Microsoft to break the precedent, Windows 7 will not be renamed

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Microsoft Monday said that despite the “Windows 7″ is the development of next-generation Windows operating system, code-named, but at the same time will be the official name of the product.

In general, the development of Microsoft’s next-generation operating system, the first system for the development of a code, to be officially listed on the product, and then take a formal name. For example, Window Vista development is code-named Longhorn, later changed its name to Vista.

However, Microsoft’s Windows product management, senior vice president Maikenashi (Mike Nash), said Monday: “It is weeks, Windows 7 is the next generation of client operating system, code-named development, but we have decided that the product is the official name of Windows 7 . “

This is the first time, Microsoft will develop the system, code-named as the official name. Nash said: “This is the seventh generation of Microsoft’s Windows operating system named Windows 7 is therefore very appropriate.”

On the 27th of this month’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft will release Windows 7 for more information. At that time, Microsoft will provide developers with a preview version of Windows 7.

MySQL co-founder of Sun to submit his resignation

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MySQL co-founder David Axmark, said Sun has submitted his resignation, ready to leave the company.

According to foreign media reports, Yikemake wrote in his resignation: “I have seriously thought about their own role to play in the Sun, I still consider themselves more suitable for smaller companies. I dislike large enterprises must be provided for a variety of To comply with the rules and regulations. To me, in an informal retirement after taking office in the relationship between the Sun and MySQL will be a better choice. “

MySQL’s office in a few years, Yikemake has served as a very important role, including project managers, internal IT director and director of community relations, and so on. Under the leadership of the Yikemake, MySQL has become a successful open-source software.

In January of this year, Sun spent 1,000,000,000 U.S. dollars acquisition of MySQL. For Sun, Aikemake departure would be a blow.

MySQL community relations director Kaj Arno, said: “Aikemake of MySQL is a heavyweight, he recruited a lot of MySQL, a senior engineer.”

Mo said Yikemake will be held on November 10 officially leaves office. After the separation, Yikemake Sun will continue to provide advisory services.

Last month, MySQL co-founder Michael Widenius submitted his resignation to the Sun. Although he has not yet left the company, but things are still difficult to predict the future.

At present, Sun sector by the MySQL database former CEO Marten Mickos in charge.

Buffett bought 3 billion U.S. dollars GE shares

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U.S. investment master Warren Buffett recently announced that Berkshire Hathaway controlled by him is acquiring General Electric Company (GE) shares which valued 3 billion U.S. dollars.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The purchase is General Electric Company preferred stock, the annual dividend by 10%. In addition, the company has the right in the next 5 years, at any time, to 22.25 U.S. dollars purchase price of 3,000,000,000 U.S. dollars of General Electric common stock.

Buffett said: “The General Electric Company of the United States is the world’s iconic companies. For decades, I have been leader of the General Electric Company and its friends and admirers.” Buffett This is the second time in the near future hand To carry out large-scale activities to buy shares.

Sept. 23, through his Berkshire Hathaway he entered Goldman Sachs with 5 billion U.S. dollars, and got Goldman Sachs common stock warrants with 115 U.S. dollars per share, involving a total of 50 billion U.S. dollars, with the right period of 5 years.

eBay once again lay off 10%

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Oct. 7, according to foreign media reports, eBay Monday announced to lay off 10% in the world, the total number will reach 1,600. Affected by this news, eBay shares fell 1.05 U.S. dollars, or 5.54 percent.

According to foreign media reports, eBay’s new CEO John Donahoe in an interview that the layoffs are not the economy’s weak response. However, most investors still on the move by eBay moved uneasy. Affected by this news, eBay shares closed Monday down 1.05 U.S. dollars, fell to 17.89 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 5.54 percent.

Donahoe said: “The layoff plan is a response to long-term development objectives part of.”

eBay expects the job cuts will lead to a 7-80000000 US dollars related to the restructuring costs will be included in most of the fourth quarter of 2008.

