Nokia Plans to Introduce Windows 8 Tablet by June 2012

Nokia plans to initiate an iPad challenger based on Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system next year, the company’s French partition manager let fall in an interview with newspaper Les Echos. The tablet must launch next summer and would be the first such product from the Finnish phone manufacturer. “In June 2012, we will contain a tablet that runs on Windows 8,” Paul Amsellem told the Parisian every day. The possible launch date of the tablet also gives a suggestion to when Windows 8 would really ship to consumers, as Microsoft is yet to give information’s on the commence schedule for its future OS, besides a fall 2012 mystery.

Amsellem also established Nokia is preparing another high-end Windows Phone 7 device, set to summarize the Nokia Lumia 800, the first phone natural out of the company’s partnership with Microsoft. The Lumia 800 launches at the moment in Europe and is set to reach your destination in the US in early 2012. Using a car analogy, Amsellem told the Lumia 800 was a BMW Series 5, and with the intention of Nokia has in the pipeline a Series 7 equivalent, with better specification. To get a thought of what the higher-end ‘Series 7’ Nokia phone could bring, you can look at a number of the shortcomings of the Lumia 800: the phone does not have a face camera, no 4G, 512MB of RAM and immediately a single-core processor. The flagship representation has been tipped as the Nokia Ace or 900, as Nokia drop some hints and displayed what is supposed to be a depiction of it at the London Design Museum.

Samsung is also scheduling to release a Windows 8 tablet in the second half of 2012, the company announced in previous week. Samsung’s Windows 8 tablet will be a customized edition of the company’s Series 7 schedule, which runs Windows 7. An previous version of a Samsung Windows 8 tablet, known out to press and developers at the make conference in September had a 11.6-inch 1366-by-768 pixel screen, an Intel second-generation Core i5 processor and 4 GB of RAM. The first to obtain their hands on the near the beginning Windows 8 tablet remark it was bulkier than the iPad and most Android tablets, and sharp out the noisy fan inside.

New Samsung Series 7 AIO PC flaunts a minimalistic outward appearance feature

The touch display on the Samsung Series 7 AIO PC is of the 16:9 1,920 x 1,080p glossy LED HD type. Performance a 16mm thin outline, the PC is all concerning smooth looks and metallic surfaces. The key mechanism is shuttered into the support region and the construct allows users to put down the PC down on a plane surface to create a horizontal touch interface. The decluttered look is further improved by a wireless keyboard and mouse.

Samsung’s new all-in-one PC provides all of the reimbursement of a full-sized desktop computer not including the weighty tower and wires frequently connected with that form factor, expressed Scott Ledterman, executive of mobile PC marketing, Samsung Enterprise Business Division. It’s a perfect choice for customers looking to improve their PC, as it will make available them with the latest technology while release up valuable desk space in their home or office setup.

The DP700A3B-A01US in the sequence 7 embeds an Intel Core i3-2120T processer and 6GB DDR3 memory, at the same time DP700A3B-A02US use an Intel Core i5-2390T CPU and 8GB DDR3 RAM. Some of the features that run ordinary for both cover the 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium OS, USB 2.0 as well as 3.0, up to 1TB hoarding capacity, Intel HD Graphics and 8W stereo speakers. The Samsung Series 7 AIO PC will achieve the market on October 10. Suppose the MSRP to swing between $999 and $1,999 depending on the selected variant.

Here’s How Over The Air Updates Will Work In iOS 5

Apple’s latest developer beta of iOS 5 is the first version to be delivered over the air, meaning users don’t have to sync their device with their computer to receive the update.

The update is delivered directly to the device over Wi-Fi. Some have said it will work over 3G too.

Instead of the massive 600 MB (or larger) updates, the over the air updates are much more manageable in size. The current beta version was a little over 100 MB. After the download, the iPhone restarts itself and installs the update.

iOS 5 Beta 4 Brings Over the Air Update to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Apple on Friday released iOS 5 beta 4 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The latest beta release brings the highly anticipated over the air (OTA) delta update to iOS devices.

Apple during WWDC keynote event announced more than 200 new features in iOS 5 but, previewed just 10 key enhancements. The company wants users to truly experience the post-PC era and is finally cutting the cord for iOS devices. With the fifth major release of Apple’s mobile operating system users will be able to sync, transfer data, update their devices and do much more without connecting their device to a computer.

