IT SECTOR

Last month the spring, barely begun, immediately brought some unexpected news. And chief among them, of course, was the news of the sudden capitulation of Microsoft, was never able to overcome Layered defence Yahoo. So, the confrontation ended with Microsoft and Yahoo. And a very unexpected way: Microsoft simply withdrew the proposal for purchasing portal. But recently the software giant Yahoo has promised to absorb any cost. The day before Microsoft even withdrawing the proposal to increase the amount proposed for the portal, for five billion dollars. Suddenly, May 3, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an official letter Yahoo leadership of conscientious objection to the transaction. Press office in Redmond said: "After with colleagues, Steve Ballmer came to the conclusion that the conditions put forward by Yahoo unreasonable. Therefore, in the interests of shareholders and employees of Microsoft proposal to purchase Yahoo withdrawn ". At the ensuing press conference Ballmer t...

In anticipation of the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shanghai, which was held in early April, held a special briefing on the research in the field of mobile devices. At the event, Intel announced the company develop its new type of handheld computers (PDA). These computers are created within the concept of mobile computing Carry Small, Live Large. Particular attention in the programme Carry Small, Live Large is given to technologies that allow the creation of intuitive computing device capable of actively interact with the environment as well as with their owners. It is anticipated that such gadgets will resemble the current CPC, but will become much more sophisticated. In general, the concept of such devices perekochevala to Intel developers straight from the pages of fantastic novels. The first incoming head example: in William Gibson novel "Idoru" (1996) main characters enjoy just such "sophisticated" device. Judge for yourselves: new device will no longer serve...

As will be looked "Internet in five years? According to Sir Tim Berners-Lee - a person who considers the inventor of the World Wide Web, it will be very different from modern virtual space. Berners-Lee seems Internet, where all information, applications and data are inextricably linked and intertwined links between them - all will work together with the rest and practice will enable us to live, almost without leaving the Internet, IT specialists call this semantic network. At the moment, Google-type search engines make the emphasis on the links and communication between sites, rather than on analysis of specific information that is contained on these sites. Semantic network, in contrast, would focus on the meaning of information on the page. Computers will capture the context of information, be able to identify and evaluate the complex linkages between people, geographic locations and information and summarizing all this, to provide valuable results and facilitate the work online....

Now, at the very end of autumn, the world's most IT-companies show strong enough growth - like most sectors of IT-industry. However, the overall information technology in business environment is quite nervous. This is due primarily to overall economic instability in the world (rising oil prices, falling dollar, the financial crisis in the U.S.). The second "nerviruyuschy factor" - what experts and analysts were not able to predict a number of important developments in the world and tendetsy IT. For example, appears on the market in less than six months after the iPhone a number of similar devices, mostly from producers from South-East Asia. However, keep the general issues and move on to specific events. Last week crisis on American stock exchanges took place on the high-tech companies, the most won Apple. Literally per day value of one share "apple company" fell from $ 190 to $ 153. Thus, the offspring of Steve Dzhobsa together lost nearly 20% of the value of i...

ZTE - is one of the largest manufacturers of mobile phones and telecommunications equipment in the world. But about a company ZTE very little is known, and even vseveduschaya Wikipedia gives minimal information. Successful Chinese Following IV quarter of 2007 in ten major world producers of cellular phones has been a marked change. For the first time in their numbers hit Chinese company ZTE, which produces cheaper phones for emerging markets. While the proportion of Chinese companies in general still very small, they continue to confidently select from other market players. The most obvious and most complete coverage in the press "mobile" event in 2007 was, of course, the market entry of mobile phones company Apple, which for several months azhiotazhnyh sales of its Communicator iPhone has been able to enter the number of major players in the market. In the IV quarter of 2007 its share of only through record sales in the U.S. reached 0.6%. However, remained almost unnoticed o...

The Chinese have decided to make a broadcast of the Olympic Games on the Internet. Earn, at least in part to recoup their costs as a multi-for the Games themselves, and to create all the necessary infrastructure for them. The second objective - to give impetus to further development of Internet technologies in Celestial. The point is that, although China and demonstrates the impressive pace of informatization of society, hundreds of millions of Chinese - mostly in western and south-western regions of the country - are still deprived of such benefits telecommunications civilization as mobile communications and Internet. In general, the case came from a truly Chinese magnitude. First, the monopoly of lighting the Olympic Games was given to Chinese portal Sohu.com. That immediately produced its own shares and went on stock exchanges. It is not yet started the actual Olympics, successfully making on resource production and advertising, as well as in numerous online games, where he became t...

