After being hit by a major accounting scandal, Japan’s Olympus Corp – drew the line and forecasted a 32 billion loss yen for 2011 fiscal year. The camera and medical equipment maker, who admitted to a 13 year long fraud, predicted a bigger hole than the previous analysts’ estimates.
Things have been moving faster in Europe. Google has been waiting for the US approval for its Motorola acquisition by the Department of Justice, but while it has been benched, the European Union gave the company the go ahead. “We have approved the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google because, upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise competition issues,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia commented on the decision.
I am sure many of you would have seen the old Bob Dylan concerts where he wore harmonica with the help of a strange supporting hardware. It’s about that that style was revived. If you are in love with your tablet so much that you want to wear it on yourself all the time, here’s a hardware that looks quite similar to that used by Dylan. GoPad lets you carry your tablet tucked against your chest with the perfect convenience.
The United States Air Force (USAF) has planned on becoming technologically fashionable, as could be inferred from a notice posted on a government procurement site which mentions USAF will buy around 18,000 tablet devices. These tablet devices will be used as electronic flight bags by pilots. Being a military institution, one does not expect USAF to be equipped with trendy gadgets that civilians use in their day to day life.
Blog Building Windows 8 has already revealed almost all ins and outs of the upcoming Windows. They also finally lifted the veil on some of the last unknowns surrounding Windows 8 for ARM platform. Windows 8 on ARM is a new member for Windows family much like Windows Server or Windows Phone and it is built on foundation of Windows and has a very high degree of commonality and shared code with Windows 8. TheTechJournal will try to bring you much closer this new architecture and show you the difference between ARM and x86.
The notorious tablet smartphone hybrid from Samsung, Galaxy Note was introduced to the US market a the beginning of the year and now it becomes available for pre-orders. The first customers will be able to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy Note in two weeks, starting on February 19th. Samsung Galaxy Note will be then available at a subsidized price of $300 for AT&T subscribers. They also have to agree to a two-year contract with the carrier.
People are more comfortable using internet at their own convenience, which means being in the easiest of positions and what more can be an easier way to access internet than through your very own mobile device? Even the statistics support this statement, which is now a fact. According to a report by Web analytics fir, StatCounter, global internet access through mobile devices has almost doubled in the past few years since 2009. The trend is on the rise and it is the best news both telecom companies and mobiles manufacturers want to hear. They know for sure their targets are being achieved and increasing their customer base.
In what seems a dramatic turns of events at German courts, in an earlier ruling yesterday, Apple was told by the court to remove all 3G devices from sales in Germany after the court ruled in favor of Motrola. These devices were being sold through the online Apple Store. Apple remove all it’s 3G devices except iPhone 4S which perhaps was not part of the case filed by Motorola. However, within a few hours of this, Apple issued an official statement that it ‘has been granted a suspension of the German injunction’ and that it’s 3G devices will be back soon.