It’s worth noting that when we tried to download the update the iPad alerts the user if the device has less than 50% battery charge. Connecting the device to a power source let us download and update the device. The update was just 128MB for iPod touch as OTA update are released as delta updates.

Downloading the update over 3G is also possible however, given the fact that most carriers offer limited data plans it would probably be better to get the update over WiFi.

We noticed a few error messages while trying to manually check for the update but that may have been due to initial issues in Apple’s server.

Overall, it’s great to see that Apple has been listening to its customers and iOS 5 will certainly help Apple stay in the lead.

Mac OS X Lion: Mac’s Latest Beast, What to Expect

GEEK TO ME: Here’s an easy way to hide Windows update alerts

QUESTION: I’m hoping you can help me to avoid a nuisance that has popped up recently. I’m running MS Vista on a Toshiba Satellite laptop, and it works fairly well. I use Internet Explorer (IE) 8 to connect to the internet. Lately, Windows Update has been wanting me to upgrade to IE 9. I made that mistake three weeks ago. I upgraded to IE 9 and found that I didn’t like it (too radically different). Fortunately, I managed to reconfigure back to IE 8.

Unfortunately, Windows Update keeps “pestering” me to upgrade back to IE 9. By the way, Windows Update considers this an “Important” update; I consider it more of a convenience. Other than ignoring the upgrade suggestion by unchecking the upgrade box each and every time it’s offered, is there anything I can do to get Windows Upgrade to stop suggesting that particular upgrade? I’m hesitant to turn off all Windows Update suggestions, as it may just try to inform me of something really important. Thanks for any help you can provide, and many thanks for your weekly column.

PAUL L.
NICEVILLE, FLA

>> ANSWER: There is indeed a way, Paul. I’m guessing that you are talking about an update notification that keeps appearing in your computer’s notification area, as opposed to an update that you see every time you visit the Windows Update website. Just in case that’s not what you meant, and for the benefit of those readers who prefer the website over the automated updates, I’ll cover how to hide an update under both methods.

To get Windows to stop showing a particular update in the notification area, the next time it appears, simply right-click it, and select “Hide this update.” You can also select “Review Updates” rather than “Install” and Windows Update will display details about the update (or updates) it is about to install. In this window, each update has a checkbox next to it.

Simply uncheck the one you don’t Windows to bug you about anymore, then when you go to the next step, you’ll have the option of whether to be reminded again. Tell it “No.” If for some reason you change your mind in the future and want to see this update (and any other updates you have hidden), all you need to do is right-click on “My Computer” and select “Properties.” Click on the “Automatic Updates” tab, and at the bottom, you’ll see a link that says “Offer updates again that I’ve previously hidden.”

You can also hide updates that you see on the Windows Update website (which you can access in IE by selecting Tools>Windows Update). Use the navigation pane on the left side of the window under “Select by Type” to view the available updates. If you want to hide one, click the little plus sign in front of the update’s title to expand it. At the bottom of the description you’ll see a checkbox labeled “Don’t show this update again.”

As above, if you ever decide you want to see the updates you’ve previously hidden, there is an easy way to do that. In the navigation pane, under “Options” is a link labeled “Restore Hidden Updates.”

How To Turn Off Automatic Reboots in Windows

Multiprocessors, accelerators big aids on latest ‘Green 500′ list

To be honest, the Green500 list of the world’s greenest supercomputers can sometimes be sort of boring, because IBM is so dominant.

The company actually was behind six of the top 10 computers on the latest edition; a prototype of its next-generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer wound up on top. It holds more than half of the top 100 positions on the list.

But there are two trends behind the latest list that are worth repeating. First, there has been a design shift. Many of the computers on the list, including the IBM Blue Gene at the top, relied on lost of lower-powered processors to help save energy. The Blue Gene model on the latest edition actually has the same number of processors as the one that made the top of the last ranking. It used slightly more power than that model (40.95 kilowatts). It has a 2097 millions of float-point operations per second (MFLOPS) per watt rating, which is the measure that the Green500 organization uses to assemble the list. That makes it the first supercomputer to exceed the 2000 MFLOPs/watt mark.

The other technology that helped several companies make this particular list: energy-efficient accelerators. The greenest “accelerator-based” supercomputer was the DEGIMA Cluster, at Nagasaki University in Japan. The computer uses AMD/ATI Radeon graphics processing units. Six of the 10 greenest supercomputers in the world use processing accelerators of some sort to complement their lower-powered central processing units.

