Wednesday, February 11, 2009

In Belarus, will release their laptop.

In Belarus in the near future will be on sale from the first established local business laptop, transfer agency said. The device, developed by UP "Integraltehnis, members of the NGO" integral ", is currently undergoing certification.
The system configuration and cost of a laptop is not called. Is also not clear whether the laptop will come out of the Republic of Belarus.
"Integraltehnis manufactures LCD monitors, computers, thin clients and monitors for medical equipment. These devices are mainly collected from foreign parts.
National business in 2008 has already produced the first Belarusian mobile phone "Evrotef-M, equipped with a color screen and video camera. It was collected from Chinese components.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Intel will invest in nanotechnology processor 7 billion dollars.

Corporation Intel, the largest manufacturer of processors, will in the next two years to invest in the construction of production facilities in the U.S., using the processor, nanotechnology, and seven billion dollars, transmits AFP.
These factories will allow Intel to move to 32-nanometer manufacturing process, making the new chips faster, smaller and reduce their energy consumption. The first processors to appear in 2009 or early 2010, notes ZDNet.
Currently, Intel processors are manufactured on 45-nanometer production methods, and sales in the semiconductor market falls due to reduced demand from end users.
Intel Quarterly Profit in the fourth quarter of 2008 decreased ten times. In January it became known that Intel will close five factories for the production of electronic components. This would reduce the approximately five thousand employees.

Amazon has updated the device for reading electronic books.

Online shop Amazon.com introduced a new version of its device for reading electronic books - Kindle 2, reports Engadget. New items can be bought for 359 dollars, effective 24 February.
Memory Kindle 2 is two gigabytes. Amazon.com representatives emphasize that this is enough to store a half thousand books. The thickness of Kindle 2 is 0.9 cm. Diagonal screen device is six inches. It displays the 16 gradations of gray.
The developers emphasize that the Kindle 2 is 20 percent faster than its predecessor. In addition, its battery is 25 percent stronger. As a result, a full charge last for two weeks of the Kindle 2.
To download books Kindle 2 owners will be able to take advantage of wireless communication module. Installing the full version of the book to the device takes less than a minute. Currently on the website Amazon.com in the electronic version is available about 230 thousand books.
The first version of Kindle was introduced in November 2007. Development of the device began more than three years ago. Its price was 399 dollars.

Antimonopolschiki allowed ITT to buy "Telefon.Ru.

Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has allowed the company to buy the MTS network stores" Telefon.Ru. That was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of FAS. Previously, the application for the acquisition of "Telefon.Ru" filed as "Euroset", the main shareholder of which is the main competitor of MTS - Company "VimpelCom" (trade mark Beeline).
Recall that in 2009 the business media have written that almost all the major chains stores have been seen as objects for acquisitions. In particular, the same Euroset claimed to purchase "Betalinka and Tsifrograda," and "Megaphone" - only on "Tsifrograd. According to the newspaper Kommersant, the MTS has already agreed to "Betalinkom, that all 650 stores of the network will be transferred under the brand cellular operator.
"Telefon.Ru brings about polutysyachi stores. In 2008, the company's revenue exceeded 13 billion rubles, while accounts payable amounted to 26 million dollars. 50 per cent of the shares of the company belongs to the group "Russian funds", while another 50 per cent - to individuals.
MTS is the largest mobile operator in Russia. In the CIS, the company serves more than 95 million subscribers.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Nvidia has taken up the creation of Intel-compatible processor.

Corporation Nvidia, a leading manufacturer of graphics cards in the world, according to the edition of The Inquirer, started work on the creation of Intel-compatible processor. Officially, the company has announced no such intention.
Nvidia beginning professionals to develop a set of processors throughout Silicon Valley. According to the publication, the unit is almost fully formed from the newly hired employees.
Cluhi on Nvidia plans to build a family of x86 processors are distributed in 2006. The main obstacle to the implementation of these plans are legal risks. Experts are not sure that Nvidia will be able to produce such a chip, without license or Intel AMD, which it will be difficult to obtain.
Nvidia has recently submitted a platform Ion, for netbukov. The platform is not entirely composed of the components of Nvidia. In particular, it requires a processor Intel Atom, which the company would replace the chip in the presence of its own.