Already the sixth consecutive quarter the company finishes with AMD unprofitable balance. Each quarter financial report marks the publication of the fact that AMD had to recognize the leadership of their errors in management and make statements about how the company is going to pick up from this grave situation. But the first quarter of 2008 ended with a relatively good result: the company was able to slightly reduce the size of financial losses, compared with five the previous reporting period. According to a report recently promulgated for the first quarter of 2008, company revenues grew by 22%, to $ 1.51 billion in cash equivalent, in comparison with data report issued a year earlier ($ 1.23 billion). Net loss company at this time amounted to $ 358 million, down by 41%, compared with the same period last year, while operating losses amounted to $ 264 million I recall that in operating liabilities of $ 50 million, this loss, which became a consequence of the acquisition of ATI. And e...

New time - new trends. This axiom safely confirms IT-industry. Oil jump for $ 100 a barrel, and on the agenda - computers and environmentally friendly "green" electronics. But how long will live such a fashion? IT-industry seems to have decided to turn to the environment. The attack comes on three fronts at once. First, against the backdrop of a rapidly Expensive energy is very energy-computer industry is trying to maximally reduce costs by reducing electricity consumption in production. And, in general, is still only at the beginning of a long journey - the first change to be producers of industrial equipment. Secondly, the competition factor has been the power of user devices - from PCs to any digital dictaphones. At first glance, of course, modern gadgets and so consume very little - not compare with the microwave or washing machine. But modern man surrounded by so many computer devices, that in sum they give a very decent consumption of electricity. And, thirdly - materia...

Rating agency Nielsen Online perplexed by the sudden news: in January 2008 saw an unprecedented decline in user interest in social network Facebook. Visitors, in particular, British users at that time declined by 5% compared with December 2007. Simply put, the administration in January Facebook nedoschitalas 400,000 visits to your site. Randomness or new trend? A year ago, this social network showed a rapid increase in popularity, and any seasonal fluctuations in online activity are nipochem it. Facebook was not the largest social network in the world, but the fastest growing and promising. And because - is extremely interest among venture investors. What's there to say, if the proposed amount for Facebook total for the year grew from one to fifteen billion dollars! And that price does not factories-newspapers-steamers, but only one Internet project! The current fall in the interest of users, of course, not bury Facebook, but certainly significantly pritormozit development. Only re...

One of the most discussed topics of last week was notorious "repudiation" of the company Toshiba his brainchild - a new generation of optical media HD DVD. Just a few days on non-use HD DVD in its game console and said the corporation Microsoft. All this has led many to say that the HD DVD format finally lost the competition competitor - the format Blu-Ray. But I think it's not strictly true. More precisely, is not the case: many large manufacturing companies remain faithful opalnomu format. For example, a company LG has already declared intention to continue to support the development and sale of devices that work with HD DVD. Daniel Aziz - Manager of Marketing LG Electronics - told reporters: "LG believes that currently must offer the player, which will support both the format and so provide simplicity and convenience for existing users of HD DVD. Following the recent announcement by Toshiba Blu-Ray format will, which will pave the way for high-resolution films, bu...

Today, or to be more precise, the last two years, we have seen an enormous transformation takes place. The concept of mobile devices is increasingly associated not with users of wireless data transfer technology or properties of a specific device. Nowadays mobile devices - is, first of all services for which users are willing to pay money and provide for the right "who among telecommunication operators is a real battle. For several years, the research company Gartner analysts called the company Amdocs number one player in the field of solutions for business support. In 2007, turnover from this supplier billing and CRM systems grew by 14.5% - up to $ 2.8 billion Still, Amdocs affairs are not as good as they would have liked. The capitalization of companies are already over two years remained at approximately the same level - around $ 6 billion So on Amdocs affects global stagnation in the telecommunications industry, because most of its customers - operators. Revenues communication...

March 31, celebrated its tenth anniversary organization Mozilla. The wide range of users Mozilla are most commonly known as the developer of the popular browser Firefox, which is now a successful close on the world market Microsoft Internet Explorer. And only a few know that in fact quite Mozilla produces a wide range of different software to work with the Internet. Initially, perhaps, is to remember history - even more so, that many young users of the global network certainly little knowledge about the dramatic events of the first years of the WWW. Like that Mozilla was "the debris" legendary company Netscape. In the mid-and late nineties last century, Netscape dominated the browser market. But the company began to experience increasing pressure from Internet Explorer. Unlike browser Netscape, which was worth about $ 30 (free version was only to curtail functionality), "Online brodilka" from Microsoft was free and, moreover, comes with Windows. After several years ...

On the topic of information security progovoreno already done. And that the problem worse year after year - too. Every once in informbezopasnosti for companies and government agencies are found all the new gaps. Last year, for example, insiders were major problems and loss of data due to simple negligence. Now there are new problems. An increasing spread in the world receives remote work. Typically, these officers perform their duties, staying at home and interacting with the business via telephone and through computer networks. For companies implementing schemes work remotely employees who perform some kind of intellectual work extremely profitable. Exempt jobs in offices, reduced turnover, increased productivity. But in terms informbezopasnosti increase in the number of remote workers this most noticeably reduces security. This is especially true of finance, business services and software development. Among the risks associated with the creation of remote jobs - to open suspicious e-...