iPhone 4 antenna reception problem

July 17th, 2010

Apple is trying to protect their profit by not taking full responsibility for their defected product namely, iPhone 4.

In the case of BP oil spill, they first tried to cover up the issue; however, when the spill gets to worsen and out of control, BP has to pay their fortune for their irresponsibility.

Another similar case is the car company Toyota and some other automobile manufacturers. They know their pedal problem; Instead of taking responsibility to recall the vehicles to rectify their mistake, they chose to protect their profit by leaving the millions of life in danger by driving the defected vehicles on the road.

My advice to Apple is to find a complete solution for the IPhone 4 antenna problem and offer the solution free of charge to the people who already bought the defected iPhone 4. Give the full refunds for those consumers who wish to return the product. If Apple cannot prove to their supporters that they are a responsible company, they will lose most of their supporters in the future. Apple fans will not jump in to purchase new product from Apple again, instead they will wait for months to make sure the products are working perfectly before they make up their decision to buy.

PROFIT IS IMPROTANT FOR ALL COMPANY, BUT SOMETIME IT IS NOT THE PROFIT THAT COUNTS, IT IS HOW LONG THE COMPANY WILL STAY IN THE FUTURE.

By Thomson Kho

Apple iPad set a new standard

June 17th, 2010

As expected, Apple's innovative products always surprise the market. Apple has sold two millions iPad in two months. Products that are similar to iPad are exists in the market long before Apple iPad, however they are not be able to create an impact as what Apple does to the consumer.

Apple iPad is simply a basic device that lacks of flexibility. With today's advance technology, products like ebook reading device must build in with the power of basic computer capability. Basic features like multi-tasking, flash support must be build into the device and able to install and run simple applications. Gaming capability can be put aside for these kind of devices because such function does not serve an important role in these type of device. Moreover, connectivity like Wifi, Ethernet port and USB port is a must. Webcam is another added advantage for people on the move to share pictures and videos. All these features add very little cost to the production, but Apple chose not to have these basic features in iPad.

Apple's sales of two million iPad in two-months sores the eyes of his competitors. The lack of the feature from iPad will be the targeted huge market for better featured eBook reading device from other manufacturers.

The success of Apple iPad will trigger Apple's competitors to come up with a better, cheaper and more powerful product in short time. These devices will sell better than any notebooks as most people on the move won't need a powerful notebook computer. In a nutshell, what they need is a device that is light weight with a battery that can last for a long hour of usage, take less time to charge, and build in with touch screen feature, Wifi, Ethernet port, USB port and the capability to be able to read ebooks, run simple applications and multi-tasking.

Better touch screen technology (hardware and software) will be the next main concern for these devices.

By Thomson Kho

SanDisk G3 Solid State Drive

March 19th, 2010

Imaging that we will be having a hard drive with no moving parts inside. A hard drive that last longer, consume less power and five time the reading transfer rate of a 7,200 RPM hard drive. SSDs are exceptionally rugged, durable, and reliable and deliver a faster computing experience.

SanDisk begins shipping its 60GB and 120GB Solid State drive (SSD) to retail in February 2010.The 2.5 inch SATA drives are working with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X sytems. SATA 60GB is priced at $230 and 120GB is at $400.

I foresee other manufacturers of hard drive will rush into the production of their own SSD. Present HDD with motor will be faced out once the price drop with mass production. As there are no mechanical parts to be assemble during the manufacture process of SSD. It is more cost effective to produce a SSD than to produce a HDD.

Apple iPad

January 29th, 2010

iPad is another creative product from Apple. Prices ranging from USD499.00 to USD829.00 depends on which model you choose.

Thickness : 0.5 inches (1.27mm)
Weight :1.5 pounds (680g)
Display : 9.7 Inch LED backlit IPS display.
Keyboard : incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen
Processor : Apple A4 1GHz
Memory :16GB, 32GB & 64GB.
Battery Life : Up to 10 hours after fully charged.
Internet : Wireless or 3G

iPad does not equip with the following : -

No Multitasking, can run one application at any one time
No Camera
No USB port
No Flash (a lot of internet content are with flash)
support simplified chniese character but not traditional chinese character.

The main usage of iPad is for browsing internet, email, iWork, ibook, newspaper and magazine, photos, audio, video and gaming.

Keep in mind that iPad is not a computer. However, iPad should be able to find his own market for the application it offered.

USB 3.0 External or Portable Hard Disk

January 28th, 2010

Follow by Buffalo shipped the world's first 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB USB 3.0 hard disk in Oct. 2009, Western Digital and Seagate launches their USB 3.0 hard disk this month (Jan. 2010).