Said Green500 founder Wu Feng:

“Over the past six months, the average efficiency of measured systems on the Green500 has increased from 230 MFLOPS/W to 256 MFLOPS/W, an improvement of 11 percent. The improvement in efficiency of accelerator-based systems on the Green500 has been even more dramatic, improving 23 percent from 573 MFLOPS/W to 707 MFLOPS/W. 70 percent of the 20 greenest supercomputers are now accelerator-based.”

I doubt many of you reading this list are a candidate for a supercomputer, but design trends have a way of making it down into mainstream data center servers. So watch these themes.

Kick off your day with ZDNet’s daily e-mail newsletter. It’s the freshest tech news and opinion, served hot. Get it.

K3 Business Technology boosts retail software arm with latest acquisition

K3 Business Technology (LON:KBT), the AIM listed company has sells enterprise resource planning software, hosting and managed services to the supply chain industry, has snapped up the Retail Merchandising Division of Azurri Computer Solutions Ltd. K3 is paying an initial £1.0 million in cash for the business with a further £0.5 million payable dependent on increases in gross margin generated by Azurri Retail over the next two years. Shares in K3 were unmoved at 222.5p.

K3 said Azurri Retail was a highly complementary fit with its own retail adding further specialist skills, and would be readily integrated into the group. The deal is in line with K3’s strategy to build recurring revenues and acquire profitable user bases with significant cross-selling opportunities, in particular for its hosting and managed services offering.

Andy Makeham, the chief executive of K3, said: “I am delighted to have completed the acquisition of Azurri Retail. We continue to strengthen recurring revenues by acquiring new user bases, where we can also offer additional services and upgrades, and Azurri Retail represents an exciting opportunity to acquire a prestigious retail customer base. We look forward to working together with our new customers to ensure the continuing successful delivery of their IT requirements.”

For the year to December 2010, Azurri Retail generated sales of £1.0 million and an underlying profit of £0.4 million. Over £0.6 million of 2010 revenues were recurring. The company’s customer base comprises a number of major retailers, including Matalan, JJB Sports (LON:JJB) , Littlewoods, Holland & Barratt and the National Trust.

In March this year, K3 acquired Clarita Solutions Ltd, a business that sells Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP solutions to the retail and distribution markets. It also bought Sense Enterprise Solutions Ltd, which provides Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions to the manufacturing and distribution markets. Those deals followed the acquisitions of Panacea Ltd and certain assets of FD Systems Ltd last November and December respectively. In the six months to December 31, 2010, K3 reported a 5% increase in revenues to £24.67 million and an 8% rise in pre-tax profits to £4.23 million.

HP Mini netbook 110 series

Hp always bringing new products into the market for the human needs.this is another laptop with sleek in design and 1 inches thick and the weight is 2.52 lobes with advanced wireless options to connect new products.This can run without AC upto 4.5 hours through battery.This laptop can be connected to social media blogs or websites from anywhere in the world through wireless connections.This is very powerful laptop for connecting wireless devices.
mi

This mini laptop is powered by inlet atom N455 processor with newest technology and energy efficient performance but my suggestion is upgrade N57 processor which even works faster than the N455 processor.This laptop comes with preloaded windows 7 version.As hp company says windows 7 internet explorer 7 version is best for easy and fast surfing with security but i suggest to you use Firefox which can be easy to handle any sites.

This laptop has built in two color choice
black or Sonora red.The screen size is 10.1inches diagonal with LED system and better for protection to eyes.Memory is another important and this laptop has 1 GB but you can upgrade up to 2 GB.The hard drive comes with 250 GB for storing data such as photos,songs.For connecting additional devices the laptop has 3 USB ports and this can used for connection digital products.Their is an optional CD/DVD ROM drive for playing music and movies DVDs

Special thing is it can get connected through wireless technology and easily drive through anywhere in the world.the laptop has built in camera and enhanced for family chatting etc.It has been come with integrated 4 in 1 media card reader with 5 free HP games so it can even make fun while traveling you can play games with the free or install additional your favorite games.The laptop has one year solid warranty and it comes with 60 days of Norton antivirus removal software.you can purchase this antivirus for additional amount.Thus it is easy to carry play games surf internet and much more with this mini laptop.