Kaz Hirai and Sony's strategy in 2012

Today (12.04.2012), Kaz Hirai revealed some of Sony's strategy to pursue losses and re-create the situation improved for Sony. One is the discussion of layoffs 10,000 employees Sony to fix the financial state of Sony.

Sony aims to revitalize the electronics business and generate new value while continuing to strengthen the foundations of a stable business of the entertainment business and financial services business. Five steps to change the e-business initiatives Sony are:

A. Strengthening the core business (Digital Imaging, Game, Mobile)
2. Turning on the television business
3. Expanding business in emerging markets
4. Creating new businesses and accelerate innovation
5. Aligning its business portfolio and optimize resources

By applying the above measures, Sony will target sales of 8.5 trillion yen and operating income margin of 5% in Sony's electronics business for the Group as a whole until March 31, 2015.

Kemenkominfo: All of Indonesia to be connected to the Internet by late 2012

Imagine the whole of Indonesia to connect Internet is a fun thing for us as the population of Indonesia. Good news came from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology program through the District Internet Service Provision (PLIK) who are working so that every district in Indonesia will be connected to the internet by the end of this year.

Director General for Informatics Applications Kemenkominfo, Ashwin Sasongko, agrees that effort. He also said this year around 5748 points in the capital district in Indonesia must be connected to the Internet. Currently, the Kemenkominfo not get the exact data about the success of the program that have been implemented since a few years ago. However, Ashwin ensure its implementation should be completed later this year.

PLIK expected to remove the communication gap between communities that had been constrained by the extent of the territory of Indonesia.

PLIK itself as the cafe where the available five computers in it are connected to the Internet. Besides PLIK, Kemenkominfo also provides MPLIK, with systems such as the library goes, MPLIK a minibus car containing six netbooks, 32 inch LCD television, DVD player and a generator hotspot as its power source.

Google won USD $ 10.65 billion in the first quarter of 2012

Google has just officially reported earnings in the first quarter of this year. Company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University suggests that current income is greater than what they imagined.

Google's first-quarter earnings jumped 24 percent to approximately USD $ 10.65 billion from the same period last year. In addition, the search engine company's net profit was also joined up with a total of USD $ 2.89 billion.

"Google had a great quarter with revenue up 24% from year to year," said CEO Larry Page.

Larry Page revealed that the board of directors unanimously approved a stock dividend proposal is designed to preserve the corporate structure that has allowed Google to stay focused on long-term and sustainable growth.

"We also see tremendous momentum of the big bets we made in products such as Android, Chrome and YouTube. We are still at a very early stage of technology what can we do to improve people's lives and we have great opportunities ahead. "Close the founders of Google.

Five facts about Friday the 13th

Today, Friday (13/04/2012) is identical to the Friday the 13th in America. Usually Friday the 13th has a mystical significance in American culture today and is considered to be unlucky for some people.
The origins of the relationship between bad luck with Friday the 13th is not quite clear. Some are taking the theory of the Christian Bible that the last supper of Jesus the prophet in Friday the 13th. In the Middle Ages, on Friday and 13 are thought to bring bad luck and in modern times, superstitions still believed the community.
So what ya 5 facts about Friday the 13th, the Gadgetan will try summarize it for you:
A. Paraskavedekatriaphobia and Friggatriskaidekaphobia is a term for people who have excessive fear of Friday the 13th. There is also the name for the phobia of the number 13 is Triskaidekaphobia.
2. Many hospitals do not have the space 13. Some tall buildings skip the 13th floor as well and eliminate some of the flight terminal gate 13.
3. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will not travel on the 13th day of any month. He also would never eat if there are 13 entertaining guests. Besides Roosevelt, Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover was also a Triskaidekaphobic, they have an abnormal fear of the number 13.
4. Mark Twain had been a guest to-13 at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go, and if it is "bad luck". Twain later told his host that only had food for 12 guests. Visitors who are superstitious in Paris can hire quatorzieme, or guests to-14 to make up the count.
5. Number 13 is considered the number present after the number 12. In European and American culture, the number 12 is considered to have perfect figures like 12 months of the year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 workers Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus the prophet, Christmas in the 12th and 12th eggs in one dozen.

