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Global PC market leaders Hewlett-Packard, Dell has announced the two companies recently reported quarter, Hewlett-Packard expected to bear more performance is acceptable, exceeding Wall Street’s profit expectations for its two years. Dell may not be so lucky in the past eight quarters, with three-quarter did not reach the average analyst forecast.

Wall Street optimistic about PC sales

According to Hewlett-Packard in 2010 first-quarter results, the company net profit reached 2.32 billion U.S. dollars, up 25%; the total turnover of 31.2 billion U.S. dollars, earnings per share were 1.10 U.S. dollars, all the data exceeded the average analyst forecast . Dell’s performance but it falls short of its 2010 fiscal year net profit of 334 million U.S. dollars in the fourth quarter, down 4.8%.

Analysis of earnings of both companies can be found, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are the trade surplus up 11 times, even so, over the past one years, Dell shares rose 51%, higher than HP’s 38%. But there are analysts saying it does not take into account the cash position of the two companies will be more optimistic predictions, HP will have a 10-fold year on year trade surplus, Dell, there are 6 times.

JP Morgan Chase & Co. analyst Makemosi Markowitz noted that, in the field of business PC, Hewlett-Packard’s market share has more than Dell. He wrote in a research report, in the end of 2010 or early 2011, HP will become the corporate PC refresh cycle of the greater beneficiary, as the area is close to the server update cycle, Hewlett-Packard in the PC and server market, there will be more favorable performance.

PC demand is rising

PC giant Hewlett-Packard and Dell have said they expect more companies will replace the aging PC, but this will be a gradual process. The recent period, the company spending with the economic situation turns for the better rising, investors and then hope that PC manufacturers benefit from it, but the forecasts for these investors is no doubt served a cool their heads.

Benefited from increased consumer demand, Dell Latitude D410 battery,Latitude D420 battery and Hewlett-Packard posted strong earnings data, which also proves that the PC market, analysts made a rebound of view. However, in the PC market forecast of the forthcoming resumption of the sound, the two companies have proposed should be cautious. Most market analysts agree that the technology needs of enterprises rebound at any time.

Giant to accelerate into the Chinese market

Dell recently said that its Asian business growth continues to lead the company as a whole. Which  the Chinese market is expected to maintain double-digit growth. Steve Felice, president Dell’s services for SMEs, said  effective range of the Chinese Government has introduced measures to stimulate the economy, the Chinese market the company’s revenue this year is likely to continue to achieve double-digit growth. It is reported that Dell’s business in the Chinese market over the last quarter of just 81% growth. China is now after the United States  Dell’s second-largest market.

On the other hand, according to Hewlett-Packard reported a performance of emerging markets, HP’s outstanding performance in the key financial process, in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), Hewlett-Packard sales jumped 41%, in Europe, some regional performance has exceeded expectations. Company CEO Mark Hurd said that through technological innovation, the company gained from the hands of competitors, market share.

As the world’s first sales of technology, Hewlett-Packard because of its business diversification, breadth of market coverage, accurate cost control and stable financial performance of the highly conservative investors of all ages. The Dell is still a paradigm shift is more speculative, although the performance in the stock market last year, better than HP, Dell Inspiron E1505 battery,Inspiron E1705 battery, corporate PC sales are still over-reliance. In other words, Dell may be warmed up from the PC consumer market, riding the momentum. At present, HP has already shifted its focus to IT services business more profitable areas, which allows more flexibility in the hardware industry, while helping to improve the performance of the company’s overall profitability, which is exactly what Dell’s current direction.

Perhaps you are buying more than two years old PSP gamers, and perhaps your PSP battery a few years was still able to adhere to three hours of battery life. The hands of a lot of players have purchased a new version of PSP, but you know exactly how much of the new version of PSP batteries?

Misunderstanding 1: PSP needs to buy back three times repeated charge and discharge in order to activate the battery.

Unless you buy more than one year of the PSP is the inventory of products, otherwise we do not need to do so, because now the battery when the batteries in the factory had already been activated, while the batteries ( Inspiron E1405 battery,Inspiron E1505 battery) in the package when the battery into the PSP once again through the equivalent of activation test, so you get the hand of the batteries, has long been active ever, and do three charge-discharge process was an increase in unnecessary battery depletion.

