Asus Transformer Launched

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer has been launched in NA next week. Previously, the ASUS Transformer Android tablet has been selling out in the UK. This awesome gadget becomes headline news today.

Transformer ships in the US and Canada at Tuesday, April 26th, reported Android Central and Engadget. They also write rumored pricing turns out to be accurate as well: $399 for the 16GB model, $499 for the 32GB, and $150 for the dock/keyboard assembly that turns the Transformer into an Android netbook. Lately, we know that the date is official from information that available directly from ASUS Facebook page.

Latest news, Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc. plans to produce a total nearly 20 million Eee Pad Transformer Tablet PC in April this year. But, due to experience shortages of components for the touchpad problem, the company only received 10 million units of this model probably in April, according to Asus the internal assessment.

Asustek is still possible to reach the company’s expectations at the second quarter of tablet PCs to enhance the proportion of revenues to 5% target if the model five hundred sixty-two month sales.

You can check our complete review about ASUS Eee Pad Transformer at our previous post. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer is an exciting tablet-netbook.

The Pirate Bay Makes a Short Survey

We still glad to talk about world’s most resilient bittorent site, The Pirate Bay. After we provided The Pirate Bay review and how to download media at the site yesterday, now we come with the latest news about this bittorent site. Recently, The Pirate Bay makes a short survey for its visitors. What does the survey ask about?

The Pirate Bay asks visitors to take a short survey to assist researchers at Sweden’s Lund University to “better understand habits and norms within the file-sharing community.” So, the survey is in order to help collect data on the behavior of its file-sharing visitors.

The Research Bay says, “You can help them and us out by clicking our front logo to go to their short online survey. If you haven’t done that yet, please do!”

How long the survey? The survey only takes a few minutes, and the researchers insists submissions will keep secret, according to The Research Bay, “All submitted information will be kept strictly confidential and will be used for research purposes only. No IP addresses or other personal data will be stored.”

Besides the above purpose, the researchers also hope that their data will help shape new Internet legislation and online law enforcement efforts. And you also can see the statistics and outcome of the survey on the The Pirate Bay site. So, wanna help them?

RIP Cisco Flip

Flip is one of favorite video camera. But, sad news come from its vendor, Cisco announced to shut down the Flip production. The shutdown of the camera production business would result in restructuring its consumer business, said Cisco.

Cisco acquired the Flip camera business for $590 million around two year back. Now, in addition to shut down the Flip, Cisco will focus its umi video conferencing products on the enterprise and will continue to sell home Internet routers in retail stores. For current FlipShare users, its working on a transition plan, said Cisco.

Flip video camera itself is a very popular for being simpler and easier to use. Flip can shoot up to sixty minutes of high quality video, which can easily and quickly be uploaded to the Internet or shared via email.

Costing in the range of $130 to $230, Flip video cameras are very popular for being simpler and easier to use. They can shoot up to sixty minutes of high quality video, which can easily and quickly be uploaded to the Internet or shared via email.

The latest Flip is MinoHD and UltraHD. Both added 60 frames per second video capture. But, the latest Flip cameras don't even include optical zoom and FlipShare TV. And yeah, however, we must accept the fact that Flip has been shut down by Cisco. RIP Flip.

Apple's New 12 Petabytes Storage

Apple will bring more storage capacity to supports iTunes video download. Apple order the storge equipment to Isilon System which well-known for large-data management project. Reported, Apple ordered 12 petabytes of Storage. How much is 12 Petabytes?

Of course petabyte is a huge data scale. A petabyte is 1024 terabytes. Imagine, to store a petabyte of data on dual-layer Blu-ray discs (50 GB each), you need almost 21,000 discs to fit it all. Yes, it's a so huge data scale. And Apple just bought 12 of those. Amazing!

Before launch the 12 Petabytes storage, now Apple is still in the process of preparing its North Caroline data center, which will go online this spring. Besides that, Apple also has an existing data center facility in Newark, California. This data center purchased in 2006. The new North Carolina facility, is said to be 500,000 square feet and can squeeze somewhere between 95,000 to 120,000 servers.

With this plan to increase storage capacity up to 12 Petabytes, Apple estimated will spent $2.6 billion of It assets this year. On 2010, Apple spent an estimated $1.7 billion on IT assets during fiscal in the year. We will see. Just keep on eye on our updated info!

