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Monthly Archives: May 2011
SEO – Rand Fishkin – SEOmoz – Future – Past
Social Signals and Ranking [publication date: May 27, 2011; likely presentation date: 5/6/7 of April, see the below SMX München information] Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz talks about his idea of the future of link building and the importance of social … Continue reading
Microsoft’s huge underperformance on mainland China market
Ballmer Bares China Travails [May 27, 2011] Rampant piracy means Microsoft Corp.’s revenue in China this year will only be about 5% of what it gets in the U.S., even though personal-computer sales in the two countries are almost equal, … Continue reading
High expectations on Marvell’s opportunities with China Mobile
Follow-up: First real chances for Marvell on the tablet and smartphone fronts [Aug 21 - Sept 25, 2011] After the technical and business excellence well reflected in my previous posts Marvell seems to be on the high rise. See my previous … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, Mobile Internet, SoC
Tagged Android, Asustek, China, China Mobile, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Marvell, OMS, OPhone, SoC, Tablets, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA
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Microsoft’s next step in SoC level slot management
Update: Microsoft postpones IDP for 2 weeks to re-consult with chip players [June 2, 2011] Microsoft has postponed its Integrated Development Program (IDP) for Windows 8 as the plan created significant dissatisfaction within the upstream supply chain. Microsoft is set … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, SoC
Tagged AMD, cloud client, Computers and Internet, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, slot management (Microsoft), SoC, Texas Instruments, Windows 8
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E Ink and Epson achieve world-leading ePaper resolution
PVI Joins Hands With Epson to Produce E-Paper Displays [May 23, 2011] (emphasis is mine) PVI`s chairman Scott Liu said that the cooperation marks his company`s entry into the commercial and educational segments, indicating that the company`s e-paper displays will … Continue reading
Posted in E-readers, Reflectivity/Sunlight readability
Tagged cloud client, Computers and Internet, E-Ink-Holdings, e-readers, e-reading, Epson
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Chromebook / box with Citrix Receiver going against Microsoft
Update: – “Asus is more hesitant about another new entrant to the notebook space: Google Chromebooks. Google introduced these lightweight Web-centric devices in May with Samsung and Acer’s support. Asus works with Google on its tablets and smartphones but Shih … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud client SW platforms, Cloud Computing strategy
Tagged Acer, application streaming, business computing, Chromebook, Chromebox, Citrix, Citrix Receiver, cloud client, Computers and Internet, desktop virtualization, dual-mode application streaming, enterprise computing, Google, Google Apps, HTML5, Intel, Microsoft, off-line, Samsung, virtualization, VMware, VMware View, Windows, XenApp, XenDesktop
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Intel’s SoC strategy strengthened by 22nm Tri-Gate technology
Asustek may have difficulties achieving 2011 notebook shipment goal See also: Intel: accelerated Atom SoC roadmap down to 22nm in 2 years and a “new netbook experience” for tablet/mobile PC market [April 17, 2011] Update 5 [Ivy-Bridge related] Intel Schedules … Continue reading
Posted in SoC
Tagged 22 nanometers, 22nm, 3-D transistor, Asus, Asustek, Computers and Internet, CULV, finFET, Haswell, hybrid device, Intel, Ivy Bridge, Moore's law, netbooks, SoC, Tablets, Tri-Gate, Ultrabook, USB 3.0
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