Misunderstanding 2: The first charge must be sufficient enough for 12 hours.

This is an early who do not have the battery control circuit of the Ni-MH battery device is applicable, but for now has a smart charge and discharge control module for the PSP is a joke, when the PSP battery is fully charged, the charge current will be automatically cut off, and in system shows as “external power supply.” Even if you continue to charge 120 hours, the state would not be any change, in general, three hours is completely filled, and the remaining “charge” is just a waste of their time. Instead, the time to get new machines should first get a rechargeable power shine.

Misunderstanding 3: The battery needs charging once a month and complete release.

For the memory effect of a strong nickel-metal hydride battery, which is an essential task, but for lithium batteries, the cycle is too frequent, and lithium batteries to eliminate memory effect, in theory, even if there is, it has significantly weakened the negligible The extent, if you use the battery very frequently, then you should discharge the battery to the relatively low (about 10 ~ 15%), re-charging, but if the discharge that not even the machines they can not (0 ~ 1%), belongs to the lithium battery There are a larger depth of injury discharge, in general once every 2 months to do this operation on it. If you rarely use the battery, then every 3 months as long as the first such operation on it.

Misunderstanding four: while charging while working, or the charge after the completion will continue to use an external power supply will damage the host and battery.

This is the most ridiculous argument. The so-called cavity electronics, such as mechanism of charge-level of theoretical argument, in practice, how much can react? Battery Industry academia, think about this first of all is not uniform. Theory, there are still a disagreement, how to guide consumers to use the actual brought?

Depletion of the compaq Evo N600C battery is divided into the normal wear and tear and damage of wear and tear, use, and while external power supply while charging the degree of damage caused by the use of genuine fully within the scope of normal wear and tear on the battery, that is, no matter how systematic theory of maintenance measures, the battery is will be aging, it is like how the magic of cosmetics and beauty care could not stop turned into an old woman, at best just delay, but the window dressing of the effectiveness of how to play the real number, it is definitely not the theory can not be explained - respect for the practical experience and scientific understanding is the correct view.

Some may say that the only way to avoid the aging batteries do not use (so many people would choose to take the battery), but this one to make PSP portable lose its meaning, and secondly, the battery, even in sealed condition, but also over time the extension of the natural aging. The battery is actually a semi-consumables, as long as the battery enough to bring you the convenience and joy, I think that their sacrifice is worthwhile.

So, today has been generally recognized by the battery maintenance and use point of view is as follows:

1. Should be avoided completely discharge (using the black power).

2. Often Li-ion battery charge and discharge, is not exhausted when charging or use an external power supply, while charging while the use, or continue to use the add-in after charging, the battery will not cause additional wear and tear.

3. A long time when not in use lithium batteries should be removed, placed in a cool dry place. Cut to refrain from freezing, to avoid the erosion of water vapor. Avoid the use of a car on the high temperature. As a long time to save the battery charge to 40% in place.

4. As a laptop user, if most of the time is the use of fixed power, remove the compaq Evo N610C battery can be placed in the shade, but only out of the battery such as temperature, humidity and other environmental improvements. As a PSP is concerned, the circumstances under which the battery with an external power supply is not going to cause additional damage to the battery. And out of portability and protection of the battery cover, the idea of metal contacts are not recommended since the use of an external power supply, frequent demolition of the battery.

5. To avoid purchasing spare lithium batteries for storage, because the battery if not used, and their life is also a natural impairment, and therefore the limited battery life time, maximize the use of batteries is the expression value, rather than using all kinds of impractical theory to torture themselves and to entertain the PSP.

Intel announced that is actively enter the Tablet PC market, its tablet PCs will use Intel’s low-power processors, including specifically designed for mobile phones as a new generation of Atom processor, code-named Moorestown chips Inspiron 1100 battery.

Previously, communications equipment and systems design company OpenPeak has designed a Tablet PC design, the program code-named Intel’s upcoming Moorestown processor Ling move. It is learned that this is named OpenTablet 7 Tablet PC has a multimedia and video communication with the touch screen, the whole even if only weight 1.15 lbs (about 0.52 kilograms).