Source Code For ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Released

Have you read our review of the upcoming device, Asus Eee Pad Transformer? If haven’t, you can check it. Now, we have info that ASUSTeK Computer Inc as the vendor of the Transformer has released kernel source code for the device. What is included in the source code?
For the display, Asus Eee Pad Transformer is feature10.1 WSVGA IPS screen with 1280x800 resolution with capacitive touch. And the source code file includes firmware and drivers used by the device, as well as documentation.

The source code for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101, labelled as "Eee PAD Kernel Code for Android OS", is available from the Transformer product page under the "Download" tab as a 97.49 MB zip file from one of the company's mirrors.

Let’s check back the Eee Pad Transformer specification. This tablet-netbook device is powered by a dual-core Tegra 2 processor at 1 GHz and includes 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of built-in storage. The Eee Pad Transformer also features built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0, but 3G mobile broadband is not included. The Eee Pad Transformer has additional battery power in the base for your convenience.

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the first tablet devices to be running version 3.0 Android OS which known as Honeycomb. This device will be released on 18 April in the UK. And you should pay £379.99 without the keyboard dock, and £429.99 with the dock to get the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

James Gosling Joins Google

James Gosling, the Java programmer, has joined Google. It becomes top news today. What make Gosling join with Google? And why did Google hire Gosling?

Now, Gosling does not actively develop the Java language any more. But, Google see that Gosling is having such intellectual power which helps in attracting talent in Google.

James Gosling was born on May 19, 1955 near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary in 1977. In 1983, he earned a Ph.D in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Gosling is known as the father of the Java programming language. He created the original design of Java and implemented its original compiler and virtual machine.

Gosling was started with Sun Microsystems in 1984. Then, on April 2, 2010, Gosling left Sun Microsystems which had recently been acquired by the Oracle Corporation.

And the latest news is on March 28, 2011, James Gosling announced on his blog that he had been hired by Google. "Through some odd twists in the road over the past year, and a tardis encountered along the way, I find myself starting employment at Google," posted Gosling on his blog. We will how Gosling works in Google.

Beyond Wonderland Festival 2011

Beyond Wonderland Festival 2011. For you who like electronic dance, may be you need a festival to get new experience on it. Beyond Wonderland is cool festival for another entertaining journey.

Beyond Eonderland was founded in 2010 by Insomniac Events. The first festival sold out in Southern California when it was held at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, CA. And this year, Beyond Wonerland will be held on Seattle, WA on May 14th, 2011 and on Southern Califronia on March 19th 2011.

According to Beyond Wonerland fanpage on Facebook, Beyond Wonderland will evolve along fresh paths, incorporating novel motifs and growing an exciting new environment that is sure to enliven, stimulate the senses and delight all of those who have been seeking a return to the amazing hues and vibrance of the original Wonderland event. You must see it!

Beyond Wonerland brings all music genre to stage, include Trance music, Dance music, Electronic dance music, House music, Drum and bass, Techno, Dance Punk, Hip hop. World class DJ’s, artists and performers, thousands of beautiful people, 11 festival hours, and he total insomniac experience are what you’ll get on Beyond Wonderland event. It will be a great show. You can visit Beyond Wonerland website at www.beyondwonderland.com to get more information about the event and buy the ticket.

Google Support For Japan

Google Support For Japan. To support information discovery and relief efforts in Japan, Google has enhanced its online tools. Google is also centralizing Crisis Response portal.

The Crisis Response portal is available in more languages include Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean and for a broader range of mobile devices in simpler version by Google. The Crisis Response page itself set up after a 9.0 earthquake and a devastating tsunami hit Japan on March 11

Google also offers Google's Person Finder Web application and Google Maps to help Japan society. Google's Person Finder Web application, designed to let people and organizations post and search for the names of affected residents. Now, this application also lets users enter and search for residents' mobile phone numbers as an alternative way of seeking them. Besides that, Google has also improved the Person Finder features with Picasa Web album.

Google is also providing frequent updates of satellite images of affected areas in this Google Maps page and this Picasa Web album. Other Google Maps pages display current electricity blackout instances, road conditions and aftershock epicenters and shelter locations.

Google also shares information via Twitter accounts, including @googlejapan and @earthoutreach. We hope this Google support can reach all Japan people.

