Heads of state to combat neo-protectionism

With the international financial crisis deepens, countries have introduced schemes to stimulate the economy, but also use the opportunity to a new resurgence of protectionism, for which countries have expressed concern about the politicians and critics.

February 10, Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said that the World Trade Organization, all members should abide by the principle of trade liberalization, “We have in the ‘Great Depression’ during the taste-off of trade protectionism lesson”, if the same steel imports tariff re-implemented, it would be “disastrous.”

British Prime Minister Brown, February 9 in the Parliament said European countries must be on guard against “protectionism.” The international community should use the upcoming G-20 meetings, such as the International Monetary Fund reform such international financial institutions, so that the world economy away from the “financial protectionism” and “economic nationalism.”

Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on February 9, in the world to deal with the economic crisis period, the implementation of trade protectionism is not desirable. Czech Prime Minister Topolanek said that the implementation of the principle of trade protectionism may be extended throughout the crisis, but also will hinder the EU’s internal unity.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also has a number of occasions expressed opposition to trade protectionism over and over again, she warned the United States due to global economic crisis should not be trapped in the quagmire of trade protectionism.

Canadian Prime Minister Harper in recent days the United States relating to trade protectionism against the provisions of criticism that it is not only a violation of World Trade Organization agreements and the North American Free Trade Agreement of the spirit, but also broke the United States to promote its own commitment to eliminate global trade barriers, but also contrary to last year, held in Washington in November of the Group of 20 financial summit in the spirit. He urged the U.S. side fulfill its international commitments.

Dutch Finance Minister February 9 pointed out that developed countries should have responsibility for financial crisis, if the means of recourse to protectionism would be tantamount to allowing developing countries to this crisis “bill.”

British business minister Peter Mandelson has warned that the current existence of a real danger that some of the government and enterprises to protectionism as a panacea, “but in terms of economic recovery, it is a poison.” The last century, people should learn a lesson from the 30’s, in the 21st century should not repeat the same mistakes. He said, “would certainly protectionist economy from recession into depression.”

In this year’s Davos World Economic Forum, become a strong tone against protectionism. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said: “We will resolutely struggle and protectionism.”

In order to curb protectionism in many countries throughout the world leaders called for strengthening global coordination, a common response to the current economic crisis.

U.S. tech industry has 100 days to lay off more than 100,000 people (map)

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According to foreign media reports that the United States well-known technology blog Techcrunch site statistical report released Friday said this year from Aug. 27 to start the five-week period (100 days), the United States a total of 300 different Types of technology and media companies to be laid off, the total job cuts exceeded 100,000 mark, reaching 109,629 people.

This year the United States after the financial crisis, the U.S. technology industry has suffered huge blow, especially a large number of technology start-ups are forced to lay off up a big stick, a phenomenon this year in September to November during the performance of the parties.

To enter in December, the United States of large technology companies have begun large-scale layoffs. Sony announced Tuesday that it would cut 8,000 employees; AT & T last week announced that it would lay off 12,000 people; Alcatel-Lucent (Alonso) Friday said it would cut 1,000 management jobs; Yahoo on Wednesday sent 1,500 staff Dismissal notices; CBS (CBS) Interactive’s department this week also CNet, Last.fm site, such as layoffs, of which 275 were laid off CNet.

Techcrunch said the 109,629 people laid off the amount of statistical data may be missing, the U.S. technology industry since by the end of August this year, since the actual number of layoffs may be higher than this figure.

British media said NASA Cover-wood found on Mars

This photo shows the wheels on Mars and India, the rover had run over the timber-like objects

British media reported on December 3, NASA (NASA) Web site published in 2004 by a “Opportunity” rover back of the photo, however, the picture recently on the Internet led to “the existence of Mars Forest “argument: that, in this clear picture, there appears to be a” rotten wood “thing! This is the root of “rotten wood” Clearly it can not be taken to the rover on the surface of Mars. Some people think, NASA cover up to the world of “the existence of forest on Mars,” the truth; some people believe that this root wood in the shape of “man-made objects”, so that may exist on Mars, “prehistoric civilization”; also believe that the root of “rotten wood” may NASA is a spoof of experts to deal with photos from the “prank.” In the face of an avalanche-like Zhi Yisheng, a NASA expert in a recent interview, claiming that the root of “rotten wood” is actually a piece of wood appears to be no more than the Mars rock.

NASA says Mars conspiracy to conceal the existence of forest

In 2004, NASA’s “Opportunity” rover on Mars from “Endurance Crater” near the back edge of a photo of Mars, NASA this photo was published in the official website of its own database, clear pictures Show a “rotten wood” the same thing. NASA officials do not always due to the root of this “rotten wood” to provide any explanation on the Internet appeared in a variety of arguments.