Intel spokesman Susie Ramirez said that for the Tablet PC market for low-power, low-cost Atom processor is in terms of growing area. She also said: “But it is not just for the Atom processor in Intel’s product line to adapt to a variety of different types of flat-panel computer design.” But she did not disclose the specific model and details of the chip.

According to reports, had previously demonstrated the use of Moorestown chips some of the smart phone. In January of this year at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Intel CEO Paul Otellini on the display of the use of a Moorestown chips LG GW900 smartphone. Finnish telecom operator Aava Mobile are this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona shows Moorestown chips with a new smart phone products Inspiron 1300 battery, Inspiron 1501 battery.

OpenPeak said it expects to use Intel chips OpenTablet Tablet PC shipments in the second half of this year. Intel has clearly announced that it will release Moorestown chips at the same time.

Market research firm Mercury Research principal analyst Dean McCarron said that in addition to Intel, the Internet most of the other mobile devices a wide range of promotional Atom processor, which is due to continued weakness in the global PC sales, Intel hope, such as tablet PCs and smart mobile phones and other new markets profitable growth. 1 year ago Intel had indicated that, to spend seven billion U.S. dollars in two years, converted factory, for the production of a new market for smaller, energy efficient chips.

Dean said that the tablet PCs and smart mobile phones require low power consumption processor, while the Atom family of processors who want to enter this market is very fit. X86 architecture-based Atom processors are widely used in notebook and desktop area, while the new product Moorestown chips may be the first breakthrough in the traditional notebooks and Internet access to this market and create new market miracle of low-power x86 chips.

Dean also said that Intel’s ultimate goal is not to rule the world, but the rule to rule the world x86, x86 will be extended to as many market segments Inspiron 1520 battery, Inspiron 1525 battery.

However, Intel has faced great challenges from the ARM. ARM processors are currently being used a lot of smart phones, and fast processors so that they extended to the field of tablet PCs. CES Conference in January of this year, many manufacturers using ARM processor on the display of the Tablet PC. Vendors such as Dell and Lenovo have already announced that it will release a Tablet PC based on ARM processors. Apple iPad tablet PC uses a previously considered is to use the ARM architecture, Apple’s A4 processor.

Dean said, ARM has been in the development of tablet PCs and smart mobile phones for low-power chips ahead of Intel products. Although Intel has been trying to reduce the energy consumption of Ling move, but the level still needs to catch up with ARM a few years time.

The absence of Apple’s Macworld Conference for the first time this year. The industry believes that this will make Apple’s Macworld become a gathering of fans. This year’s Macworld Conference will be held Thursday in San Francisco.

Macworld has been held for 25 years, this year is the first time, Apple does not participate in this event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) will not be the same as in previous years, in his keynote address released new products.

Want to become Apple’s Macworld gathering of fans, the main display third-party software and accessories. Although Jobs is not present, but the famous American director Kevin Smith (Kevin Smith), and Mac computers, “preacher,” Guy Kawasaki (Guy Kawasaki) will appear in this year’s exhibition.

Kawasaki said: “If Apple did not attend, then such activity will not be much help.” However, he pointed out that there will be a lot of people to participate in this General Assembly, “because Mac computers and iPhone (mobile Internet) has a lot of loyal followers . ”

Steve Jobs Macworld keynote speech is usually the top priority. Creative Strategies analyst Di Muba Galindo (Tim Bajarin), said: “As the keynote speech of the spokesman, Steve Jobs is irreplaceable.” Jobs for the first time in 1997 at Macworld. Apple’s last appearance in last year’s Macworld, Steve Jobs did not attend due to health reasons.

Macworld Apple’s decision to withdraw so that the organizers of the General Assembly was surprised, but the organizers are still trying to make Apple’s otherwise participate in the exhibition, for example, show provides some of the latest iPad tablet PCs for show. However, Apple spokesman Natalie Kerris, said this year’s Macworld Apple will not play any role.

In March, the new dye-sensitized solar cells will be large-scale landing the North American market, this solar cell, “can easily put in the dark light sticks wielded by converting light energy into electrical energy produced,”

Solar cells have penetrated into every corner of human life, but is not sensitive to light the fatal weaknesses, so that the vast majority of solar cells in the indoor “powerless.”

However, this year in March, with the new dye-sensitized solar cells (dye-sensitized cell) large-scale landing the North American market, it will completely change the consistent view of solar cells.

