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In early February this year, news was news: one of the founders of Apple, Steve Wozniak was appointed to the post of chief researcher in the company's Fusion-io. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of data storage systems for servers. Until now, Wozniak part of the consultative council Fusion-io, but now has decided to further immerse themselves in the design work to create a server-side flash modules. But in this case, it is important not to what it has borrowed Wozniak, and what we know about it. Steve Wozniak for many years been in the shadow of the Second Co-founder Apple, Steve Dzhobsa charismatic, and the press is not interested in them. Wozniak suddenly emerged from the shadows and became a public figure, about six months ago. Just at that time it became known that Steve Dzhobs really hard (though not fatally) ill and had to temporarily handed Apple the other top managers. Just a question: Is it possible that in the 2009-meters Apple headed by a man who 33 ...

Image via CrunchBase The economic crisis continues to have on the IT-industry pressure, and companies from a variety of areas continue to announce losses in IV quarter, pessimistic forecasts for 2009 and often - and major cuts. Even giants such as Cisco, indicate a weakening in the past quarter and adjust the forecast for the future. For example, Cisco recently announced that in the fiscal quarter ended January 24, profit fell by 7.5% compared with the previous year and amounted to $9.1 billion. But most of the other crisis hits the manufacturers of hardware. Upgrade computers in the corporate sector - this is the first, on what companies are starting to save, when the hard times. With regard to specific companies, for example, Lenovo has announced that its quarterly profit fell by 20% - to $3.6 billion. It must not bypass the crisis and the traditionally "hot" markets, as, for example, mobile communication. Many companies in this market report is not just about slowing growt...

Image via CrunchBase Can I create programs without programming? This issue has become increasingly occur in the vast web. On this subject began to appear even forums. Perhaps this is due to the crisis, creative developers. Thus, in recent times they plant on us the same product, just changing the numbers in the version of the program. Here you nor new ideas, nor the stability of the project. Here are all accounted for and take into their own hands. The first thing you need to decide on an idea. It seems that this is the easiest step towards the creation of the program, but it is only at first glance. Once you decide to move from an idea to its realization as soon as you have the following questions: 1. Do I need a future program users (if not create for themselves, of course). 2. Is there a better product than the one that I do. 3. Technical Support. Will power to answer questions like: "I have not loaded". It would seem that all three issues, but the desire to create their o...

Image via Wikipedia Sadness and gloom. These two words were sufficient to describe the current mood of the inhabitants of Silicon Valley. Another couple of months ago it seemed that the IT-industry crisis, if not will bypass, then, at least not so badly affected as other industries. But expectations are not met. More recently, the generous funding of startups completely phased out, as large IT-companies massively reduce the staff and all the universal "restructure", ie, start saving, even at the clip and toner for printers. But this does not save. Semiconductor Sector In the IV quarter of 2008, the supply of a family of x86 processors fell by 18%. At the same time, as once again underscore the analysts in the I quarter of 2009 the first significant improvement is not worth waiting for. Deliveries of the family of x86 processors in monetary terms in the IV quarter of 2008 decreased by 18% compared to III quarter of that year, said the report Mercury Research. These are the pro...

Image via CrunchBase Intel has always been one of the leading newsmakers IT-industry. But now the news from the microprocessor giant has received so much that I decided to compile them in a separate article. Main news: the president of the board of directors and former head of corporation Intel, Craig Barrett will leave the legendary company in May this year. On the reasons for his departure there is no reliable information, but you have to remember that in recent years due to financial crisis, Intel earnings declined. As a result of IV quarter of fiscal 2008, revenue of the company fell by 90%. Net profit of the corporation amounted to $ 234 million and total net profit for the year 2008 - $ 5.3 billion today the high-tech NASDAQ market share Intel is the order of $ 13. Recently, the company also announced the upcoming restructuring, which involves the dismissal of employees and closing five plants. However, it is taken into account, as far down the sale of processors in the world. Fo...