Conspiracy theorists said that this “piece of rotten wood,” NASA official photographs apparently inadvertently leaked, NASA has Mars in the world to hide the truth! NASA Mars claimed was a “waste of the World”, on Mars there may be a large number of forest, the root “rotten wood” is one of the evidence. Conspiracy theorists said, suggesting this picture of Mars until recently, the existence of water, the root because it “rotten wood” may be the current drift to shun “Endurance Crater” near the edge, because it seems the root surface of the wood is still intact Therefore, it is definitely here to flow in the 40 years since the existence of a wood can not be tens of thousands of years.

Conspiracy theory supporters said, in the 1970s, the United States “Viking” Mars probe has photographed the surface of Mars looks like a number of “forests”, but NASA did the same to these “trees” to make any explanation.

Food, said NASA employees tampered with photos

Some Internet users to exclude the photos for the possibility of tampering with mischievous friends, this is because of the high-resolution photos on their own published in the official NASA website. If someone tampering with a photo of Mars, NASA may be within the prank. One possibility is that some NASA employees and the people of the world would like to open a joke, then used image-processing software produced by this photo.

In fact, if carefully watching this picture, you can find “a piece of rotten wood,” shows that the shadow of the sun almost straight at the “rotten wood” at the top of the “Opportunity” rover has revealed that the shadow of the sun in a different direction.

Experts said that the misunderstanding a “rotten wood” is a rock

Due to this photo on the Internet has aroused great controversy, the United States, “the universe today,” an interview with a NASA Web site rover panoramic camera, chief scientist at Cornell University professor Dr. Jiemubeier, in the face of an interview with reporters, Bell said the photo The “rotten wood” is a rock. Bell said: ” ‘Opportunity’ rover on Mars can often get this show on the ground, flat rocks. When I first saw this picture, I think, Oh, it looks like a really Wood, but then I want to: Oh, look how interesting piece of stone. “

Beierboshi said, NASA Mars can not hide the existence of the woods, or prehistoric civilization, “the truth” because NASA is a government agency that it hoped to create a new rocket, carrying astronauts to return to the moon or Mars, these plans and other space mission Require a huge budget.

NASA experts said on Mars in the past 40 years, there can be no movement of water, but do exist on Mars, the ancient glaciers. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been detected on Mars rock Duixia the existence of dozens of kilometers long of a huge glacier, but the glaciers may be 2 million years of history.

Apple 3G version of iPhone mobile phone share rose to 17%

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Oct. 8, according to foreign news media, the up-to-date sales data provided by the NPD Group survey agencies showed that 3G version of Apple iPhone mobile phone market share was growing rapidly in the U.S. smartphone market.

At present, Apple’s mobile phone market share has accounted for 17% of the second, just below the RazR2 Motorola cell phone. In the release version of the 3G mobile phone, Apple’s share of 11%.

150,000 to the research firm’s consumer survey shows that in order to get Apple iPhone mobile phone, 30 percent of iPhone buyers to switch to AT & T’s network. U.S. operator Verizon Wireless customers up to the loss in the switch to AT & T network users account for 47% of the total, followed by T-Mobile, accounting for 24%, Sprint customers in the conversion of 19%.

Research director of industry analysis Ross Rubin said in a statement: “Apple’s low-cost 3G mobile phone version of the iPhone’s release so that the whole smartphone sales to benefit consumers, Apple introduced the iPhone the first mobile phone has won the AT & T customers, 3G mobile phone version of the iPhone The faster the speed of the network to attract more consumers to use their 3G networks. “

Director said in the U.S. smartphone market, the current version of the 3G Apple iPhone mobile phone sales are over the BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and the Palm Centro phone.

IBM opened four four new cloud computing centers

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Sept. 25, according to foreign media reports, IBM Wednesdays opened Cloud Computing Centers in the four countrie, local businesses, universities and government departments will be able to test the services and applications that based on Web.

The four new cloud computing center are located in high-tech capital of Bangalore, India, Hanoi, Vietnam, Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo and the capital, Seoul, Korea. At present, IBM has been on a global scale has a 13-yun Center.

IBM India Software Lab’s vice president said Ponani Gopalakrishnan, cloud computing is a relatively new technology, the need to use their model to study the issue. Gopalakrishnan pointed out that the cloud computing model allows companies and individuals through the Internet remote access services for PC, cloud computing center construction and other infrastructure will allow companies flexibility to manage their own demands and supplies IT infrastructure.