The USB 3.0 port with a maximum transfer rate of 4.8gbps (10 times faster than USB 2.0) makes it practical for huge capacity hard disk for storing a large amount of files and large file. With this improved technology, we are able to carry around a big storage portable hard disk stored with a huge amount of informations including files, reports, software, ebooks, audios and videos, movies more than anything you ever needed in a single portable hard disk. Gone the day that having a problem to carry a large file to use in other places.

At this time of writing, PCs in the world are still without build in USB 3.0 port, Seagate includes USB 3.0 PC express card, Western Digital offer optional SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI express card. Although these products are compatible with USB 2.0 port, you can only benefit from the fast transfer rate when you connect to USB 3.0 port.

Western Digital : My Book 3.0 external hard drive

Transfer a 24 GB HD movie in 2.7 minutes vs. 13.3 minutes with a 2.0 connection.

Capacity : 1TB & 2TB
Optional SuperSpeed USB 3.0 HBA adapter at 5 Gb/s (Max)
Compatible with USB 2.0 ports

Seagate : BlackArmor PS110 USB 3.0 HDD

up to three times faster than its USB 2.0 hard disk
500GB 7200RPM 2.5 inch with power cable and PC express card
backwards compatible with USB 2.0

Named "Tianhe" China Fastest supercomputer

Oct. 329th, 2009

A single day task for Tianhe might take a dual-core personal computer working nonstop for 160 years to complete.

Cost at least 88.24 million US dollars. It took 200 computer expertise two years to complete the project. The giant is housed in National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in Changsha.

Equipped with 6,144 Intel CPU and 5,120 AMD GPU. Weighted 155 tons with 103 refrigerator like cabinets lined up on an area of about 1,000 square meters.

"I was shocked at the milestone breakthrough, which was beyond expectation," said Zhang Yunquan, a researcher with the Institute of Software of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and an organizer of the China Top 100 list, which was released at a national conference on high-performance computers Thursday.

Firefox 3.5 Right Click Context Menu not working

The caused is Yahoo tool bar add-on.

Solution 1
Use "add or remove program" in Control Panel to remove Yahoo tool bar.

Solution 2
In firefox Browser select Tool -> Add-ons looks for Yahoo tool bar and select Disable or uninstall.

If you don't have yahoo tool bar installed, or after you remove yahoo tool bar and you still get the same problem, then it might be other add-ons causing the problem.

In this case try to disable add-on one by one to check which firefox add-ons is causing the problem.

Hope this article solved your problem.

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How many pc in the world ?

Do you know how many pc are there in the world.

According to WikiAnswers

As of June 2008 there are 1 billion PCs in the world.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 has been released to manufacturing

July 22nd, 2009

Windows 7 will be ready in retail stores and shipping with new pc on 22nd Oct., 2009.

After many disappointment with Windows Vista, will Windows 7 recapture pc user confidence of the new operating system and stimulate the sales of new pc ?

As I know, many has decided to delay replacement of their old pc due to new pc are preinstalled with Windows Vista. They don't want to spend money on a pc with a OS that they are not comfortable with (many downgrade their Windows Vista to Windows XP). They are hoping the next Windows will be good without worrying to downgrade it.

If Windows 7 deliver what the consumer needs, it will definitely stimulate the sales of new pc.

This is what Microsoft describe their Windows 7 on their website :-

What is Windows 7?

Your PC, simplified.

Windows 7 is the easiest, fastest, and most engaging version of Windows yet. Better ways to find and manage files, like Jump Lists and improved taskbar previews, help you speed through everyday tasks. Faster and more reliable performance means your PC just works the way you want it to. And great features like Windows Media Center and Windows Touch make new things possible. Get to know Windows 7, and see how it can simplify just about everything you do with your PC.

Firefox 3.5

released on June 30th, 2009

2.4 times faster then Firefox 3

Use less computer memory

Over 6,000 add-ons to customize your Firefox

Firefox 3.5 is the first browser to support open video and audio formats, allowing practically limitless new ways for sites to display rich content.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Google Chrome OS

will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010

Google Chrome OS will be an open source operating system for netbooks.

Instead of buying and install necessary software in your pc, this OS will lets you do most of your works with web application. For example, you don't need an Office software to write a letter, just connect to internet and do it with one of the web application available on the net and save it to your hard drive.

It is too early to guess the detail of what will it be, we just wait for the release to find out what its like.

WolframAlpha - a different kind of search engine

Launched on May 15th, 2009

A search engine that give or compute answer to your question, not a list of websites.

For example :-

If you ask "New York", it gives you the country, population, location map, current weather.

If you ask "New York to Califonia", it gives you distance 2445 miles and map.

If you ask "freeware", it gives you the definition "Software that is provided without charge".

If you ask "Dell Stock", it gives you the latest trading price, financial details, recent returns, price history in chart and etc.

If you ask "365 / 52 * 3 + 16", it gives you the calculated answer.

You need to know how to ask question to get your answer.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html