Garuda Indonesia to ensure you stay online while in flight

For those business people who travel frequently, often when you use the plane and the plane you have to take off, you are required to send an email or read an important email and Internet connection you absolutely need.

Do not worry about these problems because Garuda Indonesia currently has officially announced their plans to provide wireless Internet service (WiFi) in their eight new aircraft later this year.

"The installation of the installation will be done gradually starting this year. The target, in October 2012 already owned Garuda Indonesia aircraft that can perform in-flight connectivity, "said Vice President Corporate Communications of PT Garuda Indonesia Tbk, Pujobroto.

Internet installation on Garuda Indonesia pewasat will be launched in stages. The first phase of installation will be installed in the line of their new aircraft, Airbus 330-200 and Boeing 737-800NG, followed by Boeing 777-300ER, which will take place in May 2013.

The cost of installation will cost about U.S. $ 100,000 per aircraft. Service to be called "In-Flight Connectivity" will work closely with Telkom, the telecommunications company in the country.

Pujobroto revealed that although there will be a WiFi connection, you can bet that there will be no increase in airfare. Internet access can be accessed using a smart phone, laptop and tablet. Besides Internet access will also be enjoyed by all passengers, both passengers in economy class and business class.

13 tragedy which coincides with Friday the 13th

After discussing the five facts about Friday the 13th aka Friday the 13th, not hurt us to investigate what the hell the bad things and the tragedy that actually happened on Friday the 13th.
There are some events that may make your skin crawl and not trust. It is not known whether this is coincidence or bad luck are the effects of Friday the 13th.
Here are some of the tragic events on Friday the 13th, check it out:
A. On January 13, 1989, there is a horrendous incident in which hundreds of IBM computers in Britain was attacked by a virus "Friday the 13th". This virus program to delete files and cause considerable anxiety at the time due to the large-scale virus attack is a new threat at that time.
2. Tupac Amaru Shakur, the famous rapper Amrik died on September 13, 1996.
3. On 13 November 1829, a stuntman named Sam Patch died after doing a scene jump as high as 125 feet in the Genesee River, the United States.
4. At the time of World War I, precisely on 13 September 1940, five German bombs destroyed the Palace Buckingham Palace Chapel and leveling. The bombing was part of Hitler's strategic bombing campaign called 'Blitz'.
5. Friday, October 13, 1972, a charter plane carrying 45 members of the rugby team, friends and family members of the players crashed in the Andes Mountains. Only 16 people survived the incident and was found 72 days later after the crash scene.
6. Friday, November 13, 1970, a huge storm killed about three hundred thousand people in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and creating a flood that killed as many as one million in the Ganges delta.
7. Friday, June 13, 1952. A Swedish military aircraft DC-3 shot down by Soviet aircraft and killed eight crew members in it.
8. One of the worst fire tragedies in the history of India occurred on Friday, June 13, 1977. 59 people were killed and 103 seriously injured in a stampede of panic caused by a fire that occurred at the premiere of the film "Border", a film about the Indian fighters.
9. Stock was not spared from misfortune. Friday, October 13, 1989, Dow Jones has one of the biggest drop in history at that time. The incident was later dubbed 'Mini Accident Friday the 13th ".
10. Friday, April 13, 2029, Asteroid Apophis '99942 'reported to be very close to the earth, even closer than the orbit communications satellites.
11. On the day Friday, August 13, 2010, an underground railway in London to travel four miles through the five stations with no driver in it. Some of the trains in front of him had transferred to other branches of the network so as not to collide with a train without a driver is.
12. Hurricane Charley caused damage in southern Florida on Friday, August 13, 2004. Category 4 storm with the power of these last six days and hit Florida at maximum strength. This storm was the strongest storm to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
13. Friday, October 13, 2006, a storm called "The Friday the 13th Storm" struck Buffalo area, New York. The storm is also known as 'Hurricane Arborgeddon', 'Columbus Day Massacre' and 'Octoblizzard'. An estimated 400,000 people can not do any activity due to loss of electrical power on Friday the 13th time.
Well, that's 13 tragedy that occurred on Friday the 13th in the world. Fortunately, in Indonesia there is no great tragedy that occurred on Friday the 13th. Hopefully today, to coincide with Friday the 13th, nothing happens that is a tragedy.

