2010, WD Sell 52.2 Million Units Hard Drive

JAKARTA - Western Digital Corp. earned approximately USD2, 475 billion by sending your hard drive as many as 52.2 million units. "We are very pleased to generate revenue, profitability and December quarter gross margin is higher than expected, reflecting solid execution and improvement in the condition of the hard drive industry as compared with the previous two quarters," said John Coyne, president and chief executive officer, as quoted from its official statement on Friday (21/01/2011). He said the opportunity for profitable growth in the WD is still very large industry and the company is committed to improving financial performance in the long term. "We plan to do this with due emphasis on low cost structure of industry-leading, high quality, highly reliable products and have high availability, and a sharp focus for production in accordance with customer demand," adds Coyne. In the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2010, WD revenues reached USD2, 475 billion and a total of 52.2 million units of hard drives have been sold. Net income gained as much as USD225 million or WD USD0, 96 per share. In the same quarter last year, WD reported revenue of USD2, 619 billion, sending the hard drive as much as 49.5 million, and reported net income and profit per share, amounting to USD429 million and USD1.85. This company produces USD505 million in cash from operations during the December quarter, bringing total cash and cash equivalents held amounted to USD3.1 billion.

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OlivePad, Tablet 'India' Assault Indonesia

Jakarta - Competition tablet market in the country is increasingly crowded with thepresence OlivePad. This is a tablet Android under the auspices of Haier Mobile, which uses technology from India.
Name OlivePad may not yet familiar sound in the ears of Homeland tablet users, but the product of collaboration Olive Telecom and Haier Mobile is trying to come up withreligious features and competitive price.
"OlivePad technology developed by India under the auspices of Haier Mobile," saidJohn Dwi, Marketing Head, United Global Technology OlivePad as a distributor inIndonesia.
Compared with tablets which had been circulated earlier circulated in Indonesia, Dwiclaims its product has a distinctive market segmentation, not least with the iPad.
"Unlike the iPad more focused on multimedia, OlivePad 70 percent of the base is designed for Internet applications. So our products can also be used to work," addedDwi in a ceremony at the Crown Plaza on Thursday (20/01/2011).
OlivePad, a 7-inch tablet will be marketed at a price starting at USD 4.6 millionincluding unlimited data package from Telkomsel for 6 months.
"OlivePad available starting tomorrow (Friday, January 21, 2011-ed.), and althoughin-bundling with Telkomsel unlock but these products," said Dwi.

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Microsoft Ready for Cloud-Computing Security Guarantees

JAKARTA - Microsoft is ready to answer doubts about the performance security in cloud-computing service from them. John Galligan, Director of Internet Policy for Microsoft Asia Pacific, in the event 'Microsoft's Cloud Summit 2011', Jakarta (20/01/2011), said that security in the cloud is to apply some level of protection which include the management of policies, rules, periodic evaluations about practices, and capabilities internally and externally. Cloud-computing performance is often attributed to the availability or adequacy of bandwidth and are generally feared by developing countries who feel inadequate infrastructure. Galligan explained that if issues like that then Microsoft could provide direct compensation to the user. Consumers must be protected by Microsoft's Cloud Cloud Service Level Agreements. "But in fact the weakest point of the cloud-computing is the human / user itself. For example WikiLeaks case, it's because there are people from a government which was deliberately leaked it," said Galligan. Many say that Cloud is considered could lead to complexity for policy makers because it mentioned a variety of complex issues such as technology issues, social and political. The problem can vary greatly, such as broadband access, security and cyber-crime, privacy and data management. "This is an opportunity for Cloud to bring together governments and vendors to discuss this issue," said Galligan. "The presence of cloud-computing opens a tremendous opportunity to help transform business, government and citizens," said Galligan. Galligan also explained that it is important for policy makers in each country to ensure that their domestic policies for the adoption of technology neutral shades, not only for memmnuhi economic needs, but also provide opportunities for local companies to take maximum benefit from the cloud- computing.

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Embeddable Opera browser on TV and Sony's Blu-ray

JAKARTA - The Opera browser embedded in the device selected for television and blu-ray player of Sony. Devices Opera Software Developer Kit (SDK) is a cross platform, 'standards-based backbone' Opera for TV sets and Blu-ray Disc players. Open platform for creating web-standard solution-base, the Opera Devices SDK to formulate an ideal foundation to build a full web browser danOpera 'user interface' leads to ease of customization and distribution of content to global markets by enabling the delivery of web applications, widgets, full web browsing and raise standards like HTML5, HbbTV and OIPF. "The web as we know it will continue to grow and we are committed to making it more accessible diberagam devices," said Christen Krogh, Chief Development Officer, Opera Software, in his statement on Thursday (01/20/2011). According to Krogh, Opera ability to address key initiatives hybrid broadcast-broadband in many markets make the company fit with Sony. Previously, customers are required to have a variety of devices to be able to surf the Internet while watching television. After the home electronic devices become more connected, stylish use of the Internet is changing. Internet becomes closer to everyday life, such as the ability to enjoy video on-demand services on television, exchange ideas with their friends through social networking sites that are on television they watch, and buy directly online their goods see on television.

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Acer Denies 'Discard' Netbook For Tablets

TAIPEI - A while ago, Acer reported preparing three types of tablet PCs in mid-2011, the rumors presence of these tablets will force the ouster of netbooks from Acer's product lineup. But this is directly contradicted the Acer. "We will not shift the position of netbooks for supporting the tablet," said Acer representative told TG Daily, Thursday (01/20/2011). "Mobility has always been a part of Acer's DNA, finding new forms of expression within the range of the tablet has to offer, featuring a variety of screen sizes and models designed to meet various types of usage scenarios," he added. Although the netbook will still be maintained by the Taiwanese company, however, a spokesman admitted that the computer market is clearly experiencing a paradigm shift. "Yes, the PC is no longer just used to make the content but more and more a means of consumption, new tools and new form factors that arise," he added "This means the various devices available to users of increasingly broad and tablets just a piece of mosaic. Therefore, they will find a space between netbooks and notebooks," he said. Previously, according to the source of these Acer Acer tablet two or three possibilities will emerge in the first half of this year, including a tablet-sized seven-inch. Unfortunately did not provide pricing details of each tablet was the size difference.For comparison, the Acer tablet which was first launched last year, measuring 12 inches and priced 630 euros. Since its launch, the tablet is claimed to sell approximately 200 to 300 units per month until the tablet had stopped production in July 2010.

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Flyer, HTC Sliding March First Tablet

TAIPEI - HTC plans to launch its first tablet in the first quarter of 2011 with threemodels at once. For starters rumored HTC will issue its first tablet Flyer as a model.
Issues that developed states will be present in the market Flyer United States (U.S.)in March by holding a still-secret operators. Tablet Flyer itself looks like a smart phone HTC Desire, but in a larger form.
Cited by DigiTimes, Thursday (01/20/2011), specific unknown special about thisFlyer, unless indeed this tablet will run using the Android operating system 2.3 orGingerbread.
However, sources say that this tablet can be upgraded to OS 3.0 or later OSHoneycomb if indeed it is officially launched.
Flyer addition there will be two more tablets to be released by the Taiwanesecompany. One of these is the Scribe, which reportedly will also be released in June.TC also said to have patented the brand as a tablet device besutannya Scribe.
HTC claims that the company's smartphone sales have doubled every year sinceusing the Android OS. Even the investors feel confident HTC has grown well withevidence of an increased stake in the Taiwan stock exchange approximately 100percent this year.

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