search engine users not only inundated with links to related sites but also to the content of his friends. To be able to enjoy these features, Internet users must have a Google account first.

This feature started distributed by Google to a Google account owner. To start, Google's new English-language penguna's all I can get it.

About privacy, do not worry, content is only marked for a public course that will appear. As quoted from the Telegraph, Friday (29/1/2010), this means that the content of the 'private' will not appear in the search.

Social Search Google's claim would make search results more intimate. For example, when a user enters the keyword New York, then the writing on his blog that said New York will appear below the heading 'Results from people in your social circle for New York'.

Social Search will also apply to the image search. So, in addition to pictures from the Internet at large, the pictures of close friends can also appear on Google search.

AMD: Our Graphics Card is The Fastest

No denying, AMD's first poured-based graphics cards DirectX 11. Even since its appearance in the year 2009, the product is growing like no other. And now AMD says that their graphics card is the most powerful.

Indeed pembesut each graphics card features the different technologies in their products, Nvidia for example. In addition to prioritizing PhysX, Taiwanese vendors are now viewing menggemborkan the 3rd dimension makes the game more 'alive'.

Well, since the presence of ATI graphics card HD 4770, AMD has been leading in terms of manufacturing production for the smallest GPU 40nm. Increasingly confident as the first vendor to use DirectX 11 technology, AMD is now claiming that they besutan graphics card the fastest.

"When compared with any other benchmark applications, our graphics card is still the fastest," said Tomo Kamiya, Regional Vice President, Sales and Marketing South Asia, AMD at the Royal Plaza, Tuesday (26/1/2010).

If you trace some of the products have been launched by AMD, what was said by Tomo may not be a mere boast. The reason, ATI Radeon HD5970 AMD besutan are still recorded as a single GPU with the highest score in Vantage 3D test application.

John Mayer Like Sex Phone

Musician John Mayer once again making a confession about his sex life. He used to confess to like watching porn movies and attracted by the penis of men.

Mayer is now revealed that he liked to call her masturbation. "I've melakukannnya, talk dirty things to women and masturbating," he said as quoted Female First, Friday (29/1/2010).

Born October 16, 1977, said that phone sex has a different pleasure than intercourse with the opposite sex. There are pleasures that made Mayer addiction.

"The difference it feels," he added.

Not only that, chanter 'Your Body is Wonderland' is also often send short messages containing obscene sentences to her girlfriends.

"I thought it was normal, send SMS to temen-temen your girl with messy sentences. Anyway I'm single, they have not had a girlfriend," he said.