Do a blunder on Facebook, KFC apologizes Thailand

Thailand KFC issued an apology for the error in Facebook marketing. General public in the country criticized a Facebook message that judged inappropriate.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food companies, drawing sharp criticism from Internet users for writing a message on Facebook saying, "Let's hurry to go home and following the latest earthquake news. Do not forget to order your favorite KFC menu. "

KFC made ​​a message came after the public was panicked and local authorities to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas for fear of a tsunami will occur, following the 8.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Indonesia.

The earthquake that occurred on Wednesday centered off the west coast of Sumatra has caused a tsunami warning and a call for residents to leave coastal areas. Southern coast of Thailand when the tsunami also swept away a large earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004.

Errors are not worthy of KFC is causing the Thai people flocked to a number of forums on the Internet to voice their displeasure against the message. They assess KFC insensitive and selfish. Realizing his mistake, immediately delete the message KFC and replace it with new text that contains the application apology.

SmartWatch: Android-based, advanced watches

Sony has just unveiled its newest innovation in the grand event Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for gadget enthusiasts. Sony launches a smart watch with Honeycomb Android operating system, named "SmartWatch".

SmartWatch who could steal the attention of gadget fans will be equipped with multi-touch OLED screen 1.3 inches. Sony SmartWatch was developed to accompany the generation of Xperia products and can be connected via Bluetooth.

Sony made ​​this gadget can be used on the wrist like a watch in general. Android devices can also be clipped to other places like your pocket or purse, but the hour hand must be removed first. SmartWatch designed to withstand splashes of dust or sand provides 15 applications that will pamper its users. Its main application is various social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, email services, and music.

Currently, the connectivity offered SmartWatch not limited to Sony Xperia Smartphone Series, but on all Android-based smartphone. Sony said it would release SmartWatch officially in March with a price tag around USD 149 (USD 1.4 million-an).

The best place to sell your artwork online

Selling in the online world is very exciting. Besides it can be done at home, you also can sell anything to anyone without restriction and the area and place. Products such as food, clothing and art products can be sold in the online world. This time Gadgetan want to discuss some of the sites are ready to accommodate and purchase your work.

Here are some sites that can be used if you want to sell your artwork online. Check it out:

deviantART
Is the largest online social network for artists, photographers and designers. DeviantART has 14 million user community can share artwork and provide feedback to your work. On deviantART there is a virtual currency called "Point", where you can also sell or buy works of art in it. To sell your artwork, look at the first reaction in the community when you do share your work. If a lot of positive reaction then you can sell your work at a price of U.S. $ 20 - $ 100.

Raspberry Pi: deliveries for the upcoming mini-computers from $ 35

After countless delays due to a request torrential, the mini-computer ultra-minimalist Raspberry Pi from $ 35 (more information on this our article) will soon arrive in the homes of those who made the preorder. The good news was given directly by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to customers via email, but not without discomfort. The requests are in fact so many that the site of the foundation can hardly stand the volume of transactions.

For now, the orders regarding the variant of Model B Raspberry Pi, which is the version of super-luxury $ 35, provided that a second USB port, an Ethernet controller 10/100 Mbit and a request of more than 3.5W against 2.5W economic Model A, which only costs $ 25 and has not yet gone into production.

Windows 8 tablets con: Intel diffonde le specifiche

Intel has released at a conference held in Beijing the first platform-specific Atom Z2760 dedicated to the tablet with Windows 8. This early information gives us an idea of the Wintel tablet on the market that we will find the second half of the year and not surprise us that much, in fact, are not very different from the recommendations provided by Microsoft in recent months.

At the center of the specifications are the Atom core with Z2760 Clover Trail, a system-on-chip dual-core processors like Intel's Medfield, which itself has called a "vehicle for the tablet and the hybrids equipped with Windows 8." Among the interesting features of the SoC is known Hyperthreading (virtually to double the number of cores) mode and a new "burst mode", to give rapid changes in performance when needed.