The job cuts this year, eBay is carried out in the second round of layoffs. In March this year, the company has been in Europe and North America laid off 70 staff.

In addition, the company also announced the purchase of online payment site Bill Me Later, as well as Denmark classified advertising Web site dba.dk and automotive Web site bilbasen.dk with the total acquisition price of 1.34 billion U.S. dollars. The transaction price with Bill Me Later was 945 billion U.S. dollars, and total 390 million with dba.dk and bilbasen.dk.

U.S. Treasury Secretary urges Congress to adopt the financial rescue plan

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September 23 U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress to adopt 700 billion U.S. dollars large-scale rescue market program as soon as possible. They warned that the U.S. economy is facing serious challenges, if not pass the program as quickly as possible, it will cause very serious consequences.

Paulson said in testimony before Congress that the turmoil in financial markets last week has risen to a new stage and is now spreading to other aspects of the U.S. economy, the United States posed a great threat to the taxpayers. He stressed that the current situation is more severe than previously, the National Assembly as soon as possible through the bold programs to save the market.

Paulson said that if the U.S. economy through the current “difficult period”, the United States for the next task is to promote the need to reform the financial system to prevent the recurrence of similar problems, but there is still the most important is how to tide over the current stage.

Bernanke also testified then that the international financial market is in “extremely tense”, adopted by the Congress as soon as possible to save the city program will help to stabilize the current situation, otherwise the U.S. financial markets and the U.S. economy will face “serious consequences . “

In the ensuing answer questions, Bernanke stressed that if Congress can not be adopted as soon as possible, the program, the U.S. credit market will not be able to operate normally, unemployment will increase in the gross domestic product will shrink, which means that the U.S. economy will fall into recession.

According to the Bush administration’s rescue market program, the government will invest 700 billion U.S. dollars to help financial institutions to spin off non-performing assets such as commercial and real estate. This is also the largest rescue of the U.S. government package since the Great Depression in the 30s in last century. But the plan was opposed by some Members, thinking it paid for Wall Street tycoons and damaged the interests of the taxpayers in the United States.

NVIDIA cut 360 employees

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September 19, according to China Taiwan media reports Digitimes, the world’s independent graphics chip business NVIDIA announced the re-adjustment strategy and lay off of 360 staff.

It is reported that, NVIDIA is currently employees about 5540, the 360 employees laid off from the administration, engineers, sales and other departments.

NVIDIA expected the derivative cost with the personnel streamlined were about 7 million to 10 million U.S dollars, the integration of human resources is expected to be finished by the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.

The global telecom revenue will grow 7.6% in 2008

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September 18 – the United States well-known market research firm Gartner survey analysis shows that in 2008 the global telecommunications market revenue will reach 2 trillion U.S. dollars, will achieve 7.6 percent growth compared with 2007′s 1.8 trillion U.S. dollars. However, with the slower growth or even decline in the fixed-line voice services and some developed countries, the telecom industry is faced with severe challenges.

According to foreign media reports, Gartner analysts pointed out that this Will Hahn, traditional, service revenue in the telecommunications industry four-fifths of total income, but this proportion is expected to start narrowing the future, there will be more and more operators to increase In business investment in equipment to support the integration of new services.

According to Gartner predicted that the 2008 telecommunications services revenue will reach 1.6 trillion U.S. dollars, accounting for the telecommunications market of 81 per cent of total revenue. In 2007, total revenue for the telecommunications service 1.49 trillion U.S. dollars, up 353 billion U.S. dollars of equipment four times higher than total revenue. At the same time, to 2012, services revenue compound annual growth rate will be 4.4 percent, compared with the equipment revenue growth rate will reach 8.7 percent.

Gartner also predicted that by 2010, the highest mobile services revenue will reach 1 trillion U.S. dollars. The company’s research results showed that the fixed-line voice market is in decline, but also not very optimistic about the mobile voice, despite a growing number of such operations, but prior to 2012 would be difficult to maintain a good growth momentum, then the baton will – To the data services sector.