“This solar cell, the biggest advantage is not that thin and light (of course, they do have these features), but that it can be easily put in the dark light sticks waving in the light energy into electrical energy produced.” Ruishi Luo Sang Federal Institute of Technology chemistry professor Michael Gelantezi said. In 1991, Gelantezi the first to find that the use of dyes to create a new kind of solar cells. Later, Gelantezi this research published in the United Kingdom “Nature” Science magazine, he thus gains the “Father of dye-sensitized solar cells,” the laudatory name.

After nearly 20 years of technical updates, and now, dye-sensitized solar cell into a large-scale industrial production, and the towering burst on the scene in Europe and America market, has become Sony’s electronic reader to the specified power supply. The installation of a series of dye-sensitized thin film solar electric golf bag, tennis bag, mountain climbing and other outdoor equipment packages have also landed various shopping malls. “The New York Times” predicted in the next few years, “sensitive” dye-sensitized solar cells will “kick out” Silicon solar cells, occupy the mainstream position of the battery industry.

Earlier, the British chip designer ARM’s Warren East said that in the next few years, Internet this will account for 90% of the global PC market share. Recently, research firm Strategy Analytics data show that last year the global Internet for the 30.2 million shipments, accounting for laptop computer shipments by 20%.

Strategy Analytics data show that in 2009 the global Internet for the 30.2 million shipments. According to IDC, worldwide PC shipments last year to 294.2 million, while the portable computer is expected to 147,100,000 to 1.7652 million units.

This means that the Internet out of the laptop computer shipments accounted for 17% -20% volume from the ARM CEO Warren East is still a big gap between the expectations.

Eastbourne earlier this week said that in the next few years, Internet this will account for 90% of the global PC market share. Eastbourne, said: “The Internet will change the PC market, despite the Internet’s share of the current PC market share only 10%, but the next few years will reach 90%.”

Bit view: For ARM, the current Microsoft Windows system does not support their structure; while for ARM, the Internet, and intelligent this is definitely their entry into the PC field, even more non-phone products, smart terminal area. In this regard, which is nothing more than a few manufacturers, a contention between the two products.

Korean prosecutors indicted 18 individuals to participate in technology theft, the world’s major computer memory chip manufacturers have been involved in an industrial espionage case.

South Korean prosecutors on Thursday said the people involved, including the United States Allied Materials Corporation and its subsidiary in South Korea personnel. They were suspected to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics semiconductor technology leaked to the South Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor.

This case highlights the chip manufacturers and resellers, among other high-tech competition. These companies often sue each other for patent infringement. Samsung and Hynix is a leading global manufacturer of two DRAM chips.

The prosecutor in charge of the case, said Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against 18 individuals, however, 14 of which individuals there is no detention prior to trial. He said that the prosecutor also asked a question of Samsung’s original employees.

This technology is said to be the U.S. chip equipment maker Applied Materials Inc., a South Korean branch granted to the employees, then the technology available to Hynix.

Prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday, Applied Materials South Korean branch through the installation and maintenance of Samsung’s chip-making equipment and installations used in Samsung’s “core technology.” And the arrest of accused persons have a Samsung employee, a Hynix employees, Applied Materials, former head of South Korea branch (he is now the U.S. vice president), and Applied Materials South Korean branch of an employee.

Prosecutors said there had not yet decided whether to extradite in the United States to work for Applied Materials Inc., a former Samsung employee. This man was alleged to have leaked to Samsung’s technical Applied Materials Korea branch.

Applied Materials said it is aware of the actions taken by South Korean prosecutors, and confirmed its vice president and branch of a South Korean employees were indicted and detained.

Samsung expressed concern about this case. Hynix expressed regret for this case.

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch (Rupert Murdoch) recently said that there is no content support, such as Apple’s iPad device is an electronic shell.

Murdoch said that in the present era, the content is not only important, it is almost all consumer electronic devices to dominate. He said: “No content, tablet PCs and e-readers and other equipment there would be no appeal, no one would buy.”

Murdoch seems intent to imply that Apple iPad, said there is no content, it is entirely an empty shell. This is the content arm, not the battery.

Murdoch said last year that is scheduled for this year’s news site on the implementation of fees and charges.