TEPCO News

TEPCO News. After severe accidents inflicted on its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture by last week's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, Tokyo Electric Power Co. which is partly owned by TEPCO, will discontinue the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture.

Electric Power Development Co. is also known as J-Power, and Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co. They told the Aomori prefectural government that they will shelve their respective projects to build nuclear facilities for the time being.

TEPCO, which owns Tokyo Electric Power Co, began building the plant in late January in the village on the Pacific coast in northeastern Japan, with an eye to begin operating it in March 2017. It is designed to have an advanced boiling water reactor with a 1.39 million-kilowatt output capacity, the largest of the type in Japan.

Head of TEPCO's Aomori office Mikio Sakuma said, "We will put off full-scale construction (of the plant) slated to start in April. We are not in a position to say when to resume building it."

Recent news, J-power has been constructing a nuclear power plant in the town of Oma and Recyclable-Fuel Storage a temporary storage facility. It has been doing for spent nuclear fuel in the city of Mutsu.

Apple Store Locator

Feel hard to find Apple Store locations? You should use Apple Store locator! What is Apple Store locator?

Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing in computers and consumer electronics. As of February 2011 Apple had opened over 300 stores worldwide.

You can get Apple Store locations in many country in the world. The first two Apple Stores opened in the United States in 2001. In 2003, Apple expanded its operations into Japan, opening the first store outside of the United States. This was followed by the opening of stores in the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Australia, China, Switzerland, Germany, France and Spain. In 2010 a major effort to expand sales in China was announced along with opening of a store in Shanghai.

You can find Apple Store locations by online using Apple Store locator. What you need is jut go to http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/. Then, fill your City and State or Zip, select products you want, and click Go. It's easy. Apple Store Locator is a smart tool to find Apple Store locations.

Pokemon Creator Is Still Alive

Pokemon creator, Satoshi Tajiri is rumored dead in Japan earthquake. Lately, he has stopped the rumors public through his Facebook account that he is well and fine.

Tajiri has been caught up in death hoax following a message from a Twitter user @xCyrusAndLovato that said: "The creator of Pokemon died today in the #tsunami, #Japan. RIP: Satoshi Tajiri. #prayforjapan".

Tajiri said, “"Dear Hummingbirds, what's this nonsense about me being dead?”.
The Pokemon creator also clarified tweets that he is working for a company called, Nintendto Japan. He added on his Facebook status, “Also, I don't work at Nintendo Japan, I'm the CEO of Game Freak (everybody is fine).”

Tajiri then called on to concerned groups and individuals to provide any form of assistance to Japan when he said: “More importantly, if you can, help Japan."

Satoshi Tajiri is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known as the creator of Pokémon, and the founder of Game Freak. And yes, he is still alive.

Besides Tajiri, “Hello Kitty” character creator Yuko Yamaguchi who was also confirmed alive after being reported dying amidst the devastating quake in Japan.

We think, make a hoax info about someone death in a disaster news is not a good idea.

Zinio Publishing Services

Zinio is a publishing technology and services company. Zinio provides sales and distribution of printed material in digital format including magazines, books, catalogs, newsletters and research. Zinio creates better ways for people to discover published content, get more of it and do more with it.

Zinio offers many digital products and services. Now, readers can purchase content once to be read on any screen. Zinio provides the ability to shop for, search inside, read, share and save digital content in 23 local newsstands in any country in the world.

Readers also can move seamlessly within each publication page between text, interactive graphics, animated illustrations, videos and much more. Offering hundreds of thousands of the best digital titles, Zinio's e-stores and applications are revolutionizing reading. Zinio offers the services across multiple devices include Windows, Macintosh and Linux-based computers, the Apple iPad, the Apple iPhone, and the Apple iPod Touch.

Zinio was founed in 2001 and privately held. Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Taipei. You can go to Zimbio website, www.zimbio.com, for more information. Zinio can be a great solution for your publishing technology.

News From QRZ

QRZ.com is a website which provides news, license renewals and updates, searchable callsign database, solar report, DX spotting reports, APRS resources, clubs, and links. What's new on QRZ today?