As is the case for netbooks and ultrabook, Intel will force manufacturers who purchase hardware kit based on Atom SoC follow the rules on product design. The most obvious is the form factor that will fall into two distinct categories: a tablet ordinary 10 "and a hybrid 11" with a physical keyboard (here the builders can indulge themselves by inventing slide, dock and so on). The article continues after the break.

Pebble alert: one with a different approach smartwatch

Pebble is a new smartwatch designed to alert you try a different approach from that of other similar products on the market. Where others (Sony Smartwatch, Watch and I'm like) were designed on the resolution, color depth and diagonal screen that Pebble aims instead to a simplification.

These choices result in a minimal clock still cumbersome, but much less striking. Good choice of e-paper display (with backlight when necessary) by 1.26 inches and 144 × 168 pixels, which in addition to excellent readability even in external guarantees minimum consumption.

As usual, the use must be partnered by an iPhone OS or Android smartphone, which connects via Blutooth 2.1 + EDR. The features are typical of these devices, ie allows to check email, SMS and launch apps (even in multi-tasking) specially developed.

Alert Pebble is a project hosted on the platform of collective financing Kickstarter. The fee to participate in the development start from $ 99 (75 €) and allow you to buy the clock in white, black or red (fourth color is in preparation) at a price less than $ 149 (113 €) scheduled for the final model, which according to the company will enter the market later this year.

Magnificent: houses to mount the iPhone on the optical magnification

Magnificence belongs to the family of accessories for the iPhone camera: The gadget makes it possible to mount the iPhone on telescopes, microscopes and binoculars to use the screen as a display of the optical device in question and, using the alignment of the axes, for taking photographs views at the highest magnification.

The gadget consists of two parts, a very thin, durable homes that can be used to protect the iPhone and a bayonet designed specifically to engage the devices were talking about before making a perfect alignment between the optical center of the lens and the photo sensor, both houses and grafting, are made of polycarbonate plastic with metal inserts for resistance in case of accidental falls.

Suppure magnificence has been designed for the iPhone, developers Xianne and Isaac Penny of Arcturus Labs LLC, ensure that the gadget is also compatible with other models of smartphones, and about 90% of optical devices on the market.

This magnificent project is currently under development on the site Kickstarter where you are looking for funds to start production.

E-reader enlightened: Nook has a model ready

Amazon has not had time to leak the first information on its Kindle illuminated here is sticking a flyer for a similar Nook, which has the same diffused lighting. Also here is information from unofficial channels, but as in the case of e-reader from Amazon is a trusted source and very credible.

The news came from a flyer photographed by The Digital Reader, which represents the new e-reader called Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. For now all we know, but considering that the flyer has been printed we can expect an imminent launch in the U.S. (and sooner or later in Europe) prior to its direct competitor.

What are the AA batteries with the best value for money skills?

Have you ever been numb for a few minutes in front of the shelves of batteries, undecided whether to choose a pack of batteries or a cheap brand like Duracell or Energizer for twice the price? For rechargeable immediate capacity in milliamps gives us an indication of the duration fairly faithful, but the batteries are groping in the dark between traditional classifications like Ultra, plus power, ultimate, and so on.

A software developer with dot electronics, to cut the Gordian knot has procured a package of all batteries that you could find and built a small test platform to test its capabilities.

The "trap" of batteries returns the values ​​in Joules and Watt-hour, while a sensor keeps an eye on the temperature to keep the test as uniform as possible. The data is then downloaded via USB port and analyzed separately. The article continues after the break.

Ematic eGlide Prism, the 7-inch tablet with 3D glasses

Once you were born for Android tablet groped to withstand competition, and now the focus is on prices: the Android tablet that flooding in from semi-unknown houses tend to be inexpensive, but to offer everyone something special with respect to ground.

If dell'eGlide Prism Ematic example, we are left with a seven-inch tablet and a pair of goggles for 3D, usually not covered in this kind of devices (actually a little 'uncomfortable procedures for on-the-go ?).