From a regional perspective, North America has been the world’s largest telecom market, but Asia-Pacific region is expected this year’s telecommunications revenue will exceed North America. Gartner expects this year’s North American telecommunications revenue will increase from last year 4.5 percent to 511.6 billion U.S. dollars. Asia-Pacific region and telecommunications revenue will increase 8 percent over last year, reaching 51.31 billion U.S. dollars. At the same time, the Middle East and Africa will become the fastest-growing

In addition, Gartner also noted that the traditional telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers are increasingly aware that the power of seizing market share by the operators from Asia and other parts is increasing. Therefore, they must be prepared to develop a new growth plan while transforming their own products and operating structure.

The global digital TV chip grew 20% in second-quarter

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DisplaySearch’s latest study shows that the global digital TV chip shipments was amounted to 29.8 million in the second quarter, up 7.8%, an increase of 21 percent.

DisplaySearch believes that the main growth factors from the television complete machine manufacturers for the increased demand for seasonal changes in the market, North America and Eastern Europe also flat-panel TV sales have pretty good growth.

From the IC supplier, the Bureau of the first quarter of this year since the beginning of the market beyond Trident shipped champion, the second quarter remained the same good results, mainly for the Bureau of Taiwan’s foundry and a very good Relations of cooperation, as well as Samsung and Sony in the North American market launch of the import of the fighters.

Trident continued decline in the proportion of shipments from the first quarter of the 15 per cent to 11 per cent of the second quarter, because of their MPEG decoding of the entire integrated single-chip import progress, and both Samsung and Sony to reduce the import shipments Result. And Zoran and MStar (Morningstar semiconductor) foundry in Taiwan due to import more successful, the volume has gradually improved the way.

DisplaySearch European TV market research director Paul Gray pointed out that the battle for the TV chip has not yet ended. Samsung its own IC design companies have been gradually replaced in some models of external suppliers, so will the future growth of the Branch subject to certain restrictions.

“We estimate that Samsung will gradually weaken the influence of the Bureau in the layout of all product lines solution. As the companies such as Samsung and Panasonic continue to strengthen the company’s product line power, especially Japan and South Korea complete machine manufacturers also continue to strengthen the chip Development capability, it is estimated that it is certain the future market will chang. “

iPhone application downloads are expected to reach 10 million within a year

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It is reported that, iPhone Application Shop (AppStore) downloads will substantially surpass the iTunes Music Store, and is expected to reach 1 billion in a year.

According to foreign media reports, Apple CEO Steve Jobs (SteveJobs) in the near future at the news conference that since July Apple stores since the launch of iPhone, iPhone applications users have downloaded 100 million times breakthrough.

According to August has been downloaded 70 million times the speed of opening, to next July, 2001 launch iPhone application of the store, its application downloads is expected to reach 10 million. The iTunes Music Store downloads in two years after the launch of 10 million.

However, with the iPhone and iPod in the release of increasing global sales growing, iPhone application downloads reach 1 billion, the time may be ahead, even less than a year.

Apple has not yet commented in detail on the news that the downloads of iPhone application are over iTunes music downloads.

Vodafone accused Spain telecommunications of monopolistic market

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Monday, Vodafone Group said that Telefonica abused its dominant position in the Spanish mobile phone market, and was suspected to monopolize the market, demanding the compensation of 670 million euros (about 938.9 million U.S. dollars).

According to foreign media reports, Vodafone spokesman confirmed the news, Vodafone and explained that the requested damages against the Spanish telecommunications in the 1995-1999 period, the Airtel have a negative impact on the business of monopolistic behavior.

In the ensuing 2000, Vodafone Spain to expand the market for the business objectives of the acquisition of Airtel.

Vodafone’s spokesman said that 670 million euros of claims by the price of international advisory body to NERA estimates.

Spain Telecom did no comment on the newst immediately.