The latest news on QRZ today is titled W4PC Software adds new programs, inks Dealer agreement with HRO. The news told that W4PC Software announced today they have added new products to the next release of the Radio Operations Center software line for Elecraft, Flex and Ten-Tec radios, as well as support for the SDR-IQ, microHAM Digi Keyer II, the West Mountain Radio RIGblaster Advanced, Timewave HamHub II and MDS rotors.

KJ4MFO, W4PC Software’s President Erin Butler said, “Customers who purchase products, or 12 months or more in tech support services today, will receive a free upgrade to version 5, when released in May, as well as free extended support.”

W4PC Software also announced as of March 7, 2011, they have added tiered support options for current users. Customers can now choose support from 3 months to 24 months at a time, after their first year of free support has expired. The lower cost support options of 3 and 6 months will be great for those who only need technical support for a limited time. W4PC Software also announced an agreement with Ham Radio Outlet allowing for exclusive dealership of W4PC Amateur Radio products.

You can go to GRZ.com for more news and information.

Apple's Release News

Apple's release is become hot news today. Besides the iPad 2, Apple also release new application and software. Recently, Apple is reported release new iTunes 10.2.1 and iOS 4.3.

iTunes 10.2.1 update has appeared in Software Update, superseding the iTunes 10.2 update released just last Wednesday to support iOS 4.3. The new update can also be obtained from Apple's iTunes download page. The important change of the iTunes 10.2.1 is bug fixes. Users should expect the public launch to occur tomorrow, according to a report.

Apple is also preparing to release iOS 4.3 today at the company's usual 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 Pacific timeframe for iOS releases. A release today would be a bit of a surprise, given that Apple announced last week that the update would launch on Friday alongside the iPad 2 debut. Apple announced the golden master version of iOS 4.3 to developers last Thursday. iOS 4.3 supports three devices via Wi-Fi by default, but can support up to five if requested by carriers.

Users may only utilize the hotspot via Wi-Fi with up to three devices simultaneously, while pages for other markets place the limit at five devices. The report is followed by the issue of personal hotspot device limitations. But, the news of Apple's release new iTunes 10.2.1 and iOS 4.3, also iPad, is still a good news for all Apple users.

Apple iPad 2 Event

Apple event always be a hot news. And tomorrow, Apple is holding an event tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. What you want to know about his Apple event?

Apple will be revealing iPad 2 tomorrow, every people think about this. Even we don't know if that's actually the name Steve Jobs and co. have picked for the thing.

The first reason why we guess it will be iPad reveal at tomorrow's event is based on Apple's yearly product refreshment schedule. Apple announced the first generation iPad in late January of last year. The company began taking pre-orders in March, and the device finally hit store shelves in April.

Then, the invitation for tomorrow's event comes with a calendar page being peeled back to reveal the corner of an iPad. And there's a giant "2" on the front of the calendar page. We can guess it's representing the date and the device iteration.

People also guess there will be at least one camera on the second generation iPad. Most of the leaked iPad 2 shots a front-facing camera located in the device's bezel, perfect for chat and FaceTime. We' will see the iPad 2 soon.

Apple Announcement News

Apple Announcement News. Apple CEO Steve Jobs officiated yesterday's iPad 2 launch event. Apple today released iTunes 10.2. The update brings compatibility with iOS 4.3.

iTunes 10.2 also brings improved home sharing support for browsing iTunes libraries from iOS 4.3 devices, despite the fact that iOS 4.3 doesn't launch publicly until March 11th.

The new iTunes 10.2 update is available via Software Update or from Apple's iTunes download page.

Here are what's new in iTunes 10.2: Sync with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3 and improved Home Sharing. Browse and play from your iTunes libraries with Home Sharing on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 4.3.

The update is available in versions for the iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and third- and fourth-generation iPod touch, while the iPad 2 will of course also ship with iOS 4.3 installed. The build number is 8F190.

The iPad 2 itself will be available starting March 11 in the U.S. and will come in two colors: white and black. Pricing and capacities have not changed from the first generation of the iPad with the Wi-Fi models coming in at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, and $699 for 64GB. The Wi-Fi + 3G models will cost $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB, and $829 for 64GB.

Apple has also released a new golden master version of Xcode 4 known as "Xcode 4 GM seed 2" to support iOS 4.3.

You can visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 for information on the security content of this update.

GDC 2011

GDC is a short of Game Developers Conference. GDC is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers. This year, GDC 2011 is held in San Fransisco, February 28 - March 4.