Gopalakrishnan said India’s cloud computing center will serve as the corporate and academic institutions to configure and test the application of experimental platform, and IBM have a partnership of academic institutions are free to use this platform, but companies need to pay to use. The center offers a host of the use of cloud computing application of the scale of production, India is expected to academic institutions to use cloud computing to develop e-government applications and to study cloud computing model configuration.

India’s Asian Paints paint dealers, general manager of IT, said Deepak Bhosale, cloud computing will help the company to provide its global IT services division, without the need for construction of additional infrastructure.

IBM said the Brazilian Association for the Promotion of Software and SOFTEX Vietnam Association VNTT technology and telecommunications, among others, will be the new cloud computing center of the first customers.

Gopalakrishnan said the inadequate problem of communications bandwidth in the emerging countries as India will not be the bottleneck of cloud computing model. For example, the number of cell phone application is developed around the cloud computing model.

One Net Technology Limited: Mozilla will launch mobile phone version of Firefox browser by 2010

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A few days ago, chairman of Mozilla Fund MitchellBaker announced a series of development goals of the company in the next two years in his blog, including launching mobile phone version of Firefox browser by 2010.

According to foreign media reports, Becker said that the company will provide mobile communication market development of a more efficient browser, so that more public data on the Internet and existing mobile communications products to be more effective.

Becker introduced, mobile version of Firefox browser will be used with the PC version of the same appearance. He said that the company will work to secure more market share of Firefox, while also developing an updated browser technology to help users have better information and management.

Becker said that the mobile phone version of the Firefox browser will be available in 2010, but he did not give a specific time.

Becker also mentioned other plans of Mozilla Foundation in the blog, including promoting the open source movement and education and help other open-source community open all content.

Apple produced processor based on the ARM core for iPhone

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September 16 – the future of the Apple iPhone will use specialized processors by Apple’s new PA semiconductor design team. The magic social network confirmed that Apple plans to create their own ARM-based processor for the next version of the iPhone.

“The New York Times” over the weekend found that the development of Apple’s processor, Senior Manager Wei-han Lien in LinkedIn profile on the site. Introduction of this description of his work including management of Apple’s ARM processor design team, has expanded his previous team in the PA semiconductor scope of work.

Apple this matter in the acquisition early this year when the semiconductor company PA very clear. Apple is to develop its own iPhone chip. However, as the “New York Times” pointed out, Apple has never specifically stated that it plans to produce processor. At present the use of smart phones in the many different processor chips are based on the ARM core.

However, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said that Apple is planning to allow engineers to iPhone chip production systems. In other words, including processors, the entire package.

Another powerful hint is that Intel (blog) official Pat Gelsinger expressed regret to fail to win the chip design of the next generation of iPhone and Apple apparently decided to buy ARM core framework permits.

Yahoo’s mobile search service landed AT & T mobile phone network

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T & T Corporation Monday said they would gradually add the Yahoo search service to the mobile networks menu of 70 million users in the United States.

AT & T plans to use their mobile Internet portal Yahoo’s oneSearch to provide a set of mobile Internet services, including news links, financial information, weather, online album service Flickr and mobile Web search. This is two companies in January this year, revised part of the cooperation agreement. In the original agreement, Yahoo need to AT & T’s broadband computer network TV (Internet TV) and mobile phone customers to provide search and advertising services. The updated agreement, AT & T’s YellowPages.com will provide customers with local search information.

The new agreement replaces the Yahoo and AT & T in 2001 signed a broadband network revenue-sharing agreement, the old agreement only applies to register to use the U.S. phone company broadband Internet access users.

At the same time, Yahoo and Verizon Communications in a similar agreement in the broadband computer expanded the scope of cooperation contracts. In addition to the Yahoo Verizon’s broadband and TV network users with network services, also expand the scope of services to mobile phone users.

Yahoo, one of the rivals Google and Verizon in negotiations, hoping to become the company’s mobile phone network, the priority search service providers. Verizon is the second largest mobile operator, once they acquire local wireless service provider Alltel deal was approved by the relevant authorities will exceed the current market leader AT & T.

Yahoo said they had 60 and the global reach and cooperative relations between operators, the total number of users for nearly 800 million mobile phone networks OneSearch service. These relations of cooperation throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America. With AT & T’s plan implemented, has announced an agreement in the two-thirds have been started. A Yahoo spokesman said, OneSearch has become the Philippines two operators – Smart and Globe – the largest use of the service.

In addition, Yahoo’s search service in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe also very popular. Yahoo’s services in these areas, mainly through T-Mobile, France Telecom’s Orange and Telefonica’s O2 and other operators to provide the agreement.