The other specifications of this tablet include a resolution of 800 × 480p, capacitive screen with support for 2160p video in 3D, 1 GHz processor, 8 GB of flash storage and 5 GB of cloud storage, 512 MB ​​of RAM, wi-fi, SD card reader, a front camera and speakers. Of course the OS is Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Sale at ShopNBC.com, the Prism eGlide costs at $ 157 (about 117 euro exchange rate), even if its full price toccherebbe the 216 dollars (about 161 euro exchange rate).

Coming to the second generation of controllers Thunderbolt "Cactus Ridge"

Intel has begun shipping its new controller manufacturers for doors Thunderbolt second generation, the interface data transfer rates significantly faster than USB 3.0. A Roadmap strangely at the exit of the next new Apple iMac and MacBook Pro, the first pioneers of this technology and will probably continue to adopt it in its new version.

The new fuel will be substantially reduced and therefore a slightly smaller package and cheaper to produce. The three versions: the first (DSL3510) is aimed at desktop PCs and Macs and supports various input devices and chains DisplayPort. The second (DS3310) does not handle device chains and will be relegated to notebooks, while a third version will be relegated for direct use on devices such as storage systems.

Battlestar Galactica "Valkyrie", a giant model recreated with Legos - image gallery

It does not take only so much free time to faithfully recreate a spaceship Battlestar Galactica with Lego, it also takes talent. Talent that is not missing much to Garry King, lover of the cult sci-fi but especially avid carpenter of brick, which has created a sculpture from the numbers that scare: three meters in length and 42,341 pieces per 55Kg weight (!) .

The ship has played the Valkyrie, that the previous assignment of Commander Adama before moving to the Galactica. According to reports by the artist, the model was so great that to move from the house to his garage had to build a platform "rolling" inclined (not passed through the gates), similar to those for the boats. We leave to the creation of substantial gallery of photos, published in these days of MOCpages.

A quad-core Snapdragon also for "ultrabook"?

Qualcomm is currently working on a version of its Snapdragon SoC S4 designed specifically to attack the future niche market for ultra-thin notebooks with ARM architecture. This new type of laptop will see the light at the end of the year thanks to the porting of Windows 8 (WOA).

The news is official and the vice president of Qualcomm Rob Chandhok said that the target devices are "much lighter than that Intel calls ultrabook". And it has a point: the design of system-on-chips based on ARM from tablets and smartphones from their simplicity of design that beats hands down the equivalent of Intel and AMD x86 and can provide new levels of portability.

The new chip will therefore be based Snapdragon sull'ossatura but will have a new package, a production process and new features to 28Nm. Strictly quad-cores, the SoC will be equipped with 4G and also assumed a 64-bit version that may come to coincide with the next ARMv8 architecture.

The arrival of Qualcomm and its ARM chip devices with a Windows Forms-like factor family of notebooks is the result of the small revolution initiated by Microsoft, which has promised a radical change, a merger between mobile devices, notebooks, tablets and all its accompanying hardware.

TurtleJacket: the case for iphone by photo enthusiasts

TurtleJacket Hard Case for iPhone is a very basic design that allows you to benefit from a wide range of options to increase the performance of the iPhone camera.

Once inserted the device into the slot, at the camera we will have a thread to enter the UV filter or the 37mm wide angle, both present in the sales package, the bottom portion can be mounted to a tripod (not supplied ) in two different configurations depending on the location we choose: the classic one with central and side photos for lovers of "extreme".

The structure of TurtleJacket is made entirely of aluminum so as to be light during transport, which is even more facilitated by using the two hooks for the shoulder strap, but also quite resistant in the event of a fall, moreover, there are two openings in correspondence of 'audio input jack and volume controls of the iPhone for ease of use.

In conclusion TurtleJacket seems to be one of those gadgets dedicated to iPhone owners who love photography, but who remain in the amateur field: although there is the possibility of mounting of filters and lenses other than those included in the sales package we will never to as a real SLR super-equipped, the basic kit also includes a UV filter, a wide angle and TurtleJacket comes to cost more than $ 255, or about 200 euros according to the current exchange rate.