GDC is focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking. The event consist of an expo and networking events. GDBC also has awards shows such as the Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards. Besides that, GDC provides variety of tutorials, lectures, and roundtables by industry professionals on game-related topics covering programming, design, audio, production, business and management, and visual arts. GDC is a complete game conference.

The lack of this event is that the event only open to industry professionals. However, its closed nature shouldn’t suggest it offers nothing of interest to gamers at large.

May be the most interesting show of this event is the Game Developers Choice Awards, a ceremony that celebrates outstanding achievements in game making from the previous calendar year. The prizes conferred recognize accomplishments in a wide variety of fields, including writing, technology, design, and innovation. GDC awards are among the most meaningful a game maker can receive because the winners are selected by a group of peers. The winners will be announced at Wednesday night. We'll know who the winners soon.

Besides GDC 2011 in San Fransisco, also will be held GDC Europe 2011 in Cologne, Germany on August 15-17, 2011.

New MacBook Pro 2011

New MacBook Pro appeared as one of hot topic today. What's might be included beyond an upgrade to Intel's Sandy Bridge processors in the New MacBook Pro?

Reported, new MacBook Pros will offer larger trackpads than those found on current models. Surely it's opening the door for greater flexibility for users and perhaps options for more complex gestures.

The report also claims that the updated machines will offer a dedicated solid-state drive of 8-16 GB to house Mac OS X system files that would allow for fast system boot-up and performance. Additional machine storage would be made available in either traditional hard drives or with solid-state drive upgrades.

Other report said that OS on the laptops will be loaded to a separate (internal) 8-16GB SSD while everything else will remain on the regular hard drive. There will be options for just SSD drives but the base models will feature regular hard disks with the SSD combo for the OS.

The idea of separate flash-based storage for system files is not a new one, Apple might adopt Intel's "Turbo Memory" feature that offered similar functionality. At the time the advantages of using an SSD/Hard Drive hybrid were improved performance and longer battery life.

Apple has shaved approximately half a pound off of the weight of each of the MacBook Pro models, indicates a source. It's also a good news. You can check more information about New MacBook Pro at www.macrumors.com.

Steve Jobs' Health News

Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, is still working on company’s products, although officially he’s on break for health reasons. Steve Jobs has been taking business meetings at home and on the phone. Steve Jobs has also been seen in Apple Cupertino Campus and in Palo alto in public with Apple Executives earlier this week, according to a report.

An Apple spokesman said, “Steve is the CEO of Apple and during his medical leave he’ll continue to be involved in major strategic decisions.”

Steve Jobs announced his break from business last month, with Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook continuing to manage daily operations. Jobs would remain involved in strategic decisions, said the spokesman. And yes, it appears this is the case. The fact that Jobs stayed involved in Apple’s management during previous absences indicates that this is likely to the case again.

Another sources said that among products he is continuing to work on are the next version of the iPad tablet computer, expected out in the next couple of months, and a new iPhone, expected to be released this summer.

Maybe his health is not a big problem for Steve Jobs, but surely we keep hope the best for his health.

Eric Schmidt: Australia Was Leading The World

Eric Schmidt is Google chairman. Recent news, Eric Schmidt claimed Prime Minister Julia Gillard had announced that 93% of Australians would get NBN fibre by “2015 or 2016" at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Schmidt said Australia was leading the world and praised the NBN.

Eric Schmidt said, “Australia is leading the world in understanding the importance of fibre. Your new prime minister as part of her campaign and, now, part of her prime ministership, has announced that by roughly 2015 or 2016, 93% of Australians - which I guess are all the folks in the cities, will have gigabit or equivalent service using fibre. And the other 7% will be handled by wireless services of a nature of LTE. This is leadership which I think is wonderful."

In Australia, wireless-only internet households are now estimated to comprise 13% of all users and continue to grow rapidly. The Government, in its NBN business plan, projects that this will grow to just 16.3% by 2025, while wireless proponents are forecasting 25% or higher by then.

Schmidt’s NBN timeframe significantly shortened even the Government’s own optimistic election campaign forecast of an 8-year rollout of fibre to 93% of the population completed by 2017/18. But, the rollout will take considerably longer than that, extending into the middle of the next decade, believed many experts.