IDC wireless analyst Scott Ellison said in a statement, ” the cooperation with AT & T will enable Yahoo to reach10 million mobile Internet users, providing advertisers for the scale in the United States.”

XP operating system life period is extended to April 2014

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By the end of June 2008, Microsoft released XPSP3, updated the WindowsXP, of course, Microsoft made it clear that the original equipment manufacturers have reduced or even stopped the sales of XP, saying it was the product’s life cycle, needing to be updated.

At the same time, research and development platform also will be a new change, Microsoft said that although the original manufacturers to stop large-scale production, but retailers or in marketing, this does not mean Microsoft is no longer the opening of a previous version of WindowsVista.

Microsoft said that although retailers and suppliers are also open to question the end of the date, but this did not affect the determination of customers to install XP, XP Life Extension of the deadline until April 8, 2014, which also re-install XP to the customers A better reason.

For WindowsXP, Microsoft will not spend too much money to publicize it, simply by virtue of their favored clients, to maintain the final period, until 2009 Jan. 31.

Microsoft said that, in addition, XP ultra-low cost and notebook computers attracting customers, can support at least June 2010 to 30, or Microsoft’s next-generation operating system Windows7 released a year later.

Up to the end, WindowsXP and Vista would like to continue to provide enterprise customers, as long as “downgrade rights” exist, WindowsXP will be able to survive.

In addition, Vista broke through 180 million sets in the mid-2008, which testified that Vista has been recognized by users. WindowsXP will formally withdraw on one day, but no one knows when it will come, after all, WindowsXP is already popularly enjoyed by public.

Chinese enterprises were welcome to be listed in London

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August 25 morning news, the “London House” which is on behalf of 2012 Olympic host city London appeared Beijing, in it the British Association of the Sino-British private equity Chairman Martin Bloom looked very excited, as the promoter in the field of the Sino-British cooperation, he disclosed that more than 1 billion U.S. dollars capital entered into the Chinese market from Britain, and welcomes China’s SMEs to be listed in the London Stock Exchange.

To promote the Beijing and London Olympics transfer and exchange, London House held a series of activities, yesterday morning held a closed meeting “in the PE Summit” is one of them, the London mayor and the wind from China and the United Kingdom voted And private equity investors to participate in the conference.

Martin as the promotion of the Sino-British Ambassador to the business and financial cooperation, before the start of the meeting accepted the Sina Technology, a small number of media interviews, on the Sino-British private equity market situation and future development of comments.

In the British capital, more than 1 billion U.S. dollars

Data show that London as a world-renowned financial center, has a huge asset management market, the annual capital input of about 7 trillion U.S. dollars, the industry in London, the number of employees has reached 45,000 people in the field of private equity fund with a high degree of international The level of development.

In recent years the Sino-British private equity fund between the two countries in the wind for the link between increasingly close, the form of direct investment in China, as well as from the United Kingdom and the European portfolio company’s investment in China. According to Martin disclosed that the current British companies into the Chinese market to raise funds has more than 1 billion U.S. dollars.

PE in China from the United States capital market more active. Martin not worried about this, he pointed out that both the wind or private equity fund for the ultimate concern is the rate of return on investment issues, and the rapid growth of China in this regard, there are a lot opportunities. “Lies not in whether or not the first to enter the market, but whether to do the right thing, such as the establishment of long-term cooperative relations.” Martin said.

Welcomed the choice of London-listed Chinese companies

But that should not be overlooked is that all of the economic downturn of the same influence on China, regardless of wind or for private equity are slowing down the speed. ChinaVenture data show that in July VC / PE background enterprises IPO average investment return rate was only 0.57 times, fell to the lowest level in 2008.

Martin expressed this optimistic attitude, he believes that China is now the export-driven economy gradually giving way to domestic demand, although the world economy, but China’s economy in its own adjustment process in the development of stronger than before, and the next 23 , Many Chinese enterprises will move toward the world, the global operator.

For these Chinese enterprises need to expand, Martin London hope that they can choose to seek financial services and the proposed merger. In the past few years, London has been helping Chinese enterprises to global expansion, particularly through the hope that Chinese enterprises listed in London to get substantial financial support.

On referring the advantage of the London Stock Exchange, Martin regulatory is more beneficial to the users on the one hand, and on the other hand it is more modest to the U.S. market, these are one of the way to welcome Chinese enterprises. “London Stock Exchange set up offices in Beijing in January, we hope that more Chinese enterprises be listed in London, and also hope that more Chinese fund